Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-01-13


committee of arrangements.
That committee be appointed to
compile history of the organization.
Social enjoyment filled in the hours
till 2:30 A. NJ, when farewells were ex-
changed for the coming five years, after
which the party adjourned, and separated
to their far-separated homes.
Those of the number who may be alive
at the time agreed five years ago to meet
January l, 1903. a
A State Reception at the White House.
A state reception is one to which only
officials and prominent private citizens
are invited. The supper, however, is
served by a caterer. Uuder the Hayes
administration it was provided by
Madame DemOnet, curious old French
woman whose modest shop on Pennsyl-
vania avenue is patronized by the lega-
tiOns and all the leaders of the gay
world. The superintendent of public
buildings and grounds, who Is now ex-
OfficiO master of ceremonies, prepares
for the event. He takes the latest edi-
ton of the court guide, the COngressiOn-
al directory" and from it prepares the
list of official guests; from other sources
he obtains the names of those prominent
people, transient and resident in the
city, who ought to be invited. Some
times these additional names are very
kindly suggested by rural senators and
| hayseed representatives. Sometimes
these suggestions are accepted and act
ed upon. Oftener they are not. The
| list of guests, which seldom contains
more than 1000 names, having been
prepared, 10000 men and women would
be guests having been mOrtally offended,
the supper is ordered, and the wines will
have to be ordered at the same time.
Then the invitations are prepared and
sent out. Those for the diplomatic corps
are sent through the secretary of state.
The secretary of the navy orders the
marine band to be at the executive man.
sion on the evening of the reception.
| Crash is laid fin the outer hall. One
fourth of the police force of the district
| is ordered to be at the front door of the
house on that particular night to care
| for the guests and their carriages. All
is ready. On the night of the reception
the mansion and its Conservatives are
brilliantly lighted. Supper is served in
| the the state dinlng-rOOm. The marine
band is stationed in the tiled vestibule.
POtted shrubs and plants and bouquets
and baskets Of sweet flowers are every
where. In the blue parlOr on the south
side of the house stands the receiving
party-the lady of the mansion and her
young assistants. The president, too.
is there and the master of ceremonies.
Leaving your carriage under the great
white pOrticO on the north front of the
mansion, you pass in through the north
door, showing your invitation card as
you enter, and are at once surrounded
with an all-pervading atmosphere of
sweet harmony, scented and brilliantly
| lighted. As you walk with the thrOng
through the great yestibule to the cloak
room on the right, you pass directly in
front of the marine band, whose sweet
strains fell upon your ear while you
were still outside. In the cloak room
the wraps" of the party are placed in
the usual boxes, and the usual satisfac-
tory checks are given in receipt for them.
| Walking across the broad corridor,
which divides the house into northern
and southern half, and through a small
parlOr, YOU enter the blue room in from
Is minutes to an hour from the moment
! when YOU entered the house, An intro
/ ductiOn to the president Gf You are com
paratively unknOwn) by the master of
ceremonies, and an introduction to the
presidents wife by the president, com
plete the formal part of the visit. From
that moment you go as you please and
You can turn aside in the blue room and
chat with the friends you find, or you
can find others in the red room or the
green room, or, even on such an occasion
as this, in the east room. There Is nc
limit to the magnificence in dress, or tC
the brilliancy Of some of the converse.
tions. They are delightful fields for the
1 exhibition of whatever you have OF
brains or Of bullion. You can remain
five minutes or an hour, and you need
not make your adieux to the host ant
hostess, or either of them. Letter tt
Boston Herald.