Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-01-10

; The White House reception was un-
usually grand President Arthur had
invited oyer sixty ladies 20 assist at his
! last New Years recs6 ti0R. and they
were socially equal 10 the occasion
/ greeting callers az hospitality as their
; chief Besides the cabinet ladies and
! those Of the Supreme Court, there were
( the wives of Senators Rep eseutativeS,
! aud many others prominent in the soc
{ ETY. circles of the capital. The Presi-
dent was beaming with health. good
spirits and curdialty, and the official
pageanJ that Wi~l ed HIM q ha py New
! Year was imposing in it, gorgeous mi
( forms, decor t3Ons, and foreign regalia.
I Cabire' officers. ex-Cabinet officers. for
: eign diplomats, Supreme Court Justices,
and justices Of the District Courts,
( Congress, Army and Navy officers. eV-|
( ministers, as i~tant secretaries. heads
81 bIreaus. Commissioners, Superin-
tend-nts, Assistant POStmasters General
/ Attorney General, So icitOr General.
veteran soldier and civic organizations
/ follow. in order.
a brill ant scene was witnessed by
the privileged few who peeped into the
East room while it was thrun0ca WITH
the d plumats in their cOstU me- of many
cOl0rs, with gilt lace. gold braid, dang
/ ling swords and Inning helmets. There
l. nothing gorgeous in attire. head or
foot gear. sa-hes or epauletS, that the
vaniiv Of foreign powers has not pat
ented. One could see the green velvet
court ess II Brazil. the brilliant hei-
met and uniform of France military
attachee, the oak leaves, acnrns and
wheat. emb' emauc of Belgium The
mandarin costume Il the Chtue e
charge d Affairs, the gay. curious Turk
i~h garb and so on j" endless variety.
! The new Japanese Minister IN flowing
/ satius, gold wrought shoes and rare en-
! hrOiderieS looked on IN I'll concealed as
/ constituent a. MS first New Years re-
! &c ton in America. while the British
minister in dark suit AID god &c chat.
ted With a group of ladies af different
natinualities
/ While the Diplomatic corps was pass
/ in By the rec wing party, he band in
/ the ve-t bule very appropriately played
the patriotic airs q the nations repre-
sented II was interesting to notice
! how Quickly the notes were recognized
! by the representatives of the countries
! to which the airs belonged, and the
pleasure It gave them
/ The Oldest Inhabitants association
/ terminated one division of the davis re-
| ception. When the last hoary head d
| CITIZEN had grasped the Presidents
! hard there was II mOmentarv pause in
! the reception. Then the doors were
again thrown omen. The people. re-
! gardtess Of race or color began 10 surge
in and the public reception commenced.
The President did not cha &c MS posi-
ton, did not snffer himself to look tired,
did not even take time 10 wipe the per
spiratinn from his brow but went right
to work again shaking hand The pro-
cessiOn seemed e, dlesa. but he was
ready for each extend q hand. express ed
New YEARS. wishes affably, kissed some
children gracefully, that even a Presi-
dent of the United ta'os was not ex-
pected to do It was motley crowd
that passed bv him, though the cattle
drOVer with his whip and the podlar
with his pack. To whom was assigned
place at the Presidents public recen-
tons were not there. The rich and
the poor, the fashionable and the plain,
infancy. old age, and all the intsrme-
diate ages were in the procession. There
were many many handsome toilets. and
many damaged ones, and in the crush
that is unavoidable on such Occa sinns.
C o. hes as we'll a. their wParcrs suffered.
The procession had To be stopped coca
sionallv to allow the crowd inside To he
reduced, and then the line would again
hegin To move. 1t went on and on thus
until the time for closing acriY ed,