Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-21

TIE PROGRAM FOR THE COMING SEASON MODIFIED
on ACCOUNT OF MRS. HARR-soN's BEREAvE-
N.NT-RECEPTIoNs N THE oLDES TINE-sES-
ATORs AND REPRESENTATIVES, WHO OBJECTED
TO BEING Jumped" IN ONE INVITATION.
The recent bereavement in the executive
household will more or less affect the flow Of
gayety which was in contemplation for the
first fashionable season OF the executive circle
under the pOlitico social order OF things Incl
dent to republican restoration. The rule to he
observed under the circumstances in the cere-
monlal entertainments at the executive man.
sion has been a subject of careful counsel be-
tween the President and Mrs. Harrison They
recognize the necessity of drawing the line be-
tween the President officially and in his per-
sonality and have concluded 20 conform TO the
conventional practice from year to gear of
holding certain ceremonial receptions. begin
nlng on New Year day with leyee from IL
am. TIL I'm. to the cabinet the diplomatic
corps. the judiciary. the Senators the Repre-
sentatlves. the army. navy and marine corps,
assistant secretaries OF executive departments.
chiefs OF bureaus. certain civic organizations
and the pubnc. This levec is to be followed on
alternate weeks from . till II pm. b. recep-
ton by card. with closing reception 10 the
pubic. when any one. gentleman or lady. Of
suitable dress and department. is greeted by
the President. The New Year levee and re-
ceptlons viii be i'll the name of the President
only. as Mrs. Harrison. being in retirement
from Eavety. will not appear. She will be rep
resented. however. by her daughter, Mrs. Nc
hee. TING ladies OF the cabinet assisting. There
Is disposition lii the Presidents household to
change the reception day from Thursday.
which was the day during the Cleveland adj
m'nIstratiCn, to Tuesday. i'll vogue during some
OF the former presidential regimes.
FORMS OF INVITATIONS
The forms of invitations to the card recep-
tions al tine executive mansion have not varied
in their general style since the days of Presi-
dent and Mrs. Washington. The cards for the
receptions OF the approaching season have not
yet been prepared, In. they will only include
IN the first line The President" instead of
The President and Mrs. Harrison" as Mrs.
Harrison will not be present. and it has not
been the practice on ceremonial cards of lnvi-
tatlon from the executive head of the nation to
associate any name with the Presidents but
that of his wife,
The form of cards of the Cleveland
administration were less ceremonious than
those OF previous terms III recent years.
L or the season of 1855 the reception card
Congress was as follows:
The PRESIDENT AND Mrs. CLEVELAND.
Request the pleasure of the company of
The Senators and Representatives i'll Congress
and the ladies of their families,
On Thursday evenings. January 18th and Goth
and February 9th,
and Tuesday evening. February 18th.
From nine TO eleven o'clock,
1858.
January y. To meet the Diplomatic Corps.
%, Reception to the Congress and
the Judiciary.
February 9, TO meet the Officers of the Army
and Navy and Marine Corps.
II, The Public Reception.
The Senators and Representatives objected
to this form, regarding it as treating the
members Of the law-making arm of the gov
ment as a SOFT of job lot to be Jumped in for a
nights courtesy at the hands of the President
The next year the following form. the card
being of the same size and material as the
former. with the uame Of the person for whom
intended written IN, was adopted:
The PRESIDENT AND Mrs. CLEVELAND
Eequest the pleasure of the company of