Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-02
GAIEIY AT WASHINGTON
The Presidents New Years
Reception.
SIX THOUSAND HANDS SHAKEN
Wet Weather Does Not Dstract
From the Brilliancy of
the Occasion.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.
WASHINGTON, January 1.-The New
Year began here with q cold, disagreea-
BILE rain, which continued throughout
the day. The White House was. as
usual, the central point of interest. No
one of its predecessors excelled in bril-
liancy the first official reception given by
the head of the present administration.
Certainly never before has been at
White House reception such large and
distinguished representation from other
nations. This was due to the presence,
in addition to the regular diplomatic
and consular officers, of the delegates to
the International Maritime and Pan
American conferences. The Interior
decorations, while not elaborate, were
very effective, consisting of liberal dis.
tribution of tropical and towering plants
and cut flowers. The reception was
held in the blue parlor from IL till 2.
THE RECEIVING PARTY
Entered the parlor in the following Or
der: The President and Mrs. Mckee /;
the Vice. President and Mrs. Morton !;
the Secretary of State and Mrs. S. B.
Elkins; the Secretary of the Treasury
and Mrs. Window the Attorney General
and Mrs. Miller; the Postmaster Gen.
eral and Mrs. Wanamaker; the Secre-
tary of the Navy and Mrs. Tracy the
Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. Noble
the Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs.
Rusk; the Secretary of War and Mrs.
Logan.
Mrs. Mckee occupied place next to
the President. The other ladies assist.
ing were ranged next in order as follows:
Mrs. Morton, Mrs. Window, Mrs. Miller,
Mrs. Wanamaker, Mrs. Tracy, Mrs.
Noble and Mrs. Rusk. The toilettes of
the ladies were singulsrly rich and be-
co ming.
| THE PRESENTATION
Was in the following order: Diplomatic
corps, Judiciary and members of Cen.
gress.
The reception OF the officers of the
army and navy and the marine corps,
which followed, was probably the show
lest feature of the day, they being in full
dress uniform, and resplendent with
brass buttons. bright epaulets, gaudy
sashes, gold lace, etc. Msjor-General
Schofield headed the army, and Rear
Admiral Jouett the navy. Admiral Por-
ter did not attend on account of the bad
weather.
1t was now IL O'Clock, and the recep-
tion became more general in it's charac-
ter /; indeed, the callers became SO numer-
GUS and followed each other 80 closely
that the President was compelled to re-
strict his welcome to a single shake of
the hand and simple "Glad to see you."
Those received in this manner included
the officers of the Smithsonian Institu.
ton, Civil Service Commissioners, Inter
state Commerce Commissioners, assist
ant secretaries and the chief officers of
the various departments, and the faculty
of the Columbian Institute for the Deaf
and Dumb,
| The next section of callers was headed
by a few survivors of the war of '46,
closely followed by large representa-
ton of Grand Army men and smaller
body of gray-haired, venerable looking
men, known as the oldest inhabitants of
the District of Columbia. The reception
of the public generally, was the next in
order, and the gates to the grounds,
which had been closed up to this time
except to the privileged few, were thrown
open and the crowd thronged rapidly
into the mansion.
The reception lasted until 2 O'Clock,
and it is estimated that during that time
the President shook hands with nearly
5000 persons. When it was over the
President invited the ladies who assisted
him, and number of others, to join him
in luncheon. which had been prepared
expressly tor them, in the hall. way up
stairs.
Mrs. Harrison's absence was due to
the recent death of her sister, and it was
at her request that her daughter, Mrs.
Mckee, assumed the responsibility of
hostess on this occasion. Mrs. Blaine
was unable to assist by reason of the
recent death of her sister. Mrs. Proctor
is in bad health and was also unable to
be present. Following are the names of
the
LADIES WHO RECEIVED:
Mrs. Logan, Mrs. Hale, Mrs. G mman,
Mrs. Mcmillan, Mrs. Hiscock, Mrs.
Plat. Mrs. Pugh, Mrs. Quay, Mrs. Cock.
rell, Mrs. Reed, Mrs. Carlisle, Mrs. Bur.
rows, Mrs. Springer, Mrs. Lodge, Mrs.
Butterworth, the Misses Blaine and
guests. the Misses Halstead, the Misses
Window, the Misses Ernest, Mrs. Glover,
Miss Miller, Miss Rusk, Mrs. Harland,
Mrs. Drum, Mrs. Ernest, Mrs. ]. vi.
Findlay, Mrs. R. M. G. Brown, Mrs.
VIM. T. Harris, Miss Maude Gouver-
neur, Miss Anna Wilson, Mrs. Charles
Emory Smith, Miss Shepard, Miss Grace
Davis, Miss Halford and guests, Mrs.
Wilmording, Miss Tracy, Mrs. and Miss
Randall, Mrs. Carey, Miss Proctor, Mrs.
Emmons Blaine.
THE ToLETTEs OF THE LADIES
were singularly rich and becoming, and
were greatly admired on all sides.
Mrs. Mckee wore beautiful dress of
white Armure silk, with square neck and
full sleeves. Her ornaments were dia-
monds.
Mrs. Morton, who stood second In line.
wore a trained dress of pearl gray satin
court train Of satin lined with pink
faille;. body Y shaped; back heart
shaped, in front edged with pink silk
gauze and black jet and steel passemen-
terie; elbow sleeves of satin edged with
pink and trimmed with jet and steel
crescents. She wore the coffuire high.
| Mrs. Window wore a superb dress
violet velvet back and train front bodice
and skirt of Wistaris, and pearl brocade
The square opening was edged with
point lace; a jabtt of came extended TO