Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-22
HIGH SOCIAL FUNCTIONS What Society Promises for En- tainment in Washington. EVENTSAT THE WHITE HOUSE Mrs. Cleveland as Charming Matron as She Was When She Was the Bride of the
 White House.

Washington, Dec. 20.-(Special Corre- epondence. )-After the first of January official society will be in full swing, and, judging from present signs, the gait this season will be more rapid than ever.
 Society thinks President Cleveland Is indeed a good fellow. for he sets the so- cial ball rolling by means of his New Years Day reception. when, together with Mrs Cleveland, Mrs. Stevenson and the ladies of the cabinet, he will stand from Il o'clock a. m. until O'CLOCK n. m. and shake hands with hundreds of people. At Il o'clock he will receive the vice-president, the members of the capi- net and the diplomatic corps. Al l!'oo, the chief justice, the associate justices of the supreme court of the United states: the judges of the United States court or claims, the judges of the court Of ap- peals and the judges of the court or the District of Columbia.
 Next in order will come the senators, representatives and delegates In con gress. the commissioners of the District of Columbia and the judicial officers or the district, ex-members of the caplnet and ex-ministers of the United States.
 By 114O all of these will have shaken hands with the receiving party ana passed on out to make room for the OIL cers of the army. navy and the marine corps, the general and general stair Of the District militia. Next will come the regents and the secretary or the Smith- sonian institution, the civil service coni- missioners, the assistant secretaries or the departments, the assistant postmas- ter-general, the solicitor-general, the as- sistant attorney-general, the commission CT of fisheries, the commissioner or la bor, the heads of the bureaus of the seV- erai departments and the president ol the Columbian Institution for the Dear and Dumb.
 The next division admitted will con sist of the Associated Veterans of the war of 1S46, the Grand Army of the Re- public, the Loyal Legion. the Unlted Veteran Legion and the members or the Oldest Inha bitant association Of the DIS trict of Columbia.
 By 12:35 all the above named dignita- ries will have gone home-s Then the piain people" will have chance. It IS gooo plan to close the reception at2 o clocK, since neither the receiving party nor the callers will be so utterly exhausted as they were in former years when the time was extended indefinitely.
 The next important event of the social season will be cabinet dinner on Jan- uary 2, and the third will be diplomatic reception on the 9th of January, ana III rapid succession are to follow diplo- matic dinner a congressional and judi cial reception, a supreme court ofhner' Mrs Cleveland's reception, an army navy and marine corps Teceptioh anu " public reception. .
 These functions together with all the affairs given individually by the direr- ent cabinet officers senators ana others' will make things interesting Tor some time to come. These are all very enjoy able for.the older people. When II comes to the younger set and thelr Dalls anu teas, the cry still is more men,
 What an awful thing it is to see long lines of beautiful buds posing as wall flowers because fate is against them! All sorts of plans have been deVlseu to supply the deficiency. but as yet none have been found feasible. At one time it was thought advisable to invite some of the Richmond. Va, swells 10 Visii among the bon tons of Washington with view to giving the buds chance, but 1t is said that the Richmond belies protested so vigorously that the idea was abandoned.
 Mrs. Cleveland has always borne her share of the receiving duties with re- markable fortitude and cheerfulness. No matter how fatigued, she would often stand when it was torture to her. Still she greeted each conner with pleasant smile and a hearty handshake, which IS a characteristic of hers.
 Many persons who have not seen Mrs. Cleveland for some time wonder now sne looks. That she has changed greatly no one will deny It is only necessary to put one of her late photographs be-  side one taken when she first came here as ''the bride of the white house." She is much stouter than she was, and has a matured look, which is so utterly unlike the girlish expression she formerly had that it is hard to reconcile the two. She was beautiful as girl. But she Is beau- tiful as woman, and she possesses an air of refinement which at once attracts.
 While passing along F street the other day I walked directly behind two ladies who commented on the passing equipages their style and taste. Finally one said: Look at that carriage; that woman is what I call lady. Just see how mod estly she sits there!
 why" answered her friend, that Is Mrs Cleveland"
 Washington is very quiet and orderly place, as most visitors will concede. Some folks from other cities call 1t "poky town" However, there are some people living here who Go not consider it slow