Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-01-02
GROVER RECEIVES.
The Usual NeV.Year-Day Brilliancy al
tha Presidential Mansion.
GOOD OLD DUTCH CUSTOM.
II Differs Little Now from What 1t
Was When Washington Es.
tablished 1t.

day, and, with his official family, re-
peated the annual object-lessop In sim
plicity and impressiveness of American
republican institutions In the United
States. The representatives of foreign
powers, in the splendor of their court
dress, greeted the President In the names
| OF their rulers; the army and navy paid
| their respects to their COMMANDMENTS
| chief. the members of Congress to their
executive. the Federal officials to the
head OF the government, and the public
| at large to the chief citizen OF the ma
, ton.
In minor details alone did to-day's re-
ception differ from any of Its predeces-
sors since General Washington. the first
President, officially inaugurated the ma
tional ceremony In New York city one
hundred and four years ago. The old
Dutch custom so pleased him that he in
quired whether IL was an established or
casual one, and on being informed that
the day was always honored in New
York, he exclaimed: Whatever change
takes place, never forget this cordial and
cheerful observance of NewYear' s-day."
No day Is so generally devoted to en-
III w city.
diately following the Presidents recep-
ton the Secretary of State entertalns the
diplomatic corps at breakfast, the Secre-
tary of War receives the army, the Sec
retary Of the Navy opens his house 10
the navy, and until night official visiting
Is the rule throughout the capital.
WHITE HOUSE DECORATIONS.
The interior of the White House was
decorated to-day very much as it usually
is upon the occasion Of official functions.
with masses OF palms, ferns, ana other
potted plants about the parlors, banks OF
flowers on the mantels, and curtains OF
smilaX before the mirrors. The oval
Blue Room, where the receiving party
stood to-day. was profusely adorned. and
all the rooms were illuminated wholly
by electroliers.
The weather was clear and bright, with
brilliant sunshine.
The approaches TO the Executive Man.
| sion were occupied by double columns of
| army and navy officers. stretching away
| from the portico beyond the gates. The
| red -tasseled helmets of the artillery,
! the yellow of the cavalry, the white OF
| the infantry. and the black-plumed
| chapeaus OF the navy showed distinctly
| above the sea Of dark-bue uniforms with
| gold trimmings, while beneath the great
| porte-cochere carriages rapidly deposited
| brilliantly -attired members of the dipo-
| matte corps, and along the avenue. ex-
| tending down the side streets. stood long
| lines of organizations and private citizens
| awaiting their turn TO shake hands with
| the President.
| Crowding into the last inch OF remain
! ing space within sight of the White
| House were thousands who had been at
| tracted by the gay scene.
| THE RECEPTION.
Promptly at IL o'clock the Marine
Band, stationed in the main corridor,
| burst forth with Hail TO the Chief" as
the receiving party descenlCd the broad
stairway from the private apartments
and took their places in the Blue Room.
the President being In the nearest Red
Room door. through which the guests
entered. AT his right stood Mrs. Cleve-
| land, and beyond the line were Mrs.
| Gresham, Mrs. Carlisle, Mrs. Lamont,
! Mrs. Olney. Mrs. BisseIl, Miss Herbert,
| and Miss Morton. Mrs. Stevenson was
in North Carolina, with the Vice-Presi-
dent at the bedside OF their invalid
daughter. and Mrs. Hoke Smith was Ill.
Back OF the receiving-line were the fol-
lowing invitei guests of Mrs. Cleveland:
| Mrs. Perrine, Mrs. CleYeland's mother:
Mrs. Fuller, wife OF the Chief Justice;
| Mrs. Schoheld, wife OF the General COM
manding the army; Mrs. Casey. wife
| OF the chief OF the a6my engineers; Mrs.
Thurber, wife of the Presidents private
| secretary: Mrs. McAdoo, wife of the AS
sistant Secretary OF the Navy; Mrs.
| Walker and Mrs. Ramsey, wives of
the Admirals; Mrs. Chadwick, wife OF
the chief OF naval equipment; Mrs. Hey
| wood, wife of the cOmmandant of the
| Marine Corps; Mrs. Sherman, Mrs. Nc
Pherson. Mrs. Palmer. wives of the Sena-
tors; Mrs. Crisp and Miss Berta Crisp.
wife and daughter OF the Speaker of the
House; Miss Inez Fielder. Mrs. Cochran,
Mrs. Strauss. Mrs Catching. Mrs Daniels
| and Mrs Hendrix, wives of the Represen-
! tatiyes: Miss Murphy and Miss Voorhees,,
daughters OF the Senators; Mrs. Max
well, wife Of the Assistant Postmaster
General; Mrs. Bowler wife of the Comp
troller OF the Treasury; Mrs. Eckels,
wife Of the Comptroller of the Currency;
! Miss Curtis and the Misses Hamlin SIS
ters OF the Assistant Secretaries Of the
| Treasury; Mrs. Uhl, wife OF the AS
| sistant Secretary of State; Miss Kennel,
| Miss Mabel Johnson. Miss Mamie Letter,
Mrs. Andrews, Mrs. w. X. Cardsley,
Mrs. Bradbeer, Mrs. Queen, and Miss
Helm.
THE PRESENTATIONS.
Colonel John NJ. Wilson. Corps OF En-
| gineers. United States army assisted by
Lieutenant J. c. Gilmore, Fourth Artil-
lery, made the presentations in the fol-
| lowing order:
At II y. NJ. the members OF the Cabi-
net and the Diplomatic Corps.
At HIS A. NJ. the Chief Justice. the
Associate Justices Of the Supreme Court
| -. L.. -.
United States Court Of Claims. the judges
OF the Court OF Appeals, and the judges
OF the Supreme Court OF the District OF
Columbia.
At II % \. NJ, Senators, Representatives,
and Delegates In Congress, the Commits
sioners Of the District OF Columbia ana
the judicial officers of the District. ex-
members of the Cabinet. and ex-ministers
OF the United States.
At 1l:$0 \. NJ. the officers OF the army,
the navy. and the Marine Corps.
At Il NJ, the regents and the secretary
of the Smithsonian Institution, the Civil
Service Commissioners, the Interstate
Commerce Commission. the assistant Sec
retaries OF the departments. the Assistant
Postmaster-General. the Soiicitor-Gene
the Assistant Attorney-Generai, the Com.
missioner of Fisheries. the Commissioner
OF Labor. the heads OF the bureaus OF the
several departments. and the president OF
the Columbian Institute.
At 1915. the Associated Veterans OF the
War OF 1916, the Grand Army al the Re
public. the Loyal Legion, ths Union Vet
erans' Legion. and the members OF the
Oldest Inhabitants Union OF the District
OF Columbia.
At l2:ij l.. NJ, the public.
Secretaries Gresham, Carlisle and La
mont, Attorney-General Olney, Postmas-
ter-Generai Bissell, and Secretaries Her
bert. Hoke Smith, and Morton led the
procession past the President Secretary
Gresham remaining TO assist in announc-
ing the names of the diplomats, aided b.
Assstant-Secretaries Uhl, Rockhill, and
| Adee.
There were over one hundred members
OF the diplomatic corps present in the
full court dress OF their respective coun-
tries. They stayed only long enough to
pay proper respect to the Chief Execu-
tive and then departed for the diplo-
matte breakfast with Secretary-of-State
| Gresham.
a SUPREME-COURT BRIDE.
The justices OF the Supreme Court, with
the exception OF Justice Jackson who Is
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