The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-01-02
PRESIDENT AND MRS. CLEVE-
LAND

Shake Thousands OF Hands-Their Last
Public Reception at the White House
Lavish Floral Decorations.
Washington, Jan. 1.-The annual
New Years reception at the white
house took place to-day, according to
long established custom. The crowd
of visitors was very large. The interi-
or Of the mansion had been lavishly
decorated for the occasion under the
supervision of Gardener Fister of the
white house conservatory. A sugges-
ton of the tropics was given by sur
vey of the decorative arrangements.
Eleven o'clock was the hour set for
the beginning of the reception. Before
that time members of the diplomatic
corps, ambassadors, ministers. attaches
and their wives and daughters had be-
gun to arrive and were ushered into
the red room, where they awaited the
signal to pass along the line. Out in
the public lobby the United States Ma
rine band, under the leadership OF Pro-
fessor Fanciulli, waited for the signal
to play. Suddenly the band burst forth
with Hail to the Chief"
Down the private staircase came the
president, Mrs. Cleveland and the mem
bers of the cabinet and their ladies, led
by Colonel John M. Wilson, u. S. A.
commissioner of public buildings and
grounds and master of ceremonies. Mr..
and Mrs Cleveland, Vice President and
Mrs. Stevenson, Secretary and Mrs. Oh
ney, Secretary and Mrs. Carlisle, Attor-
tt,,n for,
General and Mrs. Wilson, Secretary and
Miss Herbert, Secretary and Mrs. La
mont, Secretary and Miss Morton. and
Secretary and Miss Francis, an impos-
ing procession, passed along the corrl-
dor to the blue room and took their
places, the president and Mrs. Clevc-
land at one end, with Secretary Olrey
and Colonel Wilson at their right, aid
the ladies forming a line across the
apartment. The cabinet officers mod
estly dropped to the rear and entered
into conversation with some of the Ia
dies who composed that contingent
commonly designated behind the
line"
Among the ladies behind the line
were Mrs. Elkins, wise Of Senator Ell
kins; Mrs. Gear, wife of Senator Gear;
Mrs. Gordon, wife of Senator Gordon;
Mrs. Hale, wife of Senator Hale; Mrs.
Lodge, wife of Senator Lodge; Mrs.
Reed, wife OF Speaker Reed; Mrs.
Thurber, wife of Private Secretary
Thurber; Mrs. Conrad, wife of the So
licitor general; Mrs. Eckels, wife of the
comptroller of he currency; Mrs.
Miles, wife of General Miles, and Mrs.
Sawtelle, wife of General Sawtelle.
RECEPTION BY MIR. AND MRS. Oh
NEY.
Washington, Jan. ACCORDING to
custom. the secretary of state and Mrs.
Olney entertained the diplomatic corps
at breakfast at their residence at noon
to-day About one hundred and fifty
were present Mrs. Olney was assisted
in receiving by Mrs. George Gray, Mrs.
Sheridan, Mrs. Mcclellan, Mrs. Charles
Fl. Davis, MIS-. Hogue, Mrs. Endicott,
Mrs Thomas Nelson Page, Mrs. Minot,
her daughter, and number of young
girls. In the afternoon Mr.. and Mrs.
Olney received callers.
The vice president and Mrs. Steven
son received in the parlors of the Nor
Mrs. Lewis G. Stevenson, Miss Clara
r. Brown Of Illinois, the Misses Men
donca, Senorita Cana, Senorfta An
| drade, Miss Stevenson and others.
The members of the cabinet received
callers after the white house reception.