The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-04
WHITE HOUSE NEW YEAR.
The Great Annual Reception Takes Place
as Usual.

Washington, Jan. Anew Years Day
broke raw and cloudy over the national
capital, but the weather was not al
lowed to mar the success of the great
annual reception given by the chief
magistrate at the executive mansion
to official and unofficial Washington.
The White House reception inau-
gurates the social festivities Of the win
ter and is in many respects the most
important social function OF the
year. 1t is an occasion when the presi-
dent, his cabinet and their families
formally exchange greetings and joyous
good wishes with the high dignitaries
of the government, the diplomatic rep
resentatives of all the nations of the
world. the officers of the army and navy
and the general public. The reception
this year was a brilliant success. For
three hours from IL o'clock until 2
o'clock in the afternoon, the reception
continued, and 1000 hands were shaken.
Long lines of carriages moved slowly
through the spacious grounds to the
porte-cochre where their occupants
alighted and made their way through
the DllllldHl anu bteiuNliuiiJ
parlors to where the receiving party
stood in the Blue Parlor. In the ante
room the full marine band made sweet
harmony.
The official programme was carried
out with strict formality. The CABINET
and the diplomatic corps, the judges
of the supreme court, the senator's ana
representatives and the Carbohydrates
OF the government arrived in regular
order, and after passing through the
parlors and exchanging New year
greetings with the receiving party,
gathered in the East Room. Hhere APP
reared the full brilllancy Of the oc-
casion. The elegantly gowned ladies'
the members of the diplomatic corps In
full court costume and the ofncsrs OF
the army and navy in uniform moving
through the throng made Kaleidoscope
nicture of color. The general public
stood in line for hours outside the
White House gates until the officials
had all been received. Then Tor over
an hour they streamed in.
The reception began with the entry OF
the members of the diplomatic corps, leu
by Sir Julian Pauncefote, the Eng
lish ambassador, end Lady Pauncefote.
All wore full court CoStuihS' i"S 80
fer Of the Turkish minister and the
striking robes of the Chinese minister.
and representatives Of the oriental
countries added to the effectiveness OF
the scene. The Korean minister ard
his suite. wearing their small blacK
box-like hats, attracted much attention.
After the diplomatic corps had been
received Chief Justice Fuller and other
members Of the judiciary supreme court
and others of the federal judiciary ac-
COMMANDED by their ladies followed.
THESE In turn were succeeded by the SEN
ators. representatives the commissioners
of the District of Columbia, and so on
according to custom inmemorial.
In the parlor stood the receiving
marty. Those who were In the receiving
line and assisted Mr.. and Mrs. Cleve-
land were: Mrs. Stevenson, Mrs. Oi-
nov. Mrs. Carlisle, Mrs. Lamont, Mrs.
Harmon. Mrs. Wilson, Miss Herbert,
Mra Francis and Miss Morton.
The following were invited to assist
hocr of the line in the Bule Room. Mrs
yvetmore. Mrs. Elkins, Mrs. morrill,
Mrs. Gear. Mrs. Gordon. Mrs. Hale
Mrs. Lodge, Mrs. Claude M. Johnson
Mrs. Thurber, Mrs. Dunlap, the Misses
uam,in. Mrs Holmes Conrad. MIS-
Dickinson, Mrs. Eckels. Mrs. McAdoo'
Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnston. Mrs. Full
Ter Mrs. Rufus w. Peckham, Jr., Mrs
Craig. Miss Harmon, Mrs. Minot, Mrs
| A. A. Wilson Mrs. Ralph Gross john