Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-01-07
NEW YEARS EVENT
ANNUAL RECEPTION GIVEN BY THE
PRESIDENT AND HIS WIFE.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland ursate
the social season I'm Washington
by Giving n Reception to Govern
ment DiEnftaries, the Diplomats,
Officers of the Army and Nnvy
and the General Public.

day broke raw and cloudy over the ma
tiOpal capital, but the weather was not
allowed to mar the success of the great
ANIMAL reception given by the chief
magistrate at the executive mansion to
official and unofficial Washington. The
White House reception inIugurates
the social festivities of the winter and
is, in many respects, the most inn
pertant social function of the year. 1t
is an occasion when the president. his
cabinet and their families formally ex-
change greetings and joyous good
wishes with the high dignitarles OF the
government, the diplomatic representa-
tives of all the nations of the world.
the officers of the army and navy and
the general public.
The reception this year was n bril-
liant success. For three hours, from
IL o'clock until .. the reception con-
tiuuei. Long lines OF carriages moved
slowly through the spacious grounds
to the porte cochere. where their Occl-
pants alighted and made their way
through the brilliant and beautifully
decorated parlors 10 where the receiv-
ing party stood in the blue parlor. In
the ante room the full marine band
played.
The Reception Begins.
Promptly at III o'clock the marine
band of fifty pieces struck UP Weber's
Jubilee" and the president and Mrs.
Cleveland, followed by Secretary and
Mrs. Olney. Secretary and Mrs. Car
isle, Attorney General and Mrs. Har-
mon, Postmaster General and Mrs.
Wilson, Secretary and Mrs. Francis,
Secretary and Mrs. Lamont, Secretary
and Miss Herbert, Secretary and Miss
Morton, moved down the stairs. They
entered the blue I~eirlor, where they eX-
changed greetings with the receiving
party. Mrs. Cleyeland's gown was of
MORE cloth. made very plainly, its
thief 0rn3mentat on being u Ugh rlche
Of point lace 1T the neck and butterfly
bows OF lace on the shoulders and
where folds of the skirt were caught.
Her sleeves were long and the gloves
of white kid. Her hair was smooth
and wavy, and arranged in a simple
fashion.
The reception began with the entry
of members OF the diplomatic corps,
headed by Sir Julian rauncefote. the
English ambassador. and Lady
Pauncefote. All wore full court cos
tunes. The red fez 0f the Turkish
minister and the striking robes OF the
Chinese minister ami representatives
of other Oriental countries, added to
the effectiveness of the scene. The
minister and his suite wearing
their small, black, box-like hats, at
much attention. After the dip
corps had been received Chief
Justice Fuller and other members OF
the judiciary Of the supreme court and
OF the federal judiciary, ac-
by their ladies, followed.
These in Urn were succeeded by the
senator's, representatives, the commits
OF the District of Columbia,
the judicial officers Of the district, ex-
members of the cabinet and eX-minis-
tiers.
The Congressional Contingent
was ~noticeably small. Senator Sher-
of Ohio and Senator Morrill, OF
Vermont came through first Of the
senator's, and Representative Sayers
Of Texas, of the representatives. At
LAO the officers Of the army and the
navy and the marine corps, the Of
icefs of the militk. OF the District OF
were received. Maj. Gen.
Miles, the commander of the army. and
Adjt. Geu. Ruggks headed the officers
u b army, who were resplendent in
full Uniform. All of the officers sta
toned at Fort Meyer were in the line.
Ramsey and Commodore
headed the officers of the
navy. and Col. Hayward and his staff
those of the marine corps. At noon
Secretary Langley and the regents of
the Smithsonian institution, Mr.. Proc
the president, Inc the other mem
Ders OF the civil service commission,
Col- Morrison and the members of the
Interstate Ia commission, Com
missioner Of Labor Wright, Assistant
Secretary Curtis Of the treasury. AS.
Postmaster General Jones, As
Secretary of State Rockhiu
Other assistant secretaries and bu-
chiefs. At 12:1j came the asso-
,iated veterans Of the. war of 1916, the
J.. A. r., Loyal Legion, Union Veter-
Legion, and the members of the
Oldest Inhabitants association. At
l2:35 the general public was admitted.
rbe earlier arrivals had all taken their
cave, and much Of the brilliancy of
he reception rooms had departed.