The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-01-06
FIRST NENYEAR'S RECEPTION
GIVEN BY THE PRESIDENT AND
MRS. MCKINLEY.
THE WHITE HOUSE WAS CROWDED.
Was a Brilliant Function and Was At
tended by all the Notabies at the
National Capitol.

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president and Mrs. Mckinley received
the seasons greetings Monday from
great throng of callers representing
every branch of public life, who at
tended the white house reception.
1t was the first time since the pres
ent administration began that circum-
stances permitted the observance of
custom, and this, as we'll as the happy
and propitious circumstances under
which the year begins, added to the
interest and enjoyment surrounding
the event
The executive mansion was elabor-
ately decorated for the event, wealth
of cut flowers, palms, potted plants
and ferns transforming the apartments
into bowers OF shrubbery and bloom.
In the receiving line with the presi-
dent and Mrs. Mckinley were the
members of the cabinet and the cab
met ladies, while back of the line
stood many ladies from the army,
navy, congressional and judicial cir
cles.
Among the most notable figures in
the line of callers were the foreign
ambassadors and ministers in their
rich diplomatic uniforms. Officers of
the army and navy also were in full
uniform, giving brilliancy and dash
to the occasion. The army group
which attracted most attention was
one made up of Major Generals Miles,
Shafter and Lawton and Brigadier
General Corbin, who, after greeting
the presidential party, were invited to
join the receiving party. The recep-
tion lasted something over two hours
and was in every way a successful and
happy ushering in of the new year.
Shortly after half-past 10 o'clock the
members of the cabinet with their
families began to arrive, and closely
following them we're the ladies who
had been selected to assist Mrs. Nc
Kinley in the reception. They were
shown into the private reception room,
where they left their wraps, and then
they assembled the stairway to the
library, where they were met by the
president and Mrs. Mckinley.
Following the members of the cabi-
net came the ladies invited behind the
receiving line.
Then came the diplomatic corps,
ambassadors, ministers and their suites,
in the gorgeous uniforms and decora-
tions characteristic of the foreign rep
reseniatives. At their head was the
British ambassador, Sir Julian Paunce-
fote, with Lady Pauncefote, the Misses
Pauncefote, and the numerous staff of
the embassy The ambassador greeted
the president and Mrs Mckinley most
cordially. pausing moment for an
exchange of Anglo-American greetings.
Sir Julian showed the effect of his re-
cent serious attack of the grip, and
moved about with some effort.
Then came the German ambassador,
DR.. Won Holleben, in the German
diplomatic uniform of the highest
-ank, with its abundance of gold lace
and medals of distinction. With him
walked Baron Speck Won Sternberg,
first secretary of the German embassy.
In the absence of M. Cambon, the
French ambassador, the French en-
bassy was represented by trio of
richly decorated oficials-Mm. THE
baut, Taignay and Boeufve. There
was one very notable feature of the
French party, in that on the breast of
each showed, for the first time at an
official function, the superb dec
orations conferred on them by
the queen regent of Spain for their
services in establishing peace,