The age-herald., 1899-09-24
DEWEY'S RECEPTION
 IN WASHINGTON President and Cabinet Will Participate
 in the Ceremonies. PRESENTATION OF SWORD There Mill Be Two Days of Happy
 Festivities. SUMMER RESORTS BEING DESERTED Talk of Congress Being Called to Meet Before December in Order to Frame Laws for Governing
 New Colonies
SUMMER RESORTS BEING DESERTED

Washington, September 23.-(Special)- Washington cannot surpass or even equal New York's reception of Admiral Dewey, but the city wishes to emphasize the fact that it's reception of the hero of Manila is the national reception The president and his cabinet will participate in the ceremon- des, and the sword which congress voted the admiral will be presented to him in front of the capitol where thousands may congregate without being crowded and see the man himself.
 But apart from the official reception, this city will welcome him home, and in the crowds about him he will see his friends from the clubs, his neighbors and his lifetime associates. There will be two days of festivities, after which will begin the social Honzing of the admiral. Socie- ty is aghast over the report that he will not go out this winter, but that he intends to remain quietly at home, where part of his season will be spent cruising in southern waters for his health. But before he is able to get away he will be seen and made much of in a social way; that is if he does not refuse all invitations.
 Guest of Mrs. Mclean
 While in Washington for the reception he will be the guest of Mrs. Washington Me- Lean, mother of John R. Mclean, now making the fight to be governor of Ohio They are old and intimate friends, and out of the many invitations he had he accepted this one. Every effort is being made to make the night procession unique In the history of receptions. Following the sug- gestion of the president the renowned Pennsylvania avenue will be one continu- ous blaze of red fire. Tons of it have been bought and it will be kept burning till af- ter midnight. The capitol grounds will be Illuminated with it and great refectors will throw the crimson glow on the dome. From the capitol to the treasury department there will be stationed, at short intervals, boxes filled with sand and man dressed as sailor will keep the red fire going. Then there will be continuous line of rockets from one side of the avenue to the other, also of red fire, which will make a complete arehway from the capitol grounds the whole length of the avenue. Under this ever changing arch the procession will pass, and Admiral Dewey will review 1t from stand built at the end of the ave- nue, just where it turns al the treasury.
 Mckinley and Cabinet Criticised
 New York is criticising the president and his cabinet for not accepting the in- vitation to meet the admiral there.
 Had the chief executives done such a thing 1t would have been In very bad taste, and would have made his person almost subordinate to that of the admiral. The president leaving the capital to meet q subordinate officer would have looked '"cheap," to say the least. Moreover his ,t.R,r anomalous state of affairs Admiral Dew ey would not have known whether the cheering Was meant for him or the presi- dent. Indeed the president would have di- Vided honors with the hero, for the people of New York are less familiar with presi- dents than Washington and it's populat tien gathered from all over the country, would have been as anxious to see the chief executive as it would be to see the hero. As it is, every cheer that goes up will be for Dewey and he will know it to be such. Here in Washington, where the people never cheer the president, it being eonsi1- cred bad taste, except on rare public oc- casons, the admiral will likewise know in whose honor the demonstrations are being made. The presentation of the sword will be a signal for a great outburst and the names of Mckinley and Dewey will be heard to mingle in the rejoicings. After that the president will eliminate himself, and Dewey will have the field There is every reason to commend the president for his good judgment as well as good taste for refusing to be present in New York, in- stead of bestowing him captious criti- cisms.
 The president will give the admiral dinner and Mrs. Stanley Mathews. an old friend of the admiral, will give him a breakfast His intimate associates at the club will give him a smoker. and here he will be seen at his best.
 His future plans will not be made known until, as the Irishman would put it, he has had an opportunity to make them. Just how long he will remain here Is not known. He Is going to Vermont, where he will re- ceive a reception from his old playmates and the companions of his early school days Doubtless he Is looking forward to this with more genuine pleasure than to all other receptions put together. A man never gets away from where his keel was laid or his tap root planted. No matter if his home town consists of a barroom, a church, a school house and a half dozen humble homes, he wants the commenda- tion of the few he has known there.
 Summer Resorts Being Deserted
 The houses along Massachusetts Connee- ticut and Rhode Island avenues are begin ing to open up, which shows that the fash ionable resorts are becoming thickly popu- lated. The return to the city this season is earlier than usual and the gay seaon will begin sooner than usual From all indica- tions this will be a brilliant winter. The president intends to entertain more lavish ly this season than heretofore and the members of the ca binet will follow the eX- ample set by their chief. The Hays have one of the largest residences in the city and will do much to bring together the resi- dent and foreign population here. Secre- tary Root has also taken one of the hand somest homes on Rhode Island avenue and will bring out his daughter in grand style. Nxua Ia, .F.N.l