Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-31
KEEP OPEN HOUSE
Those Who Will Observe the Old
Time Custom.
new YEAR DAY RECEPTIONS
Organizations That Will Welcome
Their Friends.
THOSE NOT r e Ell Y [ n G.
EW YEAR DAY RECEPTIONS
THOSE NOT RECEIVI G.

1901:
The President will receive at
II am the members of the cabinet the
diplomatic corps.
Ills am, the chief justice and the asso-
ciate justices of the Supreme Court of the
United States, the judges of the United
States Court of Claims, the judges of the
Court of Appeals. the judges of the SUI
preme Court of the District of Columbia.
ex-cabnet members and ex-mnisters OF
the United States.
II % am, senator's, representatives and
delegates in Congress. the Commissioners
and judicial officers of the District of Co.
lumbia
IL 40 am, officers of the army, officers OF
the navy. officers of the marine corps, COM
manding general and general staff of the
militia of the District of Columbia.
II M, the regents and secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution, the commissioner
of fisheries, the civil service COMMISSION
the interstate commerce commission. the
commissioner of labor, assistant secretaries
OF departments, assistant postmaSters gen.
eral. the solicitor general, assistant attor-
neys general. the treasurer of the United
States, commissioner of pensions, commis-
sioner of patents. controller of the currency.
the heads of bureaus in the several depart
ments. the president of the Columbian In
stitute for the Deaf and Dumb.
12:1o pm. the Associated Veterans of the
War of 1S46-47 the Grand Army of the Re-
public the Military Order of the Loyal Lee
gion of the United States, the Union Vet
eran Legion Union Veterans Union, Span
ish War Veterans. the members Of the
Oldest Inhabitants Association of the Dis
trict of Columbia.
12:3. pm. reception OF citizens, which Will
terminate at ] 30 pm.
Carriages will approach the Executive
Mansion by the western gate ana ieaVe Dy
the eastern.
Pedestrians will approach the mansion by
the western gate and leave by the eastern.
In accordance with custom, the grounds
south of the mansion and the southern en-
trance will be closed on New Year day.
The Secretary of State and Mrs. Hay will
receive the diplomatic corps tomorrow at
l. o'clock. when that body will be enter
tanned, according to the usual custom. at
breakfast No public reception will follow.
Mrs. Gage will be assisted by Mrs. Brasil.
wife of the Brazilian minister; Mrs. Wilde.
wife of the Argentine minister; Mrs FOL
ger of Boston. Mrs. Charles A. Mann. Mrs.
Charles A. Spaulding. Mrs. Higgenson.
Countess Cassini. Miss Sybil Pauncefote.
Miss Lucy Page, Miss Wheaton, Miss Per-
kins, Miss Patten Miss Gary of Baltimore,
Miss Vanderlip of Chicago and Miss Cox.
Mrs. Root will be assisted by Mrs. Sharp.
Mrs. Postlethwaite. Mrs. Bates. Mrs. Car
ter, Mrs. Parsons of New York, Mrs. NC
ClelIand, Mrs. Olmstead, Mrs. Clarence Ed
wards. Mrs. Cowles. Mrs Hit. Mrs Sher-
idan. the Misses Hay, Miss Audrey Paunce-
fote, Miss Sheridan, Miss Edith Patten.
Miss Helen Patten, Miss Sanger, Miss
Pauldng. Miss Mckenna. Miss Elizabeth
Kean, Miss Mcmillan, Miss Wetmore and
Miss Hagner.
Mrs. Griggs will be assisted by Mrs. Ar
mold Hague. Mrs. H. NJ. s. Beale. Mrs
Audenried. Mrs. Hoyt. Miss Pauncefote
Miss Kean, Miss Lowering. Miss Ward MISS
McVeagh and the Misses Griggs.
Mrs. Hitchcocks assistants will be Mrs.
Elkins. Mrs. Fairbanks, Mrs. Thomas
Ryan, Mrs. De Meissner Mrs. Selfrldge
Ms Vandeventer. Mrs. Duell, Miss Cock
rell. Miss Lucy Kean, Miss Merriam, Miss
Ernst Miss Hunt. Miss Mott. Miss Lay.
Miss Mckettrick. Miss Catlin, Miss Scan
Ion of ST. Louis, and the Misses Hitchcock.
Mrs. Smith will have with her Mrs.
David Jayne Hill, Mrs. Bingham. Mrs Per-
ry S. Heath, Mrs. W. E. Curtis. Mrs Bur
rows, Mrs. Radcliffe. Mrs Dalzell. Miss
Maury Miss Curtis. the Misses Evans, Miss
Henrietta Wallace, Miss Julia Foraker.
Miss Marie McKenna. Miss Idergarde
McKenna Miss Christine Lewis and Miss
Lonner of Philadelphia.
Miss Wilson will be assisted by Mrs
Daniel Manning Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh,
Mrs. Willis Moore, Mrs. Stanley Brown.
Mrs. Fabyan of Chicago, Miss Enrol Cuth-
bert Brown. Miss Helen Bell and Miss Ma
rion Gallaudet.
There will be no reception at the home Of
Secretary Long. Assistant Secretary of the
Navy and Mrs Hackett will receive at
their home. 14iS NJ. where the Secretary OF
No reception will be held at the home Of
the admiral of the navy.
General and Mrs. Miles will receive call
ers at their home. 1876 n street. Mrs. Miles
will be assisted by her daughter. Mrs.
Reber Miss Lizzie Sherman. Mrs. Ludding-
ton. Mrs Sternberg, Mrs. Gilmore, Mrs.
Andrews, Mrs Michler, Mrs. Moore. Miss
Whitney Mrs Stilson Hutchins. Mrs. Van
Lear Black of Baltimore. Miss Hoyt of
New York, Miss Foraker. Miss Rochester.
Miss Deering, Miss Katherine Ward, Miss
Weston, Miss Biddle, Misses Leiber and the
Mrs Frank W. Hackett. 141S NJ street, at
= o'clock. assisted by Mrs PIERCE, a sister
of Mr.. Hackett; Mrs. Bradford, Mrs. Van
Reypen, Mrs. Haywood, Mrs. Rodgers, Mrs.
Gcodloe, Mrs. Cosbey. Mrs. Cowels, Mrs.
Hornblower. Miss Caroline Henry, the
Misses DeFeyster, Miss Cromwell and Miss
Palmer. The Secretary Of the Navy will
be present at the reception, Mrs. Long,
by reasons Of i'll health, is not able to re-
ceive at the Portland.
Mrs. Cortelyou wife OF the secretary TO
the President, will not receive.
Army and Navy Officers.
The Secretary Of War has issued the fol
loving instructions in regard to the New.
Year reception at the White House:
! Officers of the army in this city and al
| Washington barracks and at Fort Myer will
! assemble in full uniform at the Office OF
the lieutenant general commanding on Tues
/ DAY, january ], not ldtcf tIdil IL -.
| a m, and proceed thence to the Executive
! Mansion to pay their respects to the Presi
| dent Of the United States. The commanding
| general and general staff officers of the
District of Columbia National Guard arr
| invited TO assemble in the order named fol
| officers of the army.
| The formation will be made, under the
| direction Of the adjutant general, in tn.
| following order:
Il. Officers on the active list. according
| to corps and regiments, as given in thu
| army register.
| '2. Officers on the retired list. in the or
| der of corps and regiments to which they
| formerly belonged"
| The acting secretary Of the navy has Is