The Irish standard., 1901-01-05
GREETINGS ARE GIVEN.
President and Mrs. Mckinley Hold q
New Year Reception at the
White House.

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New Year Reception at the
White House.
Washington, Jan. 2.-In the long
line of New Years receptions at the
white house, which each year inaugu-
rate the social season at the national
capitol, none, perhaps, was more brill
liant than the one which on Tuesday
ushered in the twentieth century.
And perhaps no feature of it was so
universally gratifying to the dis
tinguished throng which came to ex-
tend the greetings of the new year
to the chief executive of TIE republic
as the fact that the mistress of the
white house was able to participate in
the happy occasion and, with the
president, receive the fluctuations and
we'll wishes of all. The grounds of
the mansion presented stirring
scene as the carriages began to ar
rive, and the long line of army and
navy officers, in full uniform, formed
to the left of the massive port-cochere.
The members of the cabinet and
their wives. together with the ladies
of the receiving party, were the first
to arrive. They laid aside their wraps
in the state dining-room, and ascend
ed to the private apartments of the
president, where they exchanged
greetings with Mr.. and Mrs. McKin-
ley. The ladies of the receiving party
entered the red and blue parlors and
took their places behind the line.
Meantime the ambassadors and min
listers of foreign countries, with the
attaches of the various legations, in
their gorgeous and resplendent court
uniforms. had gathered in the state
dining-room.
After the receiving party had taken
their places the long line of guests be-
gan to move. First in the line came the
ambassadors and ministers from for
eign courts, accompanied by their full
stats. At their head was the venera-
BILE and dignified Lord Pauncefote, Brit
ish ambassador and dean of the diplo-
matte corps, in the full uniform of his
high diplomatic rank. With him were
Lady Pauncefote and the honorable
Misses Pauncefote and the ambassa-
dorial staff. Following them came
Baron Fava. the italian ambassador;
DIR. Won Holieben, the German ambassa-
dor; M. Cambon, the Frnch ambassa-
dor; Count Cassini, the Russian am
bassador, and Senior Don Azpirrz, the
Mexican ambassador, each accom-
panied by his staff and ladies' The
French ambassador returned only Mon
day night from Paris, having come on
at this time to extend to the president
the fluctuations of the new year. The
Chinese minister. in his rich oriental
silks, accompanied by Nine. WI. in
deliberately embroidered gown attract
ed much attention.
After the ambassadors and ministers
came the chief justice and associate
justices of the United States supreme
court, the judges of the court of APP
peals, senators and representatives in
congress, former cabinet officers and
ministers of the United States.
At 11:40 the officers Of the army,
navy and marine corps. brave in gold
lace, appeared. According to custom,
the army had precedence over the
navy, and this contingent was headed
by Lieut.. Gen. Miles and .Adjt. Gen.
Corbin, each in the full uniform of his
exalted rank. The naval section was
headed by Admiral Dewey aud his
staff, and the marine corps by Brig.
Gen. Haywood. The colors of the va
rious arms of the army service, the
yellow, red and white of TIE cavalry.
artillery and infantry respectively,
the deep blue of the navy and the
light blue of the marine corps with
the plume-graced chaprauN and he'll
NETS now siftcd through the as
semblage, and gave it additional color
and life. The reception AT this point
was at its height
At noon appeared the regents and
secretary of the Smithsonian institu-
ton, the commissioner of fisheries,
the civil service commissioners. the
members of the interstate commerce
commission. the commissioner of la
Dor, the assistant secretaries of the
various departments. he treasurer of
the United States, commissioner of
pensions. commissioner Of patents, di-
rector of he census. comptroller of
the currency, and The heads of
bureaus.
They were followed, at 1915, by the
associated veterans of the Mexican
war, now but half a dozen in
number. the Grand Army of the Re-
public, the military order of the Loyal
Legion. the Union Veterans union,
Spanish war veterans, and the mem
bers of the Oldest Inhabitants asso-
citation of the District of Columbia
At 1880 the general public was adj
mitted, and for an hour, in one con-
tinuous stream, the people passed
through the parlors, extending their
greetings to the president.
About 5000 people had been received
up to 1880 o'clock, the hour set for
closing the reception, but, as the
crowd stretched four abreast beyond
the outer gates, the president direct
ed that the. reception proceed, that all
m,gnt come in. Mrs. Mckinley en-
dured the trying ordeal with much
composure, remaining alongside the
president throughout. 1t was two
o'clock when the end of the line APP
peared, and the president, waving a
final salutation to the lingering
guests, escorted Mrs. Mckinley to her