The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
NEW YEARS RECEPTIONS.


The receiving line at the White House
Will he shorter tomorrow than it has
been at any time within recollection of
the oldest inha abitant. The Vice President
and Mrs Sherman will be out of the
line the early part of this season be-
cause of the mourning they are observing
for Mrs. Sherman's mother; the SeCre-
tary Of War and Mrs StimsOn are in
deep mourning for Mrs. Stimson's moth
er; the Attorney General and Mrs. Wick
ersham are in Panama; the Postmaster
General is a bachelor, and the Secretary
Of Agriculture is a widOwer, and there
are no hOstesses in line for either. Miss
Wilson. who used to act as her fathers
hostess. and the only unmarried hostess
in the Cabinet circle, has abandoned that
position since adopting the stage for her
profession. She is in Washington for the
holidays with her father. but is taking no
part in official society.
The line will therefore include Mrs.
knox. wife Of the Secretary of State;
Mrs. MacNeagh. wife OF the Secretary
of the Treasury; Mrs Meyer, wife of the
Secretary Of the Navy: Mrs. Walter l..
Fisher, wife Of the Secretary of the In
terror. the newest member of the cir
le. and Mrs. NagPl, wife of the SeCre-
tary Of Commerce and Labor These
women will all hold receptions in their
own homes after standing in line a the
White House until tho official people
have all passed through. making a day
OF great fatigue for all Of them.
Mrs. Knox will he the exception TO-
this. for she will leave the line as soon
~ the members of the Supreme Court
and tho diplomat" corps have been re-
Ceived for she and the Secretary will
give their annual breakfast to the corps
and the families Of the members at y
o'clock. This is the annual social duty
of the Secretary Of State. This year the
company will he larger than ever, andI
will include the members of the Foreign
Affairs committees of the House and
Senate and their wives, and the break
fast. which is always a buffet affair, will
he given this year I'm what is known as
John Barrctts Club. the building Of the
Pan-AmeriCan Union. which is especially
equipped for entertaining large com
panies
open house on New Years Day is a
hing Of the past except in Washington, |
where, because of tho official nature of |
society, il will doubtless continue indefi- !
nitolv. There is little or none of it OBJ |
served among the private citizens fam |
ilies in these days.
he breakfast with the Secretary. and !
they will have no assistants. She will |
hold her first official reception on We'd |
nesday afternoon, and will have with her |
her newest dauEhter-in-law. Mrs Hugh |
Knox. who was formerly Miss katherine |
McCook, Of New York
Mrs. MaCEeagh. wife of the Secretary |
of the Treasury. will have with her |
Emily Lady Lawrence. Mrs. Hilles, wife
~ the secretary to the President; Mrs
Norman Williams, Mrs. Wesley Merritt.
Mrs. Charles HapgOOd, Mrs. MediI Nc
COrmiCk, Mrs. Francis w. Taylor Mrs
Preston Gibson. Miss Scidmore. Miss
Switzerland. Miss Mary Switzerland.
Miss Mary Carlisle. Miss Harriet " ads
worth, Miss GeOrgianna Hopkins, Miss
Draper, Miss HonOre Lawrence, Miss Car
YER Of Chicago, house guest of Mrs. Mac
Neagh, and Miss Ruggles
Mrs. Walter L. Fisher. wife Of the
Secretary of the Interior. will have a l.
reception in their home, but IT will he
informal, and she will have no assistants.
Mrs, Meyer has selected for her assist
ants on New Years Day strictly Off |
Cial and very proper company. She will /
have Mrs. Beekman Winthrop, wife of
the Assistant Secretary Of the NAVY:
Mrs. Hollyday, Mrs. Fechteler. Mrs
Fletcher. Mrs. Vreeland. Mrs. Cowie Il
Mrs Hollyday, Mrs. Feltcheler. Mrs. |
Scnroeoer, ana Mrs. Twining, all wives |
nf rear admirals; Mrs. Biddle. wife of
the commandant of the Marine Corps. L
Mrs. Beatty, wife of Capt Beatty, com /
Of the Washington Navy Yard: Ii
Mrs. Palmer, Mrs. Badger. Mrs. Potts, /
Mrs. Gibbons, Mrs. Russell, Mrs Belk-
nap. wives OF captains in the navy;
Mrs. Livingston Hunt. Mrs. Kaiser. Mrs. /
w. F. Turpin. Miss Margaret Smith, and
Miss Rose Bradford. Mrs. Meyer should L
ne commended for making her reception
as strictly official as it will be, and for ]
Identifying the women who really should
De identified with this particularly off,
,ial day and occasion. She has a house
larty of young people, including Miss
frances Saltonstall, of Boston: Mr..
Salch, and Mrs. John Simpkins, OF Bos-
on, and Mr.. Huffer, Of Baltimore, as
veil as George Won L. Meyer, jr., who Is
It homt for the holidays, and returned
his morning from hunting trip in the
south with his father.
Mrs. NageI, wife of the Secretary of
'omTrHoe and Labor, has a list of as
staBts which includes Mrs. Cable, wife
4 the Assistant Secretary Of Commerce
nd LSoor, ands Mrs. Herbert Knox '
smith, wife OF the Chief OF the Bureau |
= Corporations. Of the Department Of