Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-01
PINEAPPLE AND GRAPE
PUNCHES SERVED As DRINKS
Reception Largest Social Function Of
New Years Celebrations in National
cap;tal-Whits House Reception
Passed Over For First Time Since
President Monros's Administration.

taking a vacation in the south, q
breakfast to the diplomatic corps by
Secretary and Mrs. Bryan was the
principal social function Of the day.
More than 500 guests gathered with
the secretary Of state At his home.
Practically all the ambassadors. minis
ters and members Of the embassy and
legation staffs, with the women Of
their families, were present. The Gem
tral and South American countries
were brilliantly represented.
Secretaries Daniels and Garrison
the splendor and brtlliancy which u.s.
ually attended tho visits Of army and
navy officers at the White House were
transferred to their homes.
Ono Of the largest receptions Of the
day was at Speaker Clark's home.
whore Miss Geneva. Speakers Clark's
only daughter. made her formal bow
to society.
Not . Dress Affair.
Tho informality Of the Bryan break
fast was feature. None OF the diplo-
matio corps appeared in uniform. but
the sombre conventional garb Of the
men and many handsome gowns Of the
women presented brilliant scene none
the less against the setting tho secre-
tary and Mrs. Bryan had prepared.
The dining room was made to resem-
bio an orange and tho drawing room
was similarly decorated. From their
winter homo at Miami the secretary
and Mrs. Bryan had brought largo
quantities Of poinsetta, smilax and
other semi i-trepical plants. IS ~
Nc Wines ossvsd. - 4
There weS no formal reception, the
secretary and lfrs. Bryan standing
at the door and simply wishing Ill =
happy new year"
when the moment for entsetng the
breakfast room arrived, Ambassador
Jussarand. a. dean Of the corps. gave
Mrs. Bryan his arm. and Secretary
Bryan escorted Madame Jusserand.
The breakfast was given in buffet
style Pineapple and grape punches
were served and there were no wines.
In addition to the foreign attaches
tho affair today was attended by the
officials Of tho Pan-American union,
members Of the foreign relations COM
mittee, Of congress and the assistant
secretary Of state.
Slap at Bryan.
The diplomatic corps today handed
one TO william Jennings Bryan, Sec
retary Of state.
Thru the dean Of the corps. M. Jus
serand, the French ambassador, II
notified the state department that 1t
would not don full dress for the diplo-
matte breakfast.
The people Of the country may not
think this is serious matter. but 1t is
20 In the view Of the sticklers for
etiquette in the official circle. Mr..
Bryan. in sending out Invitations to
the breakfast, intimated that full dress
would be expected. as usual. This sug-
gestion was responsible for an am
bassadorial conference with the result
that 1t was decided not to wear full
dress.
The excuse offered by the ambassa-
dors Is that the president is absent
from Washington and that 1t conse-
quently is not incumbent upon them to
honor his subordinate as they would
have been delighted to honor him.
Back of this excuse is the fact that
the diplomats resent Mr.. Bryan's fre-
quent absences, which compel them to
deal with subordinates. Moreover. they
&c ret like the way the administration
had been acting with respect to its
official entertainments. They were
deeply chagrinned over the presidents
cancellation Of the New Years recep-
tim