Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-11-26
NATIONAL CAPITAL
TO Be A GAY PLACE
OFFICIAL ENTERTAINMENT AT
WHITE HOUSE TO BE REsUM.
ED SOON AFTER WEDDING.
NO NEW YEARS RECEPTION
Diplomatic Dinners to Replace Recep-
tion-invitation Lists Are Cause of
Worry-First One Jan. gu. S.
Marine Band Furnish Music.

Washington.-The program of Off
cial entertainments at the White
House which will be resumed this win
ter after a lapse of year, has been
announced. The program shows sew
eral changes from that Of previous
years, due mostly to the European
war. The series of dinners and re-
ceptions will not begin until January
z, after the marriage of President Will
son to Mrs. Norman Gait and the new
mistress of the White House will take
her place at all of them.
No Diplomatic Reception.
The big New Years reception at
which presidents in past years have
been accustomed to receive diplomats,
officials, army and navy officers, mem
bers of many patriotic organizations
and all citizens who presented them
selves, will be omitted as it has been
for the last two years. The president
and Mrs. Gait probably will be away
on their honeymoon on that day.
The principal changes in the pro-
gram this year will be the canceling
of the diplomatic reception and the
substitution of two diplomatic dinners
for the one usually held. This depart
ure was decided on because of the i'm
possibility Of inviting diplomats repre-
senting the opposing nations engaged
in the war to the same dinner.
]. J. Jusserand, the French ambas-
sador, dean of the diplomatic corps,
will head the list of guests at the din
ner attended by representatives of the
allies and Count Won Bernstorff, the
German ambassador, who ranks after
Ambassador Jusserand in the diplo-
matte corps, will be entitled to the
seat of honor at the other dinner.
Delicate Problems.
The ambassadors and ministers rep
resenting neutral powers will be al
lotted between the two dinners. Just
how the selection will be made has not
been settled, and is admittedly a per-
picking problem, especially as regards
those diplomats whose countries now
are being urged to enter the war by
both sides. These questions will be
referred to the state department by
the White House.
The first diplomatic dinner will be
given January 81 and the second jan
uary 25.
The series of entertainments will be
opened January with Pan-American
reception in honor of delegates to the
Pan-American scientific congress and
diplomats representing Central and
South American nations. Then will
follow the cabinet dinner, which will
be attended by Vice President and
Mrs. Marshall, the two diplomatic din
ners, the judicial reception, a dinner
to the supreme court, the COMPRESSION
al reception, dinner to Speaker
Clark, which will be attended by lead
ers of the senate and house and sew
eral special guests, and finally the ar
my and navy reception.
In State Dining Room.
The dinners will be held in the state
dining room in the White House, which
was completely repaired last summer.
The United States Marine band will
furnish music at the reception, and
the president will be attended by IA
military and naval aides officially at
tached to the White House.
Preparations for the entertainment
already have begun, and from now on
a special staff of clerks will work on
the invitations.
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