The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-01
GAY NEW YEARS
FOR THE CABINET
Eight Members Homes Will
Be Thrown Open to En-
tertainments.
RECEPTION BY McADOOS

WARRINGTON, Dec. 31.-New Years
DAY will have some OF tis old time
splendor morr despite the fact that
the White House will not be opened 10
callers.
A. the beginning Of his administration
President Wilson abandoned the New
Years reception, much to the disappoint-
mont of social and official Washington,
but January I. 1916, will be made notable
BY a series OF receptions at the homes
Of eight Cabinet Ministers and their
families.
Owing to the confusion in diplomatic
society incident to the war the Secre-
tery Of State and Mrs. Lansing Will not
entertain the foreign c~ontinsen. AZ .ne
annual state breakfast on New Years
Day. Instead Mr.. and Mrs. Lansing
will hold a reception.
Except those of the Secretary OF
Agriculture and Mrs. Houston and tne
Secretary OF Labor and Mrs. w. B. VIII
eon the other Cabinet officers homes
win be opened to the public,
McAdoos to Receive.
A reception will be held at the home
Of the Secretary OF the Treasury and
Mr. McAdoo for the frst time since the
marriage OF the Secretary to the Presi-
dents daughter. Mrs. McAdoo will be
assisted by her cousin. Miss Bones her
ntims,e friend. Mrs. J. II. knapn- Tor
whom Mrs. McAdoo was bridesmaid Just
before her marriage. and a NUMBER
OF others. Mise Margaret Wilson Ia out
Of town for the week end and will not
be in her sisters receiving party.
Mn. Sayre. formerly Miss Jessie VIII
son. will rema,a at the White House the
early part OF the day and take a motor
rial in the country with Mr.. Sayre later,
The Secretary OF the Navy m Mrs
Daniels will probably have the larges'
receiving party. Mrs. Daniels having Sc.
iccted a long list Of women in offcia,
and naval circles and having establishet
a precedent OF asking husbands TOO
There will he also a large number o.
debutantes of this and last year. Mrs
Daniels. like the other Cabinet hostesses
will begin 70 receive at 3 p. NJ. but sh'
has given no hour for discontinuing Sh'
mxll have an orchestra for dancing.
The Postmaster Generals wife and
daughters will have with them a large
from the army circle and others
from the official sets.
Mrs. Gnrrison's Reception.
Mrs. Garrison will return here earl,
Tomorrow with the Secretary OF Wa
and will probably have one OF the mos
Or1lllant TeCeptloHS VI ~ :"
a of assistants made up 7 o
the strictly official circles-the wive'
Of the heads OF all the sections OF tn
War Department. including the Chief o
Rts1. the Paymaster-General. the sur
ceon-General and the wife OF the gov
ernor of the Soldiers Home OF Wash
ing,on, Mrs. g. II. NJ. Young.
4 large company OF young girls vii
also assist and two young officers. Lieut.
r.. n. Watson of the Infantry and Lieut.
James 4. Dorst of the Engineer Corp
will help make the i~ntroductions. Al
officers will he in full dress.
To celebrate the going OF m old yea
and the coming OF the new a leap yea
dsn nee was given tonight at Rauscher'
10y about seventy OF the buds or tn
YEAR and some OF the past two seasons
There were about 200 dancers and man!
more men than girls. The young wome'
on the committee of arrangements vel
Miss Dorothy Brooks, Miss Dorothy ray
Tor. Miss Dorothy Wyeth. Miss Doroth!
Adams, Miss Antoinette Ray, Miss Fran
ces Erfnger and Miss Pauline Stone.