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form of hospitality today, in many |
cases cup tea In lieu of the far
famed washington eggnog.
The cold drizzle that ushered in the (
| New Year spoiled the party the city
or washington had planned for the
Plaza OF the Capitol The tree raised
on Christmas Eve awaited the guest,
the music for the dancing was ready
and the entire preparation for the
festivities had been completed. Then
up spoke the grabbed old guy from
Medicine Hat-and the party, other
wise known as the Washington New
rear Community dance, was all on. |
| the Capitol-itecif was aglimmer
with thousands of lights. They shone
brightly. but fitfully. through binding
rain gusts
But the rain couldn't beat through
roofs, and indoors all over the city
there was dancing aplenty.
dancing was the fashion in every
nome and club and hotel of the city |
Washington's thousands of soldiers,
sailors and marines were invited to SO
many parties that It was Just a ques-
tion OF which sounded the most invit-
] ing.
State Societies Merry.
| Nearly all The state societies, too.
held celebrations of some sort: either
dances or parties, where the young
people could dance if they wanted to
me United Service Club, on Dupont
circle held one of the most success
iui balls of the year, hundreds of
young men in uniform accepting the
clubs invitation to join in the merry
making. Among the other parties
unusually enjoyed by the guests, was
the dance given by the Southern
Dancing Club in the hall of the old
Masonic Temple.
| For the wounded men at Walter
Reed Hospital. arrangements were
made for watch parties and. for those
| VINO were well enough dances. 1t
was happy New Year for the ma
| Jority of the men the old year of
hardships and pain forgotten in the
prospects offered by the coming
twelve months.
In the churches, night watch SER
vices were held for those who de-
sired to spend the last hours of the
old year and the first of the new in
prayers and thanksgivings for the
! blessings of peace and the safe re-
turn OF hundreds of the young men
and boys of Washington.
No Joy Here.
In many of the homes OF Wash
ington. the guest of honor last night
was. just a picture-the likeness of
a boy, spick k-and-span in a brand
new uniform-a boy who went over
there"-and who now lies under red
| popptes somewhere in Flanders
! Today will be open house" day
all over Washington. practically
every home club and society open
ing its doors to the people of the
city.
At the Y NJ. C. A. the "Fete de
lNictoire" will be attended by mem
bers of the Cabinet. members OF
Congress and officials of the District
of Columbia. More. than 5000 iuvi-
| tations have been sent out by the
association, and a general invitation
has appeared during the last week
ION the bulletin boards of the gov
ernment departments.
| The program will begin at 2
o'clock in the afternoon and end
with the Evening of Indian Art" in
the Assembly Hall at o'clock.
There will be athletic stunts by
stare in the athletic field for the
smusement of the guests, dancing
for the young people and contests ar
ell Kinds
Girls of the city are invited by the
| Y. w. c. A. GIG 18th street north
west. to come TO the headquarters
at any time during the day, where
welcome awaits them.
Open House for War Workers.
At the Red Cross clubrooms. Cor ,,
coran court. New York avenue, be-
| -.
streets. the Bureau of Yards and
Docks OF the Navy Department viii
hold "opep house" where all war
workers are invited to come and dance
and meet each other.
The United Daughters of the Con-
federacy of Washington will hold a
reception to members and honorar-
members at 1872 Vermont avenue to.
night.
! A New Year fete will be given by
the enlisted men of Fort Myer at the
| Y. NJ. c. A. hut. There will be music
by the Eleventh Cavalry Band and
| soldiers stationed at the fort
State and other associations holding
celebrations include the Kansas City
! Club at the Elizabeth Somers Home.
llO0 NJ street northeast; the Oklahoma
State Club. dance and party. at the
Wilson Normal School; the Almas
Temple Patrol. at the headquarters OF
the patrol. 1924 II street northwest. and
various women's auxiliary branches
of the Grand Army of the Republic,
/ 14l2 Pennsylvania avenue.
City Pahiarchs Foregather.
! At noon today the Association of
| the Oldest Inhabitants OF the Dis
! trict of Columbia will meet at the
/ Union Engine House, Nineteenth and
! II. streets northwest. to talk over
memories of the past year and other
! years before the memory of the
younger generation OF Washington
! ians. George w. Evans will read
! his chronicle of the past year. The
| association invitation to their talk
\ fest reads: