The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-12-30
BY EDWARD q. CLARK

Observation-Disclosures Is on tn
eve Of holiday season which will b
differentiated sharply from any Of 10
sister seasons since the great wa
began. II is the intention of the ad
ministration TO return to the custom
OF giving the public New Year da!
reception TO which all are invited
and II is likewise the intention of thu
foreigners here to celebrate the holl
days as IL they were In their own land
President Wilson did away with thu
public receptions on January 1, ant
for the main part there was gratifica
ton that he did so. Theodore Roose
welt once was urged to do away I'm his
own behalf with the public reception
on the first day Of the year. Roosevelt
took Office I'm the early fall on the
death Of Mckinley. and his first New
Year In the White House was Jan
nary i, 1902. People at that time were
AFRAID of public receptions, but ROose.
welt vetoed the plan to do away with
the great New Year event.
Washington at the holiday season is
city apart. Christmas here partakes
Of the nature of the northern and OF
the nature OF the southern Christmas
There Is the old time southern hospi-
tally In evidence, and there is the
old-time northern cheer In evidence
with 1t.
One change has come over the
Washington holiday situation. Once
on a time everybody had game din
ners on the two great days, Christmas
and New Years. Canvas-back duck
was the chief dish on manv a taiie...
bu law has intervenod u,,sa,v
1t seems, and canvas-back duck no
more can be purchased in the market.
The same thing Is true of many other
species Of game birds which once were
provided plentifully for the Capital
city consumers.
Plans Of the Foreigners.
There will be many foreigners in
Washington during the holiday season.
The great conference will work only
internationally during the days of
cheer. At the British embassy plum
pudding will be partaken of and the
chances are that the Englishmen
present at the holiday gathering will
sing the old-time carols of their ma
tive land.
The other foreigners who are here
will celebrate Christmas after their
own fashion. The so-called Latin races
have their home celebrations and then
later in the day they visit, family by
family, carrying green's and gifts. The
South Americans particularly are
great Christmas keepers. Some time
ago writer, paraphrasing the saying
of few years ago, said that 1t was
the hope of the conference to get
Christmas" 1t does not seem today
as IL there is any chance that the
armament problem will be settled by
the day of good cheer and good will
but IL on that day the world seems tt
be well on Its way to at least partia
disarmament the officials here doubt
less will be well satisfied.
There will be no children at tn,
Christmas day celebration I'm tn
White House this year. When Wood
row Wilson was President his daugl
tiers were well grown and there wer
no festivities in the executive mar
sion of the kind which mark the "dt
ings' when little ones are present, bu
Christmas was kept with good chez
nevertheless.
Roosevelt's Christmas Days.
When Theodore Roosevelt was pres
dent there were small children In II
household on several SUGGEST,
Christmases. There always was
romping time within the walls OF II
house. Quentin, who was one Of Il
moving spirits Of these occasions, no
lies In grave in France. The story
told that Theodore Roosevelt object,
to Christmas trees because, being
conservationist, he feared that
many evergreen trees We're cut doy
for Christmas purpose that the supp
might become exhausted. 1t is So
that either Archie or Quentin Roo.
welt, have forgotten which, decid
that he would have Christmas II
whether his father would or not. a
80 he struggled one into the VIII
House and set 1t up In big clos
where he and his brothers enjoyed
surreptitiously.
Westinghouse always hope II
winter will come with Christm
Like most people who live in n,
descript climate, they yearn for ha
frost and skating, and the sleighi
which comes with them Last W
was an open winter and Washingt
was disappointed. This year there |
been one snow fall and the proph
say that hard freezing weather is
come.
About Assistant Secretaries.
Seemingly the light of the
sistant secretaries Of the varit
government departments Is hidden
der a bushei, save In rare nstanc
Once In willie the assistant sec
iary gets chance to act as secreta
Then for few days In the abser
Of the cabinet officer In whose depa