The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-25
New Year Day To BE
Celebrated With Old
Time Enthusiasm

and top hats polighed for the
making Of New Year calls. OF
late years the Observance of New
Year Day. once the most pic.
turesque of holidays. with every
important hostess keeping open
house and every worthwhile young
man making the rounds. has been
distinctly half-hearted. But the
official world always takes its cue
from the White House and. since
the President and Mrs. Harding
have determined to revive that
NEST Characteristic and colorful Of
functions. the New Year public re-
ception. It 10 safe to prophecy
that much Of the, old-time glory of
the holiday viii also b revived.
Eight-no. nins-years 1t has
been since the last New Year re-
ception of the Taft Administration.
And 20 tremendously has the Of
fetal establishment Of the Gov.
eminent grown In, that time that
the reception this year will have
to be divided into two sections. In
the morning, between IL and
o'clock. the President and Mrs.
Harding will receive their official
family. the diplomatic corps. the
Supreme Court, the Senate and the
House; then the government per-
sonnet. beginning with the high
officials and on down through the
various bureaus, the army, navy
and marine corps-the whole srist
Of official visitors, in fact. In the
afternoon. from 2 to 4 o'clock,
the White House doors will be
open to the public and the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Harding will extend
a. greeting to all corners and re-
ceive their good wishes for the
New Year. v
WITH the diplomats in their
" court regalia and the military
in full uniform. there'll be much
color and variety in the assemblage.
The Cabinet members will be &C
companied by their womenfolk and
yes, the diplomatic diplomats. too.
I believe. and a few other officials.
Once they have been received they
will foregather in the Blue Room
until-in the case of the diplomats.
the time comes to hurry away to
the diplomatic breakfast.
Like the White House reception.
this is a time-honored institution.
It was interrupted during the war
but resumed after peace was de-
clared. Secretary and Mrs. Colby
having entertained the corps last
year and the Robert Lansings be-
fore that. This year, / fancy. It
will be rather . larger function
than 1t has been Of late, for the
Secretary Of State and Mrs. Hughes
will entertain at the Pan American
Union instead Of in their own home.
Coming directly from the White
House, the corps will be in uniform,
which will add an element of pic
turesQueness to the scene.
THE Cabinet hostesses seem to
be hanging back, each waiting
to sec what the others intend to do,
before committing themselves to re-
ceiving on New Year afternoon.
But venture to predict that there
will be receptions at each Of the
Cabinet homes whose hostess 10 In
town. The Secretary Of War and
Mrs. Weeks have made no an.
nouncement Of their plans so far,
but I'm sure they will receive. In
deed. the Secretary of War and the
Secretary Of the Navy always do
and each has an enormous number
of callers. since each army and
navy officer is expected to pay his
RESPECTS to his chief.
Mrs. DENLY will be at home II she
is In town, but there Is a slight pos
sibility Of her being away. Mrs.
hoover Will Dc AT nome auO mrs.
Wallace will receive III the others
do" Mrs. Fall IL expected home by
that time, and L wouldn't be sur
prtsed II she and Mrs. Wallace and
Mrs. Davis received together out ut
Park as they did on their
first Cabinet Wednesday"
There are grist Of unofficial par
ties scheduled for New Year Day.
Mrs. Edison Bradley, whose New
Year reception IL almost as much of
an institution as the White House
party. will be at home, Prince de
Bearn, counselor of the French en-
bassy. il giving an egg-nog party
immunity again - and
many Of the clubs-notably the Con-
gressional Club and the Washington
Club-will keep open house during
the afternoon hours. All this, OF
course, ID on Monday afternoon, the
Official New Year Day, rather
than on January /, which falls on