The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-02
PRESIDENT GIVES
RECEPTION TODAY
AT WHITE HOUSE
Public to Exchange New
Year Greetings With
President and Wife.

The President and Mrs. Harding
will re-establish the custom of
open house" to the public by Civ
ing a reception today at the White
House. This annual custom of a
personal exchange of greetings be-
tween the Chief Executive and the
public was discontinued during the
!, last administration.
The White House reception will
begin at IL o'clock and continue
until 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
Members of the Presidents off
eial family" the Presidents secre-
tary' the Diplomatic Corps and the
director of the Pan American
Union will head the line which will
Tile past the President and Mrs.
Harding. The afmous East Room
with a bower of evergreens and
flowers will form a BACKGROUND
FOR the receiving party.
VIII Receive Judges.
The members of the Cabinet and
their families, standing beside the
President and Mrs. Harding. will
fist receive the Chief Justice. the
associate Judges of the United
states Supreme Court, the judges
of the Court of Custom Appeals.
the Judges of the Court of Appeals
OF the District. the judges of the
United States Court of Claims, the
judges Of the Supreme Court OF the
District, former members of the
Cabinet, Ambassadors and Min
listers to the United States.
At 1l:40 o'clock Senators, Repre-
sentatives and delegates in Con-
Sress and the librarian of Con-
Sress will be received, followed at
11:55 o'clock by officers of the
army. navy and Marine Corps, the
stan of the commanding general of
the District militia, Coast Guard
Public Health Service and the
Coast and Geodetic Survey.
At 1915 o'clock the Solicitor
General and assistants and the d.
rectors and assistants of all the
government departments will be
received.
Parking Rules Issued.
From 1890 until o'clock has
been reserved for the reception
OF the officers of patriotic soci-
cites. After 2 o'clock the public
Will be admitted.
Vehicles of those who attend
must be parked south of the Exec
utive Mansion by order of Clarence
Q. Sheriff., Superintendent of Pub
lie Buildings and Grounds. The
public will form in a column ex-
tending west along Pennsylvania
avenue, from the northwest gate
of the White House to Seventeenth
street and then south.
The southwest gate Of the white
L.
to possessors of tickets, and cars
which enter there must be parked
as far south as possible, the order
requires. Drivers not finding park
ing space in the south grounds of
the Executive Mansion are instruct
cd to leave by the southeast gate,
and park on West Executive ave-
nue..
Vehicles. except those of persons
attending the reception. are banned
on West Executive avenue, the
roadway south OF the State, War
and Navy Building, and the road
way north of the Ellipse in the
White Lot.
Secretaries to Receive.
The Secretary of State and Mrs.
Hughes will give a breakfast to-
day at noon in the Pan American
Union Building. Other Cabinet off,
GERS who will receive with their
wives, are: The Secretary of War
and Mrs. Weeks. the Secretary of
the Navy and Mrs. Edwin DENLY,
the Secretary of Agriculture and
Mrs. Henry c. Wallace. the Secre-
tary of Commerce and Mrs. Her
bert Hoover and the Secretary of
Labor and Mrs. James J. Davis.
\ number of the largo organiza-
tons in Washington will hold re-
ceptiOns to exchange New Year
greetings The Y NJ. c. A. will cell
citrate this afternoon beginning at
o'clock. The board of managers
and the secretarial staff will re-
Ccive on the second floor where the
new religious department will be
opened for the first time for in
SpectiOn The ~" manageme Mt
has issued a general invitation to
the public to take part in festivi-
ties of all the departments which
will occupy most of the day.
Division Commander Frank II. Dc
GToOt has issued an order to mem
hers of William &. Cushing Camp
No 81: Warren .. Harding Camp.
Nn. u. and Lincoln Camp. No. =, Of
the Sons Of Veterans OF the United
states, to assemble at ! o'clock at
Tue -. y. T. building. from where
;tcy VIII march t" the White Hons"
10 greet the President and Ma
Harding.
Women to Greet Veterans.
Members Of the Military ORR, T
IF the LOYAL Legion who will at
tend the White House reception will
meet on the FIRST floor, east front,
It the state Department Building
81 leila o'clock. Insignia of the
order will be worn.
The District Society. Sons of the
american Revolution, will take is
tasir guest to the White House re-
ct4tion. Warren G.. Harding. 10
year; old. of 1884 East Capitol
street. The society will assemble
on the east front of the State. War
and Navy Building at IL o'clock anc
proceed to the reception.
The Department Of Potomac.
women's Relief Corps, will hold a
reception at Grand Army Hall from
to o'clock. All the patriotic
organizations of women will assist
the department president, Ursula
shirley. in entertaining the veter-
ans of the Grand Army of the Re
public. all. the Spanish American
War Veterans, and the American
Legion. who are expected to pay
their respects. There will be mu-l
sic and dancing. and a buffet lunch
will be served all day The hall has
been decorated and preparations
have been made to entertain sew
eral thousand veterans.