New-York tribune., 1922-01-01
Capital Closes
Old'Yea,. With,
Society Rcvel
sx;ft Course of Events of
Two Months Is Prelude
n Official Season of
1921 and 1t Augurs Well


e,.ciai Dispatch 'o l'' if.bftic
wASulNGTON, Dec. 81. Never .n
.;s.orv has Washington had a moro
s~;lli.nt prelude to tn" official social
oason than taa, winch closed 1922
st,n ,he whole capital turned out in
rra,d rovel Of celebration. Partly
.s,onsihlc for the brillancy of the
,s., two months was Of course the
,~r,s conference. which. notviths,anu-
70 the protests OF ambassadors
nrouch; q flood Of entertainment.
,dd,d 10 this was the pcnt-up feeling
- bosnitality restrained hy the war
md later by tho general conditions
IVA taxation. Tho fricudincss Of the
administration also has had much to
10 Win Frightening tho social outlook,
ard the resumption OF official social
surctions at the White House has given
snccisl interest and impetus
Al interest just now ccutcrs in the
New Years reception TO be held az the
White House Monday from II 4. m..
When the ambas Sadovs and ministers
Of foreign countries pay their respects
md present the Fluctuations Of their
.acrs to Mr.. and Mrs. Harding, until 4
o. m. when the last stragglcr shakes
're hand Of Tho President. It was Pres
dent Roosevelt who. after standing for
rours and having his hand pumped
until it was swollen beyond rccorni-
ton, ordered that tho doors be kept
open until the last person on the line
passed through
1t is splendid scene. this New
Years reception, and the most typicslly
American and democratic thing tina.
lappens in the White House. The
White House aids there are seven.
teen OF them, representing the army.
savy and Marine Corps-form in line
md march up the grand stairway to
.scort the Pres ldcnt and the First Lady
down the steps. when the Marine Band
bugl.rs, standing st the foot Ok the
stsrway, sound the fanfare. The mem
ocrs OF the Presidents Cabinet and the
Vice President and Mrs. Coolidge VIII
be the first to greet the Chief Executive
md his wife, and then the ambassadors
and ministers. each with their ladies
and their entire stats. VIII follow, be-
hind them coming tho Chief Justice and
the associate justices Of the Supreme
Court and the entire judiciary; SEN
s.ors, Repre- army, navy
and marine officers, and so on. until the
ast visitor. who perhaps has stood in
he street since early morning, passes
~earily by. Lieutensnt Colonel Clar-
-ucc Q. Sheriff.. [. 5. A.. military aid,
ana comma Ger X. :. ltolmes, naV@l
sid will make the presentations
iussersnd Only Ambassador
Who Has Seen Reception
NJ Iusserand .h. Ambassador of
france who with Mrr, Jnsserand will
- the first "a he reccircd follovinr
he Cabinet is ,hc oulv diplopat Of
his rank who has ever seen White
House rccopt.on. while of tho foreign
ministers Vinscour+ d'Alte +hc Min.
s,er Of Portugal. H II. Brvn. the Min
rtcr of Norway, and Mr.. B,un. the
Minister of Denmark. are the only ones
20 have cnjoved the novel experience.
Of lesser diplomats. Nho have been in
Washington long enough to have been
received on New Year Day by former
Piesldcnts's are Prince de Bealn ct de
chalas counselor Of the French En-
oassy, who was then oMlv an attache
and courtlng an American girl. whom
ne afterward married. Then there is
Mr. I.oftue. secretary OF the Siamesc
Legation. an Eughsuman who has been
nere for years. and Yunc Kwai. coun-
'eor of The Chinese Legation. who
married an American and has spent
many years here. All the rost arc total
strangers TO such a ceremony as the
N"~ Years reception.
Another interesting angle viii be the
way the Chief Justice and Mrs. Taft
.ook upon the ceremony IN new hands,
IS the last reception Of the sort held in
,ae oltc House pas at the end OF
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