Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-03
$500 Attend White
 House Reception
President Harding Threv sso
 Doors Open to tb .ss lic 7 on New Years v.s

washinston. Jan. dent Hard- ing threw the Wk ee doors open to the public tcS the first New Years recsptie there for nine years The nu. responding to the general invitatio was officially esti- mated at $500. many of whom stood for hours In biting wind in 8 slowly nov ing column of fours which extended for hla1ks from the Pennsylvania avenue partieees
 The president and Mrs. Harding met and shook hands with all, physical feat of nc mean ma magnitude and one from whicb they showed more than few signs of strain at o'clock when the last person in the line ilad passed.
 The official section wss received from Il until one o'cioek, and there were ap- preximateiy 2,060 participating In 1t. headed hy the cabinet, ths diplomatic cerps, members of congress, armvseand navy officers. and the higher officials of the government establishments Tie bril- liant uniforms and gala dress kept the big state rooms of>the White House full of eeler while the eurvifF driveways were jammed pSeh automobiles. The numbers were swel.ed by the delegates and attendants upon the arms cenfer- enee. all respiendent in orders and decor atiens,
 Tine gates of the White House en- closure were swung back at o'clock for tho public to enter and. led by the ine- vii3ble small boy. the heal of a long column which had dared the January Breeze, swept forward to the piliared en- trance, A red coated marine orchestra. divided in-two sections SO that by alter ating continuous music could be main tsirsd, began It's programme as tho pro- eesHion moved up. Tho big doors were propped hack and for two hours the moving 1nass moved through the massive entrance, its individual units iigging un- der the combined stimulus of the music and the cold
 Secret service men, ushers and gold corded military aides cut the qua druple line down to single file. once it was within the entrance. Under the insist ent instructions of keep your hands in sight many developed a tendency to put both hands out in front of the waist 1 line and hold them there. Uniformed Ernlice meanwhile conheds.tile column out side for cameras. re1entlesslys relieving their bearers or taking the boxes away
 for deposit
 The presidential party stood in the | oval blue room just out of hearing of the orchestra and the visitors passed d the rate of 30 or 40 a minute This
 speed was attained through the insisten pressure of aides and attaches, and tn, 1 president and Mrs Harding rose to tht
 occasion, meeting the physical test prac
 tically without tagging. The crowd wa l thoroughly cosmopolitan. representa- ti3- of many races and nationalities Tn
 children, of whom there were many. wer given special attention.
 Hello, deadie," the president said |,
 one tot who was passing on paterna
 shoulder
 The next moment the fickering lin
 disclosed four small negroes marshalle
 ahead of their mother.
 Why, look who's here,'' the presiden
 exclaimed as he bent over and smile into the flashing teeth and rolling eye Iballs that were sweeping by. How ar ,, you, youngsters ?''
 |, Mrs. Harding smiled and added . pleasant word here and there while sh quickly developed and efficient swing (
 her right arm an shoulder which-stoo the strain as well as the presidents go developed muscles.
 1. Only occasionally did the preside,
 discover personal acquaintance in II
 throng, one being Urbat1 Ledoux who,
 activities in connection with unemplo, ., ment and other activities have been fir quently noted. To him the president ga,
 cheery greeting.
 ? . AS the line ran out to extinction MT Il Harding beckoned forward the newsp
 per correspondents. greeting them chee ' fully but ahnodncing that she Vi
 ready to go home"
 The White House reception was n N the only one held in Washington toda = When the president received the publ 7 the Vice President and Mrs Coolid were at home to several hundred eues !. while cabinet officials were at home ~ their official associates and friends. Sc 70 retaFy and Mrs. Hughes gave a brea " fast to the diplomatic corps at the. Pa r. American Union building at 12.30 D. r ,t while Secretaries Weeks. Denby, Walla - and Hoover received at their homes.