The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-27
NEW YEAR DAY
PLANS ARE
MADE
Official World Will OBJ
serve Fete With Old
Time Spirit
By JEAN ELIOT.

ANEW YEAR DAY--the next
holiday in the offing always
II Y brings "reminiscences Of those
good old days. When the President
was at home to all and sundry at
the White House, When the Secre-
tary of State entertained the diplo-
matte corps at breakfast. When
Cabineteers kept open house in the
afternoon. When every hostess Of
any social consequence was at homo
and when girls Of any pretence to
social success was invited to assist
at one reception-or two or three.
When the streets were gay with
uniforms and when every man in
town donned his regimentals or but.
toned himself into his morning coat,
hailed his carriage or an open
faced hack" and set forth upon a
round Of calls.
Something Of the quondam glory
of this most picturesque of festivals,
which went into the discard when
woodrow Wilson first Cancelled the
New Year reception at the White
House and when the war put stop
to official entertaining, has been re
Vived in the last few years. And
the fact that the President and Mrs.
Coolidge are to keep open house at
the White House gives assurance
that there will be a certain amount
of old-time color and flavor to New
Year Day this year.
There is something peculiarly
American about this New Year re-
ception at the White House, an In.
stitution at which the butcher, the
baker, and the candlestick maker,
calling to shake hands with the
President of the United States and
wish him Happy New Year." tread
hard upon the heels Of representatives
of foreign nations, bearing their SOW
ereigns' greetings-and their own.
And it gives color, too, to the diplO-
matte breakfast which follows the
reception, for it is only in honor of
the President that the diplomats don
their picturesque court dress and
they wear it to the Secretary Of
States party only because they go
directly there from the White House.
Uniforms Will Lend Color to
Secretary of States Breakfast.
This year, however, the guests
of the Secretary of State and Mrs.
Hughes, who are entertaining at
the Pan-American Union, will be
in uniform. Not so picturesque in
effect as in pre-war days, when the
Germans and the Austrians broke
out their most spectacular uniforms.
Or in those earlier days when the
Orientals wore their colorful native
dress. But gay for all that. And
the streets will be gay, too, in the
afternoon. since there are to be
receptions at the homes Of the
Secretary of War and the Secretary
of the Navy, with all the officers
in town making duty calls-and
wearing uniform. Each Of the Cabi-
net hostesses will receive on New
Year Day with the exception of Mrs.
Hughes-the diplomatic breakfast
taking the place Of a reception in
this instance.
Mrs. Taft, wife of the chief JUS
tice of the Supreme Court, will be
at home on New Year Day from
to o'clock at her residence,
2215 Wyoming avenue, and will be
assisted by the wives of the asso-
ciate justices.
open house from to o'clock at
40 ASoSAANdAIOA - owl NCW I1d1IlQ'
shire avenue, when members will
be privileged to ask their friends
to call. In the evening, from 8
until IL o'clock, there will be
small dance.
At the White House the President
and Mrs. Coolidge, after greeting
the Cabinet, will first receive the
diplomatic corps and domestic"
officials, afterward shaking hands
with the general public. The order
OF precedence and the hours at
which various organizations and
individuals will be received will be
formally announced from the White
House tomorrow.
Presidents Son Takes Part
In Holiday Festivities.
Urged by his mother, John Cool.
fidge, son of the President and Mrs.
Coolidge, has been accepting q good
many invitations for the young
peoples parties of the holiday sea.
son. He has never been awfully
fond of parties, but Mrs. Coolidge
believes in picking up the pieces