Evening star., 1925-01-01

Eency Fleet Corporation, the United
States employees compensation COM
missioners, the commissioners of the
United States Shipping Board, the trus-
tees of the United States Shipping
Board Emergency Fleet Corporation.
the United States employees compensa-
ton commissioners, the members of the
Federal Board for Vocational Education,
the directors of the War Finance Cor
poration. the Federal Farm Loan
Board. the United States Board of
Tax Appeals, the controller general
of the United States, the director of
the United States Veterans Bureau,
the Commissioners Of the District of
Columbia, the chairman of the Amer
lean Red Cross, the treasurer of the
United States, the chief of the United
States Bureau of Efficiency the di-
rector general of the United States
Railroad Administration, the alien
property custodian, the public print
er. and then the heads of bureaus in
the several departments and the pres
ident of the Columbia Institute for
the Deaf and Dumb.
BY this time the noon hour had
been reached. The next to be re-
ceived were men and women repre-
sentatives of the following patriotic
organizations: Society of the Gin
cinnati Aztec Club of 1847, Associated
Veterans of the War of 1S46-47, Mill
tary Order of the Loyal Legion of the
United States. Grand Army OF the
Republic. Medal of Honor Legion,
Union Veteran Legion, Union. Vet
erans' Union, Society of the Army
of Santiago, Spanish War Veterans,
American Legion Veterans of Foreign
Wars. Army and Navy Union. The
Minute Men, Society of Colonial
n he Ar1oA
ton, Sons of the Revolution and the
members of the Association of the
Oldest Inhabitants of the District of
Columbia
When the last of these had fled
along the receiving line, l o'clock
had arrived, and a brief recess was
taken for the President and those
assisting him and Mrs Coolidge to
have a hurried luncheon.
Following this, the receiving line
was formed once again, and then
started the reception of other or
ganizations and the public in general
The schedule of arrangements for the
reception specified $50 o'clock for the
concluding hour.
Crowds Brave Cold.
Before II o'clock, or more than two
and half hours In advance of the
time ScheduleQ Tor the reception of
the general public, a line of citizens
started to form on Pennsylvania ave-
nue. near the West gate. The snow
and chillness of the air apparently
did not lessen the ardor Of these men
and women. BY noon, this line had
extended down Executive avenue.
In the waiting crowd were repre-
sentatives of all walks of life. No
line is drawn at a New Year reception
at the White House, as to color, creed
)r race, and representatives of all
classes were on hand to join in this
general New Year greeting to the
Executive and his wife.
The line had not been formed for
any length of time before their was
perceptible stamping of feet and
shifting of bodies, suggesting tha
the cold air was beginning to take
effect.
A sleigh with bells jingling on the
horse which drove along Pennsyl-
yania avenue created much excite
ment among the crowd that had
gathered near the gate, and the driver
and his companion were given cheers
and hand waves as they passed by.
Despite the cosmopolitan and con-
glomerate nature of the public limo,
it was noticeable that the men and
women for the greater part were well
dressed, the latter especially. Hand
some and costly fur coats were very
numerous, and on this occasion they
were useful as well as ornamental.