Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-31
CAPITAL PREPARES
TO GIVE NEW YEAR
MERRY WELCOME
Crowds in Cafes, Clubs and
Churches to Keep Watch
for Infant 1926.
FULL SOCIAL PROGRAM
SCHEDULED TOMORROW
White House and D. A. R. Recep.
tions Chief Events-Day
Will Be Fair.

In glitteing cafes, the gay seclu-
/ sion of private clubs and amid the
more solemn dignity of midnight
watch services in its churches, Wash
! tngton will give the New Year tonight
a welcome seldom surpassed IN joy
| Gus sincerity. Sorrow over the pass
! ing Of the most beneficent year in
the National Capitals history will
be swept aside in scintilating greet
ings to the toddlinE 1926 that gives
promise Of even richer rewards.
Although many Of the welcome
home" parties will last until dawn
streaks the east, Washington has
, prepared an ambitious program of
! receptions and social gatherings TO
morrow, most important of which
will be the annual reception of the
President at the White House TO
high officials of the Government,
| members OF the judiciary and Con
gresS, the resident diplomatic corps.
officers of the Army, Navy and Ma
rine Corps and TO the general public.
Pan-imerican Reception.
Al noon the Secretary OF State will
preside at the annual pan-American
reception in the Pan-American Union.
In the past this fete has been sur
! passed in color and beauty only By
the White House reception Later in
| the afternoon many patriotic societies
! will have their receptions, members
! Of the cabinet now III Washington
will be at home, and the residences Of
thousands of private citizens viii be
| thrown open to guests.
( The Presidents reception will begin
promptly at II o'clock, the members
! Of the cabinet being The first to greet
! Mr.. and Mrs. Coolidge on the New
/ Year. Then, standing in the blue
room. attended only by naval and
! military aides. they will receive the
: following groups i'll the order named
! The diplomatic corps, the director of
! the Pan-Americau Union, members Of
! the Judiciary, members Of Congress.
! officers OF the Army, Navy and Ma
/ rine Corps, ranks of the National
! Guard, Naval Reserve. Coast Guard
! Health Service. and similar organiza
! tons down 20 and including the grade
! or lieutenant colonel and commander.
! Government bureau chiefs. patriotic
societies, the Association OF Oldest In
habitants and the general public.
! Reception of Public.
! The program tu.' the White House
| reception provides that the President
I and Mrs. Coolidge will begin 10 receive
! the general public promptly at
[ o'clock. The public line Will TO form
ed, as i'll the past. from the gate at the
western end of the Pennsylvania ave
nue. front of tn" White House AS
. quickly as the President has received
! the more official groups those in the
. uIIhlic line Will r,spI-a bl,,a
room and tender their Fluctuations.
! All or the color and pageantry that
! has made the Presidents New Year
/ reception one of the official heirloons
, OF the Nation, the custom having been
| handed down from the first admins
| tration Of George Washington. will at
| tend tomorroW's affair. The orchestra
of the United States Marine Band,
! wearing full dress uniform, will fur
/ nlSh music and all OF The members Of
: the diplomatic corps entitled to wear
| uniforms Will be adorned with full re-
| gala.
| Another reception Of outstanding
| interest tomorrow will be that OF the
! president general and national off
! GERS OF the Daughters of the Amer
| lean Revolution TO be held in Mem
| orial Continental Hall from 4 until
! O'Clock. 1t will be the first time this
/ reception has been held in Memorial
! Continental Hall. Assisting Mrs An
/ thony Wayne Cook the president
| general, will be large number OF
women socially prominent here and
| elsewhere.
| New Year Revelry.
! II will be well after 10 o'clock be
| fore the New Year eve reyelry be
! gins, but from that hour it will rise
| with the steadiness of a symphonic
! sresCendo and continue everywhere
| until well into the small hours of the
| morning. Hotels, CabaretS. reStau-
! rants and clubs are flooded with more
requests Tor reservations than can be
! cared for, and as d result prices have
| shot clear out of sight into the
| cerulean blue of the universe Reser-
| vations are said to be selling for more
than SIS person AT some places. yet
every one offered is snatched up.
The spirit of the night viii even be
. carried far out TO the private country
clubs, all OF which have reported avail
| able space to have been reserved "a
week ago. Prominent men and women
| have arranged dinner parties and
dances at the country clubs. Dealers
! in confetti, tin horns and all other
! forms Of noise producers have all but
been cleaned out by the thousands who
| intend to make certain that the New
| Year hears its welcome at least.
Churches to be Open.
Nearly all of the churches in Wash
ington will be open tonight, and in
many of them the usual night watch
service will be preceded by social
events This spirit will be typified
at Foundry Methodist Episcopal
Church, when the service will open
at $50 o'clock with a social gather
ing and refreshments. Religious sery-
ices will begin at II O'Clock and
last until 1901 O'Clock. The service
at the Vermont Avenue Christian n
Church will begin at $50 o'clock The
same hour will be observed at the
First Baptist Church. and scores of
other churches will begin their serv
ices at that hour, or even earlier.
Services will begin at s o'clock to-
night at the Free Methodist Church,
416 Second street, and continue
through midnight. Rev. S. S. Shoup
will preach the sermon. A preaching
mission will be held tomorrow, Sat
urday and Sunday at 10, 2:30 and
7:30 o'clock. Ministers of the Phila-
delphia district are expected to assist
The chimes of Epiphany Protestant
Episcopal Church will first herald the
approaching of the New Year, and
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