Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-01

UtSl. ana 10 ttttI ltlt iEtSlltIii IN
tended hearty handshahe, aud Mrs.
Coolidge favored every one With her
most captivating smile. Here and
there Secret Service men watched for
any chance characters that might
have designs on the Presidents life
but aside from that one feature the
White House became Main street III
odd home week" time today.
Established by Washington.
Ia carrying ont the interesting cere-
ruonial II his reception iii the White
House today President Coolidge was
hut paying respect to the custom
established 10y George Washington in
The temporary White House in New
York. ia 1850. and by the President
and Mrs John Adams IN the White
House in Washington in 1901. a Gus
tom observed by every President since
that time with scarcely the omission
II single year.
Much simphtied WAS President Cool
idEc'S reception today from the time
when Martha Washington stood on Il
datiS, in her New York rawiug room.
surrounded 10y ladies' in waiting. with
the President ninSling less ceren"ni
oUsly among the guests.
There was the fast gatheriu; cum
pany OF diplomats in the STATE dining
room and in the red room. other
guests, like the members Of The SUI
preme Court and few others snip
ping quietly into the blue room,
claukiug of military swords on the
booted legs of White House aides and
then a pause.
The flag bearers On either side Of
the blue room door stood at atten-
ton The aides assumed an uneasy
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the Marine Band Orchestra. which
was stationed in the great marble
foyer. stepped 10 the foot of the stair
way and as the signal was given they
gave the fanfare az the President and
Mrs Coolidge. preceded by the mill
tary and naval aides, and followed by
he members of the cabinet and their
ladies'. came down the steps. As the
President and Mrs. Coolidge reached
the foot of the stairway the musicians
played Hail to the Chief" and the
procession entered the state drawing
room.
Greet Foreign ENJOYS.
Greeting the Chief Justice and Mrs.
Taft and the associate justices ana
few others gathered there, the Prcsl-
dent and Mrs. Coolidge took their
stand near "A doorway, the aides moved
WIS on.
che dean Of the diplomatic corps,
Seupr Don Juan Riano Y Gayangos,
Ambassador al Spain. wearing his
ricn uniform. and followed Ivy Sonora
de- Riauo. who. while an American, l.
OF strong spanish type, We're the first
10 shake the Presidents hand, and
extend To him for the King and Queen
of Spain their fluctuations for the
New Year, along with his
own. Immediately following him was
his suite. and then came the Am
bassador of Chile. Senior Don Beltran
Matthew. and Sonora. de Matthew with
the members of the embassy staff;
the Belgian Ambassador, Baron de
Cartier de Marchienne. in his beauti-
full court dress. and Baroness de Car
tier. followed by the Ambassadors
staff: the Argentine Ambassador,
Honorio Pueyrredon, who with Nine.
Puevrredon. was paying his respects
to the President for the last time be-
fore retiring from his post here, the
Amba Ssa dor of Peru, DIR. Herman We
larde: the Ambassador OF France,
Emile Daeschner, who, like the Ar
gentine Ambassador, was making his
last New Year call on the President.
and so on until each of the 80 coun
tries represented here by an Ambas
Sador, Minister or charge d'affaireS,
each with his suite, had passed the
line
NiScount d'Alte, the Minister of Por-
tuEal. who represents the court OF
Lisbon. walked alone. looking the
grandee that he ia, and was as stately
at this. his twenty third White House
reception, as at his first, when in 1903
he greeted President Roosevelt.
Go to Kellogg Breakfast.
As the Japanese Ambassador,
Tsun.o atSudairil. and his long suite
passed all of the members In Amer
lean dress 1t seemed a far cry back
to the Buchanan administration, when
the country was first represented here
and the then Minister and his suite
first greeted the President and his
niece, Miss Lane. bearing for them
strange and beautiful gifts from the
F'l0wery Kingdom. The uniforms OF
the men, the charming toilets with
dainty accessories of the ladies', all
gave to the early part of the recep-
ton a distinctive charm.
Guests, after passing from the Blue
Room. fingered for only a short time,
especially the diplomats, who hurried
away to prepare for the breakfast in
their honor given by the Secretary OF
State and Mrs. Kellogg in the Pan
American Union Building. Some 9th
erS. who We're making their first visit
to the White House, fingered for a
time 20 view its various beauties or
look from the windows at the scene
across the lawn to the Washington
Monument.
The passing line of the various
patriotic orga niZations like the Society
~. - fnf
lS47, the men who breasted Chapulte-
nee; the Associated Veterans of the
War of lS46-47, the Military Order of
the LOYAL Legion and other organiZa-
tons took but a little time in passing,
the fast thinning lines of some max
ing il scarcely more than matter of
form.
The Association of Oldest Inhab-
itants of the District of Columbia,
made up Of the older citizens Of the
Capital who keep traditions and his
tory alive. passed in numbers and
then the President and Mrs. Coolidge
went to the second floor of the man
sion. where they rested for a short
time and enjoyed a light lunch.
Beauty of Gowns.
Adding as much beauty TO the re-
ception as did the uniforms of the
men We're the gowns of the women.
Mrs. Kellogg, who early FASTENED
to the Pan-American Union Building,
where with the Secretary of State she
held the diplomatic breakfast, wore an
exceedingly rnodish costume of gray
chiffon, the long slender coat effect
having panels of gray velvet and the
gray velvet otherwise effectively in
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