Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-01

reception was completed with. the pre-
sentation of under officials of the Gov
eminent and patriotic, military or
civic associations in the following
order:
Others Received In Order.
The chief executive assistants of
members of the cabinet. the regents
and secretary of the Smithsonian In
stitution, the civil service commits
sioners, the Interstate commerce
commissioners, the members of the
Federal Reserve Board, the Federal
trade commissioners, the United
States tariff commissioners. the COM
missioners Of the United States Ship
ping Board, the trustees of the United
States Shipping Board Emergency
Fleet Corporation, the United States
employees compensation commission
ers, the members of the Federal
Board of Vocational Education, the
directors of the War Finance Cor
poration. the Federal Farm Loan
Tax Appeals. the Controller Cen
eral of the United States, the di-
rector of the United States Veterans
Bureau, the Commissioners of the Dis
trict of Columbia, the chairman of the
American Red Cross, the Treasurer of
the United States, the chief of the
United States Bureau hey,
the director general mite ed
States Railroad Adq non, the
alien property custo~ he public
printer, the heads of T. kus in the
several departments. the president of
the Columbia Institution for the Deaf
and Dumb.
The Society of the Cincinnati. the
A MI s1,zh 0f 10 tnI
Veterans of the War of 1861, the Mil
itary Order of the Loyal Legion of the
United States. the Grand Army of the
Republic. the Medal of Honor Legion,
the Union Veteran Legion, the Union
Veterans Union, Veterans of Foreign
Wars. the Society of the Army of the
Santiago, the Spanish War Veterans.
the American Legion, the Army and
Navy Union, the Minute Men, the So
ciety of Colonial Wars, the Sons of the
American Revolution and the Sons of
the American Revolution.
For more than an hour the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Coolidge had stood re-
ceiving the best wishes of their off,
cial guests, and their severest test was
still before them-the reception to the
general public Somewhat fatigued by
the morning reception, they hurried
back to their rooms for few minutes
rest and a hurriedly eaten lunch, to
give them added strength for the two
or possibly three hours more of hand
shaking.
Crowds Wait Two Hours.
For more than two hours the
crowds had been gathering for the
public reception Tire first person to
reach the gate at the northwest cor
ner of the White House grounds,
which has always been used to admit
the visitors, was Miss A. K. Hannay
and her mother. Mrs. A. NJ. Hannay
1853 Lamont street. They took up
their position at 10 o'clock, a few
minutes ahead of a score of others.
From then on the line increa sed con-
stantly until II stretched down to
Seventeenth street and began TO wrap
itself solidlys around the block oc-
cupied by the State, War and Navy
Building.
The day was an ideal one for the.
visitors. Although there was a threat
of rain early. the sun began to break
through before noon, and tempered
the atmosphere so that no one suf-
fered seriously from the cold. Last
year 3,257 persons greeted President
and Mrs. Coolidge at their New Year
reception.
Police predicted that from the way
the people were arriving the figures
would not fall far short of this num-
Der this year.
The line approached the White
House entrance two abreast and then
passed In in single file. The usual
corps of secret service men was on
hand to protect the President and
Mrs. Coolidge from possible mischief
makers. Mr.. and Mrs. Coolidge were
assisted in receiving the visitors by
the military and naval aides. The
line passed out of the White House
by the door opposite the Treasury.