Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-02
PRESIDENT GREETS
NEW YEAR THRONG.
Diplomats, Officers, States
men and Plain Citizens
Welcomed Alike.
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plea sanity among themselves. NJ
first person to proceed INTO the que
room TO the Chief Executive was tue
An1ba ssador from Belgium. Baron ue
Cartier de Marchienne. dean OF the
corps. accompa MED by the baroness
ard his Official staff. Sir Esme TOW
ard. British Anlba ssadoT. represented
tho second nation in the line OF guest :
but Lady Howard was absent, IN
MOURNING for the death q son
CONSPICUOUS among the absenJ"es
was the entire staff OF tn" jA9aheSe
Embassy. which Is in mourning on
account Of the recent death o. the
Emperor. -,
Immediately following ne dlplo-
matte corps came th" members Oh
tho judiciary. who had e@there1 AZ
HE red room. adJacen - the oiue
rno,n and as this SMALL group Oh
justices made their Way past the
Chief Executive and Mrs. tooNdEt
tGe,. we're followed b. the first o.
tho crono Which had assembled III
Tho .,ra,r east room Of the mansion
fle senators. Representatives ana
dair..a.es in congress and III" L.
hraran OF Congress.
cGicers Came Next.
The Uniformed bodies of the l'eo
E-rte< headed by the offc@rS OF me
Army in their Ehaki,colored uhi-
forms came next in line' pea t ~,
,.nor their breasts medals from me
Hy.,,,,a Nar AID other conflicts. ON
,.crs of The Navy and Marine Corps
,Ara in fun dress Then came the
commanding general of the DlStrlct
Militia coast Guard. Public Health
Service and the Coast and Geodeuc
survey including officers down 10
..od inclusive OF the grade or lieu
tenant colonel and COMMANDER.
What is known as the little cahl-
no, the chief executive assistants VI
,osnhars OF the cabinet, heaueo
long list of officials who carry heaN!
burdens IN the administration Oh
Government under the Chlef EXecu-
tive. WAS next to greet tile Nn.ei
'-hev included the three Commls-
sewers of the District of Columbia
Proctor l.. Dougherty. Col. j. Frank
I'm Bep and Sydney +. Tahaterro.
'he officials in this group listed To
,~ea, tine President included: me
,-arents and Secretary of the Smith-
<nniau Institution. the civil service
commissioners, the interstate com.
,oerca commissioners, the members or
.ha Federal Reserve Board, the Ted
e,oi trade commissioners. the United
States tariff commissioners, the com
pensioners of the United states snip
ming Board. the trustees or lhe
I-pi'.d states shipping Board FINER
gene, Fleet Corporation. the United
states employees compensation COM
missioners, the members of the Fed
ara, BOARD of Vocational Education.
the directors of the War Finance
Cornoration. the Federal Farm Loan
BOARD the United States Board OF
Tay Appeais, the controller general
Of the United States, the director OF
the United states Veterans Bureau,
the chairman of the American Ma
tionsl Red Cross, the treasurer
Of the United States, the chief
of the United States Bureau OF
Efficiency, the director general OF
the United States Railroad Admin
istration. the alien property Gus
todian. the public printer, the neaos
of bureaus in the several depart
ments, the president of the Columbia
Institution for the Deaf and Dumb.
G. A. r. Files Past.
The last of the formal official re-
ception of the morning included
greetings from the patriotic bodies
OF the cit. with the slowly thinning
ranks of the Grand Army of the
Republic. These bodies were headed
by the Society of Cincinnati and IN
Guided also: The Aztec Club OF 1S41,
the Associated Veterans of the war
of 1s46-47. the Military Order of the
Loyal Legion of the United States,
the Medal of Honor Legion. the Union
Veteran Legion. the Union veterans
Union, Veterans of Foreign Wars, the
Society Of the Army of Santiago.
Oh
American Legion. the Army ana
Navy Union, the Minutemen. the
Society of Colonial Wars. the Sons
of the American Revolution. the
Sons OF the Revolution, the members
Of the Oldest Inhabitants Associa-
lion of the District of Columbia.
The line for the public reception
began to form at Pennsylvania ave-
nue. gate to the White House as early
as 10 o'clock, although the head of
this column was not scheduled TO pass
the portals of the mansion until l
o'clock The first person in line was
Miss A. X: Hannay. student, accom-
panied by her mother, Mrs. A. NJ.
Hannay, who was second. The young
woman spent much of her time, walt
ing the three long hours in the cold,
by studying Latin.
All Ages Represented.
La the long procession of American
citizens who filed into the White
House there was every age from
babes In arms to men and women tot
tering under the infirmities of age,
some helping their faltering steps
with the aid of crutches They kept
in line, however. on up the curved
Sidewalk to the portico, and through
the open bronze and plate glass front
doors to the reception hall with its
gay reception of stirring martial
music, patriotic colorS, flags and ar
tistic floral decorations.
Little children toddled along be-
tween Their elders, eager for their
first chance to touch the hand OF a
President OF the United States and the
wife of the President. White and col
ored, they came, intermingling in the
long column of democratic American
ism to which the doors of the White
House had been thrown open. In they
walked gay and happy. while the sharp
eyes of the Secret Service watched
carefully each one, yet so courteouSly
that few knew they were there.
One little colored boy, however who
came through the portal with a big
grease stained bag. which may have
been his MONDAY meal, or might have
been something else, was halted, and
his bag checked until he had been
through the line.
An air of gayety and yet of intense
earnestness and eagerness pervaded
the slowly moving lire Of the American
public, which at this one time Of the
year is welcome at the White House
without personal invitation. None is
barred unless undoubtedly suspicious,
and so far as WAS known yesterday