The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-31
White House Reception Tomorrow
TO Be IN Keeping With Tradition
The President and Mrs.
Hoover to Receive Good
Wishes of Their Fellow
Citizens

ton s WarQrOD6 Will pO
donned tomorrow for the
first New Year reception OF
The present Administration.
The President and Mrs.
Hoover are receiving ct II
o'clock. According to ira
dition they will be at home
at the White House to- their
fellow citizens. Rich or
poor, high or lowly are In
vited to call upon their
President and his wife and
offer their good wishes for
. Happy New Year,
Big Event Of Year
10 the society matron, vet
eran Of a dozen or 50 similar
affairs, the presidential New
Year party may be q bit Of .
bore, but to the average citizen
It Is the one big glamorous so
cial event Of the year. It's their
enc opportunity to see and be
seen, to n1ingle with the great
and gaze upon faces familiar
from frequent appearances IN
the newspapers.
Even to the most blase. it Is Q
Sit more colorful than the aver
ace party of the kind. More
gold braid and brighter uni
forms then usual have been
donned for the occasion. The
diplomats make q point Of APP
pearing In full dress. blazing
with decorations. Members OF
the Army, Navy and Marine
CORPS in attendance upon the
Chief or making the call wear
their newest and sriartcst at
tire. The women wear their
f,rettiegt frocks and, blase or
rot. the majority Of them In Of
fetal or residential society
make q point Of putting IN
their appearance sometime dur
ing calling hours.
Breakfast at Pan American
from the White House GER
tain Of the elect will 90 TO the
Pan American Building to break
fast with the Secretary Of State
and Mrs. Henry L.. StimsoHl.
This party, too, is accordiag %
tradition. The breakfa fast III given
primarily for the Diploma nc
Corps but several hundred guests
have been invited to si1are the
secretary Of States hospitality
IA the lovely setting Of what Is
frequently declared to be The
handsomest building in Wash
ington.
The Pan American party Is
Sine, Secretary and Mrs. Slim
sons gesture of hospitality for
the day. They will not be ct
horne in the afternoon but the
other Cabinet officers. with the
exception Of the Secretary o.
the Treasury, Mr.. Mellon, and
the Secretary of Commerce and
Mrs.. Lamont are holding open
house.
THE Secretary of Commerce
and Mrs. Lamont have can
ceIled their party as their new
house is not yet in order
Mrs. Adams at Home
U Mrs. Charles Francis adams,
wife of the Secretary Of the
Navy, viii have receiving with
her her daughter, Mrs. Henry
s. Morgan, Of New York, and
her sister, Miss Alice Lowering
At the tea table will be Mrs.
Medill Mccormick, Mrs. Charles
r. Hughes, Mrs. Richard Leigh.
and Miss Mabel Boardmal1.
The Secretary Of the Interior
and Mrs. Ray Lyman Wilbur
and the Secretary OF Agr1cul-
ture and Mrs. Arthur II. Hyde,
both Of whom make their home
at the MayfloWer, have Joined
forces for the afternoon and
viii receive together in the May
flower ballroom.
The Secretary Of Labor and
Mrs. James j. Davis viii re-
ceive assisted by the heads Of
the various bureaus In the de-
partment. The wives OF the
bureau heads viii preside at the
tea tables. The entire group OF
assistants includes MRS. Clyde
Kelly, wife Of Representative
Kelly: Mr.. and Mrs. Robe Carl
White, Mr.. and Mrs. w. w.
Husband, Mr.. and Mrs. Theo-
dore CT. Risley, Mr.. and Mrs.
samuel j. Gompers. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hughes Kerwin, Mr.. Eth
Gilbert Stewart, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry e. Hull, Miss Grace Alb
bolt, Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond r.
Christ, Miss Mary Anderson,
Francis I. Jones, Miss Lulah r.
Andrews, and Mrs. Joshua
Evans. Following the reception.
the Secretary of Labor and
Mrs. Davis viii entertain those
who assisted them at q buffet
supper.
VIII Not Receive
The Chief Justice and Mrs.
william Howard Taft had
planned to be at home but the
illness of the formers brother,
Charles p. Taft in Cincinnati.
has caused them to cancel their
party.
Mrs. Porter Dale, will head
the receiving line at the Con-
greseional Clubs reception in
the afternoon. The Congres-