Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-01

House aides in their full dress uni
forms, who were kept busy rushing
about directing the various groups to
their positions for assembling and then
starting them along the receiving line
at the proper moment Uniformed men
of the enlisted service were stationed
at different points as guards OF honor
Orchestra in Two Sections.
The Marine Band Orchestra was di-
vided into two sections, one section be-
ing stationed on one side of the main
corridor Just beyond the entrance door
way and the other section on the other
side of the corridor. There was no let
up in their playing. AS soon as one
section stopped for a rest the section on
the other side of the hall burst forth
This kept up throughout the reception,
and the only airs played were lively
ones, mostly of dance or marching
nature.
Promptly at IL o'clock Mr.. and Mrs
Hoover, followed by Vice President
Curtis and Mrs. Edward Everett Gam,
his sister and official hostess, and next
women members of their families start
ed down the main staircase.
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon and
Postmaster General and Mrs. Brown
were absent from this group.
AS the official family reached the bot
tom of the stairway the Marine Band
greeted them with fan fare Of trum-
pets and flourishes of the drums, fol-
lowed with the playing of Hail to the
Chief" ~dA -
With Col. Campbell Hodges and Capt
Allen Buchanan, chief military and ma
val aide. respectively, leading the way,
the President and Mrs Hoover were
then escorted across the wide corridor
to their position in the Blue room. An
instant later the signal was given for
the reception to begin. ~
Cabinet Members First.
First to be greeted were the members
of the cabinet, then the director of the
budget and then the diplomatic corps.
The first foreign guests received were
the Ambassador of Great Britain and
Lady Isabella Howard, who paid their
respects on such an occasion for the
last time, as the Ambassador very soon
will retire from his post here. The
British suite in an imposing one and.
dating from the time when the late
Lord Pauncefote proudly Strutted down
the line as the dean of the corps and
the first Ambassador to represent his
country in Washington, mank changes
have come. Then there were 3 am
basSadors; now there are IA. The di-
rector general of the Pan-American
Union followed the diplomatic corps.
Next came the members Of the
judiciary. The ranks of the members
bench did not include Chief Justice
Taft and Mrs. Taft. The death of
the formers brother prevented their
attendance.
Behind the members Of the Supreme
Court followed the presiding judge and
associate judges of the Court of Gus
toms and Patent Appeals, the chief
justice and associate justices of the
Court of Appeals of the District of CO.
lumbia, the chief justice and associate
justices of the Court Of Claims and
the associate justices of the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia.
sembled in the red room while await
ing their turn to pay their respects
in the receiving line.
The next unit to pass was COM
posed of the Senators and Representa-
tives and Delegates in Congress, the
librarian of Congress, the Commits
sioners of the District of Columbia
and the public printer. The members
of this group had assembled in the
east room while awaiting their turn.
Officers Represent Services.
Then followed the officers of the
Army, Navy and Marine Corps, the
staff of the commanding general of
the District National Guard, the
United States Coast Guard, the United
States Public Health Service and the
United States Coast and Geodetic
Survey. The officers in this uniformed
group we're all above the rank of
major Then followed the executive as
sistantS Of the members of the cabinet,
the regents and secretary of the Smith
sonian Institute, the civil service COM
missioners, the interstate commerce
commissioners, members of the Federal
Reserve Board, the Federal Trade
commissioners, the United States tariff
commissioners, the commissioners Of the
United States Shipping Board, the
trustees of the United States Shipping
Board Merchant Fleet Corporation, the
Federal Farm Board, the National Com
mission on Law Observance and En-
forcement, the members of the Unit6d
States Board of Mediation, the United
States employees compensation commits
sioners, the members of the Federal
Board for Vocational Education, the
States Board of Tax Appeals, the con-
troller general Of the United States, the
director of the United States Veterans
Bureau, the national advisory commit
tee for aeronautics, the Federal radio
commissioners, the chairman of the
American National Red Cross, the
treasurer of the United States, the
chief of the United States Bureau OF
Efficiency, the alien property custodian
the heads of the bureaus Of the several
departments and the president Of the
Columbia Institution for the Deaf and
Dumb.
Then came the group formed by
members of patriotic and civic organi-
cations. The order of this line was
The Society Of the Cincinnati, the Aztec
Club of 1847, the Associated Veterans
of the War of 1846-47, the Military
Order Of the Loyal Legion of the UniteC
| States, the Grand Army of the Repub
| lice, the Medal of Honor Legion, thu
Union Veteran Legion, the Union Vet
erans' Union, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, the Society of the Army of Sal
| Diego, the Spanish War Veterans, tn,
American Legion, the Army and Nav.
Union, the Minute Men, Society Of Co
lonial Wars, the Sons Of the American
Revolution, the Sons OF the Revolt
ton and the members of the ASSocia
ton of Oldest Inhabitants of the Dis
trict of Columbia.
AS these lines moved slowly aloni
there was merry buzz of voices from
all sections.