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Show THE INTER-MOUNTAIN REPUBLICAN. SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. SUNDAY. JANUARY 3, 1909 NEW YEARS I Custom of Coll LO VEL Grows Oi Sa 77072 LLEPTGCLPLULL Les ALSIPTO MLA PG ALY > Se F, APIOES GS men and women stand for hourg fn the chilly atmosphere awaiting their turn to p the hand of tho President and ew the y brillfan " || \ \ | =r | aE ane the /7eacaz72 very first, the Ha custom | of of | his -_-~_---{ | ceremony From "Happy New Year' Dera of oe the =~ pous messengers part of their President all make lives, a calls. part Roosevelt !s the official the appetite fo they are placed on his uniform. their busi- | Everything must be spotless wenrer wends his way to the man {n | mansion of the Presideot only and to speak, so official Washington w ho does not make calls on New Year's Day. But he re- | Colone) Bromweil, U. S. tendant of Public Build!ogs STO2Z70CLICLLF? SILPLUGC EE? ee LOPE ae lor carpet fn the course ofa complete presi- | other shakes term of four years. thousands of The hands, President and, if ; eocial House, ha| The praise for all as the he A., and functions Colonel the at bas mauner the a : ; : the cabinet ‘oficers whom Mrs. Roos relt has asststing, willl take their. place In the "Blue. Room" of e White House promptly at eleven o'clock The Vi President CATR Enon NeLaE: which es grent he wo at come off-eren though he is weary of doing so. Patiently and | painfully, 2, he stands tn the yeceptlon: of t ite House and long hours and a balf. His SS arms the oe Hane rhe he tbe plainest of At as i ve: |) DIR Beare Ter "as a Colonel Bromwell is a diplomat as riot Baron. Mayor des | the Dean OEACELOL Gy tue BUC reCOUSDeee a Cn | those hours-but witb precise observance ico of the carefully arranged program for} MWour But srecednat absolves him-and Wash- | ington officlaldom Is great on precedent. he President's New Year's reception to everybody that wishes to see him and | mako long. ts of tho cl untiring of every m official cas y calls as time, and t er k and e bh . day the d file In the practically tbe ell the clerks hi to call upon thelr chief, wh: n turn calls upon bis chlef, who In tur ealls upon assistant secretary 1! ‘ranch of the service, and an sustae alert Chief Prest- | t yy i behind the a t . | x of the Diplomatic gress ret attention to to the | ditional Dean himself re- | by paying a sim- | The Root dining-room suitable one for such At tha Whito House, the diplomats and the very | ments' Interval, in fashions of many lands, | 1s again taken blasts of the bugle and the coming 18 | are in line announced forms, with the wife of | Their nrrivai Corps Secretary's Is a large few the - up. Led wife. | and and ) tho cee Then [3 comes the judiciary of the ae brilllaney mo her city patriotic societies which the receptlon are next re Among these orders the Compnnions of end of it all come CP POreontty | the rest and Mrs little of friends refreshment Wishes for 2 hearing several "the . reception 1 s to the of officta Fairbank , brief socin or acquaini and happy ; open pollec- | grace New But Yéa it ts 4, house' is apparently the rul endless 'Presideut's | doi of thete hospitable doors throughout = oon. | li classes are Interested of | artterene ce = between 1 President 1 rOee. yy the mem: | to of thelr famlly, 1 Botan chosen , Tecelve from be close of the President's reception until! 6 o'clock, all those of the officia! set who call. Mem 3 there ind stream men W ashing gtoniangs and risitors from all parts of the globe entering and leaving the aft- and the wealthy oul: and moderate circumstances seem of elaborateness, or Inck of one | {¢. of flo decorations, clothes and the necessaries for the reception Of all the hbolldays oo the calende New Year's ia more elaborately observe: bers of the Diplomatic Corps, senators | from the social standpoint, than an; reception, | and representatives are always among the {| Washington the New Year's custom oficial which usually lasts two hours. A short | recess is taken for refresher and then | the stuge Is set, so to speak, for the pubec reception. Outside the White House | of Vice President's callers. They are In cue ows old. | ne-halt < formally entertained, und tea Is served Washington wishes the other a app. The cabinet offic and their wives find | New Year''-and tho other half returt time during the day to pay thelr respects | the compliment At the beautiful Hotel Plaza, among | he newest of the city's several ne } dollar hotels, fashion holds high reve Op »» New Year's"' Ere Here Nathan | Franko, late concert master of~2 the | Metropolitan Opera Company, tiful music greet the ear from evel‘ sic gre angle, whether it be in tho main dining aecan, the men's cafe (sometimes called the Henoting Tropby Room), or the beautias 5 the Z Americai ful g grill room known (OW i holds | Indian Room. In each of these apart- ahea weeks reserved are tables ments orches stringed bis eplendid with forth tra, and society worships at his shrino | and when the last night of the year rolls 6 there is always a scramble fot is long as he sees fit to wave his baton | around n l at some by room nd draw forth the beautiful strains and | table th hope against hopes orchestra. | Who matcblees his from raclodies is | bas falled to come and clatm ‘his table space or of ich {lable . } a servations for between six and elght | pur: : necne ec made been persons have e | : : f r Yes : ago. for . : ‘ time tab! es here that ag much and to get the rery best that the market : DP? LOELALOY MIOVELA o dozen sin ers Huger a live have done a herd day's work fu | air, but who would not mlss the 4 Well hted cs 7 oe President's By attention now may be menthe Military Order of the Loyal Legion States. the Brant War of the Americ Revolution, t Army of the bepulilla; the Medal raf to oft Oneti ealdentia] 2 the p weld | he nt greeting Ena COORG tue Rone pee a ee baa: cle ver Ganke ! feed 1 dapper soldier. In khaki, ora i bes nr n who | the open with mae Ned eee low shadow to the scene | ®t the take up the round of calla upon tke Legion and others This concludes the Dits- trict of ¢Soa the judges of the Court | of Clain former members. of the cabl- | net nae ex-ministers of the United States to foreign countries. Members of Con- s, a | from and} |. Wiseine 1 wear thelr full-dresa uniside arms and decoration In the Blue Room gives ad- color and friends in the The various participate in Justice, the Supreme Court of the United | States next pays ita respects. President | > roosevelt bas always been extremely c eal {In his reception of this august the time of their t } tion Is o The United States Marlin The President and Mrs. Roosevelt, ac- | Band {s actanan {n an alcove eamunine companicd by Colonel Bromwell and | the room, and plays - ighor otber military aides, and the wives of | tire reception There uo posts, (retired: nr g the host } bores 1c) tne , of splendor, fter passing before the line the officers leave the White House receiving | celyed. the Chief | tioned by : \ : of the inny guests the ria. | pt dining-room and the turns tho compliment whether court, wmilltary | or flashing of the Jeweled decora- | orders; the Ortental costumes the 1 formal args cada ambassndor from Italy. is a brilliant one, a perfect ; is ang be order | ad of the Pianches, The noone minimura diplomet all th "Proal- vy m, nee Ere ine pant staff When fl he | hospitality of the day. such, and the government of the District of | show by the elaborate gowns of the | Columbia. e diplomats accredited here, | ladies who accompany them, are rem delegates from patriotic societies and | Iniscent of old-world courts, and const!elvillans will pay their respects between / tute undenligble splendor to the American & position to enjoy making he be expected to do s AE diplomats ar mst, a custe apes In T waatingt ; a a: as Corps; the i: the ¢ } diplomats, the st PANO 2 LOE of ofcomes the the there = = ; nod dele Itleal dif > spirit of All of p vila' | OUDreceueur embassy fl Corps work. well as Idier. . uniforms, On this coming New Year's moruing, neval,; the from eleven o'clock until one, the sl- ; tions and blest-and as the highest eervant pf the Yana ae he Ig right on the jo his day's work is done he would boraiy" be calls should Volt , its te Diplomatic Bromwell's : must be made with reo | fense-that's :where bum- ey € ax sores ? ‘ leads the Borges 18 procession The others are all assembled, and thelr follow i a the same punctl iNious regard always prompt, breakfast {s for The present Dean of, the | The Secretary of State escorts ache | !0- and RDB aie ‘ | tie, ‘call I of Dean hand-shaker during bis long term of offico. | 4¢nt will recelve the representatives of | of some of On New Year's Day he holds open house | €Yery branch of the national government | latest thing everyone-even . my | They of Colonel] and dash along MEIoC a eparege on part from the constant handsbaking-and, It is sald, the outgoing master of the White House has made quite a reputation as a for ‘ manded of him, but he bas the fuculty | of making these refusnis gracefully Ro- | fusals must be made-tbat's the soldier | perfor the aaisna, duty of wishing the "Happ ew Year" for a pert eT pee DEON de aha aoe Ta 2 Vas 2 EADIE LE ' oe uch | White recelt ed in ap UE? ----- After the position greetings the lett of the tert "0 for all here representatives , | - | Supers Grounds arrangements is regarding and s nation's ch! emergency. any ev sy Bae a when y big white cares to, utters seasonabie greetings, al- | Made these events run along smoothls ways aaae the "‘de-lighted" smile that | He bas had to refuse many things cooom b metro 5 individual BASE DD7 celves more callers ia a few hours than the | and Chief Military Alde io the President, average hospitable and well-disposed citi- | !s {0 charge of zen could wish to bave trudge over his par- | the reception, dentlal - foe to ekes his : ind eat i Gtithe like ne thake spe tee or CLLEZ pion Pel, J | | put in order for the day. The Army, | Navy ond Marine Corps officers vs busy | furbishing up thelr dress uolfor and {| the side-arms worn with that Satan | No man entitled to wear a decoration | or medal! of honor ever neglects to 6@¢ | It is a | that of the ad of camphor, mem- | taken diplomatic - the cabinet senators, hed = gage in of the avy aan the Maine oe the ecartnere chiefs of burean, the clerical forces, many of Washington's citizens, and the pom- ness, | } | | | ! but of times trying the of tho | War; the Court, Supreme of the judges Civil observance of the day bas never dinin{shed. December {s aenee {o tonking préparetions for this at ocension. The Diplomatic Corps Gan [te Srill lant court plumage during formality. offictal of the President of the United States down to } and including the departmental colored | messengers' bappy and giad ‘New Year, boas," the greeting pnsses along through | the vyarlous ranks of officialdom. The | institution an been has him greet cantiary? thc ' a haa / zuardiang of the rendy for | and Baron io eae it fg a0 Institution that soclety recog. | Washington for ninety-one years nizes and honors will all the elaborate | bare been a few interruptions, notanly On reinfor the {n | - of observing the celebraany citles of the country this a: is till kept up tm a more or less desulto anoer, but in Washington it never as uolieta deme: f | form, | attempt aca der Nie men, nent | making socia! calls upon New Year's | [ ms to have been one of the | enli4 } 7s ise 1 to entertain the larg 2is who call upon theo t Senators Secret Service Wilkie | ROM | | 6a POOL OF ke offered fo dollars aes1s frequently delicacies. of tablo the1 way way { i s | "undred oe ieee Rea hinl ane affords : a Here, too, novelties are introduced with Nene Ten thi ne samuel th : surprising rapidity,: so that all who hero! , uster upon eesperbaps a the ee eee most beautiful- home am afrald you will bave to a the | for there {s not thelr night's fun, and !n con- | jr ‘G |)... om Sa ¢) pre ne Atal - peer nG th e packed with fete. merrymakers bod The a good-natured and icefor ing. waterartawagon drink a "1900," toast when streets to the han the the New are crowd aias's pew wean, See or new-born ; Importance y of S © une: haven, Or- | of simply restaurants happen {no at any of these palatial hoe telries on New Year's Eve, and haye pointe : > tae nesembied, anand Sai ape ishmwent, then rub bis eyex aud look about bim und Sannelbtee tbnt the etuge settings for such distinguished gatherings were In ever particuata in chenla wit hotels bere dort-Astoria of | ts at prepium Saewe Per are Caps meutloued. every avaliable and were : pak pian ie ee oo At of ro a Ccvasan ia and wander {n there on the night of December | $1 and ask for a table in the cafe, oe | te elsg | dining-room 4 private Party, be would be told babe- | aint ae that be was ee 7 oo Se by gay | ‘ 7 auseripaly occupied Dy. g Bean tee SS eee a an Eve ieee oe aaa fo and t are ten : parties caad thousand we dort on of men = that :~ people dine New Year's ft a arto ent a full orchés- tra ilntaloed. aie ic several of apartm -prlced artists are for perform bs: ma: ‘sad ploved uae ask- | patrons bere gather !ng an impossibility, for were be to pay a thousand dollara a plate for his party | Last year It Saciotred nearly dred waiters to take esre of tnd those diversions hich t 1 fons whict palntes and fat purses en-_| too. Tho Plaza millionaires, and Is strictly here those | | } | th nie the seven bu the eink the Waldorf to see the old yenr out | and, ecocnitea to the wualtre de hotel, it wll require many more servitors to assist In pitallty dispensing this this hotel's year. et, despite these vast crowda Jollity Hk o {t an of evoretying olled in aa eyaryhoily is ina body inten' to anloy himself est, and pense. they-dp and mores hos- were wont to wander from to acother gp this occasion, have changed and experience | them ‘as the { !t nlong | where to is since machinery. | being and every to the full- | tegurdless'-st ez: when sped | stay they have procure better there 60 {is by a been table far to Uttle or fortunate or remain no elsewhere.= no hotel An elect they the evening, nowalsys, until revel the céck draws to one hote : but times | hes taught | Annoyances of | Hence, | to} plage there they | crows 20d a close eon that so often beset ere She :alr te Here Birla ac the last note dies away. Then the giassee cl oasts are drunk and all the good wishes incidental to the sensoo are exchanged with the cordiality which marks the pleasure seeker who bas found anc obtained that which he seeks. The same scenes are enacted at the tenutifnl New Astor, whose patrons up teen are to be found and down ee cece Brondywuay the: aie Here ali tlouns that go been Installed to the very make tke latest visit and the fy as near perfection : aia New Bs to make night In the au vhen. te a s everywhere shiéad reflectet of its | ducted along as long as the fun innocent bave | there is no Hmit service accordéd as oe it {gs possible iverybeAs ihe" Cen eve : ree ee 5 Sicat ‘ she 2 tralps. of; b It | the his sal SE do-to is New the one York to it. night street ap fo orchin year can the "cop eretwhil ¢ enemy, him to "go chaso bimself,"' their heart's conten ts con- Barhities the nes when te to "gud Re Itbout eee ° s toa themselves up to unrestrained knowing that all restrictions cast aside by coronas of {nuova- | the peace and } ‘ the | Ple who stream through the streets from | (ge to cpa la would uot think , the persons maklag this remark far frow | tight. No celebration {In the elyillzed | world can equal it, and there is much in the celebration that strongly emacks of | the uncivilized It is veritably a nolgut | of fun, a olght of revelry and the particl- clamber for places at table In some ono | pants give of {ts many beautiful dining rooms, where | joy, well gusd cheer is dispensed with a lavish | have been there, | patrons oue long to be remembered chance night. most exclusive grand dames of soclety J i exc gr: I touching elbows with some stage cele\rity, while nearly all the song birds of the ttvro grand opern companies located {on New York, make this their headquarters. Naturally unusual preparations hayé to be made for caring for a crowd made up of so many pationalities and of s0 12 celebrities from this country as | "as those from fore ign 7 The task ifs a difficult "but all moves smoothly, and the musical aud entertainment programs are arranged witli rare discretion and with due care that every manner of taste might be gratitied. It po uncommon sight to see silkei | ropes stretched across the entrances to the Varoue dining apartwents in the Kalekrbocker, a silent reminder to late comers | | that there Is not room for nnotber cou! | within that apartment. The beautifu! main dining-room on the first floor fs no | more popular on these oceastons than Is | the tearoom adjoining, or the grill beneath, or proportioned | It banquet halls ‘and ball rooms above. Encl has its devotees and here they gather mud eujoy themselves as on!y a well-bre | Invarlably some surprise is here jan he a ne bid 1 Chen alte plained on New Year's Ere, and just as pas as sae about gas then strol : the sonorous tones of the big, clock pro or o seek refreshments nt some more claim the nour of midnight a vested | Modest establishment, : recognizing at: cholr from some one of the many fashoe that there Is no place within for lonabie Fifth avenue churebes carols ‘ . forth nnd all the pleasure seckers arise So e say that New York goes crazy reyerently to the melody that fills the air cach New Year's Eve, and to judge from and holds the revelers speechless until | the thousands upon thousands of peo- so fortunate ' tand. dining-room ly gowned ngecregatlon of women that are oon to assemble beneath one roof on 2 2 | gincig ier "are loungers. Here [t is that women-thbat ls, | and wealthy group of meu and wowen those who are known to can, ment-are cafe to come and go unat. Outside, the ceaseless ‘stream of, 18 tended, sure that they will be free nen manity that Is formate its celebratio See modious, as ts the grill-room at the ex: | | treme western end of tha bylidiog. There t , ny tenrooms and a elses wie the sven ‘ballroom and | AL 2LI7 CEarve G2 Fe ZVAaAZ2 | Astor and Waldorf galleries are iuvarlably | COPEL PLLC DL" OO,ZULHV SL BRIS IE" | converted luto cafes for this occasion and |) 2 2 - | | hundreds of tables dot their floors, while | . the boxe "aver oking the main foor are | °f the een ae who assembled at In former, vears these foshlooables | Sahara inch i ae aa 6tralnt ix thrown to the winds and every ody enters into the spirit of the olght with an abnodop that eclipses even the scenes of the Mardi Gras :} for ures beneath the hospitable roofs of the aan B doxen public dining-rcone « . Waldorf-Astoria, the Plaza, the New Ag. | C#fes, to say nothing of the many private tor, the Kulekerbocker of tbe | Spartments, auch a ee night be other large hotels for which N ew York {9 | Tesarded by the wolnitinted as a famous. exaggerntion. In.the bea nesta Rose Noon n Her : the main diniog-room that frouts on Fifth See aan pees meaedarit ae Avenue, bundreds of persons can be comfeatinaenle ond officis! Nfe of ‘the na. fortably served, The men's cafe on the tion's metropolis, and sbould a stran Thirty- Aran street side Is fuat os com ea : manded ble | sequence they tnvarlably seek their pleas- o be had at any of the ceineicals debate fo- the love of money." The foregoing ts one of a thousand con- | versations beard daily eananls "the foyers | of those hotels where Pees of fasblon | are wont to agsemble en afternoon, and it will serve to‘ilnsitate. just what New Year's Eve in York means to the proprietors of pea hotels which only the | Wealthy and fashionable folk of that and | a --l - Diane mi There ts one olght to every 865 In which | the bolpotlol as well as the smart wet of New York give themselves a - & spirit | of revelry and then tee the obsequies | of the old year a he sume breath | celebrate the birth of the new. Allere | { "| you reserved your table yet for Bot this story will have to do with | Le could not be served there, as 0 Year's Eve? No? Well then I | those who can afford to pay any price de- | table lind been reserved weeks ago. When evening at home, i DOCK OP? SF Qz772Z. PLL LDS LEOLZ2L o AVE New for to be found as thick as bees about thelr hives. - i Tho very best acts known to vaude ville are always provided for New Year's Eve, and then, too, tue table decorations are always suggestive of the death of the old and the birth of the New ) 1ear, nother new hotel to come fn for ao tremendous patronige froin the city's most fashionable cllentelle !s the Knick erbocker, which ts located at ery crux of the elity's tide of trave A impressive pile of brick and stone, stands at the junction of Broadway and Vorty-seconl street, and the steady stream of well-dressed humanity that Streams {0 and out of its doors ts a sopree of never-censing wonder to those who knew this corner before the birth kerbocker The Marble Palace, as the Plaza 1% often designated, Is not a hotel where the rabble ts likely to stroll in to watch the revels of the rich, They know there is no plnce for them there and no ac commodations hare been -prepared for OiL7 # PRICK = might j jaded them 3 title ° come ome thefr ‘ |