| Show EVENING GARB GARBIN GARBIN IN THE DAY TIME TIMEt TIMEa a t Unconventional Unco Practice Has H s Its Advocates at National Capital 4 PERRY HEATHS WELCOME T t ASSOCIATES AND EM GLAD TO SEE HUff HIM 4 I Special Correspondence Washington WaE l ton Jan 9 The reception at atthe atthe atthe the White House Hou c Jast last week opened as usual the social season in official so society society clety of the capital It was a markedly brilliant affair and twice as many people peo people pie attended as were at the reception last lut year President Roosevelt insisted upon receiving the public after the us usual usual ual Ull reception of ot those whose duty it was to pay pa their respects to the chief executive and invited guests had gone At every previous New Years Tears day reception at the White House there was as always one man who appeared at attired attired attired tired in evening clothes He was not always alays the same man but some one was sure to be there dressed in the garments which elsewhere are not con considered considered considered to be appropriate until after 6 in the evening This year the sole champion of the swallowtail was General Hooker member of congress from Mississippi who lost his arm in the he civil war while fighting for the southern cause There are some people who claim that a swallowtail swallowtail swallowtail coat is a proper pro r garment for fora a civilian to wear at a White House reception as it represents the highest form of civilian attire and should be worn on occasions of at official ceremonies ceremonies ceremonies nies A man who wrote a book about official etiquette held to this rule and demonstrated his belief bellet in it by always appearing at the White House on New Years day attired in evening dress One woman who came caine with the gen general general general eral public insisted on leaving her card cardI I She tried to give it to several ushers and policemen but each gently pushed her along with the rest of ot the con constantly constantly constantly moving line When she got to the exit however she managed to but buttonhole buttonhole j an usher I want to leave my m card she said I always alwa s leave my I card when I go calling Will you please see that the president and Mrs Irs Roose Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt velt get it The usher said that he would Their many maD friends were delighted to welcome Mr and Mrs Perry Heath back to Washington even for a a short visit Their charming little home on j I avenue was one of the i most popular places of the McKInley i administration It was tastefully and i I prettily furnished Mr and Mrs Heath were at the House reception I Wednesday and later Uter Mrs Heath re received with Miss Wilson Vilson at her after afternoon afternoon afternoon noon reception The friendship between n these two began when they the were neigh neighbors neighbors neighbors bors and Is a remarkably close one Senator Kearns of or Utah owns the finest watch in the senate When hen abroad this last summer he bought the best timepiece he could find Senator Depew had generally been accorded the honor of owning the finest watch until the Swiss movement mo ment of j I Senator Kearns was produced when I congress met It was set with the chronometer when the senate met and has not varied three seconds one way wa or the other since The White House is wholly Inadequate quate lC to the purposes of an official resi residence residence residence dence of the president At the reee recep reception rec tion Hon given to the diplomatic corps fully 1096 1008 people were obliged to stand in inand inthe I the piercing night air on the portico I and front walks waiting walling for admission j I Women with exposed shoulders and men In thin dress suits shivered and j I I suffered because the arrangements in Inside Inside j side did not permit r ermit of handling II the guests invited i Once On in the lazier inner of the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House the function was a brilliant I though tame affair The diplomats In Inthe inthe the full Jl livery of their official i dress r I Ithe re ret f i ithe after formed the t center t of attraction t the guests gu had been grasped strenuously strenuously by b the hand by b the president and passed on to the east room Admiral Schley who was one of the guests divided honors with the regular I receiving party There was a rush and crush of people around him all evening and thousands shook him by the hand and wished him success in his latest move an appeal to the president Among westerners at the reception were Mr r and Mrs Thomas F Walsh of Colorado Senator and Mrs Irs Clark of Wyoming Senator Gibson of or Montana Senator Rawlins of Utah Representative tive and Mrs Cushman of Washington Delegate and Mrs Rodey of or New Mex Mexico Mexico ex ico leo Delegate Flynn FI nn of Oklahoma Mrs Dubois wife of Senator Dubois entertained Idaho friends pleasantly at atthe atthe atthe the Loudoun recently Those present were Representative and Mrs Glenn Judge and Mrs Irs Flenner Mr and Mrs rs E ET J Hunter Mrs Wright Miss s Barnes Miss OFerrell Mr 11 W E Samuels and andr I Mr r Avery C Moore |
