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Show CAPITAL eBR" "Washington, D. C, Jan. 1. klW'ifhz curtain-raiser for the continued itS performances oC a season of omcial j gayecics in Washington is the New Year's reception at the "White House. iSU), Everything before that Is preliminary "t6!1fti 'skirmishing. The "pic is opened and Ui fthe birds begin to sing" on January Hmte, fast, when the President and his wife tj. receive the whole directory of Wash-"5aVH Wash-"5aVH Ington from 11 lh the morning until late ' in the afternoon if they are still sur-ffc. sur-ffc. ' vlvlng The unclassified and mlsccl- DC yiancous public, eager and unaccus- p'tomed, without script and card of ofil-f ofil-f :'clal identification, is not permitted to SEih begln its weary filing in into the prcs-i prcs-i vence chamber until the tag end of aaw i things. The bloom of the day is dc-JJJJJI dc-JJJJJI J voted to blase veterans, to whom all J such performances arc a bore to begin I with. First come the Judiciary, then Lsonators and Representatives, then the j rmy and navy, heads of various gov-J gov-J fcmmental deportments, heads of varl-' varl-' ;0US ofllclal pocletles, a string of the U ML oldest Inhabitants of the District, tot-afWfctGring tot-afWfctGring along, and finally the hoi pollol AjtjKin their Sunday clothes. &Pn1E it is only for a few brief hours once 2Sa)B' 'ear tnSL tne sreat American public, TSMaimply in their capacity as private clll- zens, is granted access to tho executive presence. A card of Invitation, Inexorably Inex-orably vlsu'cd at tho door, it essential on all other occasions. Before the days of ofllclal strenuoslty the people had a better time. Then the lady of the White House received tho populace once a week, and a Presidential Presi-dential handshake was almost as easily acquired by the unjust as the just, liut public privileges needs must narrow with the Increasing hurly-burley of official of-ficial lift, or plain, flesh and blood executives ex-ecutives would be swamped. i Quite tho likeliest and tho largest "mesa o' children," as Mra. Ruggles says, that ever got together by Individual Indi-vidual Invitation, in Washington overflowed over-flowed the White House at the holiday frolic there, It was a charge of the light brigade a featherweight brigade and "six hundred" strong. The kindergartens kin-dergartens and nurseries of olllcialdom were scoured for young recruits. Congressional Con-gressional youngsters of both houses, from G to 16, were there In their furbelows, furbe-lows, and all tho newspaper children In town. A beautiful Southern girl who Is making a stir In Washington society is Miss Harriet Elliott of Savannah, niece of the Baronees Von GIskrn, wife of the flrst secretary of the "Austro-Hungarlar embassy. a a a Mr. George Moore of Salt Lake Cltj has been spending a few days at th Ebbltt house. 4 a Former Lleut.-Gov. J. II. Hutchlsoi of Boise, Ida., has been a guest at lh' RIggs. He Is Interested In the devel opment of -tin deposits in Alaska. a Mr. O. B. Steely of Pocatello, Ida. made a several days' stay at the Nor mandie. t E-Senator Tabor of California hai been an interesting guest at the Shore ham this week. a Gov. Alexander O. Brodle of Arlzom has been making a little stop at th Raleigh. Gov. Brodie was dlstln guished as a rough rider In the Spanish war. Ho 1b here to take back home with him his family, who have beer pending some months in Washington a a a Mr. H. B. Davis of Denver is a gucsl at the New Wlllard. a . Hon. Joseph Howell of Utah Is making mak-ing his home this winter at 245 Delaware Dela-ware avenue, DAISY FITHUQH AYRES. |