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Show L: i ., - " ' - ' : Jlniual Nev Year's Reception by Presi-ient Presi-ient and .Wift; Grieaf Throng Passes V Through the Portals to, fleet and r Greet the Republic's Ruler; mer members of . the Cabinet, Embassadors Embas-sadors and Ministers of the United States. Many of the members of the House and Senate had gone home for the holidays. hol-idays. The commissioners and various officials of. the District of Columbia were in line. TJnda Sam's Fighting Man. The officers of the army, navy and marine corps and of the District National Na-tional Guard in special full dress presented pre-sented an imposing spectacle. Lieut.-Gen. Lieut.-Gen. John C Bates, retired, beaded the army line and Admiral George Dewey, with his secretary, Lieut. Crawford, the navy. The General and staff of the District Dis-trict of Columbia National Guard followed fol-lowed the regular army and the navy guests. A civilian contingent made up of the members of the various independent bureaus bu-reaus and commissions end assistant secretaries in the executive department in; followed by the members of the army and navy societies in Washington. Washing-ton. ... Dors Osen to AIL Last f all came the general public, thousands of whom had been in line several sev-eral hours waiting their turn, and for the time being the doors of toe White House were open to alL There were old and young, white and colored, men and women. Music was furnished by the United States Marine band under command of Lieut. W. H. 8antelman. The plan of floral decorations was simple,, the desire being to give as much, joom as possible for the free movement af tie large.aumber of gnta.. ' . f In fie jTeAfestibhla sad -ririJoT' Adjoining it the florists' work was shown to splendid advantage. Oraa-saestal Oraa-saestal potted foliage was tastefully grap.pd is various places. Gorgeous Decorations. ""Tha wo immense jardinieres mads in tire -form, of tarcopbago forming always a tmBpiruou8 object of interest in the vestibules showed up splendidly with s gorgeous display of the poinsetta. In Cae-great East room and in the Bad, Blue sad Green rooms the mantels were covered with roses, in which; reposed cut flower which wafted fragrance. The general effect was heightened by the soft glow emittfd by hundreds of electric bulb? in the great chandeliers and standard po.st lights throughout the houHe. Weather is Auspicious. Better weather for the occasion could not have been desired The ajin shone brightly and its warmth dispelled the dampness rising from the' ground as a result of the recent rains.' To the thousands thou-sands who stood in line for hours this was particularly agreeable and made their wait less uncomfortable than usual on a winter morning. V WlSHINGTON, Jan. 1. Each year I v:.t' fhitf House doors swing open to tid te-Thtion on January ' 1, and a il"! ier Velcome was never extend eol .ft j. sitoti than greeted the thousands I A called! today .to pay their respects i: I th CksJ Executive. :it -rr'a cheer banished rank and V m distitJon.v The President met ja jsadoti and laborer with the same ?JnTdHke1 j . AJiiie the! Marine band played patn- j j airs thin great throng moved slowly ' rfrfcgh thJ execntive mansion and in , greetingof the President, men and uf-i)f ages and conditiona foind wed 4cTptiorL to the Republic frjd .mtieM-Ula.- f iais al. rirst. , ' i d5p!Haj. 'corps, the judfcsrr, i r". tsnVr-yaHki civilian efliciajs . depart DiT.ffe re- li torn before theihonsairds of fwbo bad 'been stlding in line on f y oold-meet tbsPresident. W 1 r sident anL- Mrj Roosevelt, Presj-fint and membel of the Cab-fand Cab-fand K Tir . sriTea - ex4 anged New ' 4 8T':'ttDg in the llrary. Here I asK'-iler-abont a 4srter of 11 ' i i ckv X isining until afew minutes . lia' af, when, ear orb 1 by Cspt. r LV' "cCov, United SJ tes cavalry, 1 aidia to the IWident, the fc Tf descended to t Blue room, Tond by Troaipeti , 1 th latter, imade'thei appearance ,VaEief. t-t sawa- ajrfarerj ea by" muLins'ot he Marine (. i sutiotied in tie A v tibnls, n--v ted.thirmui:i Th : ren to the V room, was cnaae by sy. of the ; i diniig-room -and the! Bed' room, ti gil VVea all- the fufta ' except . fifh0 diplomatic eorp passed be-'ibrrT' be-'ibrrT' presented, th Ji ter sseem- ' i in tha room immediat y on their 1 bj. the wy of tbe.t uthern en- te to Abe White House i pans of a velvet rd twisted i Wi gold- the Blue roo had been tHcx" so as to form a c at and un-'fjTe un-'fjTe passageway for t callers. t . lnt Head Line, fc' Jnel int Eooeevelt took a position i -ia V door at the head ube rectHv-j rectHv-j giliiCOn his right was Irs. Rooee-( Rooee-( v-it; ber right Mrs. Faiaanks, and I - n lown the line, the lakes of the bin takmg tbeir positiorJin the or-j- -f ofbrecedene. Behind fcem stood 1 T-pTesi4ent and the Ambers of ' ', .ro-TA opposite of tbe reck-ing line r- 1 1 1 President s aides, wih the ex- , if . t CoL Charlerf 8. Brolwell and . -t, Jttf3T, -W-hojHiade tbet ntroduc-r ntroduc-r i as Tae.iorme- included liut. Com-K Com-K Albert LA Key, V. fiTt.; Capt. i hasE- Hardinfg, U. 8. M. I; Lieut. M inceavfehaartcford, U. 8. I.; Capt i H5-1" " " " "ff U. 8. cavalnl Lieut. II f . .cJKrthnr, corps of iyineers-' iyineers-' I t raiDyCJ. 8. N.; Lieut, luilip H. lv , JU. S. .favalrv, a nl Ensign y Seed.l IX. B. N. I (f he exception of the mlbers of , , jmatirl corps, all the Itroduc- 1 i the I yesident were lade bv ytnwell ,.nd to Mrs. Roolvelt by .1 ' IcCoy. I pal Hai d-Shake. 1 i aeh ealle r passed the Preflent he ' S I eordial shake of the hah. JriV Koosevf It and the ladietof the (lcet.'eseh arried a handsole bou-.- t of Toses. I T diplomatic corps was preslted to ,ie President ry Assistant Secriarv of Itate Hnntingson Wilson, each (adof he Fpreig-ar Missions in turn inrodue-Tg inrodue-Tg to the President the memberfof his rat. Baron MWer Des Planchl. Em-dor Em-dor from Utaly, the dean if the n, headed te Embassadorsl The . jtiassadors and members of their fs were followed by the Misters tbe members )f their official jouse- iaese Minister Absent, lecause of the death of the inis-s inis-s mother, requiring him to g into rng for a period of 100 da Sir ng Liang Cheng, the Chinese"; inis-wse inis-wse not present. Most of the iem-t iem-t of his staff, however, were : at-fince at-fince in their Oriental dress. lr. Mortimer Durand, who hss iiugt ., 4ted the post of Embassador 0m rat Britain at Washington, wal al-fc-ays a conspicuous figure at.the Resi-'eotial Resi-'eotial social functions. King Ed ird 4-es represented today by Eeme 1 ,w srd. Charge d'Affaires. Sf prtms Judges Call. illowing the diplomatic corps c e tV fepresentatives of the jud ial (rA of the Government at Wash a--a.headed by-the Justices of the l. 5 vd eourt. Chief Justice Melville -V fiReam first, each of the eesoc te T. 'sti e following." 1'or the first tin in r is r r capacity as an associate JaSce j f ti l Bupreme eonrt, . William' HL WtaVr" present at a social funcferi, at the Ignite House. Following the It frmefonrt were the Judges oft II .our Appesls and f the SuprI woct. M the JHstrict of CDlnmbia, il J uc ea the Court of Claims, and V. |