Show NEW YEARS DAY its entrance has been celebrated for many yeam custom of calling originated with dutch in new york state reception by president an annual occasion cju celebration colebr atlon of th the entrance of ta a nw new year fear has ha been observed with much ceremony in this country ever since the beginning of our republic president washington was the first to establish the custom and at his hi residence during haa first administration it lag has been noted that the day was observed with appropriate ceremonies with a light repost repast in the afternoon including a plum cuke baked by martha washington her self and some temperance punch made inada chiefly of lemons and ugar sugar minus any intoxicating ingredients the custom of bew ew years year calling DrI gInat in this country with the dutch in new york state the nature of the day tile the clearing off of aldao c cullas st ond and tho the hopeful beginning of the new bilal of life made new years yeara day a day for the interchange of fil endly greetings and in no country more than in this line hn the friendly visiting crystal cizl into such much a hard and fast business in the south in the early days that und hind ihre social life is as delightful spontaneous in its growth as la is the th lora flora of the region new years day ass a fona forin erly exly observed as an the great time for coming out the debutante burst into blossom on that day tho the old homestead were thrown open and the nodal N vs orld like the huge family met to exchange ex chaug greetings and good cheer on new years day the observance la washington takes on the form ot of diplomatic and political observances hen conveyances from all over the aty ity start moving toward the white house tor for their occupants occupant a to pay their rep respects pacts to the president and other dij ulta ries of our government when the general custom of celebrating the firby of the year by the parading of new year clubs cluba in fantastic costumes and similar tlona began it Is difficult to may eay though it does not appear to have antedated tho the civil war ar As for shooting in the new year that seems to have been the custom and strikingly so in philadelphia ever since the revolution when jolla john adams moved into the white house it was so incomplete that there as very little attempt to observe new ye ihra day at the mansion nor in fact any other elaborate social affair the celebration as now ab served nerved began with the administration of Pies president ident jefferson on new years day in 1803 it la is noted on saturday new mew years day the president was wa waited upon by diplomatic cha characters meters the officers of the government the of the legislature and the citizens irene generally rally there were also thel present presen t it large number of ladles ladies in 1804 the report contains the information vint the affair was nas rendered render mort more agreeable by the accompaniment of the arrine and idallan bands at this second Jeffer hefferton Jeff erton con reception ame ft me ahlie after the company oro pany had bumbled assembled Bem bled colonel burrows Bur rowa at the th head had of the marine corps saluted the president while the band of music the presidents march went nent throngs the usual evolutions in a ans terly fired sixten rounds in plat coni ard concluded with vath a gentral general feu debole de jole n til i i I 1 alv I 1 r nt n with t th dolly alada madison son a hos hns te tes q ti t ii new receptions d ihirg dicing arr hi were bril nud nt the it I t one to the I 1 of the a gai pnat t wrote X t follows follo a Ts nothing ever was arit in washington so brilliant and riling ivein pre ident ince then has celebrated I 1 dan dawn dann n of the new year as vu op ablon for diplomatic courtesies m n 4 11 ns as nn an opportunity to ghe ehe the a elvince to visit the white I 1 ionia and bittle hands sith mith the president lut |