SOCIAL PROGRAM
AT THE WHITE
WASHINGTON. Dec. 13. — The pro
gram for the White House winter so
cial season has been announced, and
as was generally expected, it omits the
colorful diplomatic reception, because
of the war, and also the time honored
New Year's reception ter the public,
in accordance with the custom Presi
dent Wilson set when coming into of
fice. The cabinet dinner was held last
night, and was a comparatively quiet
affair, participated in only by the pre
sident and his wife, the cabinet mem
bers and their wives and a f ,/ invited
JJ? guests. It took place in the state din
ing room.
In place of the diplomatic reception
there will be two diplomatic dinners.
The Entente diplomats and all neu
trals will be entertained at the first
and the Teutonic diplomats and all
neutrals will be guests at the second.
The embarrassments which would
be caused by inviting the representa
tives of the warring powers to rub
elbow's at the same reception may be
more imaginary than actual, but they
are regarded by the social managers
as having possibilities, notwithstand
ing that it is said the ambassador from
one of the principal Entente Allies
and the ambassador from one of the
Teutonic powers always exchange
courteous greetings when they pass
on the street. However, the program
has been arranged to keep the war
ring diplomats apart.
The social events all come on Tues
days instead of Thursdays, as for
merly; the season begins earlier and
ends in February instead of March,
probably due to the fact that the
White House wants it over by inau
guration time.
This is the program as officially an
nounced :
December 19. — Judicial reception,
9 p. m.
January 9 —- Diplomatic dinner. 8
p. m.
January It! — Diplomatic dinner, 8
p. m.
January 23 — Congressional recep
tion, 9 p. m.
January 30 — Supreme court din
ner, 8 p. m.
February t! — Army and navy re
ception, 9 p. m.
February 13 — Speaker's dinner, 8
p. m.
Before the war the diplomatic recep
tion was the social show of the win-1
ter. Invitations were sought so eager- j
ly by those who were not quite sure ■
to be invited that the president set
the rule of placing an arbitrary limit
on the number, outside of the diplo
matic corps, who were to be invited
without his personal approval. In
form the reception differed little from
those to congress, the army or navy,
or the judiciary. In fact it had a dis
tinctly different atmosphere. The
brilliant uniforms of the diplomats
and their aides, the distinctly foreign
manners of many, and the ceremony
with which custom surrounds a diplo
mat when lie.is out in full dress uni
form made the reception distinctive
from the others.
In a general way, all the receptions
are conducted alike. A few special
guests are permitted to enter the
main door of the executive mansion,
but most enter at the east entrance,
and after leaving their outer garments
in the lower corridors of the White
House, form in long lines leading up
the marble stircase to the first floor
and into the blue room, where the
president and Mrs. Wilson, aided by
members of the cabinet and their
wives with army and navy aides in
full dress, receive them.
The two diplomatic dinners follow,
and the neutrality of the White House
is concerned in having each no less
brilliant, elaborate and attractive than
the other. The neutral diplomats by
the fortune of war enjoy two dinners
instead of none at all, as they would
if the world were at peace.
The congressional reception from
point of numbers is the largest event
of the year. It is always a "crush."
Every member of congress, any con
stituents who happen in town, his
clerks and stenographers, and many
others not connected with the gov
ernment at all are sure to be there.
The guests come in street cars and
afoot, as well as in automobiles and
carriages. It is the commoners’ re
ception from every point of view, but
the White House goes to no less
paints with it.
With the diplomatic reception out
of the way, the army and navy recep
otin becomes the most colorful and
lively of all. Officers of the army,
navy and marine corps in full dress
uniforms resplendent with gold braids
and decorations give it an air of bril
liance that is described as exhilarat
ing.
The speakers’ dinner, a compara
tively new institution in White House
social annals, winds up the list and
generally is attended by cabinet mem
bers, leaders in congress and a few
others enjoying intimate relations
with the speakers of the house of rep
resentatives.
The elimination of the time-honored
New Year's reception marked the
passing of what actually was a physi
cal endurance test on the part of the
president. In years gone by as many
as ten thousand persons had passed
through the White House in a few
hours on New Year’s day to grasp
the president's hand for a brief mom
ment. The marine band always played
its liveliest quicksteps and for four
and five hours the line would pour in
one door and out the other. Presi
dents Roosevelt and Taft set some
handshaking records, meeting nine
and ten thousand people at a recep
tion. It is said that one president,
long since dead, solved the problem
by standing in front of a velvet cur
tain, through a slit in which a relay
of aides stretched their hands under
the president’s right arm, and as the
visitors crushed the hands of the
aides the president bowed and smiled
appropriately and kept his own right
hand unharmed.
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