Every Tuesday afternoon, between three and four o'clock, he had a public reception which any one might attend.
Likewise, on Friday afternoons, Mrs.Washington had receptions of her own.

The President accepted no invitations to dinner, but at his own table there was an unending succession of invited guests, except on Sunday, which he observed privately.

Interviews with the President could be had at any time that suited his convenience.

Thus did he arrange to transact his regular or his private business.
Inevitably, some of the public objected to his rules and pretended to see very strong monarchical leanings in them.

But the country took them as he intended, and there can be no doubt that it felt the benefit of his promoting the dignity of his office.