Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-03

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President Lincoln. At this ball 1000 tickets
two ladies, and II was estimated that 5000
persons were pre~ent. The jam in the passages
ments for checking and delivering hats and
coats were defective. Many waited hours for
the redemption OF their checks, and were then
compelled TO 60 away hatess and coatless.
Horace Greeley was damned tor two hours
awaiting the delivery Of his white overcoat,
and, II II said she swore good deal In the odd
est and most miscellaneous style" The disa-
greeable features of the occasion sprang largely
from the fact that the access To and exit from
the lunch and cloak rooms were by the same
doors
THE SECOND GRANT INAUGURATION BALI.
Preparations were made for the Inauguration
bali of 1873. which would have Insured a bril-
liant success had the weather permitted A
building $50 by $50 feet erected on Judi
ciary Square especially for the purpose The
interior arrangements and decorations were
building ever erected before for like purposes
The ball room was 800 feet long by loo feet
wide, and lighted by $500 burners ON
| the pendant supply pipes and below the burn.
| ers were hung crimson. blue and gold aprons
beneath these were cross streamers I'm every
conceivable variety, stretched from chandelier
| To Chandelier over the entire room. The walls
TO the height Of % ieet were covered with white
] muslin with deep cornce painted in blue anc
pink. Around the coTnice was a continuo,,
chaln OF laurel wreath iooped up with rosettet
| of red, white aud blue. Indeed, the national
| co.orS appeared everywhere. AT the north end
was "A radius of red, white and blue, with gold
| rays dlNerging from the center in every direo
| ton upward, and terminating In large gold let
| rers forming the maine "Wa>hinCton" The bal
| comics for music were handsomely decoratec
with flags and red, white aud blue Trimmings
| IL was the aim of the bail managers TO cover M.
entire wood work and make the whole buildins
an Illuminated mass OF decorations. The PresE
| dents reception platform was covered I'm froN
| with red, white, blue and gold glazed mus.
I'm, was richly carpeted, and provided with suit.
able furniture. The supper room, into which
| there were twenty entrances was also highly
| decorated 1t was hung with four miles of laurel
leaf rope Hot and cold water was conducted
To the kitchen in pipes. Everything for the
supper cooked In New York under the d.
rection of former chief cook OF Delmonico's
| There were provided 10000 fried oysters {, 900
| sca!lopod oysters, 5000 picked oysters 100
| roast capons 200 dozen quails, 200 hams, orna-
witches, 30 barrels OF salad, 2.5o0loaves of bread.
| 5000 rolls, 900 pounds OF butter, 300 Char
lotte russes, 300 gallons ice cream, BOO gallons
assorted ices, % barrels Malaga grapes 500 gal.
| Ions claret punch, 300 gallons coffee. 200 gal
| Ions tea, 100 gallons chocolate. &c, &c. The
| bakIng cost $4,000, and the hire of dishes
| 5000. But all the labor and expense incurred
! were made of small effect 10y the outrageous be-
| havior OF the thermometer. Those ladies who
| braNed the weather ignored all yanities and APP
| peared IN the warmest wrsppings they pos
| sessed The gentlemen showed a partially for
| mats ana oNercoats. The conveniences supplied
| Tor taking care of wraps were more than suf-
! hcient To meet the demand. There was a great
| rush at the supper table for hot drinks but the
| other dainties were neglected. An army of ca
nary birds had been provided for the ball room
| but the weather was too much for them. The
!
| themselves strictly to the task of Keeping
warm. In short, the cold neutraized all the re-
suits OF the abur of weeks, and prevented the
| brilliant success which would Otherwise have
| been "A certainty.
There no ball following President Hayes
| lhaugurallon, as there was not time after the
decision of the electoral commission was an.
nounced 10 arrange for one.
THE LAST INAUGURAL BALL
The ball given in 1881 in honor OF President
Garneid eXcelled all its predecessors IN point Of
attendance The National Museum building
was then approaching completion, and the
! ball room, which for spaciouSness and elegance
has seldom been equalled The roomy rotunda
haNes ana halls and rows OF arches and columns
auorued me opportunity for decoration. A
/ plaster statue of Liberty was erected in the
rotunda, holding aloft an electric light on the
piers about the rotunda were devices I'm bas
RELIEF, representing industry, science painting
! sculpture, architecture, agriculture, commercs
| ana navigation. The design, which WAS fol-
! lowed successfully, was 10 make the temporary
| decorations harmonic with the permanent
| architectural ornaments of the building Rows
| OF gas jets ran from column TO column The
| President and ex-PreSident and their families
| zen hancock, Gen. Sheridan, members OF the
| We're admitted 10y the northwest entrance.
| Adjoining this entrance were retiring rooms
and a handsomely ftted-up parlor for the
President the eX-Presdent and their parties.
| The order OF the procession TO the main hall
Was as follows: The President, with j. W.
Thompson and Hon. George Bancroft, chair.
man of the executive and reception com.
mittees; ex-President Hayes, with Judge
Shellabarger and DR.. yelling; members
of the committee; Mrs. Garfield, with
| Col. Corbin and Mrs. Riddle; Mrs. HAYES with
Mr.. John ID. Alley, and Others i'm their a ppointed
| order. The reception took place In the western
| nall, the receiving party standing with their
! backs TO the western door. There was a low
| barrtcade in front of the party. Here, with GER
| tam gentlemen OF the committees stood the ex.
| President, the President, Major Swain, Mrs,
| GARFIELD, Mrs. Hayes and Mrs. Hazen The
presentations to the President were made By
! 1lr. yelling. Several members Of President
Hayes cabinet with ladies stood back of this
| party during the reception which concluded IA
| IL p. m. 1t is estimated that about o, 300 peo-
| pie attended the reception and ball. People be-
| gan TO; arrive before o'clock. There were so
| many carriages that the line extended outside
| OF the Smithsonian grounds and far down the
! street. The grounds were lighted with calcium
lights and the facilities for getting In and out OF
| the building were looked after with care. OppoA
site the hall where the President held his recep-
| ton band OF sixty musicians was stationed IN
| the galleries. The dancing music was furnished
| by another band OF one hundred musicians.