Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-04

donate toward the erection Of a monument 70
had been sold. admitting one gentleman and
two ladies, and il Was estimated that 5,tUD
and ON the stairways was terrific. The arrange
ments for checking and delivering hats and
the redemption Of their checks Ws %aS 1h ~,
compelled 10 go away hatless and coatlesS.
Horace Greeley was damned for tSo hours
and IL Is said 'he swore a good deal i'm the odd
est and most miscellaneous style" The disa.
gfeeaoie features of the occasion sprang largely
from the fact that the access 10 and exit NOM
the lunch and cloak rooms were by the same
doors.
THE SECOND GRANT INAUGURATION Rail-.
Preparations were made for the Inauguration
ball OF 1873, which would have insured a bril-
liant success had the weather permitted 4
building $50 by $50 feet was erected on Judi
claTy Square especially for the purpose. The
pronounced superb. eNcelling those In any
building ever erected before for like purposes
The ball room was 500 feet long by 100 feet
wide, and was lighted by 2,5oo burners. ON
The pendant supply pipes and below the burn
erS were hung crimson, blue and gold irons
beneath these were cross Streamers In every
conceivable variety. stretched from chandelier
10 the height of 25 feet We're covered with white
muslin with deep cornice painted in blue and
pink. Around the cornice was a continuous
chaln OF laurel wreath loopcd up with p,settos
OF red, white and blue. Indeed, the national
co!ors appeared everywhere. At the north end
was a radius of red. white and blue with gold
rays diNerging from the center in every direC-
ton upward, and terminating in large gold let
rers forming the name Washington The hal
comics for music were Handsomely decorated
with flags and red, white and blue TRIMMINGS
Ill was the aim of the bali managers TO cover the
entire wood work and make the whole building
an Illuminated mass OF decorations The PraSi
dents reception platform was covered i'm front
with red. white, blue and gold glazed mus
lin. was richly carpeted. and provided with suit
able furniture. The supper room, into which
there were twenty entrances, was also highly
decorated IL was hung with four miles of laure
leaf rope: Hot and cold water was conducted
TO the kitchen i'm pipes Everything for the
rection OF a former chief cook of Delmonico's
There We're provided 1o. 900 fried oysters = oos
scallopod oysters, 5000 picked oysters, l5C
roast capons 300 dozen Quails 200 hams orna.
mented with Jelly; 400 cartridges. 5000 sand.
witches, 30 barrels of sal lad 800 loaNes OF bread
5000 rolls, 900 pounds of butter. 300 Char
lotte russeS, 300 gallons ice cream. poo gallons
assorted ices, % barrels Malaga grapes 800 pal-
ions ions ciaret punch, 500 gallons coffee, 200 gal
IONS Tea, 100 gallons chocolate DC, &c. The
baking cost $4,000, and the hire OF dishes
$1,000. But all the labor and expense incurred
were made Of small effect by the outrageous be-.
harlor OF the thermometer Those ladies WHO
braved the weather ignored all vanities and ap
peared in the warInest wrappings they nos
sessed. The gentlemen showed a narffality ~,
hats and oNercoats The conVeniences supplied
Tor taking care of wraps were more than SUI
ncient 10 meet the demand. There WAS great
rush at the supper table for hot drinks but the
other daintles were neglected. An army OF ca
nary birds had been provided for the ball room
put the weather was too much for them. The
music froze in their throats. and they devoted
themselves strictly 10 the task OF keeping
warm. In short, the cold neutralized ali the re-
suits of the abur OF weeks, and prevented the
brilliant success which would Otherwise have
There was no bali following President HAYES
nauguralon, as there was not time after the
decision OF the electoral commission was an
nouhced 10 arrange for one.
THE LAST INAUGURAL BALL.
The ball given in 1881 in honor of Presiden,
Garfield excelled all its predecessors in point OF
attendance The National Museum BUILDING
was then approaching completion, and the
interior was converted for the occasion into a
bail room, which Tor sptciouSneSS and elegance
mas seldom been equalled. The roomy rotunda
naVeS and halls and rows of arches aud colpn,ps
afforded nne opportunity for decoration. A
plaster statue OF liberty was erected i'm tho
rotunda, holding aloft electric light. ON the
piers about the rotunda were devices fn baS
relief, representing industry, science, PAINTING
sculpture, architecture. agriculture commcTr,,
ana navigation The design, which was toll
lowed successfully, was Ia make the temnornr,.
decorations harmonic with the pernanent
architectural ornaments OF the building Rows
oil gas lets ran from column To column. The
President and eNIreSident and their families
Gen Hancock, Gen. Sheridan, members OF The
diplomatic corps and number OF high officials
were admitted by the northwest entrance
Adlolnlng this entrance were retiring rooms
and handsomely fitted-up parlor for the
PRESIDENT the ex-President and their parties
Inc order OF the procession TO the main hall
was as follows: The President with J. "a
Thompson and Hon. George Bancroft, chair.
man of the executive and reception com.
mittees; ex-Presdent Hayes. with Judge
Shellabarger and DIR. yelling; members
OF the committee; Mrs. Garfield with
Col. Corbin and Mrs. Riddle; Mrs. Hayes with
Mt. John h. Alley, and Others in their appointed
order The reception took place in the western
mall, the receiving party standing with their
backs to the western door. There was a low
barricade in front Of the party. Here with GER
tam gentlemen of the committees, stood the ex.
resident, the President, Major Swain, Mrs.
GARFIELD, Mrs. Hayes and Mrs. Hazen The
| presentations to the President were made bv
DR. yelling. Several members OF President
Hayes cabinet with ladies stood back of this
party during the reception, which concluded nt
II p I'M. II Is estimated that about 3 900 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
oil 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 alter with care. Oppo-
site the hall where the President held his recep-
ton a band oil sixty musicians WA stationed In
the galleries. The dancing music was furnished
by another band OF one hundred musicians