The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-03-14

A elegant silk banners. Within the
arches O the lower floor were placed
large American shields, draped with
flags ami adorned with silver pointed
spears.
At on end of the ball room was
placed an immense plate-glass mirror,
sixteen and a half by ten and half
feet, ms frame OF cut glass, and at the
opposite end the President s floral
chainulder Japanese canopy. Pyra
nids Otpalms and tropical plants We're
placed n each corner of the ballroom.
One ofthe features ofthe floral decOra-
tiOns we're devices symbOlcal OF the
VariCB executive departments OF gov
ernmaLt. The curtains and other
hangiIgs Ofthe ballroom were wrought
form The richest fabrics, costing 500
per lard.
TIE floral decorations were truly
I magnificent Among them were seven
massive designs, eight feet in diameter,
representing the Cabinet offices. For
the Secretary of State q coat-of-arms
OF the United States; q large safe rep
resents the Secretary OF the Treasury;
the Navy Department by full-rigged
man-of-war; the War Department by
two crossed cannOns; the Secretary OF
the Interior by a stump of n tree with
an axe imbedded III it, ploW at its
base, and a scythe and a sheaf Of
WHEAT; the Attorney-Generalb by Il desk
and open book, the scales of Justice
and a motto, Fiat Justitia;" the
POstmaster-General by a mailbag
with the letters ~. 5. NJ. " and an en-
velope addressed to Mr. Cleveland,
postmarked Washington, March 1,
Or NJ" On each design were also a
representation of q quill pen and a
scroll bearing the name of the depart
mmt. These designs were composed
Of rare and beautiful flowers, and an en-
teiprIsingmuseum in New York has al
ready offered 81, 500 to exhibit them
for one week
Some idea OF the elaborate prepara-
tim of these floral designs may be
gathered from the fact that So. 400
has been paid out in cash for the flow
els which compose them. The con
tIact included 10000 choice roses,
. 5000 lilies OF the wales, 5000 tulips,
and a miscellaneous assortment OF
/ 900 other varieties. For the deco
rations, 10, ,0O0yards of garlands have
been made, and 5 1000 strings OF smilax
ordered. 1t required 5000 yards of
muslin simply to form thedecorations
! proper. The entrance to the ante
rooms were hung with fine silk damask
curtains, twelve feet long, made of ma
terial worth S13 q yard.
/ The ballroom floor was 31G byl16
feet, covering more than one acre in
extent, and was calculated to accom-
mOdate $500 persons engaged in
round dances. The number of people
on thefioOr at all times was very great,
and the scene was magnificent in the
extreme. 1t was a brilliant multitude
OF sWalloW-tailed coats and decOlette
dresses The costumes OF the ladies
! We're mostly new for the occasion, and
no less than a hundred Worth dresses
came from Paris. The dance music
was furnished by the Germania Orches-
ira, OF Philadelphia, and the prone
made music by the celebrated Marine
Band of Washington. The latter
charmed the great crowd until Il
o'clock when the dancing began. The
iancing continued nearly all night
The refreshment department OC-
tupied tiverooms at the northeast end
OF the building, and preparations were
made to supply }, ,OOOpersOrs with sup
per, about 1000 at one time The
dancers developed abnormally sharp
appetites, and the Murray Hill Hotel
people, OF New York, who provided the
refreshments, laid in a stock OF 900
quarts OF ice-cream, 800 quarts OF
at. | 1
pounds OF lobster. s, 900 picked OVs-
ters, 5000 CLAIMS, six large salmon. six
large striped bass, 200 roast turkeys,
800 boiled turkeys, 150 tongues, 100
hams, sixteen s,5s OF roast beet, fifty
pate de fol gras,' 100 quarts OF con
.SOmme soup, fifty dozen punches ofcel-
cry, fifty dozen head OF lettuce, two
barrels OF chicken salad, 5000 rolls.
! 30 lOayes of bread, 900 pounds OF
cake, JOOgallOns Ofclaret punch, 3 900
bottles OF wine, and oceans of coffee
The supper was fair, and the price 81.
The dancing programme was an eX-
Atensive affair OF sixteen pages-a book
in nfact-andfurnished in nenvelopes The
pages were OF heavy Cream-COlOred pa
per, with a beveled gilt edge ON the out
side sheet On the cover was q finely
engraved portrait OF Cleveland and on
the back Il view of the Pension build
ing. The programme Of dances was
neatly printed in gilt letters, and the
names OF the committees were re
corded, Il considerable proportion OF
the population OF Washington; but
few Democrats escaped Ten thousand
programmes were printed.
I Ill
modest affair. OF the separate ball
invitations twelve thousand were
struck off. Each was 7 by 10 inches,
large enough to be used as a fan by
some OF the ladies. 1t was a copper
plate engraving, executed at the gov
ernment bureau, and showed a me-
dalliOn OF Cleveland on the lett side
and one of Hendricks on the right side
Below these medaliOns are leaves CON
nected by n knot at the center. Be
hind each OF the medalIiOns the Amer
lean flag IS draped. Immediately be
low this drapery there are on each side
. two columns, upon which are engraved
the names OF the general committee.
In the upper right hand corner there
Is a picture OF the Washington Nonu-
ment. The inscription Is as follows:
Inauguration BAH
March Ith. 1883,
Commemorative Of the
Inauguration Of
Grover Cleveland and Thomas A. Hendricks,
President and Nice-PresiCLant
OF the United States.
The Address.
The followingis the address delivered
by President Cleveland:
FELLOW CITIZENS In the presence Of this
vast assemblage OF my countrymen, l am
about to supplement and seal by the oath
which | shall take the manifestation OF the
viii OF a great and free people. In the ezer-
else of their power and right Of self
government, they have committed to one
of their fellow citizens "A supremeau sacred
trust. and he here nonseCrHtes himself To
their service. This impressive ceremony
. adds little 10 the SOLEMN sense Of RESPONSE
biity with which contemplate the duty
owe to all people of the land nothing can
relieve me from anxiety lest by any act O}
mine their interests may suffer, and nothing
Is needed to strengthen my resolution 70
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