The Portland daily press., 1889-04-30
SOUNDS OF REvELRY
From the Ball In the Great Opera
House.

New YORK, April 2e.-At this evening
President and Mrs. Harrison and Vice Pres
ident and Mrs. Morton proceeded to the res
idence Of Stuyvesant Fish. The dinner
guests invited we're Gov. Hill, Hamilton
Fish, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jay. Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Goelet, VIM. Waldorf Astor, Mrs.
Burke Roche and Miss Helen Hamersley.
The Metropolitan OperaHouse was thrown
open at o'clock for the centennial ball.
Long before that hour, Broadway and 7th
avenue in the vicinity Of the opera house
were literally packed with curious specta-
tors and the police had the greatest difficulty
in keeping the passage ways. open for the
carriages Of those guests who, bent upon
avoiding the crush tnat ., came N v la,eI' enueaV
Mayor Grant, as host and chairman OF the
committee on centennial celebration, arrived
shortly after 10. A little after half-past ten
President Harrison arrived, accompanied 0y
Morton, and Lieutenant Governor and Mrs.
Jones. The manager of the ball, 4; G.
Stanton, met the President at his carriage
and conducted him into the building, where
the Mayor gave the party a formal reception,
the members of the Signal Corps and Second
Battery being drawn up In line In the yesti-
bule as the party passed through. AT the
conclusion Of the reception, the guests above
named were conducted to the ball room, es-
corted by guard Of honor, The
President had Governor Hill on his right,
and Mayor Grant on his left. Following
were Vice President Morton and Mrs. Harri-
son, Lieut.. Gov. Jones and Mrs. Morton,
Hamilton Fish and Mrs. Jones. The guests
crossed the floor to the Presidents box, er-
ected at the back Of the stage, where Stuy-
vesant Fish, chairman Of the committee on
entertainment presented TO the President
Elbridge L. Gerry chairman OF the executive
committee, and members OF the committee
on plan and scope and the committee on en-
tertainment Immediately after the opening
quadrille was formed and the ball was In
full splendor. Music was furnished by
Band Master Lander, who had
provided string and reed orches-
ira of 100 picked musicians. The
elaborate order. Over the Presidents box
was a large brass pendant displaying the
word washington" and at either end were
the dates '1789" and 1889 in brilliant gas
jets. The box itself was draped with cloth Of
silks aud flags, and festo0ned with flowers.
Other boxes were decorated with plush, silk,
lace and silk flags. Ten carloads Of ever
greens. 1000 specimens OF azalees, 5000 ferns.
cinths and 1000 miscellaneous plants were
used in the decorations which together with
other decorating materials cost $4,000.
The opening quadrille was danced by the
lOllOWluB ldulc5 anu kcubiCnlcus MIS-. w III.
Astor, Mrs. S. v. r. Cruger, Mrs. Edward
Cooper. MRS. Robert +. Weir. Mrs. VIM.
Herbert Washington, Mrs Frederick J.
Depeyster, Miss Garcia Livingston, Mrs. A.
Newbold Morris, Mrs. w. Bayard Cutting,
Mrs. Edward +. Jsnes. Mrs. Alexander 5.
Webb, Mrs. L. p. Morton, Mrs. A. Oracle
King, Mrs. T.. I. Gerry, Mrs. Alex. Van
Rensselaer,, Miss Louisa Lee Schuyler;
Vice President Morton, representing the
Nation Lieutenant Governor Jones, repre-
sentiDg the State; Admiral Jouett, repre-
senting the navy; Gen. MeCook and Gen.
Thos. M. Vincent. representing the army
Commodore Ramsay. representing the com
mandant Of the navy yard; Gen. Lewis
Fitzgerald, representing the State militia;
Captain j. r. Derst, representing
the military academy; Captain Judson.
representing the aids OF the President; Capt
w. J. Sampson, representing the Naval
Acadamy; Col. johnson Livingston sDepeys.
ter, representing the Speaker Of the Assem-
bly,; Lincoln Aldrich, representing the u. 5.
Senate; DIR. 5. N. Smith. u. s. N; Col. j. M.
Yarnum, J. w. Beekman, G. @. Creighton
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