Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-03-04

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The Inaugural Ball.
The floral decorations which have
been designed for the Inaugural Ball
at Washington promise to be more
plentiful and elaborate than those of
any entertainment ever given in this
country.
The ball will be given in the new
entirely completed Pension Building
in the patio or inner court, which is
probably the most spacious in the
world, being l 1906 by 48O feet The
roof is in three sections with dome
in the center. From the ceiling will
depend garlands of laurel six inches
in diameter. 1t will take 5000 yds.
At each end of the ballroom will be
suspended huge globes of flowers fif
teen feet in diameter, around which
will be inscribed the words: ''Inaug
ural Ball, 49," These globes are
arranged to open in the center, and
by meals or wires manipulated by
the men stationed below on either
side, as the presidential party passes
beneath the fragrant hemispheres will
part, and a shower of blossoms will
strew the path of the new installed
ruler and his suite. From the great
dome will hang a ship of flowers thir-
ty feet long-the Ship of State-full-
rugged.
About the upper gallery are rang
ed terra Gotta vases, in which will be
placed rare palms. The three hun
dred columns supporting the gallery
will be draped with garlands of lau
rel and smilax. The eight large col
umns which support the lofty dome
will be twined with laurel, having
palm leaves interspersed. All the
| galleries will be festooned with lau-
rel, garlands of flowers, as will be the
t gas fixtures and chandeliers. Sus-
pended from the lower gallery will be
a series Of panels 5x10 feet,made en-
/ tirely of choice flowers, panel being
devoted to each department of state,
upon which will be wrought in half
relief some beautiful device. The
navy department will bear upon a
! floral background a man-of-war; the
| department of the interior, pioneer
| scene representing a log cabin, new
ly felled tree, pillow and sheaf of
! grain the post-office department, a
mailbag and an envelope duly stamp
ed, postmarked and addressed in
flowing hand to benjamin Harrison,
Washington, d. c."
Over each panel will be the name
of the department it symbolizes and
quill of flowers.
In the the center of the tesselated
pavement springs fountain. It will
be covered with japanese pagoda,
sixty feet high and two stored. In
this will be placed the two bands of
musicians. Palms, tropical plants
and flowers will cover the entire struc-
ture. At one extreme end of the
building will be a conservatory effect
arranged with palms and growing
plants, and overhung by the inscrip-
ton ''Inaugural Ball, 1889, Harrison
and Norton" in cleaning gas Jets.
The reception rooms in which the
presidential party will receive are to
be upholstered in Turkish stuffs and
provided with rugs and hangings of
the richest and most costly descrip-
ton. No pictures or ornaments will
be introduced, but there will be flow
ers everywhere.
In the center of the presidential
room are to stand two large tete-a-
tete chairs made of rare blossoms
Upon the back of one will be written
Harrison" and upon the other
''Morton,' and canopy of choice
blossoms will hang overhead.
Mr.. Neal, the New York florist, to
whom has been awarded the contract
for all these decorations, says they
will cost about $1,000, and it will re.
quire at least eleven carloads of flow.
, ers to carry out his very elaborate
designs.
The dancing music will be furnish
, ed by one hundred musicians under
!; the baton of Simon Hassler, while
Soussa, of the Marine Band, will fur
, nish the martial music. In the enc
of the great hall of the interior de
partment will be built structur,
three stories high, in q square of Ia
feet, the lower floor to be devoted t,
a resting place for the dancers, Will
the orchestra of Hassler will occup,
! the second floor. On the third foo
: the Marine Band will be stationed
The musicians will be concealed from
: view by branches of ferns, flower
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