Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-12
DEDICATION OF THE PADDOCK.
The City On the Blue Formally Opens
It's New Hotel.
TRAVELLING MEN IN GLOVER.
Beatrice Scene OF SpiendOr-A
Grand Banquet and Ball
Who Were There
The Hotel.

BEATRICE. Neb., May Ill Special to TIE
BEE. Beatrice, bidding for the third place
among Nebraska's busy and enterprising
cities, can now say without boasting that we
have the finest hotel in the state outside of
Omaha, and in point of furnishings and
architectural beauty the peer of any. Bril-
liantly Illuminated last night, "The Pad
dock' presented scene of dazzling splendor,
such as has rarely been witnessed in the
west, for beauty and chivalry had gathered
there. Fully thousand sparkling
faces were to be seen ''here and
there and everywhere" in reponsse
to the generous invitation of Mr..
Criley, through the Travelling Mems
club, to attend the grand opening, They gave
animation to the decorations Within which
were as beautiful as cultured tastes could
conceive, and the spirit manifest on every
hand was that OF honor to the builder and
the enterprising genius of the city that the
new fourstory hotel does so much credit.
The dedication of 1.-The Paddock" was the
great social event Of the history Of Beatrice,
and her citizens seemed to appreciate the
fact They wed with each other in making
the stranger feel that he was one of
them. The reception was in Keeping with
the true spirit of hospitality, 1t was all that
cred from the four quarters of the
union. No act OF kindly interest or
gentility was forgotten.
Words would fail to picture the beauty of
the floral decorations. ,Festoons of flowers
hung from the ceilings and walls. Great
wreaths and p0tted plants transformed every
room from Office TO ordinary, into bowers of
beauty. Colors were blended with match
less taste. Indeed, they were in such per-
feet keeping that contrasts gave back
answering smiles. There was no dashing,
and it need only be said, that all within was
symmetrically beautiful. This, in word, is
all that pen-picture can do in description.
The banquet and ball of the Travelling
Mems CLUB which was projected by the pro-
prIetors of the hotel, TO fittingly celebrate
its formal opening, was also perfect in its
way. The banquet was served in the ele-
gantly furnished dining rooms and ordina-
ries. No sound came back from the couples
as they came TO- and went from, the tables
laden with every delicacy of the season. The
slk-velvet carpets did not intend it should
be so. CHEEKY voices alone gave
evidence of confusion. But to
linger here isu4 to prolong a
in saying: "There has been nothing like it in
all Nebraska the past year"
The ball was given In the opera house, a
portion OF the magnificent Paddock that will
be formally dedicated TO the drama some
time during the month of next September,
and II Is presumable that the dedication will
be upon scale of equal plane. but. con
cludlng, the parquet was fitted on q level
win the stage, ana ternSlcnorean revellers
indulged TO hearts content. Though incom-
plets, the opera house presented handsome
appearance, and in perspective gave evidence
OF the elegant ana c0mmodious "temple of the
drama" Beatrice will have when the interior
Is finished,
But, the opening Of ''The Paddock is now
part OF the history of Beatrice. and it
means vastly more than what appears on the
surface. The city has hotel commensurate
with every need. IL is not only credit TO
the city, but to the whole state. II is
beyond to-day and bids for progressive
future. Senator Paddock must have had
faith in the possibilities when he ventured
sl6OooO to build the hotel that bears his
name, and in which every citizen of the place
takes Just degree Of pride. II is not only