The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-30
A SOUND OF REYELRY.
Bright the Lights ShOne Ger Fair Women
and Brave Men,"

tonight All that money could do to carr,
out the immense scheme that was to give
night Of pleasure to 5000 people was don,
and the result sustained
| Carriages began to roll up to the Broad
way entrance soon after S o'clock Tit
outer walls of the auditorium and sides O
the double staircase formed three sides o.
a garden, and trellised vines and Towering
shrubs added to the natural effect, while
fruit trees set about in an artistic manner
led one to dispute the fact that one had Just
come in from out doors.
There were apple trees in blossom and
! pear trees in bud; peach trees with STRONG
| suggestiVeness of fruit and fullness anG
cherry trees with every evidence except
| the Ratchet sticking in the base.
| Among the many trees were included
! ounces and prureS and grapes even, while
| lliacs and smilaXeS combined with baluS-
trades and made up continuous panOply
of floral virtue wherein you might choose
to go. In the corners Of the corridors stood
still rarer plants, and on each stair landing
was miniature grove of beauty. Around
on the Thirty-eighth street side there was
another garden, but more artificial in ap-
pearance than that at the Broadway en-
trance.
The immediate entrances to the grand
dancing floor were kept clear for obvious
v
eye when once within, there is no word
that better describes the first sensation one
experiences on entering the vast audito-
rum tonight than TO say that II was daz-
zling.
From the center of the dome long stream
ers radiated to the side walls, and all
around the tiers of boxes and balconies as
well there was a wealth of decoration sucn
as never before has been attempted in
New York Little knots of colors and pict-
ureSque trimmings of red, white and blue
were so arranged that the advent of the
pretty costumes not only enhanced the
general effect, but the costumes themselves
benefited thereby.
The fronts of the lower tiers of boxes
were draped with red plush as a background
for the customes of those dancing, and
were festooned with wreaths and flowers,
while great piles of flowers were on the
front rails of most OF the boxes. On the
stage arose huge architectural mass of
flowers and plants, their disposition so ar
JistiG as to demand an admiration that
grew as it was studied more closely. This
structure arose apparently to half the
height of the proscenium arch. The base
occupied several yards Of the dancing floor,
but the loss of space was atoned for in d
gain of spectacle. 1t arose in several
terraces of different colored flowers.
The Presidential box was the center
oen of the double tiers erected at the
back of the stag. The front was almost
covered with palms, with a large American
eagle in the center, surmounted by the
words washington 1889" and ''lSS9," in
colored electric lights. The whole front OF
both tiers was curtained with silk flags
and decorated with groups OF standards
and great masses of flowers.
Box parties began to come in long before
the mayor had arrived, and by the time the
word went around that the Presidential
party were coming, there were very few
vacancies.
Among the families represented in this
great concourse of eXpectant people were
those Of William AstOr, Ogden Goelet, |
William J. Hamilton, Chauncey NJ. Depew.
7. Gerry, StIyVesant F.sl, Rob |
ert e. Winthrop, Abram S. Hewitt, Ham
iltOn Fish, Clarence A. Seward, Henry |
Clews, William w. Aston, Levi z. Morton, !
Stephen 3. ElkinS and Paran Stevens |
Ward bIcAllister was conspicuously absent |
during the earlier part OF the night, but
was seen in his box after the dancing had |
begun.
Two orchestras were in position Each |
conner was handed dancing order at the |
having twenty-four numbers.
The supper room Is one of great proper |
lions. Beginning at Broadway, the end of |
the temporary structure erected in Thirty |
ninth street, it runs all the way through to |
Seventh avenue and up to Fortieth street,
forming two sides of a triangle. 1t makes
4 supper room 40 feet wide and AIS
feet long, with accommodations for 600
people at one time The sides of this
bunting, and as beautifully decorated as
my other part of the opera house. Hun
ireds OF baskets OF blossoms were made
Use of, and only one kind of flowers was
allowed in a basket
The Presidents table stood at the
Seventh avenue and Thirty-ninth street
corner so that his party could look both
ways down the lines Of the supper table.
lust opposite the table was raised plat
orm on Which were the musicians.
On the Presidents table was 4 wreath of
carlet tulips, while tulips and azaleas and
lyacinthS arranged upon plateau of
railing arbutuS, the whole floral decora-
ion resting upon great oval mirror six
eet wide and ten long, completely filling
he centre of the great oval table. The
ables In the supper room presented a
most beautiful appearance before the work
f devastation began. There was all that
n epecurian taste could wish for.
Mayor Grant arrived at 10 o'clock. 1t
vas 1880 when the President came, and
here was not room TO move on the hoOr,
nd 1t was labor to take three steps in the
orridors. Finally, o detachment of the
second Artillery signal corps managed to
orce its way through the crowd from the
laiA entrance to the stage. Exactly at
0 AS a blare of trumpets sounded, and
dayor Grant, Offering his arm to the
PRESIDENT began 10 walk among the ]
ines Of artilIerymen. Next came
ice President Morton and Mrs :
harrison on his arm, and they were fol-
owed by Governor Hill and Mrs. Morton,
nd then the other members of the Presi
entail party. AS they moved between the
rails of humanity that pressed close on
lther side, cheer after cheer went up and
lmost drowned the noise of the l
rumpets. Arriving at the boxes on the
tage, the President turned around and
Tas formally presented TO the members of I
be committee. The strains Of Hail to
he Chief'' ended as the President ushered
1rs. Harrison into the box set apart for
hem. Vice-President Morton and Mrs. j.,
1orton also entered the box, as did Mrs !
russell Harrison. The rest of the party {
'ere disposed in other boxes, and all of c
hem were in readiness for the great
At II o'clock the orchestra struck up
The Star Spangled Banner" and the
ance began. 1t was not rapid dance; it =
IaS sedate in the extreme. Senator Al
rich smiled at his partner, but otherwise 1
lere was as much solemity about the affair
8 if it had been the most serious business S
4 earth. t
The President busted himself looking at t
lie busy scene in the boxes and paid little t
-tentiOn to the dancers. As the Presi- t
entail party made circuit of the ball
Dom, Mrs. Harrison attracted much atten- L
on. She looked we'll and happy Her
ress was gross grain cut with a princess
lin 4 f,.f,r L,