The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-02-23

most picturesque feature of the deco.
ratiOns will be Chinese pagonda to
be erected in the centre of the rom,
directly over the fountain. 1t will
be artistically decorated, the dome
being composed Of gas jects, arranged
in the form nf stars, shields and cres.
cents. The first story Will be four.
teen feet above the base of the foun.
tain, filled in with evergreens and
! flowers. making a delightful grotto
or retreat for promenaders. On the
next, or second floor. will be an or.
chestra of 100 performers, and on the
third floor, fourteen feet above them.
the full marine band. Twenty calci.
um lights are to he placed in the ton
gallery and 1000 incadescent electric
lights along the sides of the ball
room.
The floral decorations are to be on
a scale never before attempted. The
same New York florist who furnish.
ed flowers for President CleveIand's
inauguration will supply them on
this occasion. 1t will, take 5000
yards of laurel festoons, six inches
thick, to cover the ceiling. When
the Presidential party enters the hall
at the west end of the building il
will pass under floral BAH 49, -
feet in diameter. Somebody IwdiI
pull string and the ball willbpen
and shower of cut flowers ascend
upon the party. At the sametime a
flock of canary birds and pfoquets
will be released from the bal. A ship
of state, thirty feet lOng-D be the
largest design in cut flowers ever
made-Will be suspended from the
ceiling. The galleries and support
ing columns will be decorated with
garland5 of laurel and smilaX. Lau-
rel and palm leaves will be used to
ornament the large centre columns.
From the lower gallery seven panels
of cut flowers, each ten by fifteen
feet. and bearing a floral has relief
Of each of the executive departm ents
Of the G0yernnet will depend. AT
one end of the hall will be conserv-
atory of tropical plants surmounted
by gas jets, so arranged as to present
pictures of the new President and
Vice-President and the words elm
augural Ball, 1889"
The arrangements for the manage.
ment of the supper room are well
planned to Insure prompt service and
prevent confusion. A temporary
kitchen will be erected at cost Of
81 100 on the north side Of the build
ing. All communication between il
and the supper room will be by way
of the windows on this side of the
building. A long buffet will extend
through all the different apartments
parallel with the north wall and
about four feet from it. Behindthis
will stand a corps of atteDdslie-
whose duty will be simply to caffy
on the communication between the
supper-room and the kitchen. On
the other side will be corps of wait.
ers to serve the guests.
The music for the promenade con-
cert will be furnished by the Marine
band, under the dictatorship of Pro-
fesSor S0usa. The dance music will
lie furnished by Beck's orchestra, of
Philadelphia. The opening selection
will be Professor SOusa's "The Presi-
dental Polonaise," written for the
occasion. 1t will be performed by
the entire band and orchestra. This
will be the first time anything of the
kind has been attempted at an inau-
gural ball. and will, without doubt,
be the grandest musical combination
ever heard in Washington. There
will be seven concert pieces, one more
than were rendered four years ago,
including the grand fantasia from
Wagner's "Tannhauser," selections
from "Lohengrin," and the march
AUX Flambeaux," by Meye.beer.
The order of dances consists of twenty
three numbers, including the prone
made waltz, quadrille. lanciers, polka,
York and galop.
The pyrotechnical promises to be
the grandest and most costly display
of fireworks ever seen in this country.
1t will begin at 7:45 O'Clock with a
Presidential salute of aerial marrons,
exploding at height of 800 feat. An
hour and a.half later the exhibition
will close with simultaneous dis
charge of $500 rockets. the ,largAS
flight of rockets ever fred in the
United States. Fire portraits OF
Washington. Lincoln, Harrison and
Morton and representations of the
Capitol and White House are to he
given. Altogether ten tons of mate.
rial will be burned. Before the dis.
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