Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-30
order, escorted by a guard of

' Auo 1ISSIueu6 Wlln dOV6rnOr Hill on hI ! right and Mayor Grant on his left Follow
 lowing them were Vice President Morton an
 Mrs. Harrison; Lieutenant Governor Jone I and Mrs. Morton; Hamilton Fish and MrE
 Jones. The guests crossed the floor to tn
 Presidents box, which had been erected a
 the back of the stage where Styvesant Fish chairman of the committee on entertainment
 presented to the President Elbridge T. Gerr ! chairman of the executive committee on plal l and scope and the committee on entertain ment.
 Immediately after this had been done, tn
 opening quadrille was formed and the bal | was in full splepdor. The mueic was fur
 nished by Bandmaster Lander, who had pro vided string and reed orchestra of on, hundred pieces of picked musicians. Tn, floral decorations were of the most elaborate ! order. Over the Presidents box was
 lrage brass pendant displaying the word t"Washington" and at either end of it were the dates ss17S9" and 1889" in brilliant gal jets. The box itself was trapped with cloth ! of gold, fine faces, embossed velvets, figured | silk and flags, festooned with flowers. Two other boxes were decorated with plush, silk | lace and silk flags. Ten carloads of ever ! greens, 2,000 specimens of azaleas, 6,O0C ferns, 2.OOO palms, 2,OO0 pansies, 1000 tulips and hyacinthes and 4,000 miscellane- ous plants were used in the decorations, which, together with other decorations, cost $20, 0,0OO.
 The entrance from Broadway seemed to be turned into an old-fashioned garden. The outer walls of the auditorium and the sides of the double staircases formed three sides of the garden, and trellised vines and towering shrubs added to the mural effect, while real fruit trees were set about in artistic abandon.
 There were apple trees in blossom and pear
 trees in bud; peach trees with strong sug- gestiveness of fruitfulEess, and cherry trees with every evidence of reality.
 On the stage in the dancing hall there was
 majestic and artistic pile of plants and flowers. It rose apparently to half the height of the proscenium tier. It arose in several terraces of different colored flowers. First a
 terrace of red azaleas, then terrace of white ones, then blue hydrangeas and then repe- tition of the three oolors eliminating in 8
 beautiful apex of dropping plants. On each side of this pyramid stood 8 gigantic palm tree, each doing staff duty to beautiful silk flag, while back of it all was a perfect grove of pines, cedars and other evergreens. Nor did the artifice of the designer of the pictur- esque scene stop here. Poised over these floral mounds were a flock of snow-white pigeons.
 The supper hall was 45 feet wide and 475 feet long, with accommodations for six thou sand. The floral decorations here were as elaborate and tasteful as elsewhere. The Presidents table stood at the Seventh avenue and Thirty-ninth street corner, so that he and his party could look both ways down the lines of supper tables.
 The programme was composed of twenty four dances, and the opening quadrille was danced by the following ladies and gentle men:
 Mrs. William Agtor, Mrs. s. v. R. Crue- ger, Mrs. Edward Cooper, Mrs. Robert F. Weir, Mrs. William Herbert Washington, Mrs. Frederick J. DePeyster, Miss Caroline Livingston, Mrs. A. ,Newbold Morris. Mrs. ". Bayard Cutting, Mrs. Edward F. Jones, Mrs. Alexander s. Webb, Mrs. Levi 4oF'0e arl1 Hs' Mrs ara0ls hag VT Van Ranssslaer, Miss Louis Lee Schuyler. Vice President Morton representing the na- tion, Lieutenant Governor Jones represent ing the State, Admiral Jouett representing the navy, General McCook and General Thomas M. Vincent representing the army. Commodore Ramsay representing the com mand of the navy yard, General Louis Fitz- gerald representing the State military, Cap tain J. H. Derst representing the Mili- tary academy; Lieutenant Judson, repre- senting the aides of the President Captain W. J. Sampson, representing the Naval Peyster, representing the Speaker of the As sembly: Senator Aldrioh, representing the United States Senate; Dr. A. L. Smith ., U.S.N., Colonel J. M. Varnum, J. W. BeSce man and C.. J. Creighton-Webb. TEenten- President escorted Mrs. Jones api' Hio"'o |
 The Guadrille was watched "A,n ns social interest and the actors in tne neartaches drama which has created scIuer It was over played their parts waMe crowded as the gen. | the floor quichSan. The scene was now one I ersl dapn5y seldom equalled and the gaiety I unabated until long after dawn.
 Among the notable dresses worn by the adies present were specially noticeable the l ollowing: |
 Mrs. Harrison wore a princess robe of I white faille, the back and train being of the l anne material. The front of white tulle em- ,roidered in Greek pattern with silver beads md pearls.
 Mrs. McKee's dress was of white armure ilk, demi-train, fashioned of 100 years ago.
 Mrs. Russell Harrison wore white striped | atin and gros-grain with clusters ot pink ,rocaded roses; diamonds.
 Mrs. Morton wore a superb Worth gown, oug. square train of white brocaded satin, iesign in delicate colors denoting clusters of | strawberries held by festoons of ilacs. Over this train falls heavy sash of lilac aille. The front of the dress is of lilac aille, the over drapery white mousseline de 'oire, corsage low, papillon style of lilac :aille, pointed front, low neck and short sleeves, pearls and diamonds.
 Mrs. Astor displayed her famous diamonds I md wore white satin. Miss Schuyler wore gown 107 years old, which had belonged to he daughter of General Philip Schuyler, who n 17S3 married Stephen Van Rensalaer, the he last of the patroons. It is of brocade | with a light ground hand-embroidered in lowers, partly covered with carl-green vel ! ret Miss Schuyler's ornaments were pearl ocket containing a lock of Washington's nair, and a small diamond pin, with hair of Alexander Hamilton, her grest-grand-father.
 Mrs. De Peyster wore white satin, direc- .oire, diamonds and rubies.
 Miss Livingstone wore silver brocade over pink silk, pearls and diamonds. The gown Is one hundred years old.
 Mrs. Webb wore yellow brocads satin, diamonds.
 Mrs Cutting wore a Josephine dress of white satin, point lace, "V" shaped, dia- monds.
 Mrs. Weir wore robbins egg blue satin, diamonds that belonged to Washington, of