The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1890-05-26
THE BLUE ROoM
The Spanish Princess Arrives at .he
White House


an ForrnaIItIes Were Hzfrcd-EaEzfls
seems tn Be ImprsssfnE Tsi1se she
Meets - . Csarnnia= Wouasa-IIsr
EeeePtioz Amerieaa EsoaEh-
w4sBIxsTGs. May zs-Ihe infants
and her s1it called on the president and
Ms Cleveland at exactly II O'eioc<
Saturday and we're received in the blue
room There ives little IN the reception
that suggested fOrInaIity and the party
indulged IN pleasant conversation,
which lasted fifteen minutes, when the
royal visitors Withdrew
The Spanish and the American fazs
fOated from she flag stats OF the
Arlington Saturday morning. and told
every one who was not On the street
Friday night that the Infantz Eulsiia
Of Spain was domiciled within soon
after the arrival If the princes and her
suite she was asked If she desired the
royal enSis,n Of spain hOistsd over her
h0use- But she desired that the nezuIa-
tion Spanish flag float from the fizg staff
instead of the orange and rcd with the
crown. and thus il IS that the Spanish
flag and not the royal emblem floats In
the breezeS
The party was mp quite early SGtEr-
day morning. and by O'elocs- ehoc0-
late and rolls were served IN their
apartments. and then the infanta he
gan her preparations for a visit 10 the !
white house
At present II i not deeifed whether
the infants viii have military guard /
with her all the time she Is here. but If
the crowds act as they did Friday /
night Commodore Davis VIII make the
the request of Gen Scfofeid for a detail
Of soldiers to accompany the carriage
Of the infanta when she Is driving ont
At present tine only seEnbisIee OF .
guard about the Arlington is lone
policeman who has keen stationed at
the corner Of Vermont avenue and II
street. outside the princes apartment
AL night long he wandered up and
down the sidewalk. and at daybreak
was relieved by another ''one Of the
fines1-
The princess and her suite certainly
had an example Of an American crowd
Friday night II YVES dark when their
train arrived in the city and the Insreli-
ing Of the cavalry up and down the
avenue gave nOtice that s0mething un-
usual was about 10 happen and there
fore the crowd was out in force At the
Pennsylvania depot the crowd sEirEed
and pressed in such away that the 20
lice had difficult times in keeping them
back Carpets had beeu laid along the
platforms TO the white house carriage
but the crowd was 50 great that the
guards had difficulty In kecring even
this reserved space elear- Had il not
been for the guard Of eavalrynen the
carriage containing the Infanta would
hnve found it difficult to make its way
up the aveuuc- As it was. as soon A.
the soldiers on horseback had passed
the crowds surged 20 the wheels Of the
carriage and the mounted polioc;nen
who acted ss guard had 10 Ese their
clubs TO keep the crowds hack
The princess carriage had Gordon
of mounted police around II ard thus
was in some way protected But the
second carriage. In which WIS seated
the Marchioness Arco Hermosa and
Commander Davis, was 50 surrounded
By the Surging crowd that the
msrch;Oness became greatly frightened
and eSpressed her fears 10 the com
manGer. but he quiets,i her and told
her that Il was only an Ancrieau ne
eeption from an American crowd.
still. however. rs the proccssion moved
up the avenue the crowd ereyx greater
and became n mass Of men and wOmenl
on bicycles. people in carriages os al
sorts ald descriptions and Thousands
of people on foot
The princess created very flzvOrableI
impression here BY her charming E.sn-
ners and simplicity. and seems 70 be de-
terminei to be as democratic a. pos
sible and 20 conform with the ideas and
American customs in this reSPect- She
has been mos. gracious % every one
who has come in contact with her. and
Friday night. after reaching the hotel
expressed herself as simply delighted
with America She stated that her trip
on the railroad was perfect and that
the view of America she had from the
windows was revelation 10 her She
IS delighted with her reeePtioa and
everything American .-It Is q wonder
full country she exclaimed, and am
more than plesSed-
The Iadics VIII no doubt feel inter
estei in knowing what the infsnta
wore on her arrival This was her eOs-
tune A dress of soft gray cloth deEn;-
train. a graf cape. with rows Of rufiies
edged with narrow black satin \ bon
net of black straw. oruainented with
two red rOseS fastened in the center
with bow Of green straw ribbon. and
covered by q white veil
IL was not until after midnight that
the PsrterS At the Arlington hotel had
disposed of the infanta's luggage
There were lOs pieee< in all and they
comprise every enneeivSble ks-sSi Of beg
gage from \ hath tub 20 shzwi-Strap-
There were long trunks fully six feet
in length and there were packing
boxes there were guz-caseS AID
swori-eaSess there were lat box.-s
and SaliSeS- not few os
the trunks were of the regu-
lation Saratoga Si1e and SoEae Of
them qri:e larger than any ever scen
IN America All the priasesT bSzgsge
Is marked with the initials "a o.
snTmOnnted with q crown. that bsasns
the initials OF her husband. Antoine
Orleans \