Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-10-22
GRAND BALL.
High Dignitaries Dance at the Au-
ditorium, Chicago.
Invitations Extended to tho President,
Vice President, Ex-Presidents, Diplo-
nnatlsts aud Govcrnors-Daz-
zllng Toliettcs.

xling ToIIettcs.
CHICAGO, Oct. 20-In behalf OF other
patrons and of the patronesses OF the
ball, Mai. Gen. Miles, Mayor WASH
burne, Ii. X. Fairbank, George M. Pull
man and Marshall Field had invited
1000 prominent citizens OF various
states to participate in reception ten
dered to the president, vice-president
and cx-presidents Of the United States,
the representatives of foreign govern
ments, the governors of the states and
territories and other distinguished
guests. While in its inception and con-
duct the function of last night was I'M
official, it opened the baptismal jubila-
ton of the worlds fair OF 1929.
So it was that there were billiant
scenes in and about the Auditorium
building carly last evening Thou
sands of electric lamps glowed brightly
from the facade of the towering build
ings on the lake front, Along the
broad pavements of Michigan avenue
dense crowds of people were content to
stand closely packed for hours viewing
the notable folks as they arrived to at
tend the reception. About . o'clock the
rumble and fash of glistening equip
ages began. The lady managers and
patronesses of the affair were COM
ing to the rendezvous which had
been fixed at $3.50. The gener-
ally invited guests followed in rapid
succession. Once within the great Audi
torium the first impression was that re-
sulting from a flood Of light, almost
dazzling to the unaccustomed eyes, and
yet it was the soft, aggregated glowing
of incandcscent lamps-myriads OF
them. There seemed no stress OF light
in any quarter of the great hollow, SO
equally were the lamps distributed.
The great steel fire curtain of the stage
had been lifted and the stage flooring
had been extended over the entire
orchestra pit Smooth and tempting
to the dancers did it appear.
Behind the proscenium arch the lower
tier of boxes had been extended in q
circle around the rear of the stage.
ADORE this temporary circle of boxes at
its center were four other boxes which
was occupied by IN orchestra. A silsen
banner OF the Spanish royalty was sus-
pended directly over the center OF the
stage. 1t had the cross in the middle
and around that were the initials and
the coat of arms of Ferdinand and Isa-
bella.
On either side and Immediately over
the boxes were ten banners in bunting,
each containing the initials of the king
and queen of Spain in the time of Co
lumbus. The panel in front OF the or
gan and between the boxes and the
proscenium arch was decorated with O
large United States shield, surmounted
bv n stand of colors, the stars and
stripes in the middle and flanked on
either side by the flags of all the Amer
lean republics. The corresponding
panel on the south side bore the shield
ofSpain, also surmounted by the Span
ish colors. -:
At the conclusion of the reception,
and which continued until nearly II
o'clock, the vice president was escorted
to the lodge on the immediate right of
the stage, and the remainder of the
distinguished guests followed in this
order:
The members of President Harrison's
cabinet, headed by Secretary Foster
and Postmaster-General Wanamaker,
Speaker Charles T. Crisp'.and party,
Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller and
party, the associate justices of the SUI
preme court. Boxes Ii TO NJ were occu-
pied by Cows. Reynolds, of Delaware;
Pattison, of Pennsylvania; Albeit, of
New Jersey; BullSeiey, OF Connecticut,
Russell, of Massachusetts, and Brown,of
Maryland. The reception committee held
the fort in box N, and had as neighbors
Gov. Flower, of New York; Holt, of
North Carolina, and Brown, of Rhode
Island. Box S had been assigned to
that eminent philanthropist and advo-
cate of prison reform, ex-Prcsident
Rutherford B. Hayes, but up to late
hour, this distinguished guest had
failed to put in an appearances.
There were some dazzling toilets in
the adjoining box, which had been al
loted to the board of lady managers,
and in which Mrs. Potter Palmer,
president of the board, was at times
conspicuous. The visiting members of
the diplomatic corps, the local directors