Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-27
GRAND BALL.
The Worlds Fair Dedication IHaugurated
With a Grand Ban-The Children cele-

With Grand Bau-The Children Cele-
brate-
CHICAGO, Oct 20-In behalf of other
patrons and of the patronesses of the
ball, Ma. -Gen. Miles, Mayor Wash
burne, I'll. K Fairbank, George NJ Pull
man and Marshall Field had invited
1000 prominent citizens OF various
states to participate in a reception ten
dered to the president, vice-president
and ex-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 1928.
So it was that there were billiant
scenes in and about the Auditorium
building early 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 9 o'clock the
rumble and flash of glistening equip
ages began. The lady managers and
patronesses of the affair were COM
ing to the rendezvous which had
been fixed at $50. The gener-
ally invited guests followed in rapid
succession. Once within the great Audi
forum the first impression was that re-
sulting from flood of light. almost
dazzling to the unaccuStOmed eyes, and
yet it was the soft, aggregated glowing
of incandescent 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
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 F. Crisp and party,
Chief Justice Melville w. Fuller and
party, the associate justices of the SUI
preme court. Boxes II to M were occu-
pied by Cows. Reynolds, of Delaware;
Pattison, OF Pennsylvania; Albeit, of
New Jersey; Buckley, 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-President
Rutherford B. Hayes. but up to late
hour, this distinguished guest had
failed to put in an appearance.
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
and the members of the national COM
mission were nearby neighbors of the
ladies and beyond these twenty-five
consecutively numbered boxes were
occupied by the executives of states
previously unprovided for, commenc-
ing with Gov. Page, of Yer
llcuC, duel concluding Will UOV. MIDI
ham, of California. All of the chief ex-
ecutives were accompanied either by
their stats or members of their respect
i've families. Conspicuous in the tier of
boxes were Cows. Mckinley, of Ohio;
Boies, of Iowa; Peck, of Wisconsin, and
Boyd, of Nebraska, conspicuous in so
far that they seemed to be the target
for the hundreds of lorgnettes that were
led into ran,1iSition at inf Inv
the grand aux DANES on the dancing
floor.
THE SCHOOL CHILDREN.
CHICAGO, Oct 2O.-Yesterday witnessed
two important events in connection
with the dedication of the worlds fair
and these were followed at night by
the inauguration, reception and ban
Quet at the Auditorium.
The first event was the celebration of
columbus day" by the school children
of the city and youthful enthusiasm
was given the widest play. The com
| mittee of state and city superintend-
ents had arranged a programme for the
celebration in the public schools and
the children executed the order of ex-
ercises with vim simultaneously in
| the scores of school buildings,
which were all decorated. First
came the reading of President Har-
rison' proclamation. This was fol-
lowed by flag raising and the pupils
saluted the colors, pledged their allegi-
ance to the flag and in concert sang
America The next feature was
reading of the scriptures some ac-
acknowledgements of the Divine Being.
Each school then joined in singing
Columbus Day." In the primary
! grades the little ones recited patriotic
verses and sang little songs, while in
the grammar and high schools histori-
cal essays were read and declarations
delivered and Joaquin Miller's song,
| Columbus" as arranged by o. Black
man, was sung. Singing of 1.-THE Flag
of the Free" by each school closed the
| exercises
| Dividing attention during the day
| with the school celebration was the ar
rival from Washington Of the cabinet
officers, members of the diplomatic
corps and justices of the supreme court
Stevenson Not Yet Ready.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Oct. 20.-Gen.
Stevenson, when asked when he would
| give his letter of acceptance to the pub
| lie, answered.: ST am now very much