The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-05-25

Mrs. Cleveland at exactly II o'clock
Saturday and were received in the blue
room. There was little in the reception
that suggested formality and the party
INDUCED in a pleasant conversation,
which lasted fifteen minutes, when the
royal visitors withdrew.
The Spanish and the American flags
floated from the flag staffs off the
Arlington Saturday morning, and told
every one who was not on the street
Friday night that the Infanta Eulalia
of Spain was domiciled within. Soon
after the arrival of the princess and her
suite she was asked If she desired the
royal ensign of Spain hoisted over her
house. But she desired that the regula-
tion Spanish flag float from the flag staff
instead of the orange and red with the
crown, and thus it is that the Spanish
flag and not the royal emblem floats in
the breezes.
The party was up quite early Satur-
day morning, and by o'clock choco-
late and rolls were served in their
apartments, and then the infanta be-
gan her preparations for visit to the
white house.
At present it is not decided whether
the infanta will have military guard
with her all the time she is here. but If
the crowds act as they did Friday
night Commodore Davis will make the
the request of Gen. Schofield for detail
of soldiers to accompany the carriage
of the infanta when she is driving out.
At present the only semblance of a
guard about the Arlington is lone
policeman who has been stationed at
the corner of Vermont avenue and II
street, outside the princess apartment.
All night long he wandered up and
down the sidewalk, and at daybreak
was relieved by another lone of the
finest"
The princess and her suite certainly
had an example of an American crowd
Friday night. 1t was dark when their
train arrived in the city and the march
ing of the cavalry up and down the
avenue gave notice that something un-
usual was about to happen and there
tore the crowd was out in force. At the
Pennsylvania depot the crowd surged
and pressed in such away that the po-
lice had difficult times In keeping them
back. Carpets had been laid along the
platforms to the white house carriage,
but the crowd was so great that the
guards had difficulty in keeping even
this reserved space clear. Had It not
been for the guard Of cavalrymen the
carriage containing the Infanta would
have found it difficult to make it's way
up the avenue. As it was, as soon as
the soldiers on horseback had passed
the crowds surged to the wheels of the
carriage and the mounted policemen
who acted as guard had to use their
clubs to keep the crowds back,
The princess carriage had q cbrdon
of mounted police around it and thus
was in some way protected. But the
second carriage, in which was seated
the 'Marchioness Arco Hermosa and
Commander Davis, was so surrounded
by the surging crowd that the
marchioness became greatly frightened
and expressed her fears to the COM
mander, but he quieted her and told
her that it was only an American re-
ception from an American crowd;
still, however, as the procession moved
up the avenue the crowd grew greater
and became a mass of men and women
on bicycles, people in carriages of all
sorts and descriptions and thousands
of people on foot.
The princess created very favorable
impression here by her charming man
ners and simplicity, and seems to be de.
termined to be as democratic as pos,
sible and to conform with the ideas and
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has been most gracious to 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 trir
on the railroad was perfect and that
the view of America she had from the
windows WIS Q revelation to her. She
is delighted with her reception and
everything American. "It is wonder
full country" she exclaimed, "and am
more than pleased"
The ladies will no doubt feel inter-
ested in knowing what the infanta
wore on her arrival This was her cos
tune: A dress of soft gray cloth, demi-
train; a gray cape, with rows of ruffies
edged with narrow black satin, a bon.
net of black straw, ornamented with
two red roses fastened in the center
with a bow of green straw ribbon, and
covered by white veil.
1t was not until after midnight that
the porters at the Arlington hotel had
disposed of the infanta's luggage.
There were 1O2 pieces in all, and they
comprise every conceivable kind of bag
gage from bath tub to shawl-strap.
There were long trunks, fully six feet
in length, and there were packing
boxes; there were gun-cases and
sword-cases; there We're, hat boxes
and valises, not a few Of
the trunks were of the regu-
lation Saratoga size and some Of
them quite larger than any ever seen
In America. All the princes baggage
is marked with the iniatials "a. o."
sarmounted with crown, that being
the initials of her husband, Antoine
Orleans