Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-02-23
TIE RECEPTION
By Gov. CIeayes "Wednesday
Afternoon a Brilliant Affair.
Large Number attended Despite the
Severity Of the Weather.


a.au.iigf Decorators -ResaHss u the fese
rooms tssisIasisa.
yess ifl,tsnding that Wednesday after
nooo ~as she noet inciemenr this winter
,h. psbjig reception given by Governor
C-i-sves was briiiisn; suecsss-
III. interior Of the State Capitol on
"Wednesday morning xas admirably calea-
l,r.-i to delight the eye foni of beautiful
Effects.
90 entering the rosanIa from the front
1ptrssee an exceedingly handsome vista
81 rel, y bite and blue. terminating at the
be.d Of the grand staircase in large glory
al sax. extending the entire WIDTH OF the
..aircase, vas presented. The large pillars
we're wound ~ith stripes Of patriotic hunt
inn the first t~o pillars white an red. the
,so beyond with blue, anil pendant from the
esntfs above were festooEs in
variegated coiors. Extending the
whole length Of the ro.unda,
Midway between the lines Of pillars, was a
line Of corps flags white oyer the entrances
To- the departments were fan--sna glories Of
aags. Ia the centre OF the rotunia vas the
stand for the orchestra This va. an or
asrnent rather than 0therwisc. and was
dfappeti with American hsgs- the corners
being further decorated with standards. AT
left and night a. one entered, were silken
banners expressly printed for the occasion,
aud bearing in Illuminated figures the dates
1870 and 1888. The National coat of arms
and the Maine coat OF arns were on oppo-
ste sides of the rotunia.
1t was indeed a lovely display Of the dec
orative art ard a compliment to The good
taste and skill OF Mr.. Brown, the cecora-
tor The whole, however, rather height
ened the regret at the inciemency Of
weather on this, the Governor day. Out
side a genuine blizzard was raging The
public bad been invited to call upon the
Chief Executive and old Boreas had been
omitted from the list of invitations. He
and all his cohorts of imps were out.hle
-tornIing for admission. It's needless to
add that the wierd notes of their wind harps
afforded anything but an agreeable prelude
on this day of all days.
BY O'Clock in the afternoon, the hour
set for the reception, the storm. which had
been increasing in intensity, was at its
height. and il seemed unreasonable to ex-
pect that any considerable number could be
present II certainly is most compliment
tary to Governor Cleaves that during the
two hours from 2 to 7. NJ. about
500 people called upon his Excelency
Included in the number were many ladies'.
The members of both branches and those
having ladies in the city were among the
number. Ex-Governor Burleigh called at
3 O'Clock Several judges of the
supreme court. heads Of depart
ments and members of the Exeeu-
tive Council were in attendance. II is
certain that had the day been pleasant there
would have been a throng of people pres
ent Those no would have come 10 the
est, from other places wcre absolutely pre-
vents from attending.
At o'clock Higgins full orchestra rem
terci the first number on the programme.
The stream of callers began to move in the
dltertion of the Executive Chamber. Gov
ernor Cleaves with his staff in full uni form
received in the Governors private room,
assisted BY President Spear of the Senate
and Speaker Savage of the House. OF the
stat, present were Brig Gen. Selinn Con.
nor, Col. +. G. Thayer, fieut.-Col. c. II
Prescott. Lieut. Col. /. X. Stetson, Lieut.
Col W w. Whitmarsh, Lieut. Col. c. +.
Lombard anil Maj, A. &. Rollins. The
guests passing on into the Council Chamber
were presented by Secretary of State Fes-
sender to Mrs. rrcsilc lent Spear and Mrs
Speaker Savage. who received there. Mrs
Spear was richly gJsneI in Lyons poplin
and velvet. and Mrs. Savage was charm
ingly stt,red in light wool and velvet.
The decorations in these two rooms excit,
ell comments of admiration from all who
passed through them In the Governor
private room the rich yellow effects in fora
and other decorations predominated. FEES
,oons of Soudsn cloth in hight pinks, nile
green and yellow tints were pendant from
the centre piece above and we're gracefully
caugh, up with clusters of roses over the
doors and windows The Governor private
table was concealed beneath flowers and
green's. Above. the chandelier was en-
twined with smilax AMI below a hanging
pot Of shamrock heightened the effect Inc
table supported a oahk OF green iro'n WHICH
ros. mounds of yellow pansies. vases o.
v,Ilox daso,lils yrllo,, ninks and tulips
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