The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-04-23
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Decorations OF the Madison Square Garden
The Special Committees.

Thursday have been working until early In
the morning. Tho boxes and tickets are sell
Ing rapidly. IN addition to the places already
mentioned tickets arc now for salo at the
Windsor Hotel. the Holland House. the Hofr-
man House. and the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
There will be no complimentary tickets.
Every officer and member OF the Ball Commit
tee. OF the Committee OF One Hundred. or any
other committee. must pay for his own ticket.
The music for dancing will be furnished by
Landcrs's Orchestra OF eighty PIECES. RoQers's
Seventh Regiment band OF sixty pieces will
play during tho intermissions There will I've
u Hungarian band In the supper room.
The Floor Committee will consist OF tho fol-
lowing:
James ". vnrnun,. Chairmsn; s. Nicholson Kane.
Secretary: Cornelius N. Bliss. Aucuste r. Nontant.
George q Haven. J. Sergeant Cram. water Stanton.
Howard Carroll. Henry Willard. Clarence ". Bowen.
Daniel X. Bayne, Peter Marie. Adrian iseiin. Jr. g. Van
Rensselaer, Cruger. 7. J. oakley Rhineandvr. John j.
Gilroy. J. Frederic Tams. Lispennrd stewart,
Chester Griswo!d, John C. Furman. Amory 8. Carhart.
Edward de r. Livingston. John v. =. Odiie.
Francis ". J. Hurst K suydam Palmer. Charles N.
oelricbs. 4. Randolph Robinson. Charles v. Roe. sieph.
en- II. olin. Henry IIoyt, Richard y. Young. r. Frothing.
ham Strong. Samuel W. BRIGHAM. d. ID. Wheeler. L. &
A.. James OTIS. r.. II. Patterson. u. S. A.. David Price.
U. $. A.. Charles q. Treat. u. & A.. Robert q. Hone. VII.
liam A. Duer. Daniel r. worden. u. I.eGrand Cannon.
Philip Schuyler, Frederic J. De reyster. Elisha
Dyer. Jr, Henry W. Bibby. George Lawrence
Myers. Rowland Peil Cornelius n. Bliss. Jr.
George G. Haven. Jr. Loyal Farragut, r. Deiano
weekes. Woodbury. Kane, Franklin bartlett. John
Jacob Astor. Arthur n. Hatch. Matthew wilke William
A.. Read, Woodbury. @. ~IanSdon. Jacob ". Miller. WIN.
Butler Duncan. Jr- Jordan /. Mott. Jr- Eugene Kelly.
jr. Hertert !. %satterlee. Charles c. Emmett. Frederic
Foster Carey. Norman J. BIaekwood. U. S. n. William
r. White. L. y. y.
Special honorary committees to escort dis
fin 0ptehod o ffaofc RI fha hall hayo o1so haap
appointed. The list however. Is as yet in
com
7. :.e9r. the President Of the United s=t..ss.Th:
the he honrd Of Aidermen,, and a Frnnsis Lynde ststson,
mo TO e esaSfs the m snSais' OF " tie IL caaa1 Hon. Hen.
1amin I. Tracy. with AIDES,
c%o QUO s { i Hon .H William 1' NJ i1 Rys sn,s' With S's .Idss supreme
Ga'. f feSI.' r ias SSSGt' GSn D James ins s tsssn %a s's and f0t coI.
TO escor. the Governor Of rlilnols-The Hon. Frank.
liz Edison. Col Daniel Appleton. and Lieut.toL
To escort the Admiral Duke dc veragua and the other
assee HSss.s r 2, .e' cornstiu .n :. fass.' . Gt . Jon n. Au.nn
10 escort Admiral .Gherardi. commandan. of tho
10 escor; ADMIRAL Denhain. L. 5. N.-The lion. Hugh
TO escort Admiral walker. I. s. N.-samuel D. Dab-
To escort the Admiral of tho British nee,-rhe Hon.
To escort,ke Almira; o: the French neot-The Hon.
To escor, the Admiral of the Spanish neet-rho Hon.
10 escort The CAPTAIN Of the Netherlands man.os.war
Holland society. and aides.
The decorations for the Madison Square
Garden. promise to lie more elaborate than
those OF any previous ball. Thoy will cost the
den viii be- decorated with cut flowers and
electric bulbs. At each side will be silver
dragons with incnndescent eyes. In the CEN
tre OF the floor will be erected IN arch. on top
Of which will sit a cupid made OF small elss.
trio lights. At the base OF the arch there will
10 miniature lamps which change coIor as tho
wheels revolve. Surrounding this will be
groves Of palms. roses. lilies. and tropical
At the Fourth avenue end OF, tho Garden will
be IN immense Japanese fan. twenty feet long
intervals, producing the illusion Of the fans
be placed the reception platform. on. each cor
ner OF which will bee two monster silver drag
The .hrst tier Of arsna boxes viii be draped
smSs sait,Ss3 e Tas ' sf aHm sis ot w ali t hsvs st s i
and Territories. All the posts will be- fes-
TONED with smiIax and rains; thiekly studded
soverod with soft drspery in White and gold.
The roof will be hnng with u canopy Of white
clusters Of the flags of ali nations.
On the stage Of the assembly room will be a
ington. the interior Illuminated with electric
plants In imitation OF the original. The bal
cony will be garlanded with greens and del
icate blossoms. harmonizlng with the general
scheme OF the decoration !of the room. In the
centre OF the balcony front will be placed a
being represented by incandescent lamps.
The front of the balcony will be hung with
large plaques OF roses. each containing a
bouquets OF electric light.
This telegram was received by Mayor Gilroy
yesterday from Secretary Herbert at Fort
Monroe:
Am glad to assure you that naval shore
parade on 18th will be. success. Foreigners
will; think. oil participate. Line will also
programme"
Ithas cen decided that the Committee OF
100 shall occupy the steamship Edgerton.
which will anchor just south Of the Enterprise.
Nearly every steam boat in New York. from the
smallest tug to the largest excursion steamer.
has been chartered for the naval parade. Tug
owners are getting rs high as $500 for n boat.
Tugs and steamers are coming from Phi!adel-
phia. Boston. and Baltimore.