Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-03-06

interviewer with vines upon white
ground The balcony and lower pillars
werc wrapped In white and ornamented
with bunting The presidential gallery
ct the eastern end Of the ballroom was
deliberately festooned with national hagS,
among which the blue ground Of the presi-
dents flag was conspicuous by its color.
Just back OF the stand where the pres
ldent and Mrs. Cleveland stood To view
the scene, upon their return from making
the circuit of the main floor, a huge open
fan of glittering electric lights threw their
figures into bold relief.
At the west end the vice presidents gal
lsry was similarly decorated with bunting
and an artistic arrangement Of electric
hghts The names Of the two distinguished
personages In gilt lettering across the face
Of the national shield surrounded with the
Union colors were placed beneath the rail,
sncircled with green and Illuminated with
tiny Jets of light.
Three tiers Of galleries encircle the walls,
supported by innumerable columns en-
twined with the wild smilax Of Alabama
and ornamented with the coat Of arms Of
our Union.
The railing Of the first gallery was hung
with flags alternating with gold embroid-
cred crimson plush hangings, and the
walls ut the back were ornamented with
bright blue and green banneHG- bearing the
names Of the separate states in gilt letter
ing. Huge shields bearing the names of
the successive presidents crowned each
arch.
The decorations of the second gallery
were In yellow and red, bunting festooning
the rail. The walls and ceiling hung with
pendants of white and yellow The upper,
third gallery, was ornamented with crossed
fags Of blue and red, interspersed with
greens.
Between l2, 100 and 1900 lamps were re-
quired for the display, and miles Of wire
formed an intricate network throughout
the building. In order to accomplish the
work I'm proper time force of so expert elec-
ticians from New York were kept busy
day and night for the past three weeks.
The Climax Of Artistic Effect
was shown In the huge fan Of light back
Of the presidents gallery. The sticks and
oriental designs on the fan were outlined
In tiny lamps of varied hues, the whole
divided into sections under the control OF
q switch which supplied the separate cur
rent to the sections, one by one, until the
entire design was all aglow, thus creating
the illusion of fan being opened and
shut. Fifteen hundred lamps were re-
quired In this design alone, and the gen.
eral effect far surpassed anything yet at
tempted In electrical display.
The supper room on the ground floor, be
meath the arcade, was planned to accommo-
date between 500 and 600 persons without
overcrowding. A full corps of walters at
tended to the serving Of the immense
throng both within the apartment and
upon the floor. Each wore flower badge.
Temporary kitchens were erected on the
north and east side Of the building, from
which refresl ments were supplied, when
needed, by being passed through the win
dow.
It was 9:9O o'clock when the president
and Mrs. Cleveland arrived and about an
hour later when they made their adieux.
Mr.. Harrison's Ill Luck.
The four years Of General Benjamin
Harrison in the White House were filled
with greater sadness and calamity to the
chief executive snd his official family than
are recorded in the history of any other
presidential term since the government
was founded. The unhappy influences,
whatever they were and by whatsoever
agency controlled, manifested themselves
early, and they kept their steady and APP
palling pace down to the very end Of the
term. An observing chroricler, writing
from Washington on the morning Of March
4, 1889, related this circumstance:
At the hour this morning when man about
TO be inaugurated president might reasonably
be supposed TO be awake three black crows
few low over the Arlington hotel, and just as
they passed emitted series Of dismal, croak-
Ing caws. Whether General Benjamin Harri-
son was awake to hear them or not, many
other people were, and those who did predicted
that the three birds and their croaking were
ominous of trouble for the president-elect and
his family.
Even the fact that brisk wind seemed TO be
eriving away the thick clouds and mists of the
three preceding days Of steady rain, while
General Greely's veracious chronicler Of tn
weather asserted and proved that the rain
pould be over by o'clock, did not prevent
people who had heard those dismal croaks
from wagging their heads and saying that
something was sure to happen, and that Ben
Harrison wasn't going to have such an easy
tixae as he thought getting inaugurated.
And the croakers, both bird and human,
were right, for II ever a man had a hard time
Of II being inaugurated president Il was Ben
jamin Harrison this day; and II ever mans
family had q dismal time seeing its head
sworn into high Office the family of Benja-
min Harrison has been the one.
The Old Cabinet.
General Harrison and the men who have
been his official advisers will return In
short time to the occupations they pur-
sued before taking Office. Six OF them are
lawyers, and again will hang out their
shinglea The three business men will
resume the task of adding to possessions
already large in each case
General Harrison's engagement "a
lecturer on law at the Stanford university
will occupy only a portion of his time.
His principal business will be as counsel
lor-at-law In indianapolis, where for years
he stood at the head of the bar. His pros
perity In assured. He Is hard worker
and always has earned big fees.
81 am promising myself good rest" he
said, 'and then shall buckle down to my
law practice. Public Office has it's allure
ments, but private station has good re
wards and comforts TO which those In
Office must necessarily be strangers"
Sunday Was . Quiet Dav
compared with Saturday, but for Sun
day In the capital an unusually lively one.
The rush homeward Of the thousands who
had witnessed the inaugural exercises be-
gun Saturday night, and alldeparting trains
were crowded to their utmost capacity.
There In q slight huskiness In the presi-
dents voice, otherwise he shows no evil
dence Of his severe exposure. His hoarse-
ness In not due to the delivery Of his in
augural address out Of doors with his head
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