The Portland daily press., 1893-05-25

Which Is More Than Can Be Said, Per-
haps, of New York People Who Have
Been Worrying About the Etiquette of
the Spanish Court-How the Princess
Will Be Entertained i'm Gotham,
New YORK, May 24.-For the last two
or three days there has been great deal
of talk whether the stiff rules of Span
ish etiquette should govern as to those
who will be present at the ball of the
Circulo Colon Cervantes on Friday night.
Some said that the patronesses would be
compelled to walk backward after being
presented to the Princess Eulalie, and
conform to other rules that govern the
state and royal functions in Spain. The
patronesses at the ball will do nothing of
the kind.
Word has been received from Washing
ton, and this the Infanta insists on, that
the Princess will only expect such rules
or social usages at the ball as are usually
the custom in good society in America.
The Infanta wishes it distinctly under
stood that if it is not the custom in New
York to kiss the hand of Princess when
presented, then she does not wish the
custom which prevails at the Spanish
court carried out in this city on Friday
night at the ball.
So it is now decided that when any one
is presented to the Infanta he or she can
turn and walk away just as he or she
would have done ii only introduced to
any well-bred woman.
The Circula Colon-Cervantes and the
patronesses of the forthcoming ball are
very busy. Enrique Rosso of the Circulo
has completed all arrangements for the
decoration of the ball room. There will
be no flags or bunting. Both the Ameri-
can and the Spanish colors will be ban
ished from the hall. This is because the
ball is to certain extent a private affair,
and as such the use of national colors
would be out of place. Instead there
will be profusion OF flowers and plants.
over $4,000. The Infanta's box will
be almost entirely of flowers.
The apex will be of pink silk
into which will be woven 10000 fresh
fragrant apple blossoms. For a back
ground there will be wall of 1900 or
chids. The front will be a solid mass of
lilies of the valley and black pansies, ar
ranged in alternate stripes down to the
ground. The roof and beams of the ball
room will be hung with garlands of pink
roses, and over each box will be placed
large bows of blue and white satin rib
bon, the colors of the Infanta. The gal
lery and music balcony will be masked
by roses and Virginia creepers, as will
the fronts Of all the boxes. In the
throne room there will be no decorations
save palms and plants.
The princess will leave Washington
about 10 o'clock Thursday morning and
is expected to reach Jersey City between
2 and in the afternoon. There she will
probably take a steamboat to 59th street,
where she and her party will enter car
riages and, under the escort of troop A,
ceived by Mayor Gilroy. Upon her ar
rival, the Sarragossa Band will
play Spanish and American national airs.
In the evening she may go to the the
atre. Friday she will board the Dolphin
and take trip down the bay, and then
inspect the public institutions on Black
we'll S and Wards Islands.
On Saturday the princess will go to
West Point on the steamboat Monmouth.
There the cadets will go through their
PAGES for her qualification, and every
thing will be done to make the day en-
joyable. COL E. B. Grubb, ex-minister
to Spain, will entertain the Infanta at
Tuxedo Monday, and in the evening the
princess will attend the concert got up
by the Spanish colony. She will prob
ably review the Memorial day parade,
and at o'clock in the afternoon of that
day she will hold reception at the
Savoy. Only those having invitations
will be admitted.
Wednesday she will witness an exhibi-
tion of fire apparatus in the morning and
the police parade in the afternoon.
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