St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-07
DECORATIONS.
Pretty Programme OF Music and
Dancing.

Pretty programme or Music and
Dancing.
The decorations were on the most
lavish scale Imaginable. The Met
ropolitan opera house is exactly the
right place in which 10 hold an event of
this kind. ana is peculiarly well fitted
for the exquisite decorating that adds
so much to a brilliant scene. The floral
decorations. which consisted of palms,
potted plants and cut flowers, were
bestowed lavishly and with the very
best Of taste. The artistic disposition
of the national colorS around the hall
added just the right touch, and, taken
as whole, the scene was the most
brilliant that one can imagine. The
boxes were nearly all taken, and the
tastily dressed women who occupied
then, and the brillantehoral decoration
surrounding them. completed a scene
that was magnificent ill the extreme.
POtted crysanthemumS in every color
were everywhere to be seen, while
screening the band at the stage end of
the house was perfect floral wall of
beauty surprising description.
me luoE was all that could be de-
6l ~ oiiN. blIS iAiNOIS lul ny GllO
famous band of the Third United States
infantry, which was there by the cour-
tesy Of Col. E. c. Mason, commandant
OF The Fort Smelling post. gave the very
best Of music. The promenade conce rt
which they played before the dancing
began included the following numbers:
PROMENADE.
OvcrtUre--Hungarian. an.............. Keler-Bela
Solo .fif,r1- nv &
Invitation Ia Valse' -. Weber
Oyerture-''Rcbin Hood ......- DE koyen
Tie order of dances was as follows:
atz-"TOrcador'' Rovle
Wal;z-"EusuenO Seductor'. Rosas
DeuX Tcmps-high School Cadets. 49,. Sousa
WaitzI%Berceusse ts WaidteUfei Ufsi
Maltz-"Ihousand and one Nights Strauss
Polka-'Bonue Bouche" .......... Waldteufel
Deux Temps-"N ashington Post. -. Sousa
Lauciers-' Robin Hood" ..... De KoVen
WaltZ-'Sobre las Olas".. ........... Rosas
DCuX Temps-"Our Flirtations' ...... Sousa
Schotusche-SkirtD Dance .......... ...,..Lutz
Naitz-"Gondohers -.................R .Roeder
1uikt IiS- ..-...-...-- .......----- Rlce
j he ladies on the reception committee
were everywhere during the evening,
attending to the details lest anything
might be overlooked that might contrib
ute 10 the pleasure of their guests.
Tco much credit cannot be given to
those who, by their tact and thought
fulness, did so much to have the
ball, the proceeds of which
will go to their favorlte charity,
pass OFT just as satisfactorily as might
be. Those GU the reception committee
were: Mrs HoXsie, Mrs. w. r. Mer-
riam. Mrs. c. Z. Flandrau, Mrs. d. r.
Noyes, Mrs. f. b. Clarke, Mrs. j. j.
Hill and Mrs. j. B. TarboX.
TO Inc floor managers aud the ushers
thanks are also due, for they helped in
no small measure to have the affair pass
of smoothly. 1he gentlemen who per-
formed these arduous duties were:
FLOOR MANAGERS.
LieutS. .. S:Hrgis, }. j. Parker,
Lieut. J. L. Moore, W. w. Hancock,
Lieut.. ". c. Butler, p ". Parker,
". Il. Patterson, +. w. NJ. Cutcheon,
Gardner Corning, Ambrose Tighe,
l.. f. Newport, 4. G. Halbert,
w. } bean, Dr.Burnside Foster
USHERS.
E.A. JaggarG, chair robert Rantoul,
man; Lieut.J. H.Beacom,