Evening star., 1897-01-16
The Design to Be Considered Tonight
by the Executive Committee.
ADMISSION TO THE GREAT FUNCTION
There viii Be No Free Tickets
issued to Any One.
INTERESTING MEETINGS

| be followed in the dccora tions of the in
| auguration ball room will be finally deter
| mined on at the meeting of the executive
| committee to be held tonight. There are a
| large numter of representatives of deco
[ rators who have submitted bids for the
work now in Washington. and from the
anxiety they display 1t is evident that the
contest for the privilege of doing the work
\ VIII be close and animated. Ii is expected
| that the plans which the fortunate bidder
| VIII be required to follow will include the
| decoration OF the pillars in the pension Of
| nee court above their capitals, and that
| there VIII be a much more profuse ar
| langement of flowers and plants required
| Than on former occasions. 1t seems 10 be
| the sentiment of the committee on bah
| room decorations that there has been too
| hiuch heaviness in the effects produced by
| decorators OF previous balls, and that an
| oVefdisplay Of armoral features has be,-u
| psed. Consequently il is believed that tho
| design TO DC adopted for the approaching
| ban VIII be relieved from many of the
| iorner features that have been subjected
| tC ciltlcism and be more in keeping with a
| purely social function such as tn. inaugll-
! raj bail is to be.
| No Free Ball Tickets
There appears to be impression abroad
that there Will be a certain number of
| tickets 10 the inaugural ball laid aside. for
| Tree distribution among the members of
| lhe inaugural committeeS. assistants i'm the
| work OF Preparing for the celebration and
| distinguished people who will visit NASH
| lnSton. Ii viii doubtless be a sad bloU IN
| the expectations of many persons laborine
| under the idea as set forth above 10 hear
the announcement that there will he no
Tree admission to the ball for ana l,odv
| Inc members of all the committees re-
| ception as We'll as the rest will be re-
qulred TO purchase tickets. and no guest.
n tar hsattr li.-ss.
other than President Mckinley and Nica
President Hobart. will he extended the
compliment In question. A suggestion has
peen made that the West Point cadets be
invited as body and be given free admis
sion, but 1t can be stated with authority
that no exception whatever will he made
| 10 the paid admission rule.
kotes of Interest
Adjutant General Frederic NJ Sackett of
| Rhode Island has notified General Porter
| that the only military organizations from
| that state which will participate IA sthe
parade Will be the Newpor; Artillery. an
independent company. chartered in I14I,
and the oldest military organization in The
United States. and The second division of
the Naval Militia. These commands VIII
bring. respectively, Ia and 80 men and
will be commanded by Colonel A. A. Bar
ker and Lieutenant II. G. Wilks.
General Horace Porter has informed Can
tain Horton, his representative her. inat
w tineSuaN N-,a4lx
in Washington.
ID. w. McGrath has notified the public
comfort committee that he will be able TO
supply all the saddles. blankets and brides
necessary to meet ihe demands of the
mounted men who will participate in the
parade. He offers to furnish d Mcclellan
saddle, blanket and birdie fer Si.-,d.
Nine hundred and one horses nave teen
registered, and il is expected the number
will reach 1,,Oo in another week. Accom-
modations for II .t'2 persons have been in
spectcd and registered and dining rooms
and restaurants located wherc meals .ur
800 people may be secured. Two hur dred
and seventeen windows and thirteen bal
comics have Deen reported.
MIR. WiIIard's Committee.
The committee on parks and reservations
is probably further ahead in its work than
any other of the inaugural committees.
This arises from the nature of the work
of the committee, which must be done pre-
vious to the inauguration, and also from
The energy. which the chairman of the
committee, Mr.. Henry A. Willard. has
thrown into the tasks assigned to him.
Mr. Willard has had several important
matters to consider and carry out. He was
called upon to dispose of the privileges
of printing the official program, of erect
ing stands on the reservations along the
avenue, and of building the reviewing
stand in front of the White House. The
work all Of these lines is well advanced.
In sympathy with the prevailing desire
that the architectural character of the
structures 10 be erected along the avenue
should be improved upon, Mr.. Willard and
his committee drew up and adopted plan
for the stands which bidders must erect
on the reservations. These plans provide
for covered structures, and for front
elevation which will afford a desirable
back ground fer decorations to be placed
thereon by the committee on decorations.
Blue prints of these plans were prepared
and a large number have been given out
TO builders and other interested parties.
Mr. Willard has secured an additional sup
ply of these blue prints and prospective
bidders are securing them at his office in
the kellogg building.
The bids for the reservation privileges
will be open on January p. The committee
has so arranged these plans that the Peace
monument will be entirely free from any
structures and may be handsomely deco
rated. The Hancock statue and the Lafay-
ette statue will also be entirely visible to
the visitors in Washington during the in
auguration. Mr.. Wizards committee has
also made radical innovation in the Civ
ing of the program privilege. Specifica-
tions for the cover. subject matter. style OF
paper and other matters were drawn up
and bids were asked for the privilege OF
printing the program according TO such
Specifications \ considerable number Of
bids were received. one of them being $50
for The privilege, which is a much higher
amount than was ever before received for
the privilege.
Mr. Willard and his committee were OF
the belief that the main feature of the ave-
nue. decorations should be the reviewing
stand in front of the White House IL was
the desire to Iect at that point structure
capable of holding thousand people and
AT the same time something that archi-
tecturally would be of high order. Pro-
posa,s and designs for the reviewing stand
were invited and were opened on the l4th
The designs submitted were of an exceed
ingly high order. and subcommittee is
now engaged in carefully considering them
and picking out the best and second-best
plans proposed. The second-best design
will receive consolation prize of sl00
From the designs submitted one thing Is
certain and that Is that the reviewing
stand will be something to be proud of, and
not a subject for sneers.
= Meetings of Interest.
Interesting meetings were held last night
by several of the inaugural sub-commit-
tees and their attendance showed thar the
committeeman are earnest In their ererts
to make the coming celebration successful
beyond precedent The public order COM
mittee. Chairman John Il. Wight presid-
Ing. decided to increase Its membership to
100 and divide 1t into a number of subcom-