The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-30

more beautiful than it was last night
The Penn avenue entrance connect
ed by a canopy with the street
was used by the guests. The
lObbies were fitted up i'm elegant fash
ion. Rich oriental draperies, Turk
ish rugs, divans, cushions and luXuri-
Gus accessories were revealed by the
rosy light of softly shaded Moorish
lamps. There were several cosy cor
ners and evidences Of care as to de-
tails which seemed impossible to be-
lieve had been but the work of a day.
Pictures, richly decorated panels. ta-
pestries and priceless bric-a-brac add
ed beauty to the general effect.
The decorations were in charge OF
Clark. the florist. and w c. Watkins
the crash and canopy We're placed by
Thurman. Everything was on far
more elaborate scale than heretofore.
The seats in the upper balcony were
entirely hidden by mass of trees of
large size, which made n lovely bower
like effect, Depending from the dome
center long festOOns of trailing pine
formed graceful canopy over the en-
tire dancing floor The balconies were
yelled with a delicate lace-like screen
of Florida smilaX, and in corners and
alcoves We're grouped masses of palms
and giant ferns. The four lower boxes
of the theatre were supplemented by
twelve others built at either side of the
stage and fronting the loges. In these
many new features n decorations
were employed. Each on the stage
contained a door and a window from
which r,,11
draped. Above these fell festoons of
the smilax, completely hiding tn.
framework of the structure.
The supper rooms were materially
changed in their decorations, green be-
ing profusely used in the pretty rooms
over the arcade and lobbies. The floor,
which, after all. was the chief con-
sideration, was in splendid condition.
AS in other years, it extended from the
extreme rear of the stage to the loges,
which, with intervening seats, were
covered. over this was laid heavy
linoleums, and this in turn was hidden
by crash. The foliage and plants made
a picturesque fringe of green surround
ing the white surface
The music was the best yet given
in the record of the Bachelors. In
this some changes were made Bauer's
orchestra being augmented to a far
larger number than on any previous
occasion. 1t occupied the extreme
right of the second balcony and playe
the numbers, which were frequently
and insistently encored. Indeed, an
plause of the music often gave a piu-
uant dash to the programme, which
follows:
Two Step, smoky Mokes" ......NIackie
Waltz, "Symposia" ................. Bendix
Waltz, "Cupids Dream ...,..... Crosby
Lanciers, Fin Wenig Won Allies" .Mcke
Two Step, "Hands Across the Sea-
Souca
Waltz, Just One Girl" .Mackie
Waltz, blue Danube" ............S Strauss
LGnCiers. Singing Girl' ....... Herbert
Two Step, "Whistling Rufus" ......Mllls
Waltz, "Wedding of the Winds" .....HaII
Waltz, amber" Herbert
Two Step, "The Gridiron'' Pryor
Waltz, "CyranO" .Whitmark
Two Step, Under the Double Eagle"
Wagner
Waltz, "Obispah" ............. Knight
Two Step, "Citizen Soldier" ........T Taylor
Waltz, "Snging GirT' ........... Herbert
Waltz, "Freut Euch Des Lebens,"
Strauss
Waltz%'White Heather" ......Anderson
Two Step, "U. s. Cruiser Columbia"
Bowman
Waltz, "Au Revoir" ........... .waldtenrel
Alexander's Military band. Of
Wilkes-Barr played the intermission
selections and there was immense sat
isfactiOn at this choice of the COM
mittee. 1t was a fiattering comment
upon Bauers proficiency that six Of
his men added their efforts to the
Wilkes-Barre aggregation. The pro-
gramme played by Alexander was as
follows:
!. "Uncle Sam" ....,..........,,...Da Dalbv
.. Columbia Phonograph" ..... Burton
3. paris Exposition" ........,....TaylOr
4. Twelfth Regiment" Herbert
8, Hulk Eye" .........................Ru Ruhl
&. Fortune Teller" Herbert
!, "BostOn to Washington" ....... Burton
S, "Whistling Rufus ............... Mills
9. Southern Blossoms" ...........P Pryor
10, "Elands Across the Sea" ........ Sousa
II Second Battalion March" ......Gillis
70, "Chicago TO Frisco ............Fulton
13. "The Hottest Ever ............ Brown
| Il. "Marching Home from the War"
Small
-. "On the Levee" .......,...,.........Hal
lG. "Rival Lovers" ........,....AIexander
II. "Adjutant Kings" .............. Reeves
IS Raw Recruits" ......... .DaIboY
49, Georgia Camp Meeting" ........Mills
| 90 "BunCh Of Blackberries". =. Holzmann
o. "COon Band Contest" ........... Pryor
22 Man Behind the Guns .Sousa
Caterer 7. w. Holland. of Philadel-