Evening star., 1901-03-05

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members of Squadron A of New York
| whose Tommy Atkins attire won then
| many admrfng giances in the parade ant
quite as many at the ball The rich rec
| uniforms of one of the New York troops
| the gaudy attire of the Porto Ricans, the
| Chinese minister in his robes of state ac
| companed by his suite In gorgeous attire
/ all helped to make one feel as though
| 1alryland was a real place after all, and
| that all men were brothers. despite the fac,
/, that Spaniard and German Wed with Co.
| rean and Chinese in making an American
| inaugural ball memorable
Easy Mt First
The first arrivals had an easy time In
getting into the ball room. The ladies shook
| down their beautiful gowns, lesurely ad-
| 5usted flowers and feathers and drew on
| gloves, the while they admired the exquis-
lite gem-like effect of the ball room. which
| could be seen through the draperies of the
| dressing room. 1t was not long, however,
till the ladies began to fret because there
were so few mirrors. Presently the gowns
were shaken down at the entrance of the
dressing room and the maids took the
wraps and carried them half a block to
check them. A little later and wraps were
plled around on the floor, and shaking down
gowns was an impossbility
Inc point OF vantage, so most of the
guests seemed to think, was about the
presidents stairway" the yellow-draped
passage up to the apartments set aside for
the President and Mrs Mckinley Most
everybody tried to get up there. Many
tried various subterfuges to get past the
blue-uniformed guards, but they were ad-
amant. Among the early arrivals was Gov
ernor Yates of Illinois, son of "Old Dick"
so fondly remembered by many veterans
who We're present, and when he mounted
the steps with Mrs. Yates on his arm a
slight ripple Of applause followed him. Just
then several gorgeously uniformed mem
bers Of his staff came rushing through the
O. hinf h,,t
uress coats wearing committee badges bar
red the way, and so the handsome gov
ernor wended his way upward unaccom-
panied except by Mrs. Yates. Mr.. and Mrs.
Leger of the Haitian legation paused in
front OF the guard, but got no further.
presently they appeared in company with
Major Loef1er and got up the stairway all
right. Senator Depew. with his niece on
his arm, had some trouble in getting
through the crowd.
lie mad with him quite a large party in
GLIDING Mrs. Arthur Poget, Miss johnson
and Lady Cunard, all Of London
Governor Stone of Pennsylvania accom-
panied by Mrs. Stone, passed up the stair
way unchallenged, as did also Commission
er OF Pensions and Mrs. Evans, Col and
Mrs. Archibald Hopkins and Mr. and Mrs.
7. w. Richardson.
Mr. Justice Harlan and his daughters got
through without difficulty, as did Mr. and
mrs. Justice Gray. In quick succession
Alvarez Calderon, Baron Ambrozy and
Count Montejelaas.
Baron and Baroness Hengelmuller. in
gorgeous costume and glittering with deco
ratlons; Count and Countess Lichterveda
Mr.. and Mrs. de Wollant disappeared I'M
the charmed stairway. The Viscount and
Niscountess Santo Thryso faced reluctant
guards for the space of a second and then
We're permitted to pass
The beautiful Countess Cassini caused
quite sensation as she ran quickly up the
carpeted steps Mr.. and Mrs. Azproz and
Mrs ~
to wait for identified ton. but they, too,
passed the portals and the guards. When
Mrs. Odell, wife of the governor of New
York, arrived her loosened wraps displayed
a blaze of diamonds that brought sharn
little screams of astonished delight from
the feminine portion of the crowd.
The Crush Begins.
Mr.. Takahira, the Japanese minister.
and Madame Takahra arrived about
o'clock and had to almost fight their way
through. Senator Jones of Arkansas, Sem
ator and Mrs. Harris Of Kansas, Represen-
tative Wilcox of Hawaii and Mrs Wilcox.
Judge Calderhead Of Kansas and sister,
Mrs. Samuel Forter; Mr.. and Mrs. Brosius
of Pennsylvania, Senator and Mrs Burrows
of Michigan and some of the attaches of the
Japanese legation arrived in a crowd and
had fairly to push their way through the
came a little later
BY 9:4o senators and members of Con-
gress, foreign attaches and distinguished
guests were SO mixed up in a hopeless ef-
tort to get past the crowd about the door
that an extra force of white ribboned gem
tlemen was lined up to make a passage for
the President and his party, which was
expected.
Secretary and Mrs. Cortelyou Senator and
Mrs Hanna and Secretary and Mrs. Gage
arrived together and the anxious crowd
began to whisper that the President was
coming: The big yellow sashed form of
's "a eaeral Mlies caused ripple of excitement,
and every gray mustached navy uniformed
man who sauntered along was pointed out
for Admiral Dewey, who was, of course, not
present at all. When the cabinet members
a1I 5here was a regular rush to see
the world-famed men. Secretary Gage and
Secretary Long were easily recognized. but |
secretary Hitchcock and Secretary Root |
seemed to be not SO we'll known. Attorney
accompanied by ladies, but they ran up- |
stairs so fast that the waiting crowds got |
but glimpse of them, and general express |
sions of regret were heard that the ladies |
Tor few moments. We've come SO far to |
see them," sighed young lady from Mon |
tana.
AS the moments fled and the crowd be-
came more dense the pushing and scramb- |
ing for place became something terrific. |
The white ribboned gentlemen had their
hands more than full, and the incoming
crowd met the determined standing crowd |
1isconcerted the committee and was more
han disastrous to pretty gowns. Finally
Senator Lodge and Mr.. Wilcox, who had
escorted their wives to the upper regions
helped to form Gordon of white ribboners |
who backed the crowd up against the gold
N pillars and held them there.
The President Arrives.
When the President arrived there was a
,heer and then murmer of pleased inter-
,st as the gentle first lady," wrapped in a
magnificent flower embroidered carriage
.loak from under which folds of her white
atin gown, all sparkling with gold SPAN
,les peeped, looking frail, but smiling
md nodding to the applauding throngs that
we'll nigh upset the white ribboned gentle
nen in their endeavor to get a glimpse OF
he two people whom they had waited so
eng to see. These, too, disappeared up
he flower-lined stairway, and then the
'ther idol of the hour appeared, Vice Presf-
lent Roosevelt, with his wife, and dauph-
er, and Commander Cowles and wife an
,eared through the lower doorway. A
,reat shout went up, which Colonel Roose-
-elt paid not the slightest attention too.
'ut which brought very bright light into
lis wife's brown eyes, and a smile to the
ace of his young daughter. While the
residential party was upstairs the crowd
urned its attention to other matters. such
S the open discussion of the Jewels and
h.