Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-03

Hotel. Mr.. John T. Devine is chairman
The committee on ball room de orations.
OF which Mr.. James Rush Marshall is
chairman. has decided upon the important
points connected with beautifying the pen
sion office. The band stand will be located
at the east end of the hall, and will be
large enough to accommodate 1875 musi-
clans, 20 bandsmen and 125 members of the
orchestra. A passage way will be provided
entirely around the stand to minimize its
obstruction of the main floor.
Balcony for Presidential Party.
A balcony for the President Is to be
placed on the central axis of the first gal
lery on the west. projecting beyond the
colonnade. 1t will be carried on brackets
and will occupy three bays pillar spaces.
The temporary approaches to the building.
the various rooms. balconies, ETC., will be
made slightly by the contracting decorator
The total amount of electricity available
for the building, 1t has been found, is $500
amperes. The time limit for installing
decorations has been fixed at two weeks.
The amount of money spent in decorating
the ball room four years ago is the basis
upon which the expenditure for the coming
occasion. 1t was: For flowers and bunt-
ing, $S,4O0; for electric lights, 5000. The
committee has sent out circulars for the
guidance of those desiring to submit de-
signs. which will be considered al a meet
ing January 10.
LegislatfOn Desired.
1t was decided yesterday afternoon at a
meeting Of the committee on legislation to
ask congressional appropriations for the in
augural ceremonies to the amount of $31,-
900. Chairman A. B. Browne of the COM
mittee presided, and upon him will devolve
the duty of drafting the joint resolutions
for presentation in the Senate and House
o. Representatives. OF the amount which
Congress is to he asked to contribute $21 900
It is intended shall be used for the purpose
OF illuminating the public buildings along
Pennsylvania avenue. The scheme, as has
already been stated in The Star, is to trace
the outlines of the Capitol and dome, the
city post office, the treasury and the State.
War and Navy Department buildings in in
candescent electric bulbs.
Designs for Reviewing Stands.
A meeting Of the committee on parks
and reviewing stands was held yesterday
afternoon, with Chairman John B. Larner
presiding. Mr.. Glenn Brown of the SUBJ
committee on designs for reviewing stands
reported that the plans would not be ready
for presentation before the next meeting. 1t
was decided that no boxes shall be con-
ssructed between the pillars Of the 18th
street front of the treasury building. 1t
was further decided that all merchants who
contemplate the erection of private stands
in front of their premises will be requested
to observe uniformity in their construction.
The subcommittee uniformity of stands
was announced by Chairman Larner as fol-
lows: Samuel W. Curriden. c. F. Nesbitt.
Ashford, Benjamin Miller. ]. R. Keenan,.
William A. Noel, tr., H. w. Reed and L.
P. Stephenson.
Ball Room Details.
The initial meeting Of the committee on
comfort at ball room was held last even
ing. Major James E. Bell. the chairman.
presided and Capt. c. Fred Cook acted as
secretary. The duties of the committee
were outlined He explained that only two
more meetings of the committee will be
held. the second at date to be announced
| later and the third in the pension office
building the Sd of March. On the latter
occasion all employees to be appointed by
! the committee will be present and be as
signed to their respective posts of duty.
For the ball the committee will be di-
vided into groups and the members To-
Gated in various parts Of the building to
look after the comfort of the guests
An executive subcommittee was appoint
ed, consisting of Alexander Grant. NJ. T.
Anderson, Madison Davis, N. A. Merritt
and Horace P. Springer, for the express pur-
pose. of receiving bids for the removal OF
the furniture at the pension office and the
erection of hat boxes. Another subcom
mittee, made up Of Walter Brooks. Joseph
NJ. Dufour. L. Seward Terry and Walter
H. klopfer was announced. Its duty will
be to arrange for the compact storage of
the pension office furniture in order to al
low the greatest possible space for the ball
purposes. These subcommittee are to re-
port at the second meeting Of the general
committee.
1t was announced that at the ball four
years ago 1928 hat boxes had been erect
ed According to Chairman Bell the indi-
cations that the attendance March
next will exceed that of the preceding ball,
| and therefore he has planned to place in
position II 900 hat boxes. The bids for re-
moving furniture and erecting hat boxes
will be submitted within the next few days.
On motion the giving out of the barber
shop and bootblacking privileges at the
pension office the night Of the ball was
vested in the chairman.
Stringent Rules to BE Enforced.
At the first inaugural ball in honor of
President Mckinley the only difficulty
perienced in the cloak room was In a few
mistakes made in giving guests checks to
| the wrong box. This time much more
stringent rules in regard to the attendants
| in the cloak rooms will be enforced. The
| following have been added to the commit
tee on comfort at ball room; s. Clifford
Cox, w. Scott Towers. Burr N. Edwards.
| Albert w. Nation. Isaac Cans, Harvey
Murray and Rev. John d. skilpon-
Chairman NJ. l. Weller of the committee
! on public comfort has announced the fol-
| lowing subcommittee to look after colored
visitors: Daniel Murray, chairman; DR.. A.
N. Curtis. vice chairman; Edward e.
Arnett, Jere A. Brown. PerSy H. Carson,
Thomas J. Galloway. w. Calvin Chase.
Luke Costley, DR.. w. Bruce Evans, John
A. Gray, Frank Gaines. Charles E. Hail,
Andrew Hilyer, w. L. Houston, Robert
Harlan, Richard D. K. Renning. Jerome A.
| johnson, Thomas s. Kelly. Richard Moore
Jesse Lawson. Alexander Manley. Willis T.
Menard. L. o. Posey. John H. Paynter,
Robert Pelham, Henry P. Slaughter, John
| Sims, John w. F. Smith, Robert H. Ter
| rell. r. w. Thompson and r. w. Tompkins.
The Port Royal Naval Station.
The Port Royal board, headed by Rear