Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1901-03-08


his side. Ia their irfl sai thr N.r-r pres
ident and Mrs Roosevelt. Near the
vic. presldeni was Governor o,l'll u
New York. while grouped further back
werr Major General Curhin, Admirals
Bradford and Crowninshicid. Secretary
Root. Justices Harlan and stray. Sen
atar I.odse. Governor Stone 81 l'ennsyl-
vania aud many ladies of the cabinet.
army and navy officials. etc.
The presidential party and Vice Pres
ident and Mrs. Roosevelt left the hall
at i2:i5 o'clock. Before having they
partook IL a lunch with a large number
Of invited guests in the private dining
room.
Wonderful Decorations
The decorations of the ballroom had
yellow for their predominant tone. No
cumbersome effects Of light or color
were in evidence hut above and on all
sides stretched wavy. ripping can
opy of yellow bunting that covered the
walls and skylight, and was broken only
where the presidents balcony. at the
west end. stood out white in bold RI
lief. Myriads OF yellow electric bulbs
glowed and blinked like fireflics in the
garlands of green that entwined the
scores of pillars supporting the gal
leries and shone out from the stars and
bars of the big American shield, which,
in the midst Of clusters Of Amer
lean flags. hung high up in
the centre of each side of the immense
crowded hall.
The big fountain in the center OF the
hall held mass of the purple
bouganvillea. the flower Of the Philip
pines. In the midst rose tail palms and
ferns bearing scores of yellow light
blossoms aud around the border, fringed
with the white spirea, were placed
gllded urns of growing plants aud
flowers.
In the extreme west of the hall stood
the presidents balcony, dccked with
groups of Roman wreathes and clusters
of American beauty roses. bound with
bright colorcd ribbons. Above the ex-
ecutive stand flashed big shield of
hand-cmbroidered silk. topped with n
fine stuffed specimen of the American
eagle.
Down at the eastern end was the big
stand erected for the musicians. II
comprised an upper and lower story,
the former for the stringed orchestra
and the latter for the accommodation of
the big inaugural chorus aud the brass
band Back of the singers and mu-
sicianS was Il great gilded sounding
board which threw the strains of sound
to al parts of the big hall. In front
stood beautiful design symbolic OF
the Muse of Melody. in the shape of a
! giant green Tyre With strings Of pur-
pie ribbons. and on either side crossed
musical instruments, on the left lutte
and trumpet. and on the right II guitar
| and pipe all fashioned of green len
| Gothic, with strings of purple.
The balustrades and archways pre-
scented a brilliant scene No less than
| 40 stars, formed each of II frosted cleo
| tric globes. were set between the
arches on the ground floor, and shOne
radiant through network of green
against the background glinting with
powdered glass. Suspended beneath
each star and below draped fcstuons
| of smilax We're shmmcring trailers of
| green and electric bulbs tipped with
n yellow globe. The ".ll pillars were
enshrouded in vines and green and
| above the bright circletS OF li-ht that
| crowned them were placed invia bic
Eoxes of growing tulips. daaouilS.
azeleas and jonquils IL the second
balcony the same scheme of dcrura ion
was carried ont, excepting that. in
| lieu of the stars were hung electric
i lights in clusters of three. covered With
soft yellow transparent paper. and pro
/ ducing beautiful effect. Back under
the balconies, on the ground and sec
| ond floors. wreaths of green were hung
at regular intervals, linked by loops of
vines and smilax.
! SeventysiX additional posts had been
| placed on the top balcony, each one sur
| mounted by glowing bulb of light.
Between them. and bordering the rail
ing of the balcony. all the way round,
| were boxes of cut and growing flowers
| in great profusion of color.
/ Two endless chains of light studded
| green below the balconies looped and
swung completely around the immense
hail. and hive of brilliant yellow
| globes, each trailing strcamer alIve
with tiny glow lights.
Off to the side, on the second bal
comics were the presidents and vice
| presidents room, the dipio mats 70 )m
and 40 other rooms. appropriately en-
bellished Tor public reception and prom
enade. The presidents room was
draped entirely in white and was made
beautiful with pink ribbons, white or
chids and greens The other rooms
held to the allprevailing yellow, deco.
rated with flags, flowers and smilaX.
/ In the diplomatic reception room the
flags of all nations were clustered and
interviewed, and lent brilliant back
! ground for the gorgeous uniforms and
rcgalia of the diplomatic officials.
| Alongside the main building had been
built large dining hall. decorated in
red. white and blue, and hung with
| greens.
The expense of the decorations entire
Is set down at about $4,000. The floral
tnd electric decorations alone came to
nearly 100000, there being no less than
10000 electric lights involved in the II.
animation.
very elaborate display of fireworks
! chiefly of an ariel character, but incll d.
ng also set pieces of President McKin-
ley and Vice President Roosevelt was
on the program of Inauguration festivi-
ties for last night. Owing however 10
the Indictment weather the decision was
reached to postpone the display until