The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-03
KING CARNIVAL REIGNS.
MICH MONEY BEING SPENT UPON
THE INAUGURATION.

And Washington's Population Is De-
rghted-CrOwds Pouring in for the
GREAT National Show-The Decor
otions Are PrOfuse and Elaborate
and the Court of Honor a ReveIa-
non of Beauty-A Dream city, in
Uhite-AIrs. Mckinley VIII do Her
EuII Part as the Presidents Wife.
Gay Party Now Being Enter
mined at the White House.
washington, March 2.-This is Wash
,eton's great occasion. Ii has been wait
"a for. anticipated, and longed for like
.ba first circus of spring. For one week
tho town has abandoned itself to the hol-
,5,v spirit and lived abroad. With so
much to see in the way of decorations,
nth a mushroom growth of architectural
-,ories with hundreds of visitors arriv-
iog bv every train, with shops all glo-
,ious without and within, and weather
,bat intoxicates the blood, is it any Won
ser King Carnival reigns?
Never before in the history of the cap
,tll city has like amount of money been
spent. to render an Inauguration note
worthy. Everything is on lavish scale,
.na If Hanna and the trusts and the gold
dollar are back of it all, then "hurrah for
tho combination" says the Hoi Polloi. 1t
Is enough to be alive and be in Wash
neton with reliable eyes these days. No
body entertains political sentiment, no.
bodv cares how much pomp and splendor
attend McKinley's second Inauguration so
long as there are great sights TO be seen
and the harmonious Stars and Stripes
soat by thousands in the breeze. The
court of Honor that extends from Fiji
reenth to Seventeenth and takes in the
north front of the White House Is. rev.
elation of beauty.
The great rows of grandstands are built
81 well. to pass them in the Court of Hon
ar is like passing blocks of Saratoga ho-
tsl verandas Mammoth pilons, innumer-
a5la columns and electrical devices, calcu-
lated TO dazzle the eyes by night, trans
form completely this section of the city
Evervthing is white as snow in harmony
win the Executive Mansion, the Keynote
nj the Court of Honor 1t Is a dream
pitv' all over again. and If King Edward
could see it, he would tear off his crown
IN vexation that this triumph Of the
decorator
for his coronation pageant. All day
sunday hundreds upon hundreds of
Norkmen will he kept busy to complete
+he preparations that on the 4th of March
will bloom forth in all their splendor and
perfection.
The Inaugural Ball.
And the ball! Well, if one fails to at
tend the ball, one might as well erase
ones name from the social blue book,
forswear the seasons programme alto
gether and go and live in another city
The pleasure comes high to many ram
lilies whose guests number from six to
dozen for each individual of probable
1900 squeezes in-or-out of the ball to the
modest accompaniment OF So IL Is eA-
auisite irony 10 advertise that ball tickets
are limited to 1900, when 1t is known
that only a possible half of that number
coud find breathing space in the pension
building. Will Mrs. Mckinley attend the
ball? Bless you, yes. 1t is simply won
derful what this woman can endure when
the exertion is in behalf of anything that
concerns her husband. Not only is Mrs
Mckinley going to the ball, arrayed in
magnifcent gown, descriptions OF Whlcn
have flashed in all directions by the press
DISPATCHES, but she will go also to the
Capitol to witness the oath of office, and
run the entire 6dlhub u SNSAitS S@NN|~e@'
as any robust woman would. There is
good-sized party at the White House.
members of which are very gay. AS
usual. the unmarried nieces are assem-
bled. and if "Uncle William" being put
to it for sleeping accommodations, is not
obliged to give up his own room and camp
in the hallway, as was the case with
President Buchanan, when the Prince OF
Wales and his suite were entertained at
the White House, every available bed Is
,i use and there is good-natured doubling
up by the members of the President s
house party. The piano is kept going and
rag time and Wagnerian motifs float
indiscrminately downstairs for the delec-
tation of the official visitors
Mrs. McKinIey's Canary Bird.
By the way, Mrs. Mckinley has can
airy bird that is a credit to his species.
1t is famous singer that never grows
weary of well-doing. Not only does this
bird entertain it's mistress by day, but
often In the night time, when Mrs. NC
Kinley suffers from sleeplessness it will
rise to the occasion and carol forth its
sweetest roundelays, seemingly aware
that it's gentle mistress is in need of
cheering. Mrs. Mckinley is devotedly at
tached to the bird and cares for it with
her own hands.
Speculative gossip is busy still with the
ways and the wherefores of the broken
engagement that existed once between