Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-02-22
PREPARATIONS COMPLETE.
Everything Ready for Prince Henry's
Reception in New York.

New York. Feb. 2l.-All preparations
have been made for the reception of
Prince Henry OF Prussia, who is on the
kronprinz Wilhelm, and is expected to
arrive. Saturday. The imperial yacht
HohenZollern after having been cleaned
up and partially reprinted, lies at her
pier at the foot of West Bath street,
awaiting the princes arrival. Her main
gangway has been placed directly oppo-
| site the door through which Prince
Henry will land from the kronprinZ.
He will cross the pier and board the
Hohenzoilern. At the gangway he VIII
be met by Admiral Won Baudissin, while
the other officers will stand at the side
| of the gangway. Behind on the decks
| of the boat the crew will be drawn up
and the ships band will play ma
tional air as he steps on the boat.
| The Marconi apparatus on the Ho-
lhenzollern has been tested and found to
lbe in good working order. Friday night.
the operator on board will begin to
lsend messages in an effort to locate the
princes ship. On board the Cunarder
Etruyia the wireless apparatus is also
lin readiness and an operator on watch
for signals from the KronprinZ Will
helm AS soon as the wireless telegraph
reports speaking the Kronprinz, the
lsquadron of United States warships I'M
lder command of Rear Admiral Evans
will get under way and go out to meet
the royal visitor
| Admiral Evans, Gen. Corbin and AS
, sistant Secretary of State Hill, the
Presidents delegates, will board the
Kronprinz, probably at Quarantine sta
ton. and will greet Prince Henry in the
name of the United States government
All arrangements have been COM
pleted for the dinner to be given to the
; American press in honor Of Prince
| Henry on Tuesday next.
The Irving Play Theatre where g
gala performance is to be given, Satur-
day evening has been beautifully dec
GRATED and orders have been given fol
the festocning of the princes box WITH
American Beauty roses, more than 4O(
of the roses to be used for this purpose
) Heinrich Conreid, manager of the
theatre, has had a special entrance
) broken through the wall on the 18th
street side of the theatre to permit tbs
prince to enter the royal box immedi-
ately on stepping from his carriage.
/
ance is "BlumenthaT and Kadelburg's
three-act comedy, I'm Weissen ROes.
( sell"
) This selection was made by request
f as the prince has thus far had no OPP
: portunity Of seeing the play.
Everything has been made ready fol
the special opera performance to be
given for the prince. 1t is believed thai
this will be the most brilliant perform
ance in the history of the Metropolitan
r Opera house. Not only will the interior
of the building be decorated profusely
but the entire frontage on Broadway
will be Illuminated with 10000 mean
descent bulbs. On a background OF
flags and colored bunting an enormous
model of the imperial yacht HohenZol-
lern will be constructed of electric
lights. Three imperial eagles outlined
| in lights will fill the corners, while
ropes of bulbs will outline the build
ing. the entrance and the arches.
The ceiling of the Opera house will
be covered by streamers of cap smilax
the arch will be banked with smilax
relieved by bouquets of roses and cleo
trio lights. An original scheme is the
gala curtain which will be composed OF
ropes of smilax and incandescent
lights. This curtain will be raised al
each act before the electric curtain
and the stage picture will be seen first
through the meshes Of smilax and cleo
trio lights. The boxes will be 6raped
with smilax and large punches OF
American Beauty roses.
The partitions of five boxes will be
torn down to form the royal box. The
front of this box will be swathed In
white satin embroidered in gold and
the railing embarked with American
Beauty roses. An additional lobby will
extend across the corridor and viii be
upholstered in old tapestries.