The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-25
Dining Room and ParIors of the Man
sion EIaborateIy Decorated
for the Occasion.
ALL GUESTS DISTINGUISHED
APPROPRIATE TOASTS PROPOSED BY
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.
One to the President and the People
of the United States Proposed
by Prince Henry.

WASHINGTON, Feb. A-The dinner CIV
en- to Prince Henry by President Roosevelt
at the White House tonight closed the hon.
ors bestowed on the royal visitor by of
fetal Washington to-day. The affair was
on an elaborate scale and brought togeth-
a most distinguished company. 1t was
an assemblage such as has rarely, If ever
before gathered in the White House. To
accommodate the large number OF guests
the dinner table was set in the East Room
the decorations of which were on the most
magnificent scale ever attempted. An ef-
fective and new feature of the decorations
was the electric light illumination. Sew
eral thousand little electric lights of all
colors and arranged in fanciful designs
supplemented the illumination from the
great chandeliers. They were hung in ar
tstic shapes from the tops of the large
mirrors and gracefully intertwined on the
smilax with which they were covered. A
square canopy of them was hung over
the center of the room directly over the
places occupied by the President and the
guest of honor and those sitting directly
opposite. In the mirrors and windows the
electric light designs were of stars and
anchors, emblematic of Prince Henrys du-
ties as a sailor.
The general effect of the decorations on
the dining room was pink and white. This
was especially characteristic of the i'm
mense table which was formed in the
shape of a crescent, with the concave side
towards the east, where President Roose-
welt had his seat Large plats of pale and
pink primroses in beds of ferns were placed
at short spaces and between them were
huge crystal vases with punches of red and
white roses. Pink shaded candelabra COM
pleted the decorations of the table On
some of the mantels there were large banks
of pink and white azaleas with beds of
ferns and other greens, and on the others
there was a profusion of many-colored
crotons, while from the ceiling hung smilax
and from the chandeliers were ropes of the
same material caught between clusters Of
electric bulbs. Back of the seats occu-
pied by the President and the royal visit
or were draped from the top OF the window
the German and American flags Music
was furnished by the Marine Band. which
played number of German and American
patriotic airs.
THE PRINCE ARRIVES.
Shortly before the clock struck Prince
Henry arrived with Admiral Evans, of the
United States navy. in an open carriage AS
they left the embassy a large crowd had
given them warm greeting and they were
accorded a hearty reception by the large
number OF people who had assembled
around the porte cochere OF the White
House. The prince went TO the Red Room
of the White House, where the guests as
sembled. The dinner was set for o'clock
and when that hour arrived the guests
passed through the Blue Room, where the
ura fn
the East Room. President Roosevelt sat AT
the head of the table. with Prince Henry on
his right. On his left was Lord Paunce-
fote, the British ambassador. on the right
OF Prince Henry was Count Cassini the
Russian ambassador, while to the left of
Lord Pauncefote was the Mexican ambas-
sador Opposite 10 the President sat Sec
retary Hay, while TO his right was DR.. Won