The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-25
Many Distinguished Persons Guests
at the Feast.

many O4StAuS u1SneO PERSONS OueSJS
at the Feast.
Washington. Feb. 24-The dinner
given to Prince Henry by President
Roosevelt at the White House tonight
closed the honors bestowed on the
royal visitor by official Washington to-
day The affair was on an elaborate
scale and brought together a most dis
tinguished company. II was an as
semblage such as has rarely if ever be-
fore 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 of the most magnificent scale
ever attempted. An effective ana new
feature of the decorations was the
electric light illumination. Several
thousand little electric lights of all coll
ors and arranged in fanciful designs
supplemented the illumination from
the great chandeliers. They were hung
in artistic shapes from the tops of the
large mirrors and gracefully inter-
twined in The smilax with which they
We're covered.
a square canopy of them was hung
over the center of the room directly
over the places occupied by the presi-
dent and the guest O. honor. and those
sitting directly opposite. In the mir
rors and windows the electric light de-
signs were of stars and arches, en-
blematic of Prince Henry's duties as a
sailor
Done in Pink and White.
The general effect of the decora tions
I'm the dining room was pink and white.
This was especially characteristic of
the immense table. which was formed
i'm the shape of a crescent with the
concave side toward the east. where
President Roosevelt had his seat
Large plats of pale and pink primTOScs
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 candelabva
completed the decorations of the Ia
bic. On some mantals there were large
banks Of pink and white azaleaS. with
beds Of ferns and other greens, and
on others there was g profUsion of
,nany colDred cretOns. while from the
ceiling hung folds of srnilax and from
the chandeliers were festooDed ropes of
The same material caught between
clusters Of electric bulbs.
Back of the seats occupied by the
president and the royal visitor were
draped from the top Of the window
the German and American flags Mu-
sic was furnished by the Marine band
which played number of German and
American patriotic airs
shortly before the clock struck 3
Prince Henry arrived with Admiral
Evans in an open carriage. As they
left the embassy a large crowd had
given them warm greeting. and they
We're accorded a hearty reception by
the large number of people who had
assembled around the port cOcheTe Of
the White House. The prince repaired
10 the red room of the White House,
where the guests assembled. The din
ner was set for s O'Clock. and when
that hour arrived the guests passed
through the blue room. where the
presentations ore made, and thence
10 the east rO' President Roosevelt
sat at the h of the table with
Prince Henry tue right. On his left
was Lord PaunSefOte the British am
bassador, while TO the left Of Lord
Psuncefote was the Mexican ambassa-
dor.
Opposite the president sat Secretary
Hay. while 70 his right was Dr. Ven