Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-04
MUCH CROWDED INTO LITTLE
Anticipation of Months Contaminated
In n Few Minutes-RRpid
Preparations.

For an event so long looked forward to
and so long remembered, the coronation
ceremony is brief indeed. The marching
knights came onto the floor at SOS; the
king was seated at &H; the queen was
crowned at s:22; Governor Savage and
staf appeared at s:27; the dancing began
at 9:44.
No less expeditions was the final work
of arranging. Gus Renze and his fifty
artisans, with City Electrician Schurig.
marched into a great barnlike structure
yesterday morning at I O'Clock, and by
that hour in the evening had carpeted all
Of II except the spacious new dancing hoor
encircled by the thirty-hve great pillars,
had festooned it's arches, covered its naked
ribs, placed flowers everywhere, and flled
all brackets with ported plants; had strung
ribbons OF the yellow, green and red I'M
der every cross support OF the roof, and
from the main entrance at the south side
clear through the building to those apart
ments on the west where Caterer BaldufI
was serving the hungry and thirsty; had
made tho women's wrap room to the right
Of the entrance a veritable boudoir' and
the mems check room to the left a con-
venienee complete in its details.
The attendance total at the ball will not
be known until this evening, but 1t was
undoubtedly the largest in the history of
Ak sar-Ben balls, despite the fact that rain
came at 2 in the evening and continued
intermittently through the entire night.
The e~xacting ceremony was accomplished
without one marring detail visible to the
thousands who filled the great amphi-
theater. The king 'looked the part" and
acted It. In business life, he Is the head
OF the Fry Shoe company and long has
been an indefatlgable knight, holding the
once Of president OF the order this year.
The queen. inheriting from her gifted
mother. Mrs Luther Kountze, all the graces
and inesse Of truly successful enter
tainer. has been prominent and extremely
popular IN social Circles for some
time. Her costume was a pearl white
crepe-de-sole of the Josephine period and
patterned from the coronation robe Of tho
empress with the execution Of the bodice.
which was decollette. and pointed to the
waist rather than of tho short empire cut.
The skirt was cut with a full sweeping
court train. An intricato pattern rmAroId-
cred in pearls, turquoise and dauonds
trimmed the neck and afroht of bodice
widening panel-like to the foot of the skirt
and extending IN vine-;ikes border. about the
entire length Of the train The turquoise
blue coronation mantle, which has dons
service at the seven preceding coropatiops
was replaced by a robc Of the Same cour,
cut, but of American beauty ross-red velvet
edged about with ermine and lined with
white satin.
Her erownbearer was Master Ralstor
Scobie, her trainbearers were Daisy FRY
and Helen scobie. All three were in suits
Of white silk, The leaders of the knights
drill we're John Lund and o. D. Harris.
The music was furnished by Coyalt's
band and Dimmiek's, orchestra, each fur.
nishing thirteen dance numbers.
Today only the carnival sights remain az
amusement and with the closing OF the
gates fought the festivities Of his yeau
are at an end. Thereafter nothing will re.