Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-04

drunk amid ringing cheers. Shortly
afterwards the banquet came to u
! close.
| The next thing on the program was
| the visit to the armory of the First
Infantry, where the German citizens of
| Chicago had arranged choral festival
in Prince Henry's honor.
The decoration hid the interior of the
armory and among them the colors of
the American and German flags pre-
| dominated.
The box occupied by the prince was
at the east end of the hall and canopy
had been erected over it. The box was
carpeted with costly rugs and the black
eagle hung just over the head of Prince
| Henry as he advanced to the front of
the box to bow his acknowledgements
of the cheers that came up to him from
below in unceasing volume. Around
| the prince We're seated the members of
his suite and the local committee.
| AT the far end of the hall, directly
under the box occupied by Prince Hen
ry, was a huge platform upon which
We're seated the members of the great
chorus, under the direction of Gustav
Ehrhorn. Directly in front of the chorus
We're seated the orchestra, under the
direction of Carl Bunge.
The first number of the chorus was
The True German Heart" at the con-
clusion of which Chairman T. j. Lefens
| read the address of welcome to Prince
! Henry.
/ At the conclusion of the address there
was a renewal of the cheers and a brief
address by Prince Henry.
The chorus, accompanied by the or
/ chestra, then rendered The Prayer Be
! fore the Battle
The orchestra struck up again with
/ the stirring strains of the Battle
/ Hymn of the Republic" sung by the
members of the Ladies Chorus society.
4 The song was beautifully rendered for a
chorus comprising so many members
and the crowd was wrought up to a
/ high pitch of enthusiasm. This was in
creased an instant later when, with
scarcely a minutes pause, the music
swung into The Star Spangled Ban
ner" Instantly every man and woman
in the hall was standing, the prince and
1.-THE members of his suite rising also.
The first notes of the song were ut
terly lost in the wild cry of delight that
rang out as the old war song was heard.
This died away in an instant and then,
with force that seemed to shake the
very roof itself, the entire audience
followed the orchestra, with the words
of the song.
1t was shortly after 10 O'CLOCK when
the prince and the members of his suite
rose from their seats, and, escorted by
the members of the committee. left the
balcony for their carriages. Notwith-
standing the lateness of the hour, the
crowd, numbering at least $4,000 people,
was still standing waiting on the out
side and the temperance of the prince
was greeted with the same cheers that
had marked his arrival at the hall.
Bow to right and left as he entered his
carriage, the prince in five minutes af-
ter leaving the balcony in the armory
was on his way to the Auditorium hotel
to take part in the great ball arranged
in his honor.
The chief event of the stay of tho
prince in Chicago was the grand ball
held in the Auditorium. 1t was per-
haps the most magnificent social event
witnessed in this city. surprising even
the great ball given in honor of Admiral
Dewey two years ago.
The decoration of the huge hall went
beyond anything held in the Auditorium
before. In the general scheme the Ger
man and American colors We're freely
mingled and formed the basis of the
principal designs Nautical effects pre-
vailed to a great extent.
The entrance of the prince into the
mality and the presentation of the
prince to Mrs. Harrison. his official
hostess was made in a manner quite as
dignifed. As soon as the distinguished
visitors had been presented to the ladies
selected for their escort. the prince took
Mrs. Harrison to the head of the line
and began to promenade around the
ball room, stopping when he reached the
front of the royal box. AT this moment
the large orchestra, almost hidden from
view by a forest of growing palms and
flowers, changed the march into the
waltz, My Fiance."
The prince entered his box, escorting
Mrs. Harrison to the seat of honor be-
side him, and watched the dancing of
several hundred couples with inte'>st.
He remained in his box for the greater
part OF the evening, talking for the
most part with Mrs. Harrison and the
other ladies who We're presented to
him.
At midnight the ball came to close
and the asseinblage proceeded to the fine
arts building, adjoining the hotel, where
supper was served. Here. at the request
of the prince, all formality was laid
aside and for fully an hour before he
retired to his apartments he met and
spoke to several hundred people. Dur
ing the day Mayor Harrison received
the regrets of the president and Mrs.
Roosevelt at their inability to grace the
Prince Henry ball with their presence.
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