Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-25
PRINCE At \ BANQUET
Roosevelt Gave a State Dinner
at White House in Henry's
Honor.
Distinguished Guests Invited TO
Meet and Eat With the ROYAL
Guest.
Unique and Pleasing Decorations
OF the Rooms at the White
House.

Washington, Feb. 25.--The crownine
event of Mondays ceremony was th'
dinner given by the president of the
United States to Prince Henry. Detai
was arranged to add to the beauty anc
stateliness of the event. The entire
lower floor of the white house was pro-
fusely decorated, the greatest possible
attention being given to the blue room
and east room, the one in which the
president received the prince. the Other
in which the dinner was given, ant
around which the whole entertainment
of the evening conferred.
There have probably been more Law
ish decorations in the east room. bu
never more beautiful than those II
honor of the international dinner las
night. Just before the guests as they
entered the east room hung, side D!
side, the German and American flags
pinned together near the top by an adj
miraIs anchor. Over the tops of the
flags were festoons of smilax inter
twined with electric lights of red, white
and blue. These were the only two
embiems ofshe countries now so close
~ united and formed the background
for President Roosevent and Prince
Henry as they occupied seats. side by
side, at the outer ellipse of the cres-
cent-shaped table.
On either side of this window, drapet
with the eolors of Germany and Amer
lea, rose the two great gothic pillars
with corresponding ones opposite, all OF
which were entwined with smilaX ane
small red, white and blue electric
ligths.
The nantes beneath the four mir
rors of universal proportions on either
side of the long room We're banked VIII
Towering azalias of white and pink in
termixed with ferns and small palms
the tops near the ceiling being capped
with tropical plants from which pended
over the mirrors festoons of smilaN
twined with miniature electric lights.
The mirrors at either end of the room
were similarly treated and reflected
many times the brilliancy of the Other
decorations. The ceiling was draped II
smilax, entwined with red, white ane
blue electric lights, and the three fam
Gus crystal chandeliers, that illuminate
the room were draped in trailing vines
of asparagus.
In the recess of the windows Were
banks of palms and tropical plants
while a mound of palms and flowers
filed the space left by the crescent
shaped table and added to the view oil
the vista of flowers over $50 feet II
length. down which the prince looked
from his seat at the table beside the
president. This was Il feature care
fully thought out. and the unobstructed
view from the east room to the ex-
treme end of the Conservatives was
unusually fine.
The crescent shaped table around
which the guests We're seated, ana
which. extended from one end of the
long room to the other, was decorated
without any attempt at lavishness. bu,
with the greatest possible artistic skill
Immediately in front of the president
and Prince Henry was a large plaque
of English primroses of deep pink. up
on either side of which were silver
candelabra, the candles burning under
deep rose pink shades. Either side OF
these were tall crystal vases of ivory
roses, two side by side, the slender
crystals holders entwined with delicate
sprays of asparagus.
Other plaques of primroses, placed al
intervals down the full length OF the
table, were hanked with alternate vases
of ivory and la France roses.
Upon each napkin. bearing the coat
of-arms OF the United States, Were
~ wit
pink roses.
The red bordered china, bearing the
coat of arms of the United States in
gold, especially designed and ordered
by Mrs. Cleveland, was used for serving
the dinner.
The myriad of small red, white and
blue lights cleaning from the graceful
festoons of smilax reflected over and
over from mirror to mirror the view
down the long red corridor and thru
the extreme end of the conservatory
and gave the whole decoration Pc
culiarly brilliant and fairylike effect
Among the unique conceits compli-
mentary to the fatherland were dishes
fashioned after the Meteor. in which
the filet of beef was served. The capon
was served In large dishes represent
ing the Hohenzollern, the Ice cream
fancifully shaped to represent the Ger
man and American eagles, and the
punch in satin boxes bearing picture
of the prince and the date of the din
ner.
The president proposed the health OF
the Geramn emperor and the German
people:
I'VE admire their great past and
great present. and we wish them all
possible success in the future. May
the bonds of friendship between the
two peoples ever grow stronger"
The president also proposed the
health of Our Guest Prince Henry OF
Prussia" as follows: