New-York tribune., 1902-02-21
PLANS OF MR. CONRIED.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE GALA PER
THEATRE TOMORROW NIGHT

The preparations for the gala performance to
be given in honor OF Prince Henry Of Prussia
by Heinrich Conred at his Irving Place The
atre are rapidly advancing The decorations
will exceed. Mr.. Conried believes anything
heretofore seen in the way of beautifying an
auditorium in New-York. The theatre will be
transformed into bower Of light and flowers.
For the royal box alone. which has been con-
stiucted by combining the two right hand
proscenlum boxes, over four hundred American
Beauty roses have been provided.
The American Beauty rose will be prominent
all over the theatre. together with smilax
palms. etc, great numbers having been pro-
Vided for decorating almost every corner nook
and Granny. Festoons, coats of arms and flags
Of every State Of the German Empire viii he
lntertWined and made prominent parts Of the
decorations
The most elaborate piece of decoration will
he constructed Immediately above the curtain
arch and Will consist Of the German eagle on
one side and the American eagle on the other
thanking the coats of arms Of Germany and the
United States, which Will be in the middle
This portion of the decoration will involve over
three hundred incandescent electric lights in
various colOrs, and festoons and flags will have
this as their radiating point. The entire the
atre will be a blaze Of light. thousands of in
candescent burners having been added to the
usual supply.
A heavy drapery under the coats Of arms and
eagles will contain portraits of the three Ger
man Emperors, covered with streamers made of
1,JOO electric lights, and the whole proscenium
arch will be decorated with smilax over which
will be seen small colored electric lights like
myriads of frefies
Mr.. Conried has had special entrance
broken through the wall on the Ftfteenth-st
side of the theatre, in order TO permit the Prince
10 enter the royal box Immediately on stepping
from his carriage
The play selected for this performance IS
Blumenthal and KadeIburg's three act comedy,
I'm Weissen Roessel." This selection was made
by request as the Prince has thus far had no
opportunity of seeing the play. owing TO the
fact that during the time when it was given
in various cities Of Germany he was In China
The boxes will he occupied as follows: Royal
Box-Prince Henry Of Prussia DIT Won Holle-
ben German Ambassador: General Won PIessen
adjutant general of the Emperor; Admiral Won
Iisendecher, Court Marshal Won Seckendorff,
Nice-Admiral Won Tirptz Rear Admiral Count
Won Baudissin. Rear Admiral Robley d. Evans
l. :. n; David J. Hill. First Assistant Secre-
taTy of State Colonel Bingham, L. $. A.; Com
mander Cowlcs. L. :. y. and Captain Wendt
United States Navy Yard. The boxes above
which viii he decorated in the same manner
yacht Hohe nzollern. One of the two boxes op-
pOSte the royal box will be occupiedbv Mavor
Low ana MIS- Low, accompanied by their two
neces, the Misses Curtis, and Mrs. Heinrich
Conried: the box adjoining will be occupied by
Karl BunZ, imperial consul general of Ger
many OF this port, and the members of the I'M
peral German Embassy in Washington; the
two boxes above will he occupied by members
OF the staff Of the embassy and consulate and
their ladies'
The fun list of the invited guests. besides
those mentioned already, is as follows: Com
mander Won Grumme, Captain Won Miller
Lieutenant Commander Schmidt Won Schwind
Lieutenant Commander Won Egedy, Lieutenant
Commander Won Trotha, Surgeon Reich of the
staff of Prince Henry; Commander Won HoIIe-
ben. Commander Hipper, Lieutenant Com
mander Won der Osten, Lieutenant Commander
Won Mantey, Lieutenant Rebensburg Lieuten-
ant Seidenstcker. Lieutenant Won Haxthausen
Lieutenant Steinmeyer Lieutenant Nicolai
Lieutenant Ellie, Naval Surgeon DR.. Uthemann,
Count Quadt-Wyckradt-Isny counsellor and
first secretary of the embassy: Baron Won und
Ritter zu Grunstein, secretary of the embassy;
Count Won Montgelas. secretary of the embassy;
Won Beneckendorff and Hndenburg of the
embassy; Captain Baron Won Kapher military
attache; First Lieutenant Schron military at
tache; Lieutenant Count Arnim military
attache; Commander Won Rebeur- -Paschwitz.
naval attache: 2. L. Clasenapp technical ar
tache; Count Won Seckendorff A Geissler con
sui: r. Franksen, vice-consul; Dr. H. Schlieben
vice-consul; f. Pstor. attache: G. D. Waetzodt.
commercial attache DR.. L. Gerber agricultural
attache. and Herr Goldberg. Privy Counsellor
OF Commerce.
WILL REPRESENT GOVERNOR ODELL.
Albany. Feb 20.-Governor Odell announced TO-
night that he would be represented in New-York
4nt mfeG Neso or Hn ana argd BY
Secretary Harrison K. Bird
DEWEY'S AID TO GREET THE PRINCE
Washington. Feb. 20--Commander Nathan Sar-
aid OF Admiral Dewey is, at the latter's re-