The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-04
FEATURES OF THE DAY
Minneapolis VIII Gracefully Fill the Role
Of Hostess.

of Hostess
=, Old Glory flying from the turrets OF the
Hotel Nicollet seemed to have prouder
sweep this morning The Nlcoilet Anoard
has been graced many time by dlst1n7
p. guished men o fthe nation at magnificent
banuuets but never have the old White
walls seen a more representative nor more
enthusiastic gathering than the banquet
to President Theodore Roosevelt. :
With the early morning bits OF bunting
appeared here and there along the me
: of march. and as the day progressed
yards of tricolor bunting were thrown OUT
for the sport of the chill April breeze.
: From the store tops, from the lofty court
house building and everywhere appeared
4 the flag Of the United States. In fact,
= patriotism expressed itself chiefly to-day
- in decorations composed of the photo-
:: graph of the president draped with the
: Stars and Stripes.
Tonight from the time the parade
y leaves the Hotel Nicollet until the pres1-
dent and party reach the armory its path
will be through a blaze of light. Red ffe
will illuminate the place Of embarkat1on
in carriage at Washington and Nicollet;
up Hennepin and down .Nicollet and across
to University the business houses Will Do
. afame with electric lights. Along Uni
versity from Central to the armory every
Z residence will lighted and through the
windows will stearm a welcoming light
: to the president.
!: Many Strangers In the City.
- Hundreds of strangers are on the
streets They came on the early morning
trains from all over the state to see Pres
ident Roosevelt. AS only few Will be
liable to gain admittance to the armory, the
> majority have come miles and miles only
a to catch a glimpse Of Roosevelt as he
drives through the streets. This crowd
will be largely augmented tonight. as a
AZ great proportion of the excursionists
to hn1 ff1a a f.
ernoon public speech and these count on
getting another look at President Roose-
Welt in Minneapolis where they will take
their return trains.
Chairman Henry Deutsch had his com
! mittee at work late last night giving tina
: touches to the preparations. Wallace G
:: Nye, of the public affairs committee of the
e Commercial Club was busy until the las
minute arranging details. AS late as
o'clock he was still turning away those
ii who wer seking admission tickets to thu
Z armory. -
& At II o'clock this morning the Mime
8 apolis committee Of reception went to ST
= Paul. where it's members dined with tn
ST. Paul committee as guests Of Georg
Thompson Of the st. Paul Dispatch. Fror
the Commercial Club the two committee
went to the union. sta ton to await. the ar
rival Of the special train.
From this point the two committee
acted as one and were the official esco1
of the president until he left Dale an
Selby streets in Thomas Lowry's privat
electric car. The joint committee rod
with the president to Minneapolis an
will continue with him until he is safel
aboard the train again at the Great NORTH
ern station tonight.
~ ~ Setting of the. Banquet. o.,
Thedining- rom of the Nicollet has bee
. given over entirely to the decora tors to
day. Men from the Glass Block have bee
. putting the finishing touches on the mag
nificent piece of decorative work. G. "
Steen Of the cafe has superintendent th
work. as we'll as the arrangements for tn
dinner.
-. The tables have, been arranged in
& double hollow square around the room
: Inside Is another arrangement In tt
form Of a letter ''Y.' The connectir
Z ,point of the .'Y'' is a round table whic
will be banked with flowers and potte
plants Over the windows are hung vi
ginia. creepers. The huge sideboard ar
H. e. all the entrances are hidden with immen
flags The main decorative feature
: the large, domed ceiling of the dining
ROOM 1t will be hidden with smflax al
Z flowers in which red roses will pr
dominate. Soft lights will shine from b.
= hind the red rose leaves. The incal
e. descent lights about the room have BET
subdued with coverings Of the preVail11
tint The white napery Of the long tabl
y will be buried in cut flowers.
President Roosevelt will sit at the ce
sss. ter portion of the main table. He will s
) facing the other tables and eth