The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-04
GENERAL REGULATIONS.

Rooms are provided for gentlemen's and
ladies' wraps and hats. and no one Will be
/ permitted to enter the ballroom with
wraps. under any pretext.
The secretary's office Will be at the serv-
| fee OF the ladies for dressing-room. but
will not be used for checking wraps. Room
No. SOC IS for the sole uss OF the Recep-
ton and Floor committees.
Attendants Will be provided at the dress
Ing and coat rooms, and will not be per-
mitted to receive fees from guests for
their services.
Guests will enter arcade on Pine or
Third streets.
Ladies' elOakroom at south end Of ar
cade CbasemenO.
Gentlemen's coatroOms on east and west
side OF arcade; entrance on Pine street.
Gentlemen's dressing-room, room No. Ds
on the second Hoor. Room I'll. bootblack
room.
Ladies' and gentlemen. after depositing
cloaks. etc. will meet In the arcade and
take the stairs to grand entrance Of Ex-
change hall. where they will give up their
tickets and pass in.
The elevators will not run. except and
exclusively for the brief time required TO
rooms on the hfth floor. and viii not
carry other passengers.
Guests desiring to go TO the galleries
will 30 up north or south stairs from Ex-
change floor TO the fourth floor. (only one
entrance to the gaIlery.)
CARRIAGE RULES
No carriage will be permitted TO stand
on Third street between Chestnut and
Pine. nor on Pine street between Third
and Fourth. These regulations must be
strictly observed. to avoid vexatious de-
lays and confusion incident TO handling so
many carriages.
The checks will be issued In different
eolors. thus equally dividing the carriages
to the two exits. and each card will have
printed copy OF assignment. so that neither
the driver nor his employer can make ex-
cusable mistakes
Carriages bringing guests to the Pine
street entrance will approach from the
west. and. after depositing their passen-
gers. viii drive east as far a. Second
street before turning. Duplicate white
checks will be handed TO the escort and
driver.
Carriages bringing guests TO the Third
street entrance will approach from the
north. and. after depositins their passen-
gers, viii drive to the south as far as
Chestnut street and thence east to Sec
ond street before turning.
Third street from Chestnut TO Market
must be kept clear for passage Of noats.
which viii proceed via Third. street to
Market after depositing their passengers
at the Chestnut entrance to the Exchange.
Duplicate red checks will be handed 10
the escort and driver.
No carriages will be allowed on Third
street south Of Chestnut while the floats
are passing down that street.
Calling for guests. carriages for Pine
street entrance will face south on the west
side Of Third street. north OF. but not en-
croaching on. Pine street. and when called
will come to the Pine street entrance and
then proceed west.
Calling for guests. carriages for the
Third street entrance will face north on
the east side OF Third street, south OF. but
not encroachinE on. Chestnut street. and
proceed north to or beyond Olive street.
Guests coming in carriages will save
themselves much delay and annoyance II
they viii instruct their drivers as TO the
location where they should remain until
called for.
The checks issued state very definitely
the location. and the carriage callers at
either the Third street or Pine street en-
trance expect 10 find the carriages that
should come to each entrance In the place
designated for them 20 wait. II car
rage Is not in the location prescribed It is
often difficult for the callers to ind It.
and much delay and confusion arises
thereby.
Guests should call for their carriages at
the entrance called for by their checks
that is. the same entrance at which they
RULES OF THE BALL
The following rules OF the ball will be
strictly enforced:
Doors TO be opened at . o'clock. and no
person 70 be admitted before that hour.
Guards viii be placed at the entrance 20
the building. and no person will be al
lowed TO enter unless provided with
ticket. Tickets must be shown at the en-
trance and surrendered az the door OF the
hall
An interval Of forty minutes viii occur
between uthe Prophets entering the build
ing and the grand entree into the hall.
Tickets TO the ball are not transferable
and must be presented BY the person to
whom they are issued
As there Is only one entrance to the gal
lery. the number admitted thereto must.
necessarily. be limited to sO0 Therefore.
-Se committee recommends that guests In
0. ~ to 80 to the gallery come in COS
80. viii admit them 10 the ballroom
81 - Syise they will be shut out en-
Is. - - NJ be provided on the fourth
,sA.. ghsre persons going to the
lesies-,, = - - dance programmes.