Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-21
Dinner Given by Ambassador
and Baroness Sternburg.
RECEPTION FOLLOW s
CLOSING FESTIVITIES ATTENDING
UNWILLING OF EMPERoR's GIFT.
Those Participating Include Many
Who Are Prominent in Executive
and Diplomatic Circles.

The festivities incident to the unwilling of
the statue Of Frederick the Great came to a
close Saturday night with a dinner and re-
ception at the German embassy, when AM
bassador and Baroness Sternburg were
host and hostess to the distinguished COM
pany that had attended the exercises at the
War College. The dinner was given in
honor of the special commissioners of En-
peror William. Lieut. Gen. Won Loewenfeld
and Count Won Schmettow, and but small
company was entertained. The reception
which followed was attended by the repre-
sentatives of the German societies of the
District of Columbia and those who came
here from New York. Philadelphia. Balu-
more Pittsburg. Milwaukee and other
points to attend the unwilling The dinner
guests included the American ambassador
to Germany, Mr.. Charlemagne Tower, and
Mrs. Tower. Lieut.. Gen. Chaffee and Mrs.
Chaffee, Brig Gen. Frederick Dent Grant
and Mrs. Grant, Maj. Gen. George L. Gill
lespie and Mrs. Gillespie, DR.. Lewald, Ger
man commissioner to the st. Louis exposi-
ton; Mrs. HObSon, Miss Langham, Baron
Observation-Disclosures, Commander Heb
binghaus and Mrs. Hebbinghaus, Major Won
Etzel, Mr.. Won Scheiler, Mr.. Won Verdy du
Vernois, Lieut.. Martin and DR.. A. d. Jacob
son, distinguished German-Amer1can from
Wilmington, Del.
There were about 400 other guests invited
to attend the reception which began at 10
o'clock. These included the members OF the
diplomatic corps. the members of the cabi-
net and their families, the members OF the
Supreme Court, the army and navy and
other high departmental officials, together
with the representatives Of the German So
cieties before mentioned. Baron and Baron
ess Won Sternburg departed today for New
York. from whence they will sail for Ger
many for six weeks vacation. Gen. Won
Loewenfeld and Count Won Schmettow will
remain in this city until the middle of the
week. They will be the guests of honor at Il
reception to be given this afternoon by
Lieut.. Gen. an0 Mrs. Chaffee and at dinners
to be given later on by the ambassador Of
Austria Hungary and Gen. and Mrs. Gil
lespie
General Public Disappointed.
/ No little comment was made on Saturday
on the exclusion of the general public from
the Washington barracks reservation. ana
some of those who had journeyed to the
extreme southwest in the expectation OF
seeing something of the ceremonies were
rather severe in condemnation of the Off
Gals who had charge of the affair. 1t was
a matter which gave the officers of the
army in charge several bad half hours
The original plans were laid with the ex-
pectation that citizens generally would De
admitted, and provision was made there
for. But after the development of these
plans and the making up of the invitation
list it was seen that the handling of very
large crowd was entirely out of the Ques-
ton There were more than five thousand
invitations sent out and over thousand
troops were ordered to attend the cere-
monies. Seats on the stands were pro-
vided for only $500 persons, leaving about
1000 invited guests unprovided for. The
general scheme of decoration provided for
the massing of troops on the north of the
statue site. the only available place. and
| from behind the troops absolutely nothing
could be seen of the exercises. 1t was
therefore decided that it would be impos-
sible to handle the crowds of unlimited
guests that would attend, to say nothing
of giving ADEQUATE protection to the mass
of valuable building material and the new
buildings that are in the course of con-
struction. and the fiat went forth that no
one but those holding invitation cards
should be admitted to the reservation.
AS is was. 1T was only by good luck and
admirable arrangements for the reception
and care of the invited guests that crush
did not occur. The arrangements for this
part Of the ceremonies were under the di-
rection of Capt. John Stephen Sewel U. 8
A., the engineer officer who Is in charge of
the work Of construction that is now in
progress at the barracks reservation. Capt.
Sewell had charge of every detail of the
erection of stands and plans for the UNI
yelling exercises the management Of the
crowds and the placing of the troops.
In the one feature of decoration alone was
he relieved of any work, and he was held
responsible for this. Capt. Sewell, however
enlisted the services of Mr. Frederick d.
owen architect and engineer in the Office
of the superintendent of public buildings
and grounds and turned the matter of
decoration over to him.
1t Is probable that at no public ceremony
in the past have the plans for all the details
been SO carefully carried out. nor was there
ever a ceremony of the kind held here
wherein the execution of the original
plans were so faithfully followed without
hitch change
General Scheme
The general scheme for the designs had
been kept within range of the national col
ors of the two countries, and no other color
was employed except the green of the
plants. The south stand received the most
attention. and was lined throughout with
white The festoons that encircled the
court were carried forward from the side
stands to the south or President stand and
were caught up in the various panels IN loops
to well-secured shields. The shields showed
the keynote of the occasion. which was
harmony between the two great nations.
Directly over the head of the statue was
painted upon rich shield the first bar of
the national air of Germany, and at the
bottom an 'escutcheon of the arms of the