The Grit-advocate., 1905-03-10

Ter MS IoH.I, took position in the
sfand reviewing stand, surrounded by
| members ny his cabinet. the diplomats
and otheF Iptables. Then, to the
biare of b.ses, the big procession
! started.
! The hr5 brigade was headed by
Lieut.. p''- Wade. in command of the
entire M-HTy section. After him
came the IIth band. artillery corps,
stationed At Fort Hamilton, New
York. lr- was first OF forty bands
IN the pa'aac. Sustaining their repu-
tatlon OF ICING the most perfectly
drilled bn-r Of troops in the world
next follo|uI the corps of cadets from
the oh'iei States military academy.
Naturaii! hey divided honors with
| the 1utnie admirals from Annapolis
who marched Immediately behind
| dlessed III natty suits of navy blue.
the JOIN iack-tar spirit fairly shin
| ing IN mon boyish faces. Then came
the resn.als. real enlisted men. five
| hundred ot the Second battalion of
engineer winging along behind their
own ban
Then came the state troops. To the
number Of 1000 they occupied nearly
two hou in passing a given point. In
order to prevent disputes as to pre-
Cedence 'aCn state contingent came
| IN alpLdaetlSal order, so that Ala.
bama, WIN Il single company of her
Third RI mout, led the way. Indiana.
Vice President Fairbanks home state,
had only company to her credit,
sixth l. line, while the presidents
state. NoE York, with the largest
quota, tA!"o lull regiments and several
separatc bodies. ;otaling nearly 1000
men. WI tenth in order.
Althou2a soIdiery was The chief fca.
ture. til civilian organizations form
ing the woud section of the parade
showed up strong in numbers. March
ing in tU" open order affected by 20.
litical c.a.s. they spread all over the
avenue. There w\rc about IL. 600 in
line. 1h"g seemed TO be passing an
intermaaD,e time. mostly wearing
top hats and twirling fragile walking
sticks.
Ohio, which usually manages to
make E.r presence felt, kept up her
reputat.ou. She had in line the IA
| nous Ral.spl!lters OF the Toledo Lin
coin cln. the TippecanCe club of
Clevela&d. The famous singing organ
| izations vi Columbus. the buckeye and
Republican gIec clubs. the Knights Of
MaccatuaS and the Fleischmann Re
publican club of Cincinnati.
The SPANISH war veterans followed
the G. A. r. veterans. thcre being
ahcut 1000 all told of these two so.
cieties.
The Ball.
Inaugural balls are the biggest so.
cial functions that occur in America
The evenings reception at the Pen.
sion building exceeded in grandeur its
| predecessors in the great edifce.
Tkore were in the neighborhood OF
! 1000 persons at the ball.
Mrs. Roosevelts ball gown was
made of a special weave of new
shade of light blue silk with figures of
doves in gold tinsel. The shade has
been named "Alce blue" in honor of
the Presidents daughter. who select
ed the Tate-.al at the St. Louis fair
The loves. which are represented as
flying diagonally across the blue of
the dress, are of varying sizes, from
two inches between the tips of the
wings down to the size of bee.
Mrs. Fairbanks wore gown OF
white satin duchcsse, embroidered
with roses of gold in the natural size
of III, flower. The lace trimming was
| 0! Brussels point d'applique. with a
| design of bowknots and marguertes
! inteTWOven.
The decorations of the ballroom
outdid anything that ever before has
been attempted. Walls, columns, Win.
dows and every nook and corner were
covered with greens and cut flowers,
palms and ferns. flags, banners and
bunting. so that the thousands of
guests might lock with interest upon
something else of beauty than dazzling
COWS and glittering jewels.
The doors OF the Pension building
were thrown open at O'Clock, but
the PRESIDENT and his party did not
arrive until 8 o'clock. They went i'm
medately to rooms specially prepared,
uarlCted and decorated for their recep.
ton and half hour later the grand
march commenced. President and
Mrs Roosevelt leading. All festivities
closed sharply at midnight. because it
was aelieved best to trespass no Sab.
bath principles. Thus the usual prac-
'ticc Of the presidents ieav'ng at
midugh and turning the hall over
to the populace to dance until day
break had to be abandoned.
Concerts will be given at tf4 Pen
ion Office next week. so that those
who % not attend the ball may have
an orlortunity to see the decorations.