Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-04

side of the court. making the circuit of the
fountain and returning the north side.
But this plan has been altered. and .he
party will simply pass down the center of
the court to the fountain and return I'M
mediately to the presidential box whence
with a few of the cabinet officers and spe-
cially invited guests, they will watch The
progress of the ball.
The Presidents room has been arrang ed
usual in the southwest corner of the
building in the first balcony. Next to it IS
the Vice Presidents room, and on the op-
posite side an ante-room through which
the invited guests will pass to pay their
respects to Mr.. and Mrs Roosevelt.
Adjoining the Presidents anteroom and
stretching along the south balcony are the
rooms devoted to the diplomatic corps the
Supreme Court, and the inaugural commit
tee The Presidents supper rooms will COM
prise rooms "a. :}3 and SO. in the northwest
corner. Arrangements have also been made
by the committee for temporary branches
of the police and fire departments to be
established in the building, and for a com
fortably equipped hospital in the east wing
in case any one is unfortunate enough 10
need medical attention, ~ aba ..-..
General Plan Worked Out.
The general plan of the ball room decora-
tions has been under the direction of Mr..
]. r. Marshall, the architect and chairman
of the committee ball room decorate
but how much of the success is due to two
of the members of the committee is best
stated in Mr.. Marshall's own words In
speaking of the work. he said: Il know that
it is the general custom, in commenting on
a piece of work such as this to mention
the name of the chairman of the decora-
tons committee and feel that full justice
has been done. But | think in fairness that
people should know how much is due to Mr..
Victor Mindeleff and Mr.. Henry Small. OF
course the committee is made up largely of
artists, and they have been of immense
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gestion. But l person lily feel deeply in
debted to Mr.. Mindeleff and Mr. Small.
They are both artists, practical men, and
each a genius in h own way. No
could have taken off his coat and worked
harder both with his hands and head than
Mr.. Mindelef, and | think much of the
whole success is due to his individual eff
fort. The same is true of Mr.. Small. He is
both an artist and business man of the
greatest technical experience. and there
nothing in the way of floral decoration that
he did not know and could not do from
putting his hands on distant blossoms from
the Philippines to wing palms sent al
most by the shpload from Porto Rico. l
realize the debt the committee owes to
these two gentlemen, and | think the pub
lie should know it, too
Order of Exercises.
The order of exercises for this evening
will await the arrival of the President
which will be about $50. After the ap-
pearance of the President on the floor of
the great court there will be a promenade
concert, in which the alternate numbers
will be rendered by the Marine Band of
seventy pieces. under the direction of Lieut.
Santelmann, and an orchestra of one hum
dred and twenty-five pieces, under VIM. A.
Haley. The concert will consist of the fol-
lowing five numbers: Overture, Wagners
"Tannhauser," Marine Band: American
Fantasia" Herbert, orchestra: Invitation
to the Dance" Weber-Wiengarten ar
ranged by w. II. Santelmann, Marine Band;
overture, Fest Leutner, orchestra:
Hungarian Rhapsodie, No. ." List, Ma
rine Band.
Rules for the Night.
The diagram of the build ng and a sum-
mary of the rules for the night of the ball
are given herewith
1.-The entrances will be at the F, G, 4th
and 9TH street doors.
9 No return checks.
g. No smoking allowed in the building
4. All articles found should be turned
over to the officer in charge of police head
quarters, which is located in room IL
>. No charge in cloak rooms.
&. No hats, bonnetS, oVe-coatS. nor cloaks
allowed to be worn, canes or umbrellas
carried on the floor of the ball room.
I. Gentlemen accompanied by ladies VIII