Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-11-15
PRINCE LOUIS AS HOST.

PRINCE LOUIS Ao dOoA'
Admiral Prince Louis of Battenberg
became host last night and in return for
the hospitality which was showered upon
him during his stay in American waters
gave magnificent dance on board his
flagship, the Drake, at New York.
The thousand or more invited guests
included officials and society people in
Annapolis, Washington, Baltimore and
West Point, as well as in New York.
Fortunately not all of this number came,
or standing-room even in the vicinity OF
the Cunard pier, alongside OF which the
flagship is berlhed, would have been at
premium.
For three days past the work OF in.
closing the whole ship in canvas and
Transforming the interior into fairy
land of colored flags and red, white
and blue electric lights has beel in
progress.
At the entrance of the long pier float
ed tremendous British flag. Passing
through the doorway, half way down the
pier, the guests saw curtain OF red,
white and blue bunting inclOsing the
supper room, which occupied the other
half of the pier. Shut In with
heavy canvas, the interior was all
aglow with the light from the fes-
toons of red, white and blue electric
bulbs strung from the center OF the root,
which was formed by a canopy of bunt-
ing. Between the round tables, ag low
with red shaded candelabra, were bank
ed evergreens aud palms.
Just outside the supper room was the
gangway, by which the guests went
aboard the Drake. The entire ship was
iuclosed in heavy canvas. Coming over
the side the guests passed along the port
side TO the quarter deck, where Prince
Louis received. The tented walls of the
after deck were hung with the flags Of
the nations, and the Stars and Stripes
aud the Union Jack were everywhere in
tertwincd.
The vacant spaces between these ma
tional embems we're covered with the
many -colored ship signal flags. Over
heard a red and white striped canvas root
plowed softly with light from garlands
of electric bulbs, winding in and out Of
the folds ofbuuting. From the quarter
deck the guests passed up stairway
banked with flags to the brakes famous
ballroom, the pride oft Second Cruiser
Squadron and tie wonder OF every guest
at the ball.
Looking up-ior that was what all did
as soon AS they reached the ballroom-the
guests saw that this magic cscene was cov'
cred by stars and stripes. From the main
derrick rising high from the center ofthe
boat deck shOne the stars Of the original
thirteeuStaies, made of little electric lights
on field of blue bunting. From this
central point we're draped, tent fashion,
;he red and white stripes OF this man.
moth American flag. Beneath this fir
mament of the Star Stripes stretched the
polished ballroom floor, built across the
entire boat ship and extending aft to the
last of the brakes four tunnels, afford
ing room for more than 200 couples.
Rising from the floor to meet the can
opled roof were walls Of bunting and
ships flags.
At regular intervals around the walls
we're American and British flags,
draped fan shape, and in between were
round-framed mirrors. These mirrors
were really the refectOrs of the ships
powerful searcbights framed in inflated
life buoys. A divers uniform, inflated,
stood at the end of the deck holding a
basket of dance cards on the extended
right arm.
Through this wonderful garden OF
color slrclled nearly 1000 guests.
Prince Louis's guests, the officers OF
the first squadron and the fourth divis-
ion Of the third squadron of the
North Atlantic fleet and their families,
headed the list. These included the
comman5er.in-chief of the North At
lautic fleet and Mrs. Robley ID. Evans,
and the Misses EyaEs; Rear Admiral
Davis, commanding the second division
of the first squadron, the officers OF his
staff, Rear Admiral Brownson, command.
ing the fourth division; Mrs. Brownson
and Miss Carolyn Brownson and the Of
ficers Of the Admi-sl's staff; Capt J. b.
Pillsbury, chief-of-staff OF the North At
lantic fleet, aud the other officers OF Ad.
miral Evans staff, the commanding and
wsrdroom officers THE Maine, Missouri,
Kentucky, Kearsarge, Alabama, Illinois,
Iowa, Massachusetts, West Virginia,
PENNSYLVANIA, Colorado, Maryland, May
flower, Yankton, Brooklyn, Potomac and
Hancock Rear-Admiral Sigsbee, COM
manding the second squadron; Rear.Ad-
miral Coghlan, commandant of the New
York navy yard, and the. officers on
duty at the yard.
Others present were General WADE,
Brjgaditr-General Grant and the officer;
at Governors Island, and Brigadier'
General Mills, many of whom were &C.
companied by their wives; the Governor
of New York, the 1ayor OF New YorE
and Mrs. Mcclellan; Mr.. and Mrs
Terrific Race With Death.
Death was fas, approaching writes
Ralph +. Fernando, of Tampa, Fla., descnn
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