The sun., 1906-02-18

everything vas going right or whispered
something TO the leader Of the orchestra.
MANY THERE AHEAD or TIME.
Most Of the guests wer, prompt. Realis-
ing the advantage Of getting there early. IN
order to obtain points Of vantage, num-
ber of them we're waiting at the several en-
frances when the White House gates were
opened II vas carriage crowd. Few
walked but when the line Of vehicles was
strung out to considerable length some of
those in the rear went on foot to the en-
trance at which their cards called for ad-
mission. Almost the first of the guests to
reach the White House were Setor Gonzalo
de Quesada, the Cuban Minister, and Madam
de Quesada. Right after them came tho
Secretary Of the Navy and Mrs Charles j.
Bonaparte, and from that time on the ar
rivals were thick and fast.
Outside the East Room there didn't ap-
pear TO be anything very unusual going On
for the first half hour after the doors were
opened. The long corridor upon which all
the State apartments face, and the apart
ments themselves, were comparatively free
of people In what used to be the public
lobby was the United States Marine Band
Orchestra. The big glass screen that sepa-
rated the lobby from the corridor was re-
moved three years ago, when the manson
was remodeled, so to-day there was clsar
space through which the music Of the or
chestra could penetrate and its strains DO
III
waited down the corridor to the waiting
throng gathered to see the wedding, All
the bandsmen we're dressed in the red dress
coats which they wear on occasions OF cere-
mony. They played before the service and
while it was in progress and while the re-
ception that followed was going on. This
Was their programme, with the exception
Of the wedding march:
THE Music PROGRAMME.
Overture Jubilee" ................. Won Weber
Ballet Music ard eddins Procession, from the
opera "Feramors ...-...-......,......Ru .Ruplnsten
Dance OF the Bayadercs, No. l.
Candle Dance OF the Brides OF Kaschmr.
LIste.so tempo ct moderate con motto.
Dance of the Bay yaderes. No. .
Allegro Vivace AssA Wedding Procession.
Moderate,
Polonaise Military" .'....'.'....-..'..... .Chopln
WGtZ-"The Dcbutante' ',"...,,..,.. ,Sante!mann.
Scrensde from symphony, "Rural Wedding"
"Fleatette- Herbert!
Hung .rian Rhapsod!e, No. z'..............Liszt;
March--"Bride Elect ........,...........S Souss
DECORATIONS OF THE EAST ROOM.
The East Room where the ceremony was
performed. is a spacious chamber, really
bigger than it looks at first glance.
Here the relatives and friends and the
others invited to witness tho ceremony
gathered to await the coming of the bride
and bridegroom. They we're crowded,
inoet Of them, but everybody was happy
and full Of interest. The East Room never
looked better than it did to-day, restored
as it was to its old time style, in which
absence of ornateness was the keynote. It
appeared to-day as it did a hundred years
ago VI hen the White ouse was completed.
After the White House was burned by
the British, more than nine decades ago;
the East Room was changed in its interior
decorations and other changes we're made
later, until up to the time President Roose-
welt went to live in the mansion it came
there was more remodelling, and when
it was finished the chamber had got back
to its old fashioned white simplicity.
1t was this very simplicity Of outline
and lack of color that made the task OF the
floral and other decorators difficult They
were obliged to bear in mind that an at
tempt to use brilliant hues and too great 3
profuslon of flowers would mar the beauty
OF the room.
The Fast Room is rectangular with it's
long sides running north and south. 1t
has door at the northwestern end and
in the centre Of the west wall big folding
doors open out on the eastern terminus
of the lower floor corridor of the mansion.
Directly opposite this doorway on tho
other side Of the room is an embrasurs,
twelve feet wide. with two windows in it,,
which face out toward the Treasury De.
partment building. In this embrasura
a platform had been built upon which
the officiating clergyman and the bride
and bridegroom stood while the ceremony
was performed. The platform was only
twelve inches high. The front edge Of ID
was semi circular in shape.
Over the platform had been spread a
green carpet and over that partly cover.
ing il. was an Oriental rug with red the
predominating color. Back, Of 1t, in the
embrasure. growing palms and flowers
had been massed, and interspered among.
them we're Easter lilies. The base Of tho,
platform was fringed with japonicas.
Over the dais was a great canopy OF
cuh Of gold, drsped gracefully to the sides,
while at the top was light gar!anding OF
smilax and asparagus with bride roses
in clusters here and there showing through
the green. Otherwise there was little att
tempt at decoration. Two big vases. ons
on each mantel We're filed With ferns,
while on two tables at the north and south
ends of the apartment were iardinierrs
containing White rhododendrone.
H.