The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-08
PREPARING FOR VISIT OF TAFT New Orleans Citizens Kept Busy. SEVERAL DOZEN COMMITTEES Silk Hats and Frock Coats Caust
 Worry. Some Say They Never Were Hish Hat. or Priaee Aiserts in Their Lives And De.'t Inc tend'T New.
 
SEVERAL DOZEN COMMITTEES

New Orleans. La. Feb. 7--oaota. tfons on high silk hats and frock coets have taken a sudden jump in the local market and it's all on account of Judge, William Howard Taft
 When 1t became definitely known that the President elect would rsfurm from Panama via New -orieans next Thursday anu that he had accepted the invitation of this city to be It's guest foI two days. the catizehs wAo assumsa the task of making plans for the enter- tainment of the distinguished visitor immediately got busy The first step was the appointment of several dosen committees and their membership runs into the thousands. There is con1- mittee on the land reception and committee on the river reception. Icommittee on invitations and a commit tee on parade. committee on auto mobiles and q committee on carriages. a committee on the banquet and a coti- mittee on hotel accomodattons
 These are but few of the numerous appointed. and then there are sub committees on menu cards and music and decorations and souvenirs and many other things. Many coFnHait- tees are assigned to day work and it has been officially announced that Ieverybody who appears In connection with the reception before 6 o'clock In the evening must wear the eonven- Itionai frock. coat and high silk hat. On account of climatic conditions and for various other reasons. this com bination has never been a popular one in New. Orleans and in 'copsequence there are several hundred committee men who find the day set for Judge Tnfts arrival fast approachiHg with their wardrobes still minus the precious articles and little hope Of securfnk them. ft51
 Not all of the committeeman are dis. appointed, however. Some of them say they never wore high silk hats ana Prince Alberts in their lives and they don't intend to commences now. Othern have not quite made tip their ininds what to '1o and are anxiously whis- lpering inquiries down tho line asking l if 1t will be all right to wear a aioucis hat. with the Prince AlbettsT Aad if 1t Will be exactly proper e iiEclnd& tan shoes in the combination. aise6sa mfax gloves ana buttoned patent t6&thsrk'f the chairni4n have shouted back ana the committeeman have dusitsd PRowFasn of Arrival
 But the committees have not been too busy thinking of dress to do their work. It has been decided that the President-elect is to arrive at ths mouth of the river late uext Wednes- day night or Thursday morning. There he is to leave the battieshlp North Car 1 olina and go aboard the lighthouse tender oleander. The oleander will take htm and later put hirn aboard the scout cruiser Birmingham. and the Birmingham will bring him within
 sight of New Orleans, Here the river | reception committee VIII get in it's | work and the Presldent-elect of the United States will be taken oR the Blr-
 mingham and put aboard the steamer General Newton.
 According to the program as it now stands. the river reception committea l will surrender the Presidenk-eiset when
 he leaves the General Newton aud Che land reception committee will come to the bat. They will be followed by the
 parade committee, automobile commit tee, carriage committed. police commit
 tee. hotel reception committee. ste. In
 regular order. eff~ The parade will traverse the princl-
 pal streets of the city and will ba
 brought to a halt at the city hall, | where Pregident-elect Taft will be f0r-
 mally and officially welcomed to New
 Orleans by Mayor Martin Behrman.
 The President-elect will also make 6 1 speech, and then the parade will start
 again and pass in review. 7
 At o'clock the same evening. the | President-elect and Mrs. Taft win att
 tend the ball of the Elves of 0beron.
 one of the carnival organisations at
 the old French opera house. Friday morning at 10 o'clock q re-
 ceptlon will be rendered the President
 elect under the auspices of the eoiored
 Y. N. c. A. of New Orleans, and Mrs.
 Taft will be entertained the. same af-
 ternoon at the country club.
 The festivities will be brought to .
 close with a big banquet Friday even
 ing at the Hotel Grunewald. Cardfnal
 Gibbons has wired from Baltimore that
 he will reach New Orleans Tuesday
 night and will deliver the invocation
 at the banquet the following Friday.
 Saturday morning the transportation
 committee will take the President elect
 in charge and he will leave at e:2o a.
 m for Cincinnati over the Queen and
 Crescent Route. ~;