Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-07
GAY COURT OF HONOR
Plans Exhibited at Meeting of
Inaugural Committee.
MUCH PRAISE EVOKED
Scheme for Brilliant Lighting of
Avenue Is Prepared.
MUSIC ARRANGEMENTS MADE
Commissioners Rent Building for
Accommodation of Victims of
Intoxicants March 4.
MUSIC ARRANGEMENTS MADE


man of the committee on street decora-
/ tons. Ii will he. of the striking and
picturesque features of the inauguration
Of William Howard Taft President and
! James S. Sherman as Vice President.
I \ large picture Of the gayly bedecked
/ court was exhibited at the last meeting
/ OF the general inauguration committee
and evoked much praise.
! With it, as Il companion piece, was
| large Photograph of Pennsylvania ave
nue.. showing the plan for eIectric-light-
| ing that broad boulevard the night of
| March 4. y lighted electric bulb behind
the picture gave the photographed ave-
nue. most realistic appearance. with the
light shining through perforations in the
| picture to represent myriad lamps
! The scheme OF decoration of the court ot
! honor ard the streets consists of back
! ground of white with green to be used
as drapei'ies. instead Of III" national col
ors-red. white and blue. This is for the
! fiat decoration and wherever stationary
| decoration is available.
/ The green is of IA dark shade. Flags
tn the tricolGr I" TIE " e' Sr"t">
are be used freely but VIII fly from
poles or tlutter from wires.
! The court of honor is b ling constructed
in front of the White House, extending
from 18th to 18th streets. 1t will consist
y
! side Of PENNSYLVANIA avenue. connected
at the top with green gariandS. Pylons
/ Will f.A erect, Il 1T Jacksoh place and Mad
/ ison place"
/ Arrangements for Music
Tile muse committee, of which Percy s.
Foster is chairman, has practically COM
pleted its arrangements for the Inaugural
! ton period. Nj. Foster will make eff
! fort 10 prevent bands in the big parade
/ from bringing about melodious con
! fusion by playing the same airs on the
i line Of march. 1t is distinctly understood
! that but one hand-that leading the big
parade-Wll be allowed to play Hail to
| the Chief as it passes the reviewing
! stand.
Nh Foster proposes 10 have one or
! more members of the music committee
| go along the line of parade before the
! start is made and see to ii that the
| repertoires OF the many bands do not
/ contain airs that the preceding bands Will
play. For instance. only a band al the
/ head of the Maryland division will be
permitted to play maryland, My Mary
! land. -
+ To a band at the head of the Georgia
! delegation will be given the honor of
sounding Dixie" Other state bands will
| be requested to play far possible
| airs that are local 10 their vicinities.
! Bandmasters Will he advised by rep
| resentatiVcS of the music committee as to
what the bands ahead of them will play
| SO as 10 avoid mixture Of melodies
! Chairman Foster, referring to the other
! features. said it will be the aim of the
committee 10 see that American com
posers generally. if not exclusively. are
! represented on all programs of music. To
I that end the committee has several orisi
nal compositions by Americans for both
vocal and instrument use and 10 be ren-
dered practically for the first time
There Will be emphasized the produc-
: pf musical iO-
! ratio w Parker of Boston. head OF the
music department OF Yale University;
| George +. Whiting of Boston. Frederick
! H.. Burton of New York. Rudolph AronSon
! of New York. II. II. Ziciel OF Detroit.
/ Adam Ge:bel the blind composer of Phia
. delphia: ''Sousa. the march king;
! Santelmann, leader Of the Marine Band;
Uekoven and others.
No Capitol Chorus.
The proposition Of having big chorus
| Of approximately JCU3 singers stationed in
front Of the inaugural stand at the Capt.
| tol March T. has been abandoned.
| Music for the inaugural ball is being ar
! ranged on Il grand scale. The participant
! ing organizations will be the Marine
! Band Of 40 pieces. and Sol Minister'S
! cheslra OF 10 players. These will alter
| nate during the evening.
Concert selections will be given in the
ballroom until the arriva! of the Presi-
IL y
great hail the ball will be declared for
! maily open, and the string and brass
bands will alternately play dance and
promenade music. 1t is expected the ball
| will continue from 10 q clock until after
| l o'clock am
Chairman Foster reported TO the
cert features that the Philippine Constab-
ularv Band, now the hig! seas. will
! Give concert at Honolulu and another
on the Pacific coast and then hurry across
/ the continent 10 Washington 10 take part
in the inauguration of :he forire. gov
ernor general % The faE-away islands.
The Filipino musicians. whose or3ani-
ZaLiCl is said 10 be one of the finest mill
tary bands in the world. will give CON
ccrts in the morning of March > and the
| afternoon of March g. Tile Marine Band
will give concert the afternoon of
March )
At these three concerts there will also
he vocal selections probably by some of
! the visiting glee clubs. including the CO.
! umbus. Ohio, Glee Club of 100 voices:
the Dayton. Ohio. Taft Glee Club of
about 80 voices; the Haydn Musical Club
of Utica, n. Y, 40 voices, of which Mr..
| Sherman is honorary member: the Mu-
surgia Club of Washington. and several
others
Chorus at Concerts.
At the two evening concerts, March )
and 6, the Marine Band apd a chorus of
600 voices, now being trained by Mr. Fos-
d
Foster in person will lead these concerts.
The Inauguration ball will be the great
official function at the beginning of the
Taft administration. The individual
tickets for the ball will cost s., each as
at former inaugurationS. The tickets to
the concerts will be ~ cents each and the
auditors will be given an opportunity to
see the lavish decorations of the ballroom
as well as To hear some good music. 1t
| is the expectation of Chairman Foster
that from 10000 to $1,000 people will at
! tend the five concerts
For the inaugural ceremonies the Dis
trct Commissioners have decided to rent
the building at 12lo u street quarters
for persons who indulge too freely in in
toXicatinG liquors and fall into the
clutches of the police.
Capt. G. II. Williams of the first pre-
cinct has reported TO Maj. Sylvester. chief
for such use, having large room fifty
feet deep and width at one end of
thirty-five feet and at the other of twenty
two feet The building will he rented
for five days at the rate of $40 per day.
Applications to Be Police.
Almost every mail received at police
headquarters contains more re-
quests from persons who seek certain
privileges at the Inauguration period
There are 800 more persons to be Sc
lected for duty special policemen: many
more than that number OF applications