Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10
BUSY week FOR COMMITTEE
INAUGURAL AFFAIRS MOVING
SMOOTHLY ALONG.
subcommittee Active and Members
Full of Enthusiasm-Bal1
room Decorations.

The weeks work OF the inauguration
committee was closed yesterday afternoon
with the affairs well in hand and most
of the subcommittee organized and IN
action. The reports received by Edward
]. Stellwagen, chairman, and Corcoran
Thorn, secretary of the general committee,
are all of the most encouraging character,
and indicate that all the committeeman
are pulling together, and that the in
auguration of Taft and Sherman will be
one of the most brilliant ever held.
NJ. /. Weller, chairman of the committee
On public comfort, states that the names
of the committee on public comfort, COM
prsng about 400 citizens, will soon be
announced, and that badges for the COM
mitteemen will be ready early in Feb
ruary. The decision has been reached
that the meetings of the public comfort
committee will be held hereafter on Fri
day evenings subject to the call of Chair
man Weller. The matter of admitting
has been deferred for consideration at the
next meeting Of the committee. There
was Il general discussion of the matter
of providing quarters for the visiting
troops and associations at a recent meet
ing of the committee. but no conclusion
was reached.
The committee on ballroom decorations
as approved by Chairman StellWagen late
yesterday afternoon, is as follows: Chair
man, James Rush Marshall: vice chair
man, j. q. Hill; secretary, Arthur E.
Heaton; A. III. Baldwin, Emile Berliner
a. B. Bibb Thomas Blagdon, F. IL.
Brooks, Edward r. Caldwell, J. II. Corn
ing. T.. w. Davis, Edward NJ. Dawson
Leon Dessez. J. ]. Early Samuel Hart.
William +. Hart. J. c. Head. c. \. Lang
ley, A. NJ. Lothrop. Samuel Maddox L. 5.
NARROW, George G. Maynard. +. D. Mil
let. Victor Mindeleff. Milton Dana Morrill,,
/ j. II. Moser, A. J. Parsons, F. H. Parsons
w. g. Peter. Frederick b. Pyle, William
r. Smith, c. C. Stouffer. j. X Taylor,
Grace Lincoln Temple and r. A Tissing-
ton.
Some of the organizations that have sig
nlfed their intention of taking part i'll the
parade and ceremonies are the WorceS-
ter Continentals. military company
which was formed in Worcester, Mass
| in 1876 20 take part in the centenn al
ceremonies at Philadelphia: regiment of
the National Guard of Delaware: First
Separate Company, Connecticut National
| Guard: the Grove City, Pa, Cadet Corps,
composed of $50 boys: the 7th Infantry,
! Ohio National Guard, of Marietta, Ohio.
| twelve full companies and a band.
! Meeting of subcommittee are scheduled
| to be held follows: Ballroom dec
orations at 40 p m. Monday. at head
quarters i'm the New Willard: street
DECORATIONS al = u. m, next tuesday, at
| headquarters in the New Willard, and the
committee on fireworks, Immediately after
January H.
! Percy S. Foster. chairman of the com
miItee on music. has procured the use of
| Elks' Hall, II street, near 9th where the
! rehearSals of the chorus will be held, be-
| ginning January 70.
| Announcement has been made by Gist
Blair chairman of the committee on the
inaugural ball, that he had received ac-
| ceptances of invitations to serve as aids
on his committee from representatives OF
| three additional states. and that they
| have been formally notified of their APP
pointments. The newly appointed aids
| are G. A. Guernsey. president of the
! chamber of commerce of Cheyenne
| Wyo.: Percy r Morgan president of the
| Wine Growers Association San Fran
cisco. Cal, and former Gov. Myron r,
! Herrick of Ohio