The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-09
VIII BE the Grand Ball in
the Federal Pension
Building.
SCENE is DESCRIBED
In d Vivid Manncr in News
Item BY One in the
Capital Of the Nation.

WASHINGTON. p. g. FEB. g.--The
InausilraI committee 81 ban room
decuration y which James Rush
Ai,irshall s chairman, has completed
rs plans FOR die adornmcnt of tho
great interior court - tho Pension
building Tor ihe pig event 81 the
night Of March ana the preliminary
work already has been begun. The
decorative scheme contemplatcs TIC
use ot q canopy ii ne form of 4 bar
rel vault running through the whole
length of Tho building with archi-
raves ana lunettes al end and eros
sing the two iines 81 large columns
dividing the whole space into three
large bays
The color scheme Will be light
ivory
The principal change oyer previous
decorative efrects IS IN the system
of electric lighting The main lIgiiting
viii be done BY eighteen chandeliers
suspended from the canopy. each
chadelier carrying 1875 lamps giving
an effect, as nearly IS 20 slbie Of tbc
old crystal chandeiiers with glass
candles
The Presidents boz VII be extended
from the balcony at the west end ana
the floor brought lower than the pres
en-. gallery IN order TO make IN ef-
fectiye feature
The floral decofsati prs win BE palms.
ferns, olitllcrn m ilitS crimson fainb-
lers! azalcas and olstiiia. with
American beauty fose orchids cpt
flowers and palTns IN the Presidents
box and reeeption room.
The decorations have been planned
with g Wow % simpHcity beauty ana
unity. Just as n the street aec6ra
tions the usual sat a slisplaS of tsc
national colprs WIN this year bc rc-
placed BY green ana white. 50 ii thc
ball room this idea VIII preyailsas we'll
AS President TAFT makes his ap-
pcarance within che han room tie
Marine band WIN strike up Hail o
the Chief merging the air into 4 MN
tary march as the ptesiderit ana iiis
party make tour D the great iiaiis
AT the conclnsion Of the tour. couples
win be formed and the grand prone
made VIII take place From then On
dances VIII alternate with promenade
until Home Sweet Horner Is played
in the small hours
One member of Congress said Oh
the floor Of the House the other das
that he would rather attend funeral
than an Inaugural ban; Perhaps he
said It to be funny and perhaps not
AT any rate It Is a safe bet that he
will be on hand when the evcnlns.
OF the fourth Of Marcn comes around
People from Washington, d. G.. and
elsewhere have found by experience
that It Is very simple indeed 10 have
a good time at the inaugural ban
One might be lonesome, attending L.
solitary state but even then It would
be possible 10 run into friends from
here, there ana everywhere. But sem
sible folks make IN little parties and
have good time afn6ng themseives
Despite reports TO contrary there
Is dancing door, blg one too. pro-
yided in the pension building and
there Is dancing for those thas care
for It For those that do not there
is always the2l long ana wide corridors
that run around the great court 81 the
building and that are ideai for pro.
menading ana viewing the spirited
scene. Anti-pass laws aud everything
else TO the contrary notwithstanafng.
present Indications are that the Taft
sherman Inaugural ban function viii
be one Of the biggest il not the big
gest' in the history Of these arairs.