New Britain herald., 1915-01-07

was served downstairs and for several 1 hours the dining room was crowded. The supper was most elaborate and | consisted of several courses Up- stairs in the headquarters, the off, cers of the company kept open house during the entire evening and after the formal reception, Governor Marcus H. Holcomb stole away from the crowd below to secluded corner of the officers quarters, where he could enjoy little quiet conversation with his friends. He remained there un- til after midnight, when he left the hall amid congratulations. Those in the Boxes.
 In Governor Marcus H. Holcombs s box were MT. and Mrs. Walter Hol- comb, Miss Adeline l.. Dunbar, MT. and Mrs. Frederick F. Bennett, Miss Ada s. Holcomb, Mrs. Adeline H. Weaver Miss Bessie May Weaver. Frederick Hill, Miss Lillian Hill and Miss Elizabeth T. Carmody, Governor Holcomb's housekeeper, who has been with him for more than twenty years.
 In ex-Governor Simeon E. Bald wins box were Major and Mrs. c. B. Pinney, Colonel Samuel H. Fisher, Colonel Frank M. Chapin, Mrs. Chapin and Miss Catherine C;1apin, Colonel Christopher c. Avery, Judge Charles B. Waller and Executive Secretary Kenneth Wynne.
 In Major Frank L. Wilcox's box were Mrs. Louis R. Cheney, Miss Elizabeth Wilcox, Mrs. Morgan G. Bulkeley, Mrs Lucius F. Robinson, Mrs. Charles L. F. Robinson, Mrs. Samuel o. Prentice, Mrs. Frederick R. Bill, Mrs. J. B. Field and Mrs. G. c. F. Williams
 In Lieutenant Governor Clifford E. Wilson's box were Mrs. Clifford B. Wilson, Mrs. James A. Wilson, Mrs. Robert De Forest, Major Moore. Mrs. John H. Buck, MT. and Mrs. W. E. Seeley and Mrs. Elmer Beardsley.
 In the box reserved for the gover- nor's staff were Colonel Arnon A. AL ling, Admiral William Sheffield Cowles, Major Samuel Russell, Jr., Major John K. Brooks, Major John P. Elton, Colonel P. H. Ingalls and the ladies of their party.
 Hall Beautifully Decorated.
 Beautiful decorations transformed the big drill hall-made all too small by the vast assembly-into blue and white bower of daintiness. Walls and ceiling were covered by white and blue strips. extending vertically, and relieved here and there by draped portieres. Billowy valance con- cealed the steel roof girders and the wainscoating of the balconies, on which are inscribed the valiant deeds of the Foot Guard in peace and war, were concealed by tasse1lated drap- cries of blue and white
 Over the floor a great piece of crash had been stretched taut afford ing a safe foothold and a splendiI dancing surface. The crash is new this year and "Pop'' Ellsworth, who has seen sixteen inaugural balls as d member of the Foot Guard, thinks it is the best piece of cloth that has been laid down on the floor. It weighs 5S5 pounds and covers nearly 10000 square feet
 Southern smilax adds the contrasty green touch to the blue and white of the drapings. The big chandelier in the center of the hall was entirely concealed in the pretty green leaves. and the two smaller chandeliers were great balls of green. From the walls. at frequent intervals, ropes of cleo tric lights, entwined with green smilax, hung to the central chan delier, and in these and the other electrical decorations 1,500 electric lights were used.
 Entirely New Setting.
 An entirely new setting for the stage, where were the five boxes for the dignitaries, was used this year. The Colonial pillars of white support ed great jars of ferns and palms. and the long flight of white steps which