Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-07
BALL [LAS|NAUGURAL
EVENT |SASSURED
Announcement of Place May
Be Made in "a Hours.
Union Station Talk.


Assurance was given at inaugural
headquarters today that the proposed
reception and ball as one of the fea-
lures of the Inauguration Of Presi-
dent-elect Harding will not be elm
mated from the plans. despite certain
distractions which have been placed
in the way of Chairman f. B. Nc
Lean and the executive committee.
Although no official announcement
impression was given by Chairman
Mclean and individual members of
the committee that the public need
have no fear of losing the reception
and ball feature.
Little Hope OF Pension Building.
They admit that they have little
hope Of receiving Congress permis-
sion to hold the reception and ball in
the pension building. They admit
also that the acquiring of a suitable
place and getting it in proper shape
for the purpose will be difficult. In
the meantime the city is being care
fully combed in an effort to get a
satisfactory substitute for the pen
sion building. 1t is intimated that
the announcement OF a selection will
be made within the next twenty-four
hours.
According to the expressions OF
members of the committee, 1T looked
today as If the Union station may be
the place selected. Convention Hall.
at 5th and L streets. also is being
prominently mentioned today.
Inaugural Ball Suggestion.
Use Of the Post Office Department
building for the inaugural ball and re-
ception also has been suggested and Is
0iu consideration
Construction of a great temporary
tdancing floor over the entire inner
court Of the great building. at 11th
street and Pennsylvania avenue. Is
proposed.
This construction. Immediately over
the open space now occupied by
little theater," would put the Post
Office Department building in shape to
handle a bigger and better ball. it is
claimed by some, than would either the
pension office or Capitol buildings.
constructed on a level with the ballus-
trade surrounding the entire inner
court and series of steps would al
low dancers easy entrance to the dance
floor.
Plans for Housing Visitors.
In an effort to properly house the
many visitors coming to the inaugura-
ton who will be unable to obtain ac-
commodations at the various hotels and
rooming houses. an appeal to the citizens
of Washington to open their homes is
to be made. Edward A. Mitchell, chair
man of the committee on housing and
comfort, announces that the largest out
of-town attendance in the history of in
augurations is anticipated and the ques-
tion of housing the crowd is perplex-
ing one. He will Immediately start ad
vertising for available accommodations
in private homes as one means of meet
ing the situation.
T. Lincoln Townsend, who has made
progress in organizing the civic COM
mittee of which he is chairman and in
putting in motion its preliminary work,
said today that the flood of requests
from all parts of the country for places
in the parade is tremendous. He is be-
ginning to get these applications tabu-
lated preparatory to debating answers
citing the conditions under which each
organization will be expected to be gov
erned. Besides these out-of-town re-
quests many local groups and organiza-
tions have made known their desire to
be in the parade.
Ask Places I'm Parnde.
Among those who have asked places ,
in the parade are Culver Military
Academy, Culver, Ind; West Virginia
Military cadets, the Governor of Della
ware and his staff. and the National
Guard of Delaware; the Governor of
Massachusetts and staff. and the !
Massa chusetts National Guard; the |
Governor of Minnesota and staff and
a division of the Minnesota National |
Guard; the Third Regiment Veteran |
Guard of Pennsylvania; the Blaine |
Club of Cincinnati, famous march
ing organization; the New York Re
publican Club. of which Charles d. |
Hilles is president: a division of the |
Georgia National Guard, the 5th Di- |
vision, Veterans Of the World War:
Governor of Pennsylvania and staff i
and division of Pennsylvania National |
Guard; Municipal Band, Hagerstown, |
Md; Benedictine College cadets, Rich !
mofid, Va; Ninth Ward Republican n |
Club, Camden. N. j.: Conkling Un-
Utica. N. Y; American |
Club. Pittsburgh. Pa; Sth |
illinois, colored: Cadet Battalion.
Chatham, Va: Southern Commercial |
Congress. 18th Band and Field Music.
Brooklyn; Colored Band. Greenville.
s. c.; Uncle Sans Uniformed Bat |
ternity, Senate pages; One Hundred |
white Horse Brigade of Virginia : |
4th Infantry Band, Patterson, N. j.;
sons of Veterans. Washington, and Cow i
elect Davis and military staff.
indications are that the civic or
parade will be nearly as
great as inaugural parades of form
or years. if all the requests for space
are granted.
Committee on Information.
The committee on Information as
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