Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-03-05


inaugurated Executive impaired to Mrs Bayard
Smith, wife of the editor Of the National In
telligencer that he would much rather be IN
bed
For the occasion Dolly wore a pale bun
velvet gown, perfectly plain, but with very
long train" But 1t was her headdress that
captivated Direct from Paris, it was OF the
same material the gown, Offset with bands
of white satin and gorgeous with the r1cn
plumage of two birds of paradise. Earrings,
necklaces and bracelets of pearl adorned her
person and she smiled her acknowledgements
of homage and courtesies from behind dainty
fan and lace handkerchief. She came In ON
the arm of one Of the managers, while the
President escorted Mrs. Cults, who is credited
as not being nearly so grand her sister,"
THIS first inaugural ball broke up at H. the
soft tapers falling by one before the =
snuffers in the hands of the house servants,
the guests departing satiated with Sir Roger
de Coverlies, waltzes, quadrilles and reels and
surfeited with food and refreshments leaving
in their wake the remnants of joyous eve
ming, though the room they danced in was
Nkened to a "pgeon-hole" and the crush OF
the crowd necessitated the breaking out OF
windowpanes to let in a suficiency Of fresh
and gone and the tradition established.
The two Madison inaugural balls were
sufficient to establish the precedent OF holding
one the evening following each presidential
inauguration Accordingly therefore, when
Monroe was elected to the presidency ball
was given at Davis Hotel, the site of the old
Metropolitan on Pennsylvania avenue
Daniel Carroll of Duddington one OF
the managers Of this ball. according to the
~, folo vnoftn nf yuk
appeared in the issue of March 3:
THE short time allowed for making the
arrangement for this ball may prevent tickets
from reaching some Of the ladies In due time.
Those ladies, therefore, Of Washington and
Georgetown who were invited to the CITY
assemblies and ladies on a visit to the city
are respectfully requested to honor the inaugu-
raj ball with their company Tuesday eve
ming, the 4th of March, at Davis Hotel"
President Monroe and the Madisons were
present on this occasion, the ball being re-
ferred to by Mr.. Smith in editorial columns OF
the next day as splendid" affair. The floor
of the hostelry graced that eventful night
with all the foreign Ministers in the city.
members of the expiring and incoming cab
inets and the socially elite of the city. An
immense throng" remarks the ntelhgencer.
So far as is ascertainable Mrs. Monroe did
not attend this ball, ill-health preventing but
her daughter, Mrs. Hay, is mentioned among
those present. The second Monroe inaugural
ball is disputed, some saying that raging
snowstorm precluded it. And well this can
be imagined.
The inaugural ball of J. O. Adams admin
istration stands out among the festivities that
adorn the following pages of Washington's
official history. Carusi's, later Kecnans, old
theater at Eleventh and streets. This ball is
DISTINGUISHED for two reasons-tts britancc
and the impress of the politics Of the day upon
it. The story of Adams election Is familiar
history; the anger Of the Jackson partisans ira
ditional So bitter was the political feeling
that it invaded the sacred precincts of the in
augural jolification and two balls were pro-
jected
However, only one materialized, the factions
burying their hatchets for the night, resplend-
ent and shining It was fully attended and
exhibited" says the Intelligencer, perhaps .
greater display Of beauty and respectabdnty
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