Evening Star Newspaper, March 4, 1893, Page 21

NANCING PATRIOTS. Inaugurations Have Been Cel- rated With Waltz and Minuet. WASHINGTON’S TIME. ‘al Balls of a Century—Great of the Past—Three alls Held in sht—How the Attendance Has In- Tonight's to Eelipse all. F ONE WHO HAS danced the stately min uet at the ball that was the second inaugura- tion of George Wash- ington. in Philadelphia ou March 4, 1793. could be suddenly transport ed in flesh into the thick of the throng that will assemble im the pension offce building tonight he dazed by the change pat he was apon the same e: ich he had once lived. Th who will be at his sec- festivity of that rated in « ided of Jefferso- jon such frivol- passed without the observance of any such ceremonial, ation ball held in this city ion of the inauguration of James Madison,on the 4th of March, 1309. That joes the 4th of March this year, feil the hou menced, F and it ix «aid im the accounts given by th papers of that time that it was the most bril~ liant ball ever known in Washington. The late President and the newly inwuzurated President of the Unite Statesand the foreign ministers vitation. The company, it eded 400. Pretty Doily e was called. the new tady of the White House. is described as being painted and powdered for the occasion as was customary in those days.and attired in gay colors, with pearls about her neck and « headdress. trimmed with birds of paradise. WHEN MONEOF WAS rNatounaTeD. There is no record of an imvasuration ball when Mr. Madison was inaugurated the second time, bat "bea Mr. Monroe the oath of office an President the festivities con- cluded with a Hotel, which deen annourced a da’ two before in the f lowing card. ow how those things iekets ig some of the lad: due time. » therefore, of Was stoma and who were invited to attend 1 ladies on a visit to city, are respectially requested to honot imauguration ball with their company on Taes- day evening, the 4th of March. “Tur Maxacers, There is no record of a ball when Mr. Mon- roe was inai ted the second time, on Monday, Mi and it is stated that the weath prevented is, however, a statement in cons ‘a took piace in the hall of the tatives. that “the music of | nd enlivened the scene,” which is the first mention of the appearance of that tamous band. When Mr. Adams was inaugarated. in 1 is stated that the inauguration bail took piace | at Carust's Assemb ms. ou the corner of C and th si t, and this place, 1 will be seeu. subsequently was the location of swell dances in thi: + of Fears. CELEBRATING JACKSON'S INAUGURATION. Andrew Jackson's first inauguration ball was given at Carusi’s, but his second took piace at the Central Masonic Hall, on Louisia: enue. ‘The first record of a reception at the White House oa an inauguration day was on the occasion of Andrew Jacxson’s first inaugu- ration, when it is said that after taking the oath of office the President was conducted to the Executive Mansiou, the crowd entering with him and there keeping up the festivities until | a late hour. A wig paper of the day re- marked: “A great deal of china and was broken and the east room was filled with a noisy mob.” At one time Jackson, who had retired until he stood wall, was protected from the friendly violence of his followers by a living barrier formed around him by his personai friends. Such » scene had never befure been witnessed in the White Hoase. and the aristocratic federalists w to their disgust men whose boots were cov- ered with the red mad of the unpaved streets standing on the damask satin-covered chairs to get a look at the brave old hero. When Van Buren was inaugurated, in 1827, the inauguration bail was held at Carusi’s, at | which the attendance of the fair sex was said | tohave been numerous and brilliant. This bal- aiso took place ou Saturday, and it is reported that before the “noon of night” the President and his friends departed and the party broke up. it is hardly likely that this example will tainly so far as the com- pany that will assemble in the hall of the pen- sion office building is concerned, OLD TIPPECANOE. This bali at Van n’s inauguration was the ai ¥ nost brilliant and successful that had taken for Oid Tippecan bad been extreme! were made for a vi ¥ imposing demousi: ‘owd that was present was dreds than had been purchased by the committee and ¢ pletely remodeled with every convenien- tae Occasion. A people's Tippecanoe 1 ration ball was also given at Carasi third, called a native American ima: ball, was held at the then Masonic hall. stated that General Harrison played no favor ites, but made a personal visit to each of three gatherings The one held at the old theater was not only socially success‘ul, but proved a decided financial success even against jctions of many who thougit the com- f expenses . Which was eq) vy divided amor tant and Catholic a phan asylums of the city. ‘When President Poik was inaugurated there were aiso two bails given. 0 March 4. 1545. The swell ball of the occasion was held at Carus:’s, at which the tickets were fixed at 210 and the attendance limited to 6 The opposition or popular bail was heid at t National Theater anu the price was fixed at President Polk attended the more popular sembly, but Mrs Polk spent ali ber ume at the ewell affair. She was Presbyterian and did not dance so she wore asober biacs sik gown, Jong bisck veivet cioak with deep fringed cape ‘aod bonnet of purple velvet. The otiner indi-s, Bowever, wade up tor any iack of gavery in the dress of the first indy of the land. and the oc- easion was conspicuous for tue gorzeons even- toilets of the ladies and the uumber of ¢ uniform: army and navy being extensively repre sented in full dresa Like ite predecessors, this ball proved a great success, socially end finance isiiy. ‘4 Bid CROWD AT PRESIDEST TaYLor’s BALL. It was evident that an immense crowd, for those days, was to be present at the inaugura- tion of Gen. Taylor aud t was believed that there wes no bu.i in Washing. to accommodate thove who wisned to aticus the imazuration ball, consequently st was determined to erect temporary buriding on Judiciary Sqaare, anda Imavechal Hxapacs: promptly cured Gromeeluner. Tria bottle. oe ze the evening of the dipiomatic corps and given on the occasion of | Ward Democratic Associa' NwHIE EVENING STAR:WASHINGTON, D.. 6... SATURDAY to have it surpass in splendor anything id out even RCH 4, 1898—TWENTY PAGES. Four years ago when President Harrison was frame structure was put up, which was cone | later were already ing over the country. | cerned. The su; was served in the base- terminating imfarge gold letters | the street, The were lighted with | sccompanied by a number of friends, and ex- | sma, setae, re, wr heh wa cme Is was thonght at first that it would be impossi- ) ment of the bui fand the man to whom the | forming the name “Washington.” Tho plan | caleiam andthe facilis forgoing ia President ‘arthur, with is cabinay tere ob ‘The interior was splendidly decorated and { ble to hold an inauguration ball, but finally a | contract was to provide for the | was to cover the entire wood work and make | and out of the building were | present. | furnished with all the comfort and conven- | building was er in Judiciary Square and | immense crowd that was present. As a result| the whole building an illuminated mass of | to. Opposite the hall where the President bela PRESIDENT MARRINOY. iences of that period, and to add still further | every effort was made by the promoters of the | hundreds went away without having obtained | decoration. The t's reception plat- | his rece a band of sixty masicians was ‘ spiendor to the event the celebrated orchestra @ morsel to eat a stationed in Ms Tint he io. form was covered in front with red, white. and the music for and band of Prof. Gungl, which had but re- had gone before. The result. however, | having got a sight at the place where the re-| blue and gold glazed muslin, was richly car-| the dancing was ‘dy another band | inaugurated the ball was also held in the pen- | cently arrived in this country, was engaged to | failed to meet the expectations of the gentle-|freshments were served. There was the and provided with suitable furniture. | of 100 pieces, This ball was financially # | sion office building. The decorations on that | furnish the dance music. Although this ball | men who were interested in the affair, and al- | greatest confusion in the cloak rooms. the at- | The supper room, into which there access, all those who subscribed to the guar- was crowded it did not prove sufficient to | satisfy all those who came to this city to at- tend the inauguration ceremonies, and two other inaguration balls were given on the | same night. one at Carusi’s saloon and the | other at Jackson Hall. President Taylor at- tended all three of these balls and was received with the greatest enthusiasm at each. ‘There was no inauguration ball when Presi- dent Pierce was inaugurated. because be had met with the, low of ston, fast prior to the date of his induction into office. t when Mr. | Buchanan was inaugurated, in 1857, there were two inauguration balis. one in a temporary building erected in Judiciary Square, asin Gen- eral Taylor's time, and oue given by the Twelfth of iphia, though there was «good attendance ‘and the President and Mra, Lincoln graced the occasion with their presence there was pecuniary loss from the bull, which was made up by the gen- tlemen of the committee, ‘The inauguration ball on the occasion of Mr. Lincoln's second inauguration was held in the model room of the patent office, It was a greater success both socially and financially ‘than the one which had immediately preceded it, bat the gathering was probably more mixed than had been prescnt at any inauguration ball. ‘There wase largo sprinkling of army officers in fall uniform, and there were many who wore simply the private uniform of the Union sol- dior. ‘There was a large attendauce from off- cial and diplomatic circles, for at that time it + be remembered as the coldest 4th of tendants completely losing their heads, and finally the impatient crowd broke through all barriers and into the room each en- deavored to find his own particular wearing apparel. Many took the first coat or hat that came handy snd there was an amount of pro- fanity that would have disgraced an ordiuary dive, It was on this occasion that Horace Greeley was jammed for two hours awaiting the delivery of his white overcoat, and he gave utterance to an abundance of the most varied and misceilaneous oaths that were probably ever heard in a government department build- ing. GRANT'S SECOND INAUGURATION. Gen. Grant's second mauguration day will March in pa e twent entrances, was also richly decorated, Hot end | cold water was conducted into the kitchen in ipes and everything for the eapper was cooked Bitee Yok wader tee decte ste eee chef of Delmonico's, Had the weather been at all favorable there is no doubt that thie ball would have gone down to posterity ax the most brilliant affair of its kind. Bat the intense cold of the day, which incroased at night, aud the high wind that came up after the sua went down, prevented any large number from be! Present Those who were in attendance folutely suffered from the cold. effort was made to do so. It is ladies would come from the all the glory of evening t toilet and then in a. exert a | i 2 Ree H on [3 Ss i ® 5 iat ad. SSE gz é eS ‘Cam s is anteed fund havi them, and there was e bandeo! side, ‘their money returned to me surplus be- RIGHT TEARS AGO, The inauguration ball when Mr. Cleveland first took the oath of ofice as President was held in the court of the pension office build- inaugaration ball will take place At that time the moe bey not ing, where the tonight, under roof, but s canvas roof was it which answered very weil. It was the t ) ooratic President bad been in- possible to heat the building, although every | augurated since before the war, and it was ® fact that | determined to make the ball surpase in excel- rooms in | ence ans former effort. Col. James G. Berret chairman of the general time that a de Was then, as now, the fHemlon ‘occasion were even more elaborate and artistic than at the ball which h: te. The majestic calonnadse we treated by the decorators in = manner that did not de- stroy the effect of their magnificent propor- tions, but rather heightened it, Radiating in every direction from the center of each of the ranges, dividing off the colonnades, were ers of red, white and biue. The of the huge colonnades were covered with crimson plash. while evergreens were wound in a great ascending spiral around All the opportanities for decoratt fered by the baiconics was seized upon by the artists. Flags, bunting. Sowers and orne- mental devices of all kinds were used in the greatest profusion. At the west end a large portrait of President Harrison looked down over ‘first Inercer Marketiorn |" 4h a * 3 site = seh: & » AC BS Ao EQ Col % z * aa Ha Face an tiGe yO fel} : Redd Gad Efe she bg ys EAS S wae al E\S Bt fbaetls lee ls P92) oR ES he a OAL | as Ae PA II DASE P30a | Curtis. ew Bowers. g ra 2 Sa e mg fmm D : 7 ef sf hae fe als RY wa wea Pa tS CN Fem aM j ig oF ae NEYS k “Linton: «ee { Ze IRR ti feo) lori Raoce Istano y 3: te ers NO ELECTION RY ~ 3 H i ; hf oy ae : ie ¥: i | S ERX AM Io €( a if 2-3 & s(f-3 if) i sho’) G2) ste s > ich : : sg rae ‘ = re See Wa é “, t H : E 3 bé co a be | ; Ns ONE, ia y 76) Pacsioyeyc AND FIFFCTIRD CQNQRESS at Carusi’s saloon. On in 705! (7 this occasion the rooms | was seen that the triumph of the Union was/|the history of Washington weather, Great ZOps rocfiy, bn &S OF THCUN AS ITS IATES in the city hail were occupied by dressing, re- | simply a question of time, and foreign repre- | preparations had been made to havo ap. in- nd Panam . wien tS Vice ception and cloak rooms, and communicated | sentatives, whatever mixht have been their per- | wuguration ball which would far execed itt President Morton, Far up toward the lofty hr = peosnthorery my by a <a. = gave to Boy occasion the ae pacbypg ta Ls nies tak a4) were circles of incandescent lights that i. Ps in splendor of appointment | weight of their presence, @ arrangements | in this cit; iiding flags banners, hundreds of | twink! il ‘stars shed and brillianey of attendance any thet had pre | for pucing AWA} wraps were, however, Not | Judiciary Square SSOcise fest ie eae then tie acer Sngrcnierrner a prelates degen ory eye y st | o tall so ants Metoves too epchanting svene ceded it. It was graced by the presence of the | complete, and a good deal of coufusion was| terior decorations and. arrangements were | The exciting contest over the election of 1876 from column to in the several divisi thet’ there were full ‘eautiful Miss Harriet Lane, the niece of Mr. | oceasioned Dy those leaving the hall superb, far exceeding those in any building | and the fact that the announcement that Mr. | gave s unique and ‘@ difference eaghanan, who yreided over the White House a ene alasiaess Sena SUVF crected betore for » similar purpose. The | Hayes bad received » majority of the columns and baloontes Se'teet sytirg administration, She attanded the ball Gelpts meer agen oom aaeiine j and Tous lighted by 2,200 gus Oarnera, "On the Ho ferred reg emaedorer ed dmoaer ns 1a Eee Tye all wae thot it was without and when she entered, was an off wing of the Treasury | pendant supply pipes below them were farob, 1877: t heretofore been seen. thing that bed even a slight eee ant Of {he President, her radian’ | Department and it was intended to make the | hung scicaee, Wan ach gold tonnes Daaeee Peo wie pepe eg ea Gen Gerhigi | band balconies, and the mesic nest prebivition ‘vines attired in a simple white guation. She was | occasion one of exceeding brilliazey. So far | these were cross streamers in every var | was i ‘he ball on that occasion | bY the Marine Band and mun senens OOS whe abont the throat and ‘in ‘bet hair. Prehaene | #8 the attendance of distinguished persons in | blo variety, stretched from chandelier to| was held’in the National Museum valaing, | 8 CR ye ae Se on —— oo hair. President | every walk of life was concerned and also in chandelier over the entire room. The walis to which had just been completed, and there was | Married at that ‘Harrison, President Buchanan, in the conventional ev dress, | fre point of numbers it was m great na, | the height of twenty-five feet were covered | Svery convenience for the comfort and enlore him to the ball consisted ‘Mrs. McKee, Mr. and pro vely girl by his side. g Was carried on simultaneously on the | With white muslin with » deep of blue | mens of those who in the Binds lire Hose Rov. and and Mrs, E. W. Hal- IX LINCOLN's THE. three oors of the buildioe, the gexeral | and pink. Around the cornice wae a coutianous Eka eetimated that about 6.500 people attonded | and ibeir two sons; ‘Mra, Saunders, . The ‘The tu i | Manager unicating ) Chain of laure! leaves, looped with rosettes bail, arrangement in every depart- | nephew niece enibo- ola was fat ineugraied, i 101, tad. the | froreoms w Bie atesania, Ur talegraph. Bat | of red, white a ee “i ue north ead wa pombe eg ep People began to arrive — Miss Annie ¥« reached he fal room, ang Line: gurated, rt ment te is shadows of the war that broke out « few months | supper aad #0 far as the cloak rooms were con- | wreaths diverging from the center in every | side’ the, Smnitheomian groutis sad’ ter doen | Eason, View President and Moe Eneurnee, center ms eae. : . « * . mittee on reception it was one continuons eves tion, | * believed that th place tonicht on the celebrate Mr. as President the one four Dall thet will take ime ish jar ar ‘ has never be — beg maaenimcentnlit —— POINTS OF INTE | How Visitors Can See the Most Roriest Tims. the city, although ¢ the inaugura | same time visit the various y which are in and about the cicy knowing exactly where to go and how to get there a good dea! can be accomplished in a sbort time. Tam Bran presents below a cc sity which sig vantage to consult, the buildings are tare, Department of, beiween Washing- amen: and Smithsonian, »-onian grounda ks, foot of 4i¢ ‘al Gardens, Pennsrlvania avenne aad Ist wire e, Penusys por, 15th street and New Indiana near White House, New York avenue, an grounds, ‘yivania avenue and ment), F between if. 17th and F streets. . Penusylvania avenue and 16th sireess, } Westher Bureau, 24th and M streets, | Aquednet Bridge, co: v: ia shore. nd National Cemetery, on Virginia eof Potomac via Georgetowa and Aque- 1 of 7th street, t University site, near the line of the wn railroad, strcet; alse Alexa . and thence Naval Observator, y ferry or rail to electric railroad. Tome, north of the city, a rhort ® 7th etreet railroad; also Zoological Park, west of Columbia road, Rock Creek railroad. Arno, @6th street between Hand L Chamberiin’s, 15th and I streets, Cochran, 14th and K streets. Congressional, Capitol Hill, southeast of Capi- tol. Ebbitt, 14th and F streets. Hamilion, ist and K streets. Metropolitan, Pennsylvania avenue between 6th and 7th streets, National, Pennsylvania avenue and 6th street Normandie. 15: 4 1 streets. Oxford, New York avenue and 14th etreet, Portiand, Vermont uue and | treet. a gs, 15th and G streets, Rochester, 13th and G streets, St. James, Pennsylvania avenue and 6th street. Shoreham, 15th und H stres Widard’s, Pew: Windsor, New ¥ Woe ia avenue and 14th street. wenue end Sth street. e. Armories, National Guard of the District of Columbia headquarters, Pennssivania avenue and 17th sireet. Center Market Armory, Pennsylvania avenue and 9th street, Third Battalion Armory, Globe building, Penn- fylvania avenue between 3d and 4°, streets, Washington Light Infantry Armory, 15th street, south of Pennsvivania ue. National Rifles’ Armory, G between 9th and 20th streets, Charity Brightens Their Honeymoon. Prom the Atlanta Cons?irttion Counciiman Jobn McWaters and Mr. Charley Jones bad, perhaps, the rarest experience of any of the gentlemen who wore engaged in the work of distributing help to the poor. Sanday afternoon theee two gentlemen had charge of a wagon together, and many loads of provisions and clothing did they deliver to deserving poor. ‘Tne name of Joan Jones of 56 McDonnell street was given them and they «teried to the place. ‘They had some difficulty im finding the number designated and inquired of some one near by where they could find No. 56. “It's right down dere,” said » you ing toward the place, “‘an’af you hurry ap you'll see's weddin’, ‘cause John *Tper stopped in front of 36. and J * in front john . ones, ‘© white maa who follows tbe occupation of car” wer, came out. He was not richly dreswed, Dat be wes not on the extreme ragged ese oy