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Show I COLUMBIAN BALL. I Thft Host Splendid Ever Given on This Continent. H A SEW 01lM WELCOME. I lltllllint IH..lr or 1 Iclrlc Sf nrcUllslit. H 1'rout lln arl VmcK Mrr. H tlctclanJ Tiilcu 1 1 - NirwYomc.Artll 2,.-ThoColum- blan Ull lonleht at the Madl.on Bquare Garden In retp.ct t (ho inas-nMc.nce 1 of dccorntlan and nrranieroent an! llie I large number of the world'. fmout H guests present. " '"l, i,ieTcrgicu In lb. V.w Vor'J. Hesldes 111" President nnU Ills advise", th. chief legislative body of Ibe United kM Hlilof, nnJ a Bpinlsli grandee, n lineal IE descendant of Chrlilophor Columbui, K there were tue dlplomatlo corps, ad-H ad-H tulrnls and subordlnatecOlccrs of eve ry H fjreat naval power In tbo world, th B Uovcrnore.of neighboring iletea and V fanioutarmyolilceri. It was n gather-fl gather-fl Inz of celebrities. Tbedocotatlons werarlcb and elab- H orate. The nialn entrance was draped with uro whlto, fottooned with M tmllai, asparagus sprays and cut Ibw- ere. Jlurocxotlia wcio profusely dls-9 dls-9 "loutcd throughout mid n myriad of X tlur cloetrlo lights tbono Irom a men of flowers and verdure. Two ellver m ilragonawllh great burning ruby oyts H itutirdod tbo Madison aveuuo entrance. InthoceuUruf the garden thousiuds of atrayaof lilies ot the valley foriuej H nuaroh. At thu Fourth nvenuo tnd ol tliu garden wai placed a Japineie fin atuJded with clectrlo lights. Directly Di-rectly beneath tbli was tho reception ilult gnrgeoua wltli flowers and plants mid two dragons, aucb ai guarded Hie tntrauco to tho garden. Across thu rtar of the amphitheater In buxaletlera ul light were the words, "A New "World Welcome." I A magnlfloetit model of tho capllol rt Washington, creitol out of wblto iui flowers and lllumlnstsd with cluctrlo llghta, retted uton the stage III tbv assembly room. A mlulature reproduction of tho ground! In natural ; I lauta surrounding it. A Hungarian Land occupied tbo lower end of the stage, which waa banked with pilma nud cut flowers. Iliu white board elalrwnjs between the aiicmbly room nud thu nmpblthoaier wero entirely covered with a drapery of whlto and gold and festoons of imllax aud tiny I am . The entire roof of the garden u aa bung with a canoj y of whlto and gold, defendant from wliluti wero hundreds hun-dreds of cluttering flags of ell callous. The doera of the gsrdcn were thrown o en at 0 o'clock aud uluoit Iruinrd-lately Iruinrd-lately alterwardsitbe guests began to arrive. Tbo naval ofllcera were met byaepeolal appointed oommlUce at West rorly-socond street nud from there taken In carriages to tbo garden. Thu President, having other engage- ments during tbo OTculug, did not urrlve with bis party until lorootlmu Liter tho ball was aiinouuced to begin, at 10 o'lock. Mayor (lllroy, as thu bend of tho municipality, and Mrs. (lllroy, clllclally received the guests ol thuevruloR. They stood upon tbu reception uulr. Tho program of tbo dances waa a very simile ouo. There were no distinctive dis-tinctive figure dances during tbo even-lug. even-lug. A bullet supper for thu Invited guests was served lu tbo concert hall. |
