The Lambertville Record

The general plan for the exercises at the
opening of the Centennial Exhibition on May
10th has been agreed upon by the Executive
Committee. The specially invited guests
will be nearly as follows:
The President and Vice President.
The Cabinet.
The Supreme Court
The Senate and House of Representatives.
The leading officers of the Army and Navy
The Governors of the States and Terri-
tories and their staffs.
The Legislature of Pennsylvania.
The Board of State Supervisors.
The Foreign Commissioners.
The Centennial Commission and the chief
subordinates.
The Government Board of Finance.
The Women's Centennial Executive Com-
mittee.
The judges of the Exhibition.
The State Centennial Board.
The city officials of Philadelphia.
This list is subject to revision. As the ex-
ercises are to be held in the open air, it will
be possible for a greater multitude to witness
them. About 10:30 o'clock A. M., the per-
sons invited having been conducted to their
places, the orchestra of 150, conducted by
Theodore Thomas, will play the national airs
of all nations. The President of the United
States will be conducted to the ground by
Governor Hartranft, with a military escort.
The following programme will then be car-
ried out:
"The Grand March," written for the occa-
sion by Richard Wagner.
"Invocation of the Divine Blessing,"
original hymn by J. G. Whittier.
Original Cantata-Words by Sidney Lanier,
of Georgia; music by Dudley Buck, of Con-
necticut.
Brief presentation by the President of the
Centennial Commission, reporting the Exhi-
bition to the President of the United States.
An address by the President of the United
States, which he will close by declaring the
Exhibition open. Immediately the flags will
be unfurled, the artillery will fire a salute,
the chimes of the tower and other great bells
on the ground will ring and the chorus of 600
will render Handel's "Hallelujah." The
foreign commissioners will move to their re-
spective assignments in the main building.
The President of the United States, escorted
by the Commission and Board of Finance,
and the invited guests, will enter the north
doors of the main building and move, accom-
panied by the music of the great organs,
along the great avenue in such manner as to
pass by each national commission. The pro-
cession will then cross to Machinery Hall and
walk down the main avenue to the centre.
Then at a signal from the President of the
United States the enormous engine and its
thirteen acres of machinery will be put in
motion and the Exhibition will be open to the
world. There may follow more or less for-
mal receptions in the Judges' Hall and the
quarters of Commission.