The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-06-10

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Henrie House.
Youngstown Mennerchor, 10, Teutonia Hotel.
Total number of members, S30
STREET DECORATIONS.
Mr.. Henry Mollenkamp, of No. SO Wes
Court street, has charge Of the singers from
Evansville, Ind, St. Louis and Memphis.
The headquarters are handsomely fxet
up for the guests, and the place is one o
the most inviting in the city.
1t would seem from all appearances tina
Vine, Fourth, Fifth and Main will be tn,
principal streets where decoration will
reign supreme.
will be astonished at the immense amour
of money expended in decorations.
The Chicago headquarters is at Wielert.
saloon, on Vine, opposite Fifteenth street
The place is one mass of decorations, ev
cry available spot being taken up by
wreaths, strings of cedar, notices and pic
lures of the composers.
The Ray Bros, further down, have their
windows trimmed in red, white and blue,
andAave pictures of Madame Alvsleben
and Miss Heckle in prominent places.
Mr.. Eschenbrenner, proprietor of the
Bakers Home" on Mercer street corner,
has expended over 500 in decorating his
place.
Heucks Theater schuman's Restaurant
and the Coliseum are one mass of decora-
ton. AT Schuman's one of the decora.
tions put up yesterday afternoon is novel
and strikinsly beautiful. 1t consists Of an
elevated pyramid OF flowers and plants,
placed in the center of the room, from the
petals of which countless miniature gas
lights stream forth, giving the Towering
pyramid the appearance of being thickly
studded with bright little stars. The dec
orations ordered for Schuman's are said to
have cost several hundred dollars.
The Sangerfest rooms in the Gazette
Building will be decorated to-day The
sum of $25 has been appropriated by the
Board of Control for this purpose.
Ropes ofevergreen are suspended over this
street. and also over Race, Elm and Walnut
streets.
One of the finest sights of decoration,
however is that exhibited at Pfeiffer's
Hotel corner of Ninth and Vine streets
On Fourth street the decorations are gor-
geous. Here it seems all efforts have been
made to make Cincinnati look like the
Queen of the West and the center of the
musical world.
From Broadway down to its western
terminus the street is covered with bunt-
ing, evergreens, flags, notices, etc.
The st. James Hotel makes splendid
appearance with all the flags floating from
| its numerous windows.
The Henry House, on Third street, is not
backward either in decoration. Evergreens
and flags fill the whole front.
Reid's Hotel has commenced this morn
ing at decorating the place, and before the
work is done it will be the gayest sight on
Fourth street.
| The Adams Express Company have sus-
pended large and handsome German flag
over the street in front of their office.
| Church g. Co. are decorating their build
ing with streamers of bunting and ever
green, which are run from the upper story
down to the awning.
| The Gibson House is ornamented with
evergreen, which is tastefully festooned
over the front of the building. A large
Tyre provided with gas jets is conspicuously
placed, and under it the lithograph por-
trait of Madame Alvsleben, who is stop
ping at this house.
Pixies Opera-house also makes magnif-
cent appearance.
Burkhardt's hat store is another at.
tractive place.
The office of the Cincinnati Gaslight and
Coke Company, corner of Fourth and Plum
streets, will be handsomely and elaborately
decorated this week in honor OF the Sen
gerfest The illuminations at night will be
especially attractive. A spread eagle of
magnificent proportions will be placed on
the front of the building and pendant from
this will be a Tyre. The entire front of the
building will be lit up with innumerable
gas jets, inclosed in tri-colored Jets Cedars,
evergreens, flags and banners will complete
the embellishments.
In the bottoms the business houses are
beginning to decorate lively, and before
morning That portion of the city will be one
mass of bunting, flags and streamers.
On Main street Mr.. John Grossius, Presi-
dent of the North American Ssengerbund,
has made the finest display. His four-story
business place, in each story is floating
with ropes of evergreen, the windows are
adorned with pictures of the great COM
posers, a large flag extends to the center of
the street and innlimerable smaller flags of
our country and the German Empire are
floating to the breeze.
The front of the Government Building is
handsomely decorated. The names of the
great musical composers are displayed, and
the heavy stone pillars are wrapped with
evergreens and bunting. "Welcome" is
placed over the entrance, and Tyres, flags
and banners fill the intervening spaces.
The Courthouse is to be decorated this
evening, and the County Commissioners
have resolved to hold no meeting to-mor-
row and to take part in the procession.
The officers OF Bremen-street Station have
decorated the Station-house handsomely
within and without for the SGngerfest with
festoons, notices and portraits of great
musical composers. The bronzed dog that
stands guard on the desk is also decorated
Next to John Grossius' the finest display
is being made by the Helfferich Sons, wine
and liquor dealers, who have their place of
business next door to Grossius.
One of the features is an immense bottle,
about six feet high, which is handsomely
decorated with flags and wreaths. The as
pect is pretty one.
The Obery House on Pearl and Ludlow,
the Schneider House on Second and Broad
way, and the Germania House, on Syca-
more near Third, are also handsomely dec
Grated. At these places large number of
singers will stay during the festival.
The five railroad depots will be decorated
by committee appointed for that pur-
pose. The committee have been instructed
by the Board of Control to incur at each
depot an expense of $25. Festoons OF ever
green. bunting, etc will be used, and
"Willkommen" conspicuously displayed.
In the West End the decorations are not
being pushed so lively, owing to the fact
that most of the visitors will not reach that
portion of the city in their perambula-
tions
A description Of the Post-ofiice and Gus
tom-house decorations have already been
given in the STAR columns.
Along the line of march the decorations
are superb. Among the most prominent
are these, viz: Leonard Schneider, Turner
Hall, Frank OFT, Geo. Beinert, Fred. Lang,
Arbeiter Hall, Brunswick & Bake Klein
oehle, of Walnut Hills Pfau & Grassel, H.
W. Mithoefer, Papenbrock & Jarchow,
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