Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-08-10
CHICAGO HOSPITALITY.


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CHICAGO HOsPITALIfY.
Tho Preparations Being Made for the In
tertainment OF the Quarter of Q Millfop
Visitors Expected by the Denizens q
the Garden City-The Bouatiful Hosps-
tality of the Great City Of the North.
west.
work of preparing for the grand trisn.
nial conclave, now so near at hand, and
so laden with prideful lntSreaksto the
people OF Chicago, shows that very graf
lying progress has been made in all the
arrangements for the comfort and pleas
ure OF the knightly guests whose pres
ence will grace the festivities of the tri-
ennial week. The returns for the week
have confirmed the estimate that there
will be present at the conclave
Forty Thousand or More Templars,
which heretofore has been regarded as
merely speculative calculation. The
same evidences sustain the assertion
that there will be in the neighborhood
Of 250, 900 visitors and sight seers who
will witness and participate in the
general enjoyment the triennial will
afford. 1t is pleasant to state that the
Sir Knights will be accompanied by at
least 5000 ladies. The number oi
ladies' who will accompany other visitors
it is impossible to guess. but it is certain
that the beauty and grace OF woman
hood will not be wanting. The history
OF the week just past is important from
the TACT that il has awakened our citi-
zens to the realization that the triennial
conclave is not to be an inflated spree
with local side shows, but an event OF
national and social interest, leaving,
when its incidents have faded away, an
Imperishable and World. Wide Record
of the bountiful hospitality OF the deni-
zens of the great city OF the West, and
the generosity and magnificence OF her
display in recognition OF her crusader
guests, largely representative OF
the best interests OF every
State in the Union. The result has
been seen in increased enthusiasm, bear
ing substantial fruits and liberal sub.
s,antial support. Up to date the finance
committee report total COLLECTIONS TO the
amount OF between S65, 900 ana $40, ,OOc.
1t is believed that the remainder needed
to make up the amount required, Sl2o,-
600, will be subscribed beyond any
doubt.
During the week past permanent quar-
ters were assigned to
Two Hundred and Sixty-seven Comman-
deries
by the hotel committee, and comprise
the rosters from thirty.two States. This
work has been so carefully performed
that it cannot but N with the al p o.
baton of the visiting Knights. The
decorations at the Exposition building,
at the reception and commandery
halls, ard at other promi'
nent points, are well under way,
AMI the foundations and iron frame
work of the sixteen street arches are
nearly completed. Altogether the ad-
vancement OF the work during the week
past is notably creditable to the mana.
gers OF the triennial, especially in mat
tiers OF minor details not mentioned in
this brief interview.
Progress of the Work.
The present week will see finished
large amount OF preparatory labor now
i'm progress, and that remaining uncom-
pleted will apply more particularly to
the personal provision ana comfort OF
the visiting Sir Knights and their fami-
lies, and the innumerable details OF three
receptions OF welcome, the grand recep-
ton, boat excursions, and competitive
drill. A large force Of workmen will be
put to work upon the arches, so that
the frame work may be ready on Thurs.
dav, and the decorations be then com
menced and finished by SATURDAY.. The
effect of the fifteen arches on Wabash
avenue, together with the Grand En-
campment Asylum and the Lake park
arch, will be superb, the former pre-
senting vista OF
GORGEOUS Ornamentations and Embel-
lishmeuts
almost as far as the eye can reach. The
business houses and residences will be
decorated with corresponding taste and
liberalty. and will present maenlfi-
cent combination OF color and display
never before equaled in this or any other
city. The Executive Committee earnest.
lv hope that this enterprise exhibited
by the Templars will stimulate citizens
generally, and that by the end oi the
week the majority OF the business places
and houses will present pleasing evil
dences OF the warm and courteous well
come that will be extended to the visit
ing Knights Templar. This week heralds
The Pitching Of Tents
on Lake park for the accommodation OF
the communicates who have chosen this
romantic style of living during their
stay in the western metropolis. The
space TO be occupied by the tents ex.
tends from the Exposition building to
Park place, and from Michigan avenue
TO the railroad line. This city OF tents,
already explained, will be arranged in
groups representing knightly emblems,
as iar as possible, rendering the encamp.
ment picturesque and most pleasing In
appearance. The plan for the personal
comfort and health OF the dwellers by
the lake is a very perfect one, and Will
doubtless satisfy the most discriminat-
ing. By the last Of this week. then. the
preparations for the triennial will be
virtually completed; the decorations, so
far as controlled by the triennial conf
mittee, will be finished, adding their
beauty to our streets and avenues.
Thousands of Flags will Fly in the Breeze,
bearing in their folds the tidings that
the appointed time of greeting is but
space away. The white tents OF the en-
campment will glisten in the sun, while
the city, adorned in its gala dress, Will
await for q brief time the coming oil
knights and wayfarers. Ample provis'
ions are being made for an effective
police force during the week OF the tn
ennial, and other preparations, neces-
sary to the proper care and proteet,on
strsngers who will shortly be within
our gates, are being rapidly consumssed.
Mr. Gladstono continues to improve.