The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-05-15
THE DECORATIONS.
Varied and Beautiful Effects Obtained
Ingenuity and Taste
,,,d Under Contribution to the End
That the
City MAY Win the Visitors Heart.


one loot OF Elm and followed il up on boil
dos 10 near East Dallas where decoration
os.,ed. and then came down Main stree
roth sides to the HERALD office.
BEGINNING at the foot of Elm street oul
smarter found one elegant building beautl.
S,flv decorated, with large United States
ssr on the crown OF the parapet, with
smaller ones about the front, and with ever.
Green yreaths all about the awnings of the
6nilding with clusters OF small flags inter.
mingled, the eyergreens being dotted with
rarti.col0red sueamers.
Wessrs. Schneider & Davis being the
peyt building, it was found to be a
bower OF beauty and lovliness. The decora.
lions inside the building were not so ella.
borate, consisting principally of u tasteful
arrangement OF goods and bowerets. On
the outside the characterization Was
filler. On the pinnacle of the fine parapet
wasa Union flag, and on the little turrets
al around the wall were smaller Union
flags. Below, on the front of the second
story were wreathes OF eyergreens and
partic0l0red paper festoons, with two
Texas stars, one in blue and one in red
surrounded with yariagated wreatbs
Hanging to the awning or balcony were
wresths of cedar with Circlets of eyergreens
PENDANT, and red and white ana blue
streamers attached. This balcony, SO dec
Grated extends from the entire front
around the entire Market street front.
About the tops of the windows numerous
festoons with white, red and blue streamers
are to be seen, and the corner of the build.
ing is a magnificent Texas star of white
and blue enclrcled by u wreath OF various
ccOrei Cluserngs,
Next, on the right of the street
was number of buildings extended To
Sanger Bros, all decorated about alike with
evergreen lestoons, flags small and large
and on the north side OF Elm in the on.
p0site block, most OF the houses, some hay-
Ing no decorations at all, were ornamented
in some way, the only ditlerencein anv of
them being that S)me had more flags and
some more evergreens.
Crossing Lamar street, our reporter could
ind no difference on either side of the street
from the decorations already described
Not place was deliberately decorated and
some few not at all. The store people along
there don seem to be in the decoratinS
mood. They will pc 'sibly have wagons in
the procession to make up for it.
The next block on each side was suffering
with the same complaint. Some of the lar.
gest houses in Texas hadn't sign of decora.
ton and the smaller ones were but meapre
0nehouse,a small one too, was doing its best
tomake the American sewing machine shine
forth, and It's decorations were elaborate, as
also were those OF the house next to it. But
Tor nearly three blocks not an ornamental.
ton could be found until a large agricul-
tural establishment WAS reached, and there
was 10 De seen numerous evergreen fes.
looms liags and above all large American
nag, Oeslue whlch Is to be placed Texas
nag, Opposite this place were two or three
small places iestooned and tagged. Further
up the street was an archway In eyergreens
across the street, with long cedar wreaths
reaching from it to the houses on the on.
poslte sides of the street. This arch bore
the legend, Singers Headquarters The |
mouse opposite TO it was elaborately |
decorated with eyergreens and flags.
some lew other small places on Elm |
were decorated but to small extent in the |
usual way. Another straamer stretched |
across Tue street. of evergteens, bearing the |
words, ''g Getting" in German,
IN 5 nnlshed Elm street aud our reporter
Iqln'd into Main street and took no es |
along down as far as the HERALD building
Oh both sides. Nearly every building isor7 |
lanenled to some. extent, none of them .
sslaOoTately, or profusely, with cedar wreatns
lags' anu one place beautiful display of /
chinese lanterns, to be lighted, with flowers |
lere ana there. Anotherpla a two story |
orlcS, corner OF Sycamore and Main, was |
.asIeluIIy ornamented with cedars, flowers .
'uu mays. And coming on down Main |
y Tue HERALD office our reporter found on
.pe horlh side no decorations at all, some .
d the houses the richest and ablest TO do il
II lle city, and on that side, butslim orna-
nuulations III the way OF cedar and little
, Opposite the HERALD office Mr.. Neal
'tarke has tasteful!y and elaborately dec
rated his place inside and out Flags.
,vergreens, flowers and fancy handwork
makes 1t charming bower of beauty and
aste. '' ""'
our reporter has passed over Sanger
'IS mousse until now because his palatial
S.aollShment embraces part of Elm, La
lar ana Main streets. Our reporter was
eWlluered when he attempted to take
'O'es OF the ornamentation ofthis immense
s.aollshment, and he stood for few MIN
'ses studying where to begin. Finally i'm
rs feeble way he thought he would write
y lhe Elm street front. This front was a
lass OF lag', American and German, with
Iersreen wreaths ana festoons everywhere
ley could be put without marrine the har.
lony OF the whole, and amidst 1t all ap-
cared the generous words, dallas is
iouu OF her guests, and all hail to the
ungerDund." The Elm street show win.
oNs were grottoes Of loneliness and ex-
uslte taste. In one window was a Tyre in
,Ssrsreehs with mat or cushion on one
S on which appeared the letters
VI ser, and under the pendant" S;enger,"
~, Nv VA the other side another cushion with
~, cvters BROS and underneath, pend
NJ, Fest" below was the word. made
W,H different colored spools of thread.
welcome F" and in the next window the
To All - ''''''' 'n''"''
ane Lamar street front was decorated the
' 'uie as the Elm street 'front.' only it had
Icy legends; Make Our House Your
, ,S quarters, Welcome TO Our Guests
wv Everybody Appreciates Good Music"
ine Mtin street front WAS similar in a ,
va' part TO the Elm and Lamar street
uhs. Above the windows of this front
S,e the kindly and expressive words,
GHpusln Fritz and Uncle SAM surrounded
' ~. e'erseens, emblematic that the good
ing so manifest among Germans aud
u,rrloans Will never die. Above the avn.
y was another welcome; The 'Sangers' {
INVhe tne SUnpcrs, I
~, Inside s. oithe building, in the carpet dc. {
~ uneht, are TO be seen festoons
w Wteaths OF various colored paper. All
-. tne mouse are streamers and hanging
, nnaf..colored cloth, with splendid iaces c
a ~ and elegant and snowy goods. In I
ord welcome" !
~ tne clothing department are portraits
40, ine most noted musicians, Beethoven,
a schubert, Mendelsohn, Meyerbeer,
viul h~ndel, Mozart, Rossini Schumsn s
~, n netl' There also appears In this de-
T,rs Intent the charitable words, matt nal
ife o are obliterated by music.
:. ,Yng streamers cover all the pilats In
NJ mouse, and every department is hand. d
sieJy' beautifully and appropriately dec y.
'r,, Ia the fancy goods or notion de.
,anh is to be seen the illustrative c
seunu music has charms and so have 3
Z, .. shields Of welcome and ornate hang. !
n u ribbon adorn this department, which !,
dies. '''p' VI oeAu'hui young :,
an, the entrance to the dry goods depart. h
vnt y the words welcome elaborately =
' "assuniented, and also 1--WE extend you our |,
r whlt greetings" and again remember :
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