New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-24

the use Oh three windows in one hotel Tor q lew
bours. A TRIBUNE reporter called yesterday at
the leading retail stores in Fourteenth-st, anu III
broadway from Madison Square to Canal-s1'
Nearly all the large stores will be closed on MOI
dav: and many of them will be decorated, kson'e
merely running up the National Tag, whlle otneIs
will nresept the flags of all nations The hotels
generally win be decorated. The store Oh D. q "
Johnston will be closed. 1t is probable that Loru
TAYLOR will close their store, although Ino
question had not been decided last night Inc
carpet store of w. & J. Sloane Will not DO openeu
on Monday Arnold Constable q TO-, VIII e'0
their clerks holiday. Tiffany & Co. wiz not open
their store Mr.. Webster, of r. II. Macy q Co.,
said that that store would undoubtedly DO closeu
all day. although no such order had been gwen yet
He added that the store was too far out OF the line
of the procession to be decorated Brentano VIII
he kent open part of the day. lie Boutlller Broth
arg of Fourteenth-st had not decided whether OF
| NOT they should keep their store open James
McCreery & Co. had not decided either Inc store
Off. ]. Denning & Co. will be closed, John Dani-
all & Son will close their store and decorate their
bnildine. The bookstores of Dodd, Mead d 20.
and Scribner's Sons will remain closed.
The retail clothing stores are Nlelhg WIN one
another in their efforts to utilize the occasion rs i
| nc nossible Bronner g. Co. have already begun 70
| prepare their corner window by placing marble
| bust of Washington under an elegant canopy
| Their building will be further decorated to-uay
Rogers Peet d Co. will keep their store open, anu
will place on the front of the building banner wv
feet by twelve representing the departure 2I INC
British Evacuation Day, the arIvai VI " Inv,
| Young Van Arsdale The London ana. LIEeiPooi
| Clothing Company has given CONTRACT LOT an rh
tensiye decoration BALDWIN tnooret;ng only bV
close his store in the afternoon, decorating oS ~
! running up the American flag; Jessup q 70: VIZ
keep their store open but will have It's Hoht uoo'i-
Among the hotel proprietors the feeling generally
exnressed was that they would decorate ther Dulu-
ngs more lavshly than on any day IN many ~ nc
| There will he military companies at SEVERN VI tiS
| hotels The ST. Nicholas Hotel will be decorated
extensively; also the Grand Central Hotel AT 1no
latter many windows nave SSe With flags bunting
shields and streamers besides portray Oh "sll,
ington The Metropolitan Hote, WI Va aiS9 2ot o
| dressed in holiday attire The New OK nolci
will receive no especial attention in this respect,
| while the fremont House will be decoInIIea a. q
| simple manner. The Prescott House wiz I hnVt
flags from every window and will show much punt
The decorations in Broadway below Canal-st.
TsnolIv raised on festal occasions will consist oi
festoons and streamers of bunting ana small nasS
hung from the windows. The row OIL oupnSS, TU
| cnpied by the steamship companies near BOVINE
| Green will make display of flags. BuldhgS iih h9
the Welles the Field, Exchange Court, the Unltedi
Bank Building, the Astor House ana oth .h WI WI
display nothing more than the flag at the stan.
| When Mr. Berry at the American Express Company
| was asked what would be done with the mont OF
matter had not been decided, but he was sure OF
| one thing: that the carriage of George Washington
would be drawn four horses weh ce sn the deeeor
| tions will be more frequent than below. Inc
smaller shOpkeepers indicated design yesterday 10
make their windows as ATTRACTIVE as possible The
| buildings of Raymond a. Co. ana DeN O. 10. VII t
be CAV with festoons of bunting. A number Oh
| nroDrietors said they did not expect to decorate
tbeir bniIdIngs while Others waiting until to.
day to decide. Some inquired OF the repoiiinir Ei
| THE TRIBUNE as to whether decoration Was i 1y
| 10 he the fashion, and then remarked thab tney
| would have to get flag something OF that SORT
| The only building which had any decorations yes
terday afternoon was the Boreel BUILDING prodn,o
| The Whitehal-st front of the new tr9duce
Exchange will be deliberately decorated with punt-
ING. Besides the large flag and long pennant 10 ny
| from the pole on the roof the thirteen large wiz
| dos on the pTound floor will be decorated with red,
white and blue bunting and SIX nc lIohl VI ..r
! Maritime Exchange will al $50 he decoraleu WIN WIN
| hunting One of the conspicuous features OF Ile
decorations in the windows OF the Produce, Eh-
change will be oil painting representing M% o,
ington and and his troops aSsg emf 1 ~ s'
| All the nromnmt buildings i'll the nelghb0fhood
of the Treasury Will be decorated some OF them
deliberately. The Drexel Building when Is aitGcd3
| onposte in Wall-st; the Continental NatOhal
Bank and the Cooke Building. winch are on the OPP
posite side of Nassau-st.: the Union B9lldihg ana
indeed sa the large buildings near the corner Of
| Wall and Broad SITS. will display flags ana bunting
! profusely. The arrangements had not peen COM
pleted yesterday but lle pTcNalIhs 9'1 &C VI N'Ni
| atIon will be with American flags.
Though there will probably be little decoration
of an extensive kind in Fifh-ave., the street VIII
undoubtedly assume galaIday aspect iags VII,
| fv from the hotels and club-houses all The way
! from Washington Square to the PARK Inc = NJ
yersity Club has informed the Committee OF Ar
rangements that 1t will decorate the clubhouse OK
tensively with flags and bunting; Some OF the
! other clubs will probably fall Ill line and MAKE
display besides hosting O flag. A TRIBUNE re-
porter called at several private houses along tIe
| avenue to see what decorations might be expected
from them on Monday, but few had decided on any
display beyond showing flag.
| THE PRESIDENT AND THE RIVER PARADE
There is not a little rivalry between those having
charge of the land and river parades the subject OF
contention being the President OF the United States
number of the prominent members III The
Steamboat Owners Association are tlenus OF
President Arthur for example John H. Starln, MT
Vosburgh, Samuel Schuyler, and General Babcock
Upon the strength of their intimacy they agreed
promptly TO send an invitation to the President
They specified that their desire was that he shoulC
participate In their part of the celebration during
the afternoon. and that at noon he should b'
landed in time to attend the unveiling of the Wash
ineton statue. Mr.. Starn the chairman of tn
Committee of Arrangements for the Steamboat
Owners Association, sent letter to the COMMITTEE
in charge of the street parade, informing it of tn
invitation that had been extended TO Prcsden
Arthur and explaining that the steamboat San
, Sloan. which had been designated as tho hag-shi
, In the parade on the water, would take the Pres
dent on at Pier No. %, North River and then pro
coed to Bedoes Island TO It's place at the head O
the fleet After the procession had gone up Mort
River and returned to the Bay his proposition wa
TO land the President and other distinguished guest
who had been invited at the Government Doc