The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-05-17
THE DECORATIONS.
Varied and Beautiful Effects Obtained
Ingenuity and Taste
Laid Under Contribution TO the End
That the
City May Win the Visitors Heart.

Our reporter being sent upon the mission
Yesterday of writing up the decorated build
ings upon Elm and Main streets, began a
the foot OF Elm and followed IL up on boil
sides to near East Dallas where decoration
ceased, and then came down Main stree
both sides to the HERALD Office.
Beginning at the foot of Elm street on
reporter found one elegant building beautl
fully decorated, with large United State'
flag on the crown OF the parapet, with
smaller ones about the front, and with ever
green wreaths all about the awnings OF the
building with clusters OF small flags inter
mingled, the evergreens being dotted with
parLl 'colored sJreamers.
Messrs Schneider IL Davis being the
next building, it was found TO be q
bower OF beauty and lovliness. The decora
tious inside the building We're not SO ella
borate, consisting principally of tasteful
arrangement OF goods and bowerets. On
the outside the characterization was
fuller. Ga the pinnacle of the fine parapet
was Union flag, and on the lutte turrets
all around the wall were smaller Union
flags. Below on the front OF the second
story were wreathes cf evergreens and
parli-colored paper iestoons, with two
Texas stars, one i'll blue and one in red,
surrounded with variagated wreaths
Hanging to the awning or balcony were
wreaJhs of cedar with circlets ofevergreens
pendant, and red and white and 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 magnificent Texas star of white
and blue encircled by wreath OF various
colored clusterings.
Next, on the right of the street
was number of buildings extended to
Sanger Bros, all decorated about alike with
evergreen festoons, flags small and large,
and on the north side OF Elm in the OPP.
posite block, most of the houses, some hav-
ing no decorations at all, were Ornamented
in some way, the only difference in any OF
them being that s)me had more flags and
some more eveTgreenS.
Crossing Lamar street, our reporter could
| find no difference on either side of the street
| from the decorations already described.
| Not place was deliberately decorated and
there don't seem to be in the decorating
mood. They will possibly have wagons in
the procession to make no forit.
The next block on each side was suffering
with the same complaint. Some of the lar.
gest houses in Texas hadn't sign of decors-
tion and the smaller ones were but meagre.
One houses small one too, was doing its best
to make the American sewing machine shine
forth, and its decorations were elaborate, as
also were those of the house next to it. But
for nearly three blocks not an ornamental
ton could be found until large agricul-
tural establishment was reached, and there
was to be seen numerous evergreen fes-
toons, flags and above all large American
flag, beside which is to be placed a Texas
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small places festooned and tagged. Further
up the street vas an archway in evergreens
across the street, with long cedar wreaths
reaching from it to the houses on the op-
posite sides OF the street. This arch bore
the legend, "Singers' Headquarters" The
house opposite to it was deliberately
decorated with evergreens and flags.
Some few other small, places on Elm
were decorated but TO small extent in the
usual way. Another streamer stretched
across the street, of evergreens, bearing the
words, "gi Getting" in German,
This finished Elm street aud our reporter
turned into Main street and took notes
along down as far as the HERALD building
on both sides. Nearly every building is or
namented to some. extent, none of them
deliberately, or profusely, with cedar wreaths
flags, and one place beautiful display OF
chinese lanterns, to be lighted, with flowers
here and there. Another place, two story
brick, corner of Sycamore and Main, was
tastefully ornamented with cedars, flowers
and aaes. And coming on down Main
to the HERALD office our reporter found on
the north side no decorations at all, some
of the houses the richest and ablest to do it
in the city, and on that side. butslim orna-
in the way of cedar and little
bauneretts.
Opposite the HERALD office Mr.. Neal
Starke has tastefully and deliberately dec
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evergreens, flowers and fancy handwork |
make, it a charming bower of beauty and |
taste.
Our reporter has passed over Sanger |
Bros. house until now because his palatial |
embraces q part of Elm, La
mar and Main streets. Our reporter was
bewildered when he attempted to take
notes of the ornamentation of this immense
and he stood for few MIN
ltes studying where 10 begin. Finally ia
mis- feeble way he thought he would write
up the Elm street front. This front was a
mass of flags, American and German. with
evergreen wreaths ana festoons everywhere
hey could be put without marring the har-
nony of the whole, and amidst 1t all APP
reared the generous words, Dallas is
,roud of her guests, and all hail to the
The Elm street show win
lows were grottoes of loyeliness and e.
,uisite taste. In one window was 49, b. I
with mat or cushion one
ide on which appeared gletiers
Sanger -, and l under IN ;S1 :. sgnger;n
mt, Fest" below was the word, made
nth different colored spools OF thread,
Welcome and in the next window the
lords, in spools OF different colored thread,
To ALL"
The Lamar street front was decorated the
anne as the Elm street front, only it had
hese legends: MAKE Our House Your
Welcome TO Our Guests"
I'd Everybody Appreciated Good Music"
The Msin street front was similar in a
reat part TO the Elm and Lamar street {
-oDts. Above the windows Of this front |
ere the kindly and expressive words, q
Cousin Fritz and Uncle SAM" surrounded |
nth evergeeDs, emblematic that the good
,eling SO maRifest among Germans and
americans will never die. Above the avn. !
ng was another welcome: The 'Sangers' I
Welcome the 'SenRers.'"
Inside Of the building. in the carpet de-
artment, are 10 be seen festoons I
nd wresths Of various colored paper. All !
yer the house are stresmers and hanging
( parti-colored cloth, with splendid 1sces
angiDgs and elegant and snowy goods. In c
be shoe department at the door is the ,
ord Welcome" c
In the clothing department are portraits d
I the most noted musicians, Beethoven,
ach. Schubert, Mendelsohn, Meyerbeer,
erdi. Handel, Mozart, Rossini. Schuman '
I'd Lett. There also appears in this de- :
artment the charitable words, matt nal :
ifferences are oblitsrated By music.
Long ktreemers cover all the pillars IN
De house, and every department II hand
,mely, beautifully and appropriately dec- o
rated. In the fancy goods or notion de- 5
zrtment is TO be seen the illustrative !
gsnd. music has charms and 80 have
e." Shields Of welcome and ornate hang
Igs Of ribbon sdorn this department, which b
the in hands Of corps 81 beautiful young :
dies.