Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-03-12
BIG BUILDINGS IN GAY AT
TIRE,

WASHINGTON, March 4-Pennsyl-
vania avenue is in full dress. From the
capitol to the Washington monument
at Twenty-third street almost every
building is decorated, and from the
capitol to the treasury both sides of
Pennsylvania avenue are ablaZe with
red, white, and blue. In the decoration
of the government buildings there has
been no uniform policy. The new de-
partment building shOwsno ornamental
tion. On the treasury, long lines of
signal flags are drawn from points on
the roof to the tops of the flag-staffs on
the north and east fronts of the build
ing, and the large pillars in the center
of the east front, are wrapped with flags
and streamers. Across the way, the
Riggs house is covered with flags. The
quartermaster generals Office is FIVE
story building at the corner where the
procession wheeled from Pennsylvania
avenue into Fifteenth street. That
building is almost hidden by the flags.
Long lines of signal flags stretch down
ward and outward from the summit of
of the flagstaff. The national flag is
draped over every window of the build
ing.
TWO IMMENSE FLAGS
about thirty-fve feet long hang down
the avenue side Of the building, and all
over the swell of the building at the
corner are blue and yellow regimental
flags: Nearly across the avenue is Will
lard's hotel, over the entire front of
which broad bands of red, white, and
to the Chief!" is arched over the door.
npa hlnoly fat, 90 OF Oy, tho cn,tfh oiIa
of the avenue is the branch pension of
fice, large building, abundantly deco
rated with the national cOlOrS and bear
ing colossal and very poor portraits Of
the first president, the incoming preSi-
dent, Lincoln, and a few Others inter
mediate chief magistrates.
Another block eastward, and on the
north side of the avenue, is the main
pension office, fve-story brick build
ing, of which the ground floor is a dry
goods store with speciality for popular
prices. 1t is the most handsomely deco
enormous diagonal lacing of red and
white bunting, trimmed with gold stars
and bordered with blue bunting, and
additionally ornamented with pictures
of the capitol, white house, and angels
sounding the trump of Grover Cleve-
lands fame.
Farther east, the National and Con-
tinental hotels are covered for the whole
height of their five stories and the whole
length of their street frontage with flags
and streamerS and notices welcoming
the new president. Besides these large
buildings nearly every store ON each
side of the avenue bears the national
colors in every conceivable combination
at almost every point where q decora-
ton can be fastened on. The tempo
rary balconies, which have been de-
nounced as making the avenue ugly
are fast becoming decorations in them
selves. Between the capitol and the
war department there are grand stands
that will probably seat fifteen thousand
people, on each side of the avenue. AT
the open spaces between Seventh and
Ninth and Thirteenth and Fourteenth
streets is grand stand with couple
Of thousand seats.
OPPOSITE TILE WHITE HOUSE,
the whole front of Lafayette square is
occupied by stands. On the white house
side of the avenue is a covered stand
for the president and his friends, which
will accommodate thousand people.
AT the south end of the treasury stands
have been erected that command view
of the avenue for mile and a quarter.
Even around the Peace monument, at
the foot of Capitol hill, is a stand that
will seat live hundred or a thousand
people. Other stands are along the ave.
nue. side of the botanical gardens.
Wherever there is vacant lot there Is
| q Stand 0pa-third Of tho ctOraa atfNrO
the avenue have balconies built for the
occasion capable of seating from ten to
one hundred persons. These balconies
are generally in front of second-story
windows, but in some cases there are
thirdstory balconies, and even fourth
story balconies. All of this temporary
carpentry work is covered with red
white, and blue cloth, and flags, stream
ers, and rosettes add their decorations
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