Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-07
THE CITY GAILY DECORATED.
MANY ELABORATE DESIGNS.
American Colors and Templar Arms
Descriptions Of the Street Decorations
Along the Route and Elsewhere
The Decorators Skill Taxed to
the Utmost-AttractiveC Com.
binations Of Flags and
Devices OF the Order.

tends to the legions of sir knights coming into
the city. the visitors need little assurance be-
yond this visible one of the cordially Of their
greeting. On every building along the business
streets a welcome Is written in the brightest
colors that the decorator can command Many
structures are deliberately ornamented for the
occasion and every house shows some bit OF
color or appropriate device pleasing to the
eye. The decoration is not confined, by any
means to the streets and avenues along which
the parade will pass. but Of course it is more
general on these thoroughfares. If not more
extensive than on.inauguration day. the decora-
ton is more remarkable for its variety. The
blending of TempIar and Masonic emblems
with patriotic emblems affords opportunities
for the designers and decorators of which they
have taken full advantage. In almost every
case more pains than is usual have been taken
in arranging the decorations. The fronts Of
buildings are draped with streamers, decked
with rosettes or banners, shields and Templar
arms. grouped in many graceful forms There
has been on the part of business men q very
general effort to make the visitors feel that
this is Templar city, at least for the present
week.
ON PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
Pennsylvania avenue is naturally the most
deliberately decorated street, as the parade is
to pass over much Of its length. From the
Capitol to Washington circle there is a blend
ing array Of bunting. The route Of the parade
west OF the Treasury department is not so
generally decorated as east OF that point. Prob
ably the simplest and most effective decora-
tions the route those OF the Treasury
and the War departments. 1t Is done chiefly
with impense American fags. Each of the
columns OF the long colonnade on the east front
OF the Treasury is wrapped to the height OF
about Is feet with either immense flag or
with crossed bands of bunting some red. some
white. and some blue. but none blended. Light
festOUns pass from one column to the other.
The eight columns on the north front are
wrapped with immense flags, two of them of
the revenue design. On each column. at the
height of 10 feet. lsa large silver star. Between
these stars from column to column. hang
red. white and blue bands of bunting.
The north front of the War. State and Navy
building Is decorated most effectively with
twenty Of the largest flags that are made. In
the middle eight flags are hung from the two
balconies and the point of the roof, and on
either side are six h.Iys similarly arranged.
The narrow part OF 18th street between the
two disconnected ends of Penn sylvania avenue
IL full of color. The windows and fronts Of
Woodward's, Tyssowski's. the Metropolitan
and Citizens national banks and the Riggs
bank deliberately decorated with flags
and streamers, the national colors being
mingled with the embems II Masonry. The
ItlBgs mousse. the headquarters OF the CleValler
Bayard cOmmsndery OF Chicago, is hand
somely decorated with flags and banners and
streamers, large and small. from the
ground to the chimney tops. The immense white
steamers of the Chevalier Bayard commandery
haunts at the flag staff. High up over the front
entrance is large white banner. with yellow
border, bearing in its center a blood red
cross. Over the windows and doors are Ameri-
can hags and shields and smaller flags, en-
blems Of Knight Templary. and nearly every
HAscrintinn of ar1h aru tic fac md atr
almost cover the house with blended colors Of
red, white, blue and gold.
Nearly all the business places on the south
side between 18th and 18th are decorated to a
greater or less extent. McGanns cigar store
Douglas liquor store and Die q s restaurant are
deliberately hung with flags. streamers and set
shields from the pavement to the caves.
Joseph LAWYERS place is handsomely deco
rated Broad bands of black, blue and red
hang from the roof Of Sroble's
store. Ruggles' store is trimmed
all over the front with small flags
A string of flags and small banners is stretched
across the street at the corner. On the north side
OF the avenue, from 18th TO 10th, the stores are
nearly all decorated to some extent. The build
ing over Msgruders drug store, on the corner
of 18th, and thar over Luttrel 4 Wines dry
goods store, on the corner of Goth street are
quite profusely decorated with flags and str cam
ers bearing red crosses and pictures of mounted
knights. Quite an effective decoration is
that Of Shanahans paint store. II consists
mainly OF an immense Maltese cross Of red on
white heid which fills the large plate glass win
dows. The Auburn, corner OF 22d street. ia
decorated with small flags. The bay window
Of ALAG is overhung with large fags House
2l42 Is handsomely decorated with American
aAgs.
FROM TWELFTH TO THE TREASURY.
The Seligson building at the corner Of 18th
street. used as the headquarters of DeMolay
commandery, is one Of the most striking struct-
ures on the avenue, being literally ablaze in
bunting. The roof is a mass of futtering small
Gags, while the bricks OF the walls are
almost hidden under fan-shsped flag forms
and shields. Across the avenue from this
building hangs the huge banner Of the COM
mandery. consisting Of ornamental passion
cross, IN the center Of which is a red Maltese
cross bearing hgure of mounted knight.
The Davis hat store on the other side of the
street is tastefully draped. The central flag
staff supports half dozen lines of small flags,
while most Of the upper portion of the building
IA almost covered by huge American flag
draped in half circle and from the cornice
depend several large Templar remnants. Next
door Hagerty's restaurant il brightly col
ored and nearly avery other building on
the square between 18th and 18th streets has its
quota of bunting. On the north side VIII
marth Edmonstons, Ogrsm's pharmacy
AMI Tophams establishments are neatly
trimmed and on the south side Wright's and
Hancock's places and Atwster's bicycle shop
sto:e presents a handsome appearance the cor
nice and window lodges being richly draped.
while vell-executed design of Knight Tenn
piar shield. bearing the crescent and star Oh a
red Background, hangs over the doorway F.
u. Smiths large building, a little to the west.
extremely neat with its festooning OF bunt-
Ing. Across the way the DeAtIey house is
barely visible behind a cris-cross ARRANGEMENT
OF steamers. several large fags and five
pointed star four or five feet across
In the next square q blaze of color meets the
eye on every side. The National theater is
decorated only On the central section but the
arrangement Of the bunting is unusually effect
ave. The cornice is q mass OF waving flags and
GOWN the front are shields, accompanied by
punches OF banners Under the central win
gov OF all IL huge fan dag. the stars and
stripes. The DOORWAY to Miller d Jones bill
hard rooms IL covered with bunting On either
side OF the theater the buildings are d.cked out
IN their best On the right Milovich's and the
ioooy are arame In gorgeous tints The former
Is literally covered with red white blue an
plaeA bunting Below the cornice is
perfect network Of streamers with
"osds Of welcome to the KNIGHTS
Peeping from the corners Zeregas' III obbv"
Is decorated with half circles OF tays IN profn.
zion, pair OF immense American banner. d.
pending from he eornics Three metal shields
add a finish to the effect The SboemsEsr
building, TO the left OF the theater- i, yerv
handsomely covered with Tags, streamers.
shlelds and smblems. producing a Charming
picture. 1 he Harris house has a pretty de.ign
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