Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-03-04

pearsnce with red, white and blue from top to
| bottom.
H. hoffman, notary, No. 125, spared no pains
TO make his building compare favorably with
McMenamin's monumental hall and
stand adjoining are both handsomely
decorated. On the next square W.:
Il. Powell. saloonkeeper, No. 22l, and
have their houses nicely decorated. The dec
orations on No. 235, John Bottomley's cigar
store attract special attention on account of the
| light material used. The flags and bunting are
artistically arranged and interpreted with
| cigarette and cigar signs, which makes the dec
orations pleasing to the eye. The long stream
ers of bunting in front of C. w. Halls cigar
store, No. 2S7, give the place q neat appear
| ance. The st. Charles hotel, corner Of Sd
street. is beautifully decorated with light colors.
There were flags under each window and
steamers reaching to the awning frame. On
| the corner Of the building is a ife-size picture
| Of George Washington.
ALONG THE LINE.
On the north side of Pennsylvania avenue at
Sd street the Belvedere shows out finely, having
over the Avenue large circular piece with the
painting Of the American eagle, and about this
are festooned the American flags, which also
| adorn the balcony. From this, as q center
piece, radiate large lines of the tri-color, ex-
| tending to the roof, and about the windows
| are flags in festOons with shields. On the
opposite side is the hotel of Charley Mades and
is in gay attire of flags arranged about the
| windows and in long lines suspended from the
roof. On either side of the Avenue to AZ
street there is mass of flags and bunting, and
| the building or store not decorated is an ex-
ception. The McDermott building on the south
side with its colors on the hght-drab front is
much admired, having near the top large
figure of the Goddess of Liberty, numerous
flags gathered in rosettes and shields adding
to its attractiveness. A handsome stand well
fitted up and handsomely trimmed is at the
'front.'
Heil's restaurant of three stories on the north
side is neatly trimmed, and going westward the
three-story residence Of DIR. d. P. Kicking
shows off well with flags and streamers, the lat
ter on lines extending to the curb line. The
twO-story building known as the Chocolate
house, kept by Miss Emner, shows off hand
sOmely for the front is prOfusion of flags,
there being a number of mammoth Chinese
lanterns. The City hotel is handsomely deco
| rated, and Mrs. Murray's house, at the corner
flags at each window, makes a fine show. The
fve-story building of L. w. Shocks is decorated
with flags and streamers OF bunting. The fours
story building of J. NJ. Norris and the Syracuse
house, on this square. show up handsomely.
The old Globe building formerly known as
Jackson hall, the home of the local democracy,
| although of granite color, shows off well.
Midway the first story is a stOut-built cOmmO-
dious stand handsomely decorated, and above
there is profusion of bunting. At the top
each window is trimmed with the national col
ors, while long lines stretch across the face and
numerous shields add to its beauty.
A little west of this is the Empire hotel, kept
by Wiegand and johnson, and this is decorated
in an appropriate manner.
Bells International (three large buildings adj
joining is not behind the others, having long
lines of bunting reaching from the top to the
first story, and numerous flags, and the balcony
and stand in front are timmed to correspond.
On the south side Thiel's hotel near the cor
ner of Sd street shows up well with its dressing
of burgess flags and shields. J. J. Appich and
G. ]. Muller have their houses finely decorated.
Aug. Burgdorff had his neat two-story building
festooned at the top with mammoth flags, the
windows decorated and numerous shields with
small flags, while along the lower story he had
a stand with seats for his friends. j. W. Lees
two-stOry frame building has double
stand in front and the decorations are such
that the house is not to be seen, and to some
being very handsomely draped. These were
occupied by some Of Mr.. Lees numerous
friends and were not sold as has been repro
scented.
Carson's hotel is handsomely decorated with
the national colors and numerous pictures,
among these is one of Perry's IDOL James G.
Blaine, with the words, Zone God, one coun-
try, one Blaine The picture of Col. Els
| worth is conspicuous with the words DE
parted, brave and true, but still remembered
| by the boys in blue" beneath.
| George Sheriff has covered his wood and
| coal Office with q stand handsomely decorated,
and shooting gallery is in operation adjoin-
| ing.
| The St Denis, the headquarters of the Alpha
| association of Philadelphia, made a handsome
| show with appropriate trimmings.
Further west on this square H. Schureman
| and Mr.. Rothange have decorated. The res
| taurants Of Dyson, Meredith and F. Brown
profusely decorated, and the stands are en-
| tirely covered with flags, on which is the
motto Protection to home Industries"
The Colonization building at the corner of
| ~ street had q double-decked stand, hand
somely trimmed, and some of the windows
| were decorated.
Frank Hume's grocery and Jas. Young coach
factory adjoining made very fine show. erch
of the three stories having large stand and
being similarly trimmed with lines of colors,
| flags and center pieces. Norris Peters build
ing is keeping up with these in a handsomely
trimmed stand and the windows all being deco
| rated with the national emblem.
John Fegan has ACKNOWLEDGEMENT front
from the stand up, a shield being used as a
| center-piece for the numerous flags.
Geyers coach factory is finely dressed with
| lines of bunting and flags.
| Tom Luckett's four-story front of light color
is set off with flags, tri-colors and shields
Meyers hotel makes handsome show, with
flags from the windows and long lines Of the
national colors running from the top to the
elalDrately trimmed balcony, and a large
placard extending the whole width of the
building announces the Headquarters Of the
Joseph Benjamin Battery, of Brooklyn, N. Y"
| F.W. Plugge is finely decorated, as is the
\ Piedmont, Mrs. Holschurch, and the Stott
building, and Mrs. Lynn adjoining the Stott
building. Mrs. Lynn not only shows the
American colors, but also has q large Irish flag
prominent.
On the north side of the avenue, west Of AZ
street, the bnilding of c. J. Bell 4 Brother
| showed handsomely two large flags from the
] cornice, being tastefully gathered, and smaller
I ones with lines of the color neatly arranged.
The four-story building of Mr.. Whitney was
very finely decorated with flags at windows and
| on lines, and numerous shields.
Rogers building had American flags below
| the windows.
Mr. Connell showed much taste in his decora-
| tons with flags and burgess.
Messrs Tschifelly d Evans building, and d.
| N. Walford's, had some effective work on them
| in the arrangement of flags and streamers.
Wilkenning's restaurant, three stories, has
| lines Of crossed colors with flags and an appro-
pirate picture displayed.
The Mt. Vernon hotel made q fine show,
with flags displayed from each Of its eighteen
| front rooms and lines of tri-color.
N. Kaufman, with bunting and flag and hand
| somely decorated stand, added to the gala ap-
pearance Of the neighborhood.
The Johnston building, three stories, had
| strings Of flags across the front.
At Bealls handsomely trimmed balcony
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