The evening world., 1889-04-24
GALORE.
Flags and Streamers Gay in Honor
Of Centennial Day.
The Whole Town Starts In to Adorn It,
self with Flnery.
An Enormous Sale OF G%rand-Stand
Tickets in tho Past Few Days.

This lively town gave itself an extra shake this
morning and started In to adorn itself with an
amount Of gala fnery that will astonish the ont
siders who will be coming here in hordes be-
tween this and next Mopday morning.
There are now only four working days to
spare, and IL Is well to begin decorating in ear
nest, though everybody knows what wonders tho
people Of Gotham can accomplish in a short
space Of time when they once set their minds
TO II.
Something has already been done in this direc-
ton, and the results 80 far are very satisfactory.
but what the city wants to see next Sunday Is n
perfect haze OF color all the way up Broadway
q, Fourteenth s,treet, and a vista q dazzling
Square TO Central Park.
It will have II, too. for although the decora-
TO. have struck the town suddenly right in the
Do f%'s . festal display diS Sy' Worthy Il the great Occasion
which is TO be honored.
oe nSe0ninH cS 0ns ifs S1 as we'll as the ReG appeal Ss 'o of
houses along the line of the parade will not CON
n ner .~ or even EeEU strip" Of bright bunting y ting Il 'N1
There will be in many cases, Il not in the ma
The front o. the buildings, 4 net entirely at
least about the entrance, which will combine to
iO Gs The { n Ss%o s9 timRs 5' sRsfs VII d'SS e ny lack o, the
flags and streamers In addition floating from
windows and fcsto , .cdI from N e SGrIseI to Sorn .nS
magnifcence never before equalled in this
ARMIES OF DECORATORS.
Armies Of decorators are everywhere. busy
from the Battery to Central Park and their SER
vices are in such universal requisition that
ttShc'ff a whG are ns' Si sslSyGfi sno thR PstOtRSS e snPpl Vne of
artists & not sufficient to go all around. Ill.,.
who have caught the fever have been Obliged to
Invent and execute their own designs.
im mG | ID h for e tb s%lni i sir eUESG GfspiI a. %Isn Snt r.
GENTLY large variety OF. designs to enable, an in
genious person to obtain oil tho suggestions he
needs.
In the downtown portion of the route the
decorations OF some Of the most conspicuous
the barge Once, which Is bright with bunting
and designs formed by q drapery Of NATIONAL
prspsrstiops going On for a hne display OF color.
Old Trinity Church's weathcr-worn wallis are
s aatt- Blue. and SSf'S fiss1 S arc ay ii1sp1 from or f' Is Ti ofsS
steeple; b. Paul's Church will also be gayly
ILLUMINATION. TOO.
At the Equitable Building decorators are busy
within and without putting nng oyer nn Mngd IN rea add
iiSEts viii be so one OF the features there.
frU %an the ssrS wharf Il sssiftsE e y East aS ' Eiyer pT Where i the
President and his friends are to land all the
with colors.
EVEN THE ou%sToM-HoUsE TO ne Enlightened.
Even the dingy, old Custom-House will, be
brighte5ed IIp, and the 81 SSpP67TreasuEy Which Is
Is to present an appearance OF transcendent
magnihcenee.
are to be hanSdsomely H'decqrated are the Consolit--
dated Exchange, the Washington building, the
S SSlIi Suiia she ls. esi f a1GSsnse' Of fr SSGlRP'4Ey *.
ing and the Aator HOUSE, where there is hardly
'P son s9S nS'1 VIII be- done. too, to give the big
paper Row viii not Be LETT when It comes to a
question of making an appropriate display.
SOME OTHER DECORATIONS.
Among the numerous business houses along
TIE route up Bro3dwsS which rs Sr9 PWTsnTSrinE
sS!SoO5JS join GEn fPH%%cr & Co., ets i s%%ssts %S, Penn a
HARRISON 4 Loder, StchloSsi Bros q. +. Wildoy,
tRs ;9 3 q. Soh EaR eU&RpecG os., fHp eFnths;l, r %Ei,S &
Blos J. P pSa liz b 4 Coz bomt MaiS'lb6; ui hf s0" at tSs
q coprSe, the h9tsI. along this Fart Ct the
and the Metropolitan, Grand Central, st,
George, Morton House, Union Square and
| ENtIttt IlOuNbu ~ ulltWhg w wv
out with bright.trimmings and gayly colored de-
signs.
MADISON SQUARE THE SPOT.
Som Of the handsomest decorations will be in
the neighborhood of Madison Square. and for
these the Fifth Avenue Hotel, the Hoffman
House. Victoria, Delmonico's and the Brunswick
will come in for a large share of admiration.
Ornamentations on. q large scale are also con-
templated by the various club-houses on Fifth
avenue, and among these the Union League,
New York, Union, Manhattan and LotoB will
lead.
Outside OF the line Of march there will be many
brilliant sights III the way OF decoration, pRrtic-
ularly along. fourteenth and Iwonty-third
streets and Sixth avenue; AL the large dry
simpson, Crawford h simpsons, Altman's,
Q'Neills, koch's, Adams,s, Ridleys,, Lord Il
T~aylor'R, Ehrich's aud Stern's, will be sur.
rounded with o halo of bunting and flags, and
at Mays, in addition, the hu"e show-wiudows
are rendered attractive to the { lwd by tableauN
representing q number of interesting Reyo'
lutlonary rcenes, in which Washington Is the
conspicuous figure.
LARGE SALE OF TICKETS,
The sales OF tickets for the grand stand have
been very large, during the last few days, ant
place and Forty-second street, while the City
Hall sitt!nRS. in the hands of the Army Commit
: tee, have been reduced to about one hundred,
None of the seats. at Union Square were sold NJ
4 to this morning, but the rate at which they havi
been going of since the sale opened at noon to
sPECULAToRs ARE PRoFITINa.
, That the spectators are getting n big shArt
of the seats at all the stands is becoming ever!
day more evident. Tickets can be purchased
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