The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-06

z, NAY 6, 1891.
Guests" On the Columbia street side
are two more: Honor 10 Oul
President" and Harrison, One Of
the show windows presents a
mammoth group picture, draped in red
white and blue, the group being the ia.
miliar faces of President and Mrs. Harri.
SON, Mrs. Mckee and Baby Mckee. and
Russell Harrison. Last night the building
was Illuminated with twenty-six colored
arc lights, equal to 5000 candle power.
In front were 100 Chinese lanters. giving a
delightful effect in Oriental illumination.
A very striking effect was given by one
window of the Seattle Hardware Company
and very charming and instructive ex-
hibit graced the other. The first
window was a veritable radiating
perspective in stripes of red, white
and blue centering on portrait OF
President Harrison, with the word '.Wel-
come" repeated. In addition were various
festoons and CROSSINGS, with notices OF
welcome. In the second window, from
which public. gaze was shut out, the
Western Mill Company, through Mr..
J. A. Rankin, had placed on ex-
hibition a miniature Queen Anne
cottage, the object of which is to
show the various kinds of wood which
enter into house-construction and which
all grow in the state of Washington. Mr..
Rankin had it on exhibition at Spokane.
The little house Is perfect in every detail.
equipped with electric door bell and
illuminated with electric light To give
some idea of the various woods of which
1t Is composed it might be said that
the frame and rustic are of fir,
the shingles of cedar, the porch posts of
alder, the panels of cnSly maple, while the
corner windows exhibit spruce, ash and
new ornamentations. In the cresting is
sawed bracket letters reading Western
Mill Co." and the word Seattle is let
tered in differently colored octagon blocks,
nailed fast to the roof. The floor of the
window is sodded to give lawn represen-
tation.
The building of Toklas, Singerman 4
Co. is very beautifully draped with striped
bunting. richly starred in the three colors
The pelasters are decorated with national
shields, surmounted with flags, and bear
ing the word, lettered upon diagonal bar,
Welcome. The sign is draped with fes-
tons of bunting. There are two full-sized
flags at the fourth story, and various
groups of flags at other points of the build
ing. The store flag is pulled to top-mast,
and gaily flaps in the breeze. Nine arc
lights. three of each color, light up the
building outside with splendid effect The
windows are verify fan-shaped, radiating
kaleidoscopes of color, in Surah, Rhadame
and other silks. In one of them is small
picture Of General Harrison, on horseback.
set in small monument imitation of cuff
boxes.
Kline 4 Rosenberg's store presents full
''blaze of light, and was the center of at
traction for big crowd of people last
night. The appropriate word welcome
is novelty in the way of letter
ing, since they are formed of
1l0 incandescent lights. From this
sign the red, white and blue radiate,
forming . marvellous background Of
color. There are two stars and shield,
each bearing portrait of the president
1t was Mr.. Rosenberg's intention to put
up two more Illuminated notices on the
building, one reading Liberty, Frater-
nifty, Equality" in the second story, and
the other, Honor to Our President at
the third story.
The Front street entrance into III.
Hershberg d Co. 8 store is converted into
an archway Of bunting, set OF with shields
and flags bearing portraits Of President
Harrison and Georgs. .Washington. The
show windows are abundantly draped and
festooned WITH bunting and tri-colors
Numerous shields address a glad sWel-
come to the president. Indeed, it is APP
parent that the merchants of this city have
plentifully supplied themselves with
shields of welcome"
One of Albert Hansen's show windows
is graced with large crayon portrait of
the president, with draped border of the
national colors, and decorated with flags.
At the entrance to the store is an arched
canopy, with shield pendant bearing q
small portrait of President Harrison and
the legend Welcome" The windows were
beautifully draped.
]. III. Calvert d Co.'S window decora-
tons are beautiful with stars and
stripes and flags, shield noticed with
the words, Welcome to Our President, I"
amid festoons and bunting, and strings of
Japanese lanterns, being the main feature
Eyergreens, bunting and flags outside CON-
plete the decorations.
Some fancy festooning ornaments the
doorway of the Seattle Bazaar Flags and
the national colors. and stripes of bunting
make up the window and door post decora-
tions.
Schwahacher Bros & Cos store on Yes
Ter avenue, is profnsely decorated with
flags, and streamers of bunting were sus-
pended from three large rosettes, the caves
of the building being festooned. The
building on Commercial street is similarly
draped.
Lowman & Hanford's store is gaily
draped and festooned from large motto,
welcome, (" on the roof to the show win
dows, where festooning, flags and shields
are in abundance.
The store front of Frisch Bros and the
Queen City News Company is draped and
arched with bunting and the national
colors, and decorated with small flags
The shield of welcome appears here also.
J. X. Basye has decorated his show
window with cedar boughs. flowers and
miniature flags. The word "Welcome" APP
pears in an arched lettering of red, white
and blue colored everlasting flowers.
Doheny & Marum's windows are hung
with tri-color bunting. and the doorway is
draped with the national colors. Cross
flags decorate the windows.
The windows of J. NJ. Lang 4 Co. and
Ed Giering in the store jointly occupied
by these two firms are draped with bunt-
ing and ornamented with flags and shields.