Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-10-15

jill INC ecidO anu ptilIiducJ thtb tuS Com'
mittee of One Hundred who had spent full
year in preparation therefor could desire.
There were military, naval and school pa.
rades, fireworks displays, banquets, art ex-
hibitions. singing festivals, speechmaking
and sufficient 9th ar things in the way OF Gel
ebrating to keep every New Yorker and the
SC0 900 visitors to the city busy from begin
ming to end.
1t was the longest holiday that New York
has ever known, and thu sun of 81, 00), 90
was expended to make it thoroughly enjoy
able, of which amount the city contributed
800. 000 the State $50 90, the Worlds Fair
Commissioners $40 COZ while the reminder
was made up by private subscriptions and
the sale of seats from which to view the
parades.
The city was mass of bunting an arts
tic combination OF colorS such as no sun
ever shown down Oh before. From the ton
of the tallest ot1ics building to the cellar,
and from the top window of the topmost
story of the tallest ten ement down to the
lowly peanut stand, patriotism, such as
could be displayed by bunting, ran wild.
The Mayor asked the people to show their
patriotism by flying tle Stars an Stripes
during the celebration. The people more
than responded to his appeal. Nearly every
building along the route of the land pa
rades, from the Bowling Green to Central
Park, was gayly decIed in flags, shields
banners, bunting and National emblems.
Naturally Columbus and everything that
appertains to the discovery were features OF
the ecorations-Columbus' bust, pictures
Of the landing, the numbers 1892 and 1892,
the orange and red-bordered Spanish flag,
the red, white and green Italian flag, and
the American fiag.
Broadway, uptown and downtown, Wall
street, Fifth avenue aud Thiri and Sixth,
Fourteenth street AMI Twenty third were
long vistas of red, white and blue waving
flags of all Nations banners and bunting
and streamers of every hue.
Public buildings, like the Postoffice and
City Hall, were radiant in the National
colors. and on many of them, as upon the
fronts of hotels aud great business houses,
were mammoth pictures. gracefully draped
with flags giving scenes from Columbus's
life, and engravings or colored Autographs
presenting the familiar features Of the great
mariner were everywhere.
The great retail stores uptown were fairly
covered with bright colors. There seemed
to be great deal of rivalry among them as
to which should have the most brilliant and
artistic display.
Downtown all sorts of business houses
were beautified more or less, and the resi-
dent streets also showed liberal displays
The fever for decorating extended even
to the people of the tenement districts and
in nearly every house some patI otto inmate
expended few cents, it no more i'll putting
y flag or two or a few yards of baltlng at
the win low vi his little fat.
The SANFORD White arbor. through which
the paraders passed in Fifth avenue at
TN entieth street. was a beautiful copy of the
white marble original i'll Spain. 1t was 100
feet long, for6y-two high and had a forty,
foot span. Its six white pillars, trimmed
with TpAn and IFS roof laOnd with
green vines, made beautiful effect. The
arch was double, having cross passage at
Twenty second street.
Among the notable displays along the line
IF the parade those at the National Head
quarters OF the respective political parties
should be mentioned
The Manhattan, the New York, Union
League and Democratic Clubs decorated
their houses elegantly. The decoration dis
play eliminated at Fifth avenue and Fifty
eighth in the Herts Area, graceful, stately
piece of work in imitation of marble and
granite.
Sacred melody, brilliant eulogiss and
widespread devotion in all the synagoyues
of the city ushere1 in the opening day of
the great Columbus celebration. The He
brew Sabbath was given over almost ea-
tlreiy to the festive occasion of the week.
All the places oe worship were decorated in
q most patriotic way. Festoons of bunting
IN the National colors nearly concealed the
pulpits, galleries aud entrances to the syna-
gogues. Potted plants and masses of cut
flowers perfumed the air. The services con-
sisted OF song and sermons, with the dis
covery of America and Columbus as the
leading topics. In many OF the synagogues
the school children sang, and in some the
services closed with the singing OF Handers
Halleujah chorus. In Brooklyn the sYna-
gogues were also filled with celebrants
These religious services were continued on
the second day of the celebration in the
Christian churches, with many sermons and
music appropriate to the time. In the
Roman Catholic churches, as BELTS cele-
bration OF the VOYAGE OF Columbus under
taken with the PopeS blessing AMI " til the
patronage of the most Catholic soy
ereigns of spain, mass was sung with sumptu-
Gus ceremony. At Trinity, among the
Protestant churches, the communion Office
was sung.
The day was ushered IN by the tolling o.
bells at sunrise on all the churches in town.
The chimes on Trinity Church and Grace
Church were ring early and late.
Commemorative services were held at tn
Young Mems Christian Association rooms,
Twenty-third street and Fourth avenue.
As part of the inaugural ceremonies of
the Columbian festivities, grand sacre
orchestral and vocal concert took MAC, in
the evening at $40 at the Lenox Lyceum.
Madison avenue and Fifty-ninth street.
There were elaborate special Columbian
services at night in scores of churches
lhe scenic celebration began on the Thrill
day OF the festivities with tbs school and
college parade at ten O'CLOCK in the morn
ing. over 10000 pupils took part aud the
line OF march was thconged by vast crowds
OF delighted SPECTATORS. The school children
had been drilling in the armories aud in the
uptown streets for week or two and their
alignment was almost perfect aud their
marching was the admiration Of everybody.
They marched from Fifth avenue and
F1tty-seyenth street down the avenue to
Seventeenth street, thence to Fourth ave-
nue.. TO Fourteenth street to Fifth ayanua
to Was ington Square, to Waverly Pace.
to Fourth street. where they disbaniei'
The pupils, each carrying an American flag,
were arranged in twenty regiments, con.
tanning 202 companies of fifty each.
The puolic-school division, 10, 100 strong
was COMMANDED by john D. Robinson. Prin.
cipal o. Grammar School No. "a, Follow
ing TINS was the division OF Ronan Gaia Die
end led by General James r. OBairna
MAJOR Franklin Bartlett followed with the
college division, about 30 0 strong while
scores OF private schools brought 10 the rear,
The most striking feature along the line
o. march was the huge American aar on
me stand at the Reservoir, Fifth avenue and
Forty-second street. composed of sixteen
hundred school girls costumei in rel. whita
ana blue, and so arranged that they forme
a perfect representation of the Stars and
stripes. "a the stand at the east side of
Union Square were sixteen hundred oirls
from Catholic schools, similarly ARRANGED,
Each group of girls sang patriotic airs a.
the parade passed
On another stand at Union Square thres
hunired children frou the Children's Aid
Society waved small American flags as ths
column moved by.
Tie Sd Indian boys from the Carlisle
penny Industrial Institute were taken to
Ellis Island. whsre breakfast was served.
They then were taken by ferryboat to ths
foot OF West Tenth street. whancs they
marched to their position in the line They
received great applause all along the linz Of
march.
In the evening S. G. Pratt's cantata, ''The
Triumph of Columbus" was sung by a large
chorus in the Carnegie Music Hall. Begin
ming at SD at night there was a brilliant
fireworks display, costing over $4,000, on
Brooklyn Bridge, Niagara Fails in fire was
represented. There vera 500 feet of fire
falling distance OF $50 fee. from the road
way OF the Bridge to the river.