New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-10
DECORATIONS VIEWED BY CROWDS
HARD WORK TO SEE THE CITY on ACCOUNT OF
FL NTING.

THE BU NTING.
The parsding feature of the Columbus celebration
began one dav ahead Of the schedule. The official
programme makes no mention of the magnificent turn
ont of coulpaccs and pedestrians which filled Fifth
ave. and Broadway from Fifty ninth st. 10 Bowling
Green all day yesterday, and must nave impressed
tbc stranger within gates more deeply win
sense OF the cy's greatness than any review OF
marching columns Of alegorical pageah'ry couia
have done.
!, wa, "A common desire to view the decorations that
brought out hi, great multitude. The hrst 'hlhg
cocb citizen did i'm the morning 10 that his
flags and banners had not slipped Their moorinG' our
ing the night. Having satisfied himself of thS' ne
started ont to view hs ncifhb0rs efforts NJ oeo"'"
lion. Thousands came from the outlying io"hs'
The visitors from afar who crowd The hotels also
Joined the throng which filed the street ana avenue
from curb to curb with four solid lines 81 vehicles
ana covered the pavement, along the entire route OF
,lc coming procession, with dense and ever shliunS
MASSES OF humanity.
The stately landau. The "natty" broueham inc
smart" hansom the r0Omy family earring, were u"
in linc The spider wheeled park wagon bfavei 'le
,orrors Of tho cable ~ot In Broadway and the ANXIOUS
wlcclman guided his rubber tire over the slippery
stones between the ~cylia Of jncling street car on
one side and the Charybds Of a hgh-ai'ppihg co'ch
horse on the other for the privilege OF viewing the
city in its gala coat oil many c0loiN' hAN"r "I"u'
drove hi, ironcrcv tro;tcr over the line OF march
and clustered to tho yellow ch"iio'' OF tn" Broad
WY Railroad Company until the springs were crushed
70 condition Of hopeless colElp'" ana inc raul" "l
The slipping hoofs Of the car horses rs thy suh'd
their shoulders the load WAS like volcy ol pi'oi
shots.
Yankee Doodc's- difficulty in seeing the town on
account OF the number Of houses. a rccitcG III 'l
aid song wa, experienced by the visitor of ycsbr-
day He couldn't see the town because Of the ever
nrc.ent decorations. Brick and stone were almost
completely hidden by waving banners por'r'u" Vi
Columbus shields and tabards aud COATS 81 arms
Willie the most gorgeous and lavish "AhDlt WIS "ono
,hc line Of march, no one portion Of the city m'h"P
| o1zed the display. Cherry Hill hath her d'c0'a
| lions 10 les, than the brownstonc district. IL was
choose cloth instead Of bunting. and The c0lors ran
| uttIo In the saturday night showers. but the dvlc
uride that prompted and the gala effect that resulted
we're the nmic The dwelling houses OF iLc west
side were sprimlcd with flags, and some Of the big nat
| houses were hid by futcrng banners. The Harlem
| fat, were streakci with red, white and blue ana
| One Hundred and Twenty ffth.t was striped ih" a
| l,r,,cr', pole TIE big store Of Koch a CO. and q
large drygoodS house at Third ave. made the most
| elaborate display Thrdavc. was one long rainbow
| Every house and store and tenement house had It's
flags and streamcrs. Bloomlngdaie HroS'' STORE
| was q bloomIng mass OF colors. The YorlSvlc Re
plb lean Club outdid it.clf in decorative effects H.
r. Jacobss theatre being the only one on the avenue
,upported the dignity Of the dramatic art with yards
upon yards bunting. Nearly all the designs upon
the dwelling houses and tc~ncnt houses were home
made evidently and carried out after WORKING hours.
For that reason they afford the strongest reason now
deep a LO.d the celebration has taken upon the en-
tire population. Even up in the Annexed District,
| where 10 marching column or casual visitor VIII
stray. full many flag and banner was left to haunt
| unseen
| The Equitable Binding has ecrics OF fcsiooncl
American flags, surrounding the coats ofams of III"
varcus states AMI many elaborate panels Of smoothly
blending colors. The New York Life has not such u
striking and tasteful display Of National colo,, but
I'm tho evening several hundred electric lamps Of every
hue fash out on the tau facade OF It's building fran
ing large portrait Of Columbus, ana accentuatinG
beautifully the leading features Of the decorators de-
sign.
| An Interesting comparative study might be made
| of the different schemes Of decoration. some are
heavy and 20 ID like the stewart Building with large
masses of color. Others are VI generally nfscel
laneous and chopped up order like the Aston House
With some buildings. the grain OF the thing per
pendiculary. as with TIC Fidelity and Casualty Com
pany, for instance, where the pillars arc wrapped witt
flags whose stripes iun up and down, and the window
are daped In the way. Others, like The Ole
Mutual Life Building get horizontal systcm Of STRAIT
fcaton by con'nns themselves to series OF cIrnic'
plays are fat, the material being diSped upon tht
walls. MANY, however Ike the building o! the WIN
iamsburg Fir Insurance Company ana The othini
"tnr, Al Broadway and Cana'.st have thing bat al
unnumbcred Of American fays depending from
forest of projecting poles, and hutteIing with every
breeze. .,
Occasionally some merchant launches out into ale
CORY and decks his Building with pictures of th
Genius Of Discovery, the Landing Of Columbus, Tn
Spirit of Progress. etc. etc one enterprising firm
inst south OF the broadway Central Hotel has ventures
on has relief Of Columbus's flagship. topped OF wit
real cotton cloth sails, while the upper story has tn
Western Hemisphere buginG ont Into gibbous prom
nence.
| The Custom House and the Postonice Building yes
| feNlay Joined the ranks OF the decorated The base
of The great pillars of the Custom House porticO ar
cayercd with panels In red, white and blue. and tb