Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-14


The six days celebration in New YorS
city in honor of the four hundredth ami
versary of the New World passed off with
all the eclat and brilliancy that the Com
nittee 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 other things in the way of cell
ebrating to keep every New Yorker and the
SEQ 900 visitors to the city busy from begin
ming to end.
II was the longest holiday that New York
has ever known. and the sum Of 81, 00l00)
was expended to make it thoroughly enjoy
able. OF which amount the city contributed
500. O00 the State 500 the Worlds Fdiv
Commissioners $40 COZ. while the remainder
was made up by private subscriptions and
the sale of seats from which 10 view the
paradeS.
The CITY was a mass of bunting, an arts
tic combination OF colors such as no sun
ever shown down on before From the TOP
# the tallest Ofics building TO the cellar,
and from the top window OF the topmoSt
story of the tallest tenement 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 the Stars AMI Stripes
during the celebration. The people more
than Re spondcd 70 his appeal. Nearly every
building along the route of the laui pa
rades. from the Bowling Green 70 Central
Park was gaylv decSed in filgs. shields,
banners bunting and National enblems
Naturally Columbus and everything that
appertains to the discovery were features Of
the decorations Columbus bust, pictures
Of the landing. the nu nberS 432 and 1897,
the orange and red-bOr1ered Spanish faC.
the red, white and green Italian flag, and
the American flag.
Broadway. uptown AMI DOWNTOWN, wan
street Fifth avenue ard Third and Sixth.
Fourteenth street and Twenty -shird were
long vistas Of rel. white AMI blue waving
lays Of all Nations, banners and bunting
and streamers of every hue.
Public buildings, like the Postotiice and
City Hall. were radiant In the National
colors. and on many of them, as upon tho
fronts OF hotels and great business houses,
were mammoth pictures, gracefully drapet
with flags. giving scenes from COlUnbusS
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 q great deal Of rivalry among them as
10 which should have the most brilliant and
artistic display.
Downtown all sorts OF business houses
we're beautiied more or less. and the resi-
dent streets also showed liberal displays,
The fever tor decorating extended even
10 the neople OF the tenement districts, an
in nearly every house some patriotic inmst9
expended a few cents. il no more, in putting
a dag or a two or a few yards of bunting at
toe win low of his little fat.
The SANFORD White arbor through which
the paraders passed IN Fifth avenue at
Twentieth street. was a beautiful copy Of the
white marble original in Spain. 1t was 100
feet long. forCy-two high and bad forty.
foot span. Its six white pillars. trimmed
with evergreen, ami its root. laced with
green vines. made a beautiful effect. The
arch was double having a cross passage at
Twenty second street.
AniOng the notable displays along the line
of the parade those at the National Head
quarters OF the respective political parties
should be mentioned.
The Manhattan, the New York, Unicp
League and Democratic Clubs decorate
their houses elegantly. The decoration dis
play eliminated at Fifth avenue and Fifty
eighth in the HertS Arch. a graceful, stately
granite.
Sacred melody, brilliant euloziss aud
widespread devotion in all the synagOyues
Of the city ushered in the opening day of
the greet Columbus celebration. The He
brew Sabbath was given over almost al
tirely to the festive occasion of the week.
All the places Of worship were decorated in
q most patriotic way. Festoons Of bunting
in the National colors nearly concealed the
9ulpits, galleries and entrances to the syn2-
eonues. Potte1 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 Handlers
Halleu iah chorus I'm Brooklyn the syna-
gOgues were also filled with cslebrants.
These religious services were continued on
the second day Of the celebration in the
Christian churches, with many sermons and
music appropriate 70 the time, In the
Roman Catholic churches. as BELTS cele-
braiion ~ the voyage OF Columbus under
taken with the Pope blessing and with the
patronage Of the most Catholic SOW
ereigns Of Spain, mass was sung with sumptu-
rus ceremony At Trinity among the
Protestant churches, the communion Office
was sung.
The dsy was ushered IN by the tolinZ OF
bells at sunrise on all the churches in town.
The chimes on Trinity Church and Gracl
Church were rung early and late.
Commemorative services were held at the
Young Mems Christian Association rooms.
Twenty.hird street and Fourth avenue.
As part of the inaugural ceremonies of
the Columbian festivities, grand sacrel
orchestral and vocal concert took nlac. in
the evening at $40 at the Lenox Lyceum
Madison avenue and Fifty-ninth street
There were elaborats special Columbian I
services at night in scores Of churches.
The scenic celebration began on tie Thrill /
day of the festivities with thu s.ho)l a1l /
college parade at ten O'Clock in the morn
ing. Over 10000 pupils took part aud the 4
line OF march was thronged by vast crowds
Of delighted SPECTATORS The school children
had been drilling in the armories ami in the
uptown streets for a week or two and their
alignment was almost perfect au1 their
was the admiration OF everybody.
They marched from Fifth avenue and
street down the avenue TO
Seventeenth street, thence Il Fourth ave-
lle. to Fourteenth street. to Fifth avenue.
70 Was iington Square, to Wavsrly Pace.
. Fourth street, where they disbanle1
The pupils, each carrying an American flag,
we're arranged in twenty regiments. con.
aiming 202 companies of fifty each
The public-School division, 10, 100 strong
vas commanded by john ID. Robinson. Pcin.
ipal Of Grammar School No a. Follow
ng this was the division OF Roman Catholic
chools and colleges, containing 500 nuols
nd led by General James r. OBsirne
faior Franklin Bartlett followed with the
oilege division, about 300 strong while
cores ofprivate schools broughtuD therear.
The most striking feature along the line
( march was the huge American iay on
be stand ct the Reservoir, Fifth avenue and
'orty-Second street. composed Of sixteen
undred school girls costumed 10 red, white
nd blue, and so arranged that they formeI
perfect representation of the Stars aud
tripes. On the stand at the east side of
Inion Square were sixteen hundred girls
-om Catholic schools similarly arranged.
ach group Of girls sang patriotic airs as
he parade passed.
On another stand at Union Square three