Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-17
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building in the city, and at the same time prob
ably cost the least trouble. One large flag did
II. and so effectuallv to leave nothing visible
but part of the windows and the doorway.
Demouei's is gorgeously decorated from top
to bottom with flags In the window the God
dess OF Liberty sits in a tri-colored boat drawn
bva white swan. The effect is exceedingly
pleasing. l720 Is resplcndent with decorations,
and 1911 is very prettily decked out in flags
and streamers
Post office station is very pretty in a red.
white and blue dress from roof to ground. and
of bunting.
Oregon ard Maine are the states for which the
10th street arckes named. Twenty-first
street has the honor OF bearing the Washington
and Idaho arch.
Ducketts drug store Is almost completely hid
den by large garrison flags. smaller banners
being placed between the windows and over the
doors. making a very handsome effect.
AT 22d street the Wisconsin and Nevada
arches are placed. At Washington Circle three
eagles. have been raised. one in the center Of
the avenue, one on each side. From these will
wave the stars and stripes.
BACK TO F STREET.
Although not on the line of march. F street
from 9Th to 18Th is fast. becoming one long line
of decorations. and before the day is over it
will have become one mass Of flags and
bunting. The narrowaess of the street
instead OF marring the display adds
all the more to il blending the
innumerable decorations into one rich line
OF color. Where many deliberately and
tastefully decorated buildings are to be seen il
is difficult to particularize. yet in several in
stances the decorations are profuse and so
beautiful that they well deserve especial men,
ton.
Such can be said of the Equitable building.
1G03 which no
ton Of Mr.. John Joy Edison. stands forth
as the most deliberately decorated building
on street. The front of the building
is almost hidden from view by innumerable
flags streaners and shields. artistically ar
ranged. and providing most beautiful sight.
The Ebbitt House is another handsomely deco
rated building, flags lying from every
available point. and bunting. representing
the national colors. arranged in the most
novel and beautiful designs. The Sun building
also presents a handsome appearance, its great
height setting of the elaborate decorations in a
most delightful manner. The New York 7ri-
bune Office is very appropriately and hand
somely decorated. great taste being displayed
The immense building of Robinson. Parker
Co., 18th and streets. has been most ad-
vantageously used for decoration. and presents
an unusually attractive appearance
Indeed il is almost impossible 10 discover a
building on street not Handsomely deco
rated and among others who this morning
had completed their decorations were f.
{. Cutter * Co. the Glover building.
Adams building. the Cochrane. Losekam's,
Dulany d Whiting, VIM. q. Pond. New York
Life Insurance Company. Woods & Co.. W. III.
Houghton Co., Beveridge building. J. +.
Page. J: j. Forsyth. kImon Nicolaides Globe
House. Huvler s, q. Warfield Simpson. Mertz,
Desio. Lewis S. Hughes. REYNOLDS Post, No.
So, Maryland Dairy Lunch, sheetz. the
Monumental. Burkhart's. Sanders & Stayman,
Rosentbal Bros. Millers dining room. L. L.
Everett. National Union building. L. II. War
ner 4 Co. Columbia National Bank, l. Grosner
Hoare Willett. Philip T. Hall. Mrs. h A.
Donovan. Washington Loan and Trust Com
pany. Vienna dining rooms, James Tharp
and post and patent Offices.
OUT SEVENTH STREET.
Seventh street north of Pennsylvania avenue
clear out TO the Boundary is one mass of flags.
bunting and other emblems of the G. A. r. The
merchants along this street have taken great
pains to make it one of the best decorated
thoroughfares in the city. and the decorations
show off with good effect and much adj
mired by the many thousands of persons who
ride over the cable road daily.
On the square just north of the junction the
merchants have succeeded in making their
places of business pleasing 20 the eve. The
large building of Saks & Co. is handsomely
decorated with American colors and to add to
this an electrical display will show off the
building at night with such an effect that the
place will be one of the chief attractions during
the encampment.
On the opposite corner is the tall tower of
the Firemen's Insurance building. which gives
room for display of lengthy streamers, flags
and shields and completes the entrance, as it
were 10 this business street. The business houses
OF Wash B. Williams. Mrs. Ross. The Bon Marche
and the Family Shoe Store are all tastefuly dec
Grated. while in the windows of the Cannon
vsan 10th
resent the countrys defenders. On the OPP
roslte corner is the Bank of the Republic,
where the rich trimmings in harmony with
the brown-stone front OF the building.
BETWEEN d AND z STREETS.
Between ID and streets almost every place
of business is more or less decorated but the
windows of Messrs. Lansburgh Bros. are prob
ably the most attractive. In one of their large
windows Is a representation III white satn of
the proposed Grant monument in Riverside
Park. New York. and this. together with the
artistic decorations, attracts numerous passers-
by.
The jewelry store of r. Harris 4 Co. is COW
cred with bunting from top to bottom, and
Baum's store also shows the work of experienced
hands. Odd Fellows Hall Is highly decorated
and one after another the stores of Messrs
Fi-hman. ReiZens.eln and Spransy, which show
the colors from the awning posts to the cornice
of the buildings.
l.. ~. singleton FURNITURE store, on the east
side of the street, is richly decorated and above
il is the store of Messrs. knessi & Son. Hoover
4 Bayly, A. T. Lewis. Strauss & Marx and
Oliver Burdette. all of which are decorated. On
the corner is the clothing house of Eiseman
Bros, the colors on which show to advantage
from al sides.
NEAR THE POST OFFICE.
On the next square comes the Post Office De-
partment, where over the doors hang the pic
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Logan and sherman. and about them are the
colors under which they fought. These decora-
tions, while not profuse. are arranged in
artistic manner and show of the
building better than by covering the white
marble from one end to the other
Opposite the department. building and
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