Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-10-10
IN HONOR OF
 TIE GENOESE
New York's Magnificent Co' lumbian Celebration Now
 Fairly Under Way.
THE CITY DECORATED AS NEVER
 BEFORE IN ITS HISTORY.

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 Parade To-day-Appropriate Services in
 All the Churches Yesterday--The Me-
 tropolis Rapidly Filling Up With Visit
 ors-Programme of the Week.
 NEW YORK, Oct. 10-It is probable that no city was ever before so beauti- fully, so gaily so artistically, and, above all, so generally decorated as is New York to-day. The citizens have re- sponded with remarkable unanimity to Mayor Grants request to aid in the Columbus celebration by decorating their homes and their office buildings.
 It was to - be expected that the city buildings, Federal buildings, hotels, club houses and prominent business houses would be resplendent in gala at tire, but the ready response of private citizens comes as something of a surprise in the history of celebrations, even in patriotic New York. Some of the resi- dential streets are as gay as Broadway.
 Besides being the banner of the United States no flag is as effective for decorating purposes as the Stars and Stripes, and of course, it is the piece de resistance of the decorations. The flag is seen everywhere, in all sizes and arranged in every con ceivable form. Huge breadths of cotton, dotted with stars and barred stripes, and, of course, colored red, white and blue, are also used extensively for drapery purposes.
 Next to the stars and stripes are most frequently seen the red and yellow colors of Spain and Italy's cross in the centre of green, white and red. The three flags blend we'll and are effectively used together in thousands of cases. The portrait of Columbus occupies a promi- nent place in all the more elaborate decorations. The great discoverer is shown in many different situations. The favorite picture represents him landing for the first time on the soil of the New World.
 Tens of thousands of cheap prints showing Columbus with a sanctified look and earnest expression were hawked about the city by peddlers at a dime each. Every small shop on the east and west sides has one in the window, with | an appropriate frame of Stars and | Stripes bunting.
 Broadway and Fifth avenue, of course, | carry off the palm for brilliancy and eff | feet. From the Battery to Twenty third street Broadway runs between two banks of color. Every building shows some effort.
 The City Hall, as befitting, is certainly | the most elaborately decorated building | in New York. On all four sides the walls are literally smothered with flags, banners, shields, and all manner of gay | devices. The cosmopolitan idea has been | carried out to it's fullest extent. No mat ! ter from what country comes the stranger | who stands in the park and views the his 1 toric pile he will see his nations flag en- twined around the coat of arms. Sur rounding all are gaily fluttering strings of l hundreds of small banners.
 Newspaper Row is resplendent. The home of every journal is more or less at work has been done on the Pulitzer l Building. Colored lights make the building fine sight at night. The Metropolitan Hotel, the Morton House, the Domestic Building, the Union | Square Hotel, the Hoffman House. the Everett House, the Albermarle Hotel, | Daly's and Palmer's Theatres, and the Imperial Hotel are all splendidly draped. | Some of these buildings lose their dis | ill lavish colOrs.
 | Union and Madison squares, central | points of interest always, are bounded by four lines of profuse decorations.
 | Aristocratic Fifth avenue, that Mecca of the country visitor, does not rival Broadway in profusion of decoration, but it is still wonder of brilliancy from |
 By all odds the most interesting and most beautiful thing in the way of ,deco- ration is the arch spanning Fifth avenue
 at Fifty-eighth street. It is imitation marble. The design is chaste and taste ful. Two Parian marble columns on each side enclose niches, in each of which
 is a graceful sculptural representation of | peace.
 The pillars are entwined with greenery ! hanO from
 rounding the arch are five alleg orical | female figures. The central one stands
 boldly in the prow of an advancing boat. | On either side are two heralds with out
 stretched arms. ca the brow of the arch
 is the inscription: "The United States oi
 America in Memoriam Glorious to Chris
 topher Columbus"
 The second day of the celebration was
 devnted to religious services. Both ir
 Roman Catholic and Protestant churches | the services were of the most impressive
 character. The more important ser vices
 were held in St. Patrick's Cathedral
 where Archbishop Corrigan celebrated
 High Mass; Trinity Church, Grace Church
 where the Rev. Dr. Huntington preached,
 and the Madison Square Presbyterian
 Church in which the services were con
 ducted by the Rev. Dr. Parkhurst.
 At Trinity Church services began al
 7:30 o'clock with the Low Celebration O.
 Holy Communion. A plain morning
 prayer was given at 9:30 and at 10:30 tht
 High Celebration was begun.
 At the latter service Dr. A. H. Mos
 sitter had an excellent musical service
 The Rev. J. Nevelle Steele preached 6 sermon on the discovery of Columbus. ! The Cathedrals usual rich contrast , of color were heightened by tasty plac
 ings of national flags, palms, roses anC . | shields from altar to organ loft. Tn church was crowded. The music wa } under the direction of William Picher e | Masses were said each hour, begin - ming at o'clock, and at II o'clock Pon
 tifical Mass was celebrated. Archbishop Corrigau was celebrant, and was assisted
 by Fathers Lanelle, Daily and Murphy.
 To-day is occurring the parade of tn schools and colleges. At least 500 g children and young people will be in tn