Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-08-23
IN HER GAYEST ATTIRE.
Prond Boston Will BE Decorated as
"a She Never Was Before.
The City Virtually Sprinkled
D. With Grand Stands.
Various sub.Commlt!ees Have Been Squeezed
b Out OF Old Quarters.


Boston, Aug. i8.-Thero is no boot
black In Boston too poor to hang Tenn
plar flag at the door to his cellar. For
days men have gone about the streets
selling armfuls OF cheap Templar ban
ners, and the humber storekeepers have
made their windows gay with them.
From the cheap printed flag the decora-
tions range To grand effects on handsome
business blocks and hotels. This lavish
use OF incandescent lights and flags and
paintings In addition To miles OF bunting
OF varied hues, Is costing Boston many
thousands Of dollars. When the Templars
march through our crowded streets on
Tuesday, they will sec city decorated as
was never city before.
Day by day IL becomes more apparent
that no expense will be spared to make the
conclave grand success. The Templars
OF Massachusetts, and Rhode Island will
spend hundreds of thousands Of dollars In
entertaining their guests The guests
themselves will spend otheA thousands. 1t
will be one OF the gayest weeks Boston
has ever seen.
And the public takes quite as deep an
interest In 1t as do the Templars. This Is
evinced not alone by the extensive dec
grafton, but by the innumerable private
grand stands, erected in front OF nearly
every house on the line of the parade Com
monwealth avenue Is solidly lined with
them. So Is Arlington street. The little
strip of Boylston street up to Copley
square contains
Many Bits Of Bleachers.
More are going up all the time. Columbus
avenue looks to be q lane walled In Ly
scaffolding. Massachusetts avenue has
no space left for another grand stand.
The upper end of Washington street Is
equally crowded with them, while win
dows are no longer available, being spoken
for long ago. This does not take into con-
sideration the large stands built by the
Templars.
Already the decorators have begun their
work on the grand stands, while the hotels
have bloomed gorgeously. Not content
with covering the buildings themselves,
some hotels have run long lines of flags
from flag poles on the roof till it looks
like the dress parade of a warship.
The severe attack Of decoration on the
Interior of Mechanics hall has broken
through the walls, showing in gorgeous
colors over the entrances. Bunting
Haunting everywhere. Who called Bos-
ton the Puritan city?
The quarters at School street have be-
come too small, and all the sub-commit-
tees, save the committee on hotels and the
press committee, have moved to the old
Public Library. AS soon as they got
there they decorated it, and then settled
down to busy work. There were many
callers at headquarters, and an atmosphere
of good comradeship was evident.
Mayor Curtis has had city grand stand
built, and has sont Is tickets to each of
the aldermen, which they have returned
with scorn. Fifteen seats not being large
enough for one alderman to spread him
self, the board will now be invited to
stand on the curbstOne.
TempIars' March and Song.
Eminent Sir Eugene A. Holton for the
past week has been at work perftcting the
arrangements for the publication of the
only authorized piece of music presented
by the triennial committee 1t Is by Sir
Howard NJ Dow of De Molay COM
mandery, who has, 1t is said, written a
march of more than ordinary merit
Sir Henry K. Barney of Boston COM
mandery has written the words of this
piece, which Is entitled "In Hoe Signo
Vinces," the souvenir march and song of
the Goth triennial conclave of knights
Templar.
1t Is dedicated to Right Eminent Sam
uel @. Lawrence, grand commander OF
Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.
The words, printed below by permission
permission of the publisher, Sir +. Trifet
Of Boston commandery, are copyrighted:
III Hoe Signo Vinces-by the sign we conquer;
Our father still lead us; defends our free land.
Our banners are waving, our triumphs pro-
claiming,
Inspired by their glory, the cross goes before
us;
Inspired by its glory, by this we shall stand
For all that Is noblest for all that Is blest,
Our hearts will beat ever within out true
breasts;
Our hopes shall e'er be for our order 30 sacred:
Made strong by its wisdom, protected from
schism
We stand or we fall by the truth 1t contains.
This will be heard upon many occasions
during the conclave, and will prove
great feature.