Daily Kennebec journal., 1895-08-27
THOUSANDS OF KNIGHTS
Now Within the Limits and Practically Own
the City of Boston.
Thousands Upon Thousands Arrive, Tuesday, by Regular
and Special Trains and Steamers.
The City Is Beautiful With Decorations by Day and Is
Perfect Flood of Light at Night.
The Grand Parade Today viii Eclipse Anything Ever Before Seen in
New England States.
The Programme Of the Ore Continuous Round Pleasure and
Fesvity for the Visitors.

Boston, Aug. 6.-(SpcciaD. The city
is cram jam full of people from every
where, and the Knights Templar own this
town" and likewise the people in it.
Business, excepting the retail part OF it,
has come to dead standstill; everybody
Is either out looking ut the Knights as
they strut about the streets in their
handsome regalia or else are gathered in
groups about the wholesale stores and
places of business talking about them and
the way they are going to amusc them
selves and everyone else for the next four
| days, for Tuesday, though the greatest
day of all on account of the parade is but
the beginning of the programme.
From Commonwealth avenue, where
the procession is to start to Adams
| Square. where it will be reviewed by Rt.
Eminent Sir Samuel G. Lawrence, grand
commander of the encampment and chief
| marshal of the parade, the streets are
| built upon either side with grand stands,
accommodating anywhere from dozen
! spectators to several hundreds Residents
let seats upon their doorsteps at prices
| ranging from 300 to So 90 Doctors.
| lawyers, dressmakers and millincrs, all
kinds of people with an eye for business,
have erected benches in their front yards
Churches too, have bleachers upon their
| premises, and no chance is lost, where a
crossingstreet makes even the slightest bit
of a square
One enterprising doctor who is speci-
alist on vacuum cure" has seats about
the sides of his office, and from the prices
he charges for them clearly intends to
/ ypnry In,
| than one
Seldom, If ever before has this city
been so beautifully decorated The resi-
dents seem to appreciate that the visitors
are people who not only have money to
spend but know how to spend it, Accord
ingly the stores especially are gotten up
attractively, and those who have EN-
ployed taste as well as money will un-
| doubtedly have no cause to regret their
expenditures while others, who have no
taste, of which, alas there are not a few
will drive away customers by their hide
| Gus attempts.
| The decoration extends to all parts of
the city and even into the suburbs five and
| 10 miles away.
Red, white and black. the colors of the
Templars, of course prcdominate. and bunt-
ing of these colors is arranged about the
buildings In every conceivable manner
Some have little flags showing the various
emblems of the order waving from every
window. The American flag is to be seen
everywhere, in many instances gathered
at the foot leaving the stars smooth and
in plain sight.
All the large stores, Houghton &
Dutton, A. Shuman & Co, r. Fl. White &
Co. Jordan, Marsh & Co and many others
are beautifully adorned. and in their show
windows have figures displaying the
orders fine regslia.
The Masonic Temple, at the corner of
fremont and Boylston streets, opposite