New-York tribune., 1896-11-01
WITHOUT SPOT OR BLEMISH.
RrAI-TIFrL PICTURE PRESENTED BY
THE GREAT CITY.
. WARM Sun SHINING FROM \ CLouDLEsS shi'
ADDS ITS CHARMS TO THE WEALTH of
pprITJAST CoIORING.

ADDS ITS CHARMS TO THE WEALTH or
BRILLIANT cOfoRING
The bow OF promise Of approaching Vio'o,'
was presented at sunrise yesterday mor"''o "
a perfectly clOudless sky. 1t was OF one '"'o'
The great dome Of blue spread from ho' '-o
horizon without spot or blemish OF c'ou"'
had been sprinkle OF rain which hao II a
the air. making it crisp ana he"'''
wind came out of the west. IL was 49, e
,ra,orica, blast such as has been prevalent ior
all too long a time. but n blast fiesh io''
furnaces Of Boreas. who was in an a'n'"o'e
rro ~ mind His frowning spirits "ei'
.ood and IN their stead he released the 'hue"
.r and song sprites that ordinarily MAKE '''''
oo,nr on bright June days. TINS WAS NV
contribution of nature to the attractions VI W.
ao,. that was TO remain memorable IN the ar
nails NJ American progress ana as the ""
drcds Of thousands of delighted peope 'oo"
IN nj the sky they bent their heads al" n,u'
INJURED. 1T Is good" The picture ""o" VIZ,
, looked upon was fantasy OF co'o' q" ,,..o,,
massIng Of effects that were yet i'ui' '"u''
T., , noculiar and unmistakabe manner anu
oil produced from the simplest poss'p'o '''
! hiration Of materials three co!otS 'o ''
white and the blue. The flag was nu"S
from the windows and roofs ana "'"'
! buildings that wore the coniihing pa"n' -
mighty current. and 1t writhed anu |"
c,rled into multcolored folds over '"e '
thousands. ,
SURPASSED THE IMAGINED flCl l'"N
,,,. ,,udes, Imagination had failed to con-
ceive even I'm half measure. the "ias"'"'
tho demonstration on the part OF t'e W.. ne
hrsness element Of Ncw-York CITY. All III VIZ
day and for a week before the peop'e "'' '
IN the throes OF creparatioh' anu ''''
.,on,. ,nvsterious councils behind closed doors
anI widespread discussion OF plans io' INV ""'
-, ,avs So at last the decorations sprung
Aladdin like from the prosac surrou"u"b "
erervday commercial life into positNe ''''''s
-. ...,,,. Evervwhere was the heaving wave
| -, ,or In the far uptown districts IL "aS
ca,s and hunting: in the middle OF the is'a'u ~
.os eogs and hunting; Mulberry-st ana baA'e'
| g, u.ora alive with the restless emblems, anu III
,be narrow streets that curve round uhder '"e
uro,klvn Bridge and lose themselves in the f'as'
River after leaving the Bowery. the smoky u'"s'
ress Of the great tenement houses were re'ie'e"
with the freshening costume "i 'he Nas o' w
penublic Broad-st. Liberty st. Maiden Lahe'
VilIIam-st. Front and Water and west "h'ie-
oyer I'm fact there was an opening "'''
halliards could hav" place. there nuns i ""7'
ru, m. climax Of decorative ingenuity pesa''
10 grow upon the vision a. the observer F"''''
down Fifth-ave. below Fourteenth-sI N"'''
that poin; the avenue Is In diSH'a''''" ''a.''
and m. decorations were rot PLENTIFUL The
Rcpubl!can Club Of the city OF Ncw-iofN was
.,,,,her.d in color and the Union League Clup
,as n spectacic Of festooned nags anu "s MS
streams OF starry bunting from roof to fo"n-
,,,r atone and These ribbons and festoons
r. ,r,ersnersed with broad bands containing
cunning ro,es ~ ncandcsccnt lamps tha' last
,,gh, rnod. tho old structure shine with now
clorv on down the avenue various houses
were strung with flags. the popular FORM o'
decoration being fags from each wlhdo" on
poles that gave them room to play 70 the pr"'%r
which was brlskiy blowing AZ the waldorf
Hotel the stream Of color began once NOR" I"
! Interfere with serious study " perspective nhes'
and ,r,,n tha, poin. to thu reviewing stand on
Madison square the play was continuous
r.vrr-pIr.p FROM THE CHURCH.
| Jus, AT o o'clock from the tower oi The Dutch
Collegiate Church al Forty y-eighth-si. ard fiith-
.vc a fut,.r waa noticed nj the haNiards tha'
| led ont TO the end of the two nagstans protrud-
! ing from the shutters. and an instant later TWO
! immense fags sprang into view and dropped INTO
| e.. wind with n aare ant. a s,clng bound. The
! church at Twenty -ninth-st. and Fffh-aNe' hah
,,o y,on. days curtalned above the doors OF en-
|
thurs church. where he has been dcnouncing
po,ocra,,c methods throughout the campaign OF
| ,,,r,o,isrn that Is now near It's close over
| ,,. r,risb house OF Grace Church there was also
| a curtain Of nags In tn. side streets Leading on
| of Rroadway bcow Tcnth-st.. where many OF the
| par,s Of divisions were formed the cecorat'ohs
rcr. elaborate and tasteful But II wouid pe
s,,lv an imnossibility TO go into full particulars
| az detail for III. pictures presented 10 '"' wv
| were more than could be nuinber"d.
s1pryALKs AND WINDOWS PACKED
At 1870 o'clock IA new feature burst upon 'ne
Wow of the thousands who had collected until
| sidewalks and windows and roofs were Pa'N''
with delighted people. over the hotels about
| Madison and Union Squares. ana IN rh'"-"'c'
the lags were waving as profus' 'ly as were mos
| -, Rrnadway but they were sircadHS .h,"
heautics before desert of open stree, an" r, m'
! serted houses for the parade hau s'a' 'u. ~ & ~.
| sound OF martial music burst upon the ear
| cheers OF wild and tumultuous enthusiast"
! echoed and rc-echoed a., ,
| With every labored step through tne crown
| that had massed itself along the line new
| heouties I'm decorative effort were opened
up 1t vas in lower Broadway That thc
| efforts Of the decorators were oi Il rather ia" an
tastc turn There seated In the windows OF the
bIp business buildings. madcaD boys Ict l1y
whole spoos OF ticker tape. that i'arcd ana nut
tered out over the heads OF those III tne pageant
making an effect that was at once ih'shapie anu
eNectiye The stree. sown with the long
strinys OF white paper. People tossed them into
| the air giving them new departure. and then
they futtered down ~ into shapeless heaps
| on the sidewalk The American Surety Building.
tho Eouitable Buildin.. The Mail and Express
! and The Evening Post buildings We'd with one
| another in the wealth of flags thrown across
| their expnnsive fronts. and In the side streets
| from Fulton down there was nothing To be seen
| save flags and flags ant iags. No such sight
| was ever witnessed In New-York before.
| DECORATIVE FEATURES MISSED.
But those who. they kept iichtng along the
| crowded sidewalks. saw only the flying clouds OF
bunting overhead or the hutiering OF thousands
| ~ ara In the marching column, missed many OF