The San Francisco call., 1896-07-04
Many Attractive Combinations
in Flags and Bunt-
ing.
THE TOWNS METAMoRPHosIs.
Leading Firms Assist Nobly in Deck.
ing the City in Holiday
Attire.

The decorations on the store fronts of
the leading mercantile firms on Thursday
were but an earnest of what would be
done in that line on the National holiday.
The few buntings and flags that yesterday
morning tapped in the wind have bee
multiplied infinitely, and now Market and
Kearny streets present an appearance OF
tri-colored inery seldom excelled.
Raphaels have spared no effort IN max
ing the front of their building as attract
i've in patriotic sense as the ingenuity of
their decorative artists could devise. The
three lag-poles on the top of the building
are laden with square and triangular "Old
Glories." Across the facade of the build
ing red, white and blue bunting is
stretched, and on this are placed pictures
of Revolutionary heroes. Pendants over
the entrance hang and form three flags,
while streamers fiutter from all parts of
the front.
Sloane has arranged the carpets in his
windows so that the red, white and blue
appear first to the eye, and has decorated
the doorway with bunting, surmounted
by the National shield.
The CALL business Office has, by the
abundance of its decorations, given the
keynote to the patriotic principles of the
paper whose commercial department 1t
represents. The scaffolding that did such
efficient service during the recent Repub-
lican Convention was left standing that it
might be further honored In assisting to
celebrate the natal day of the Nation.
The screen that bore the first news of the
future Presidents nomination now bears
on a tricolor background the Declaration
of Inde pendence, the document that made
the Presidential candidates OF this coun-
try possible.
Davis Brothers have concentrated their
decorations to the entrance of their store.
A large circle inclosing star In which
is portrait of Washington is above the
door, while on either side the tricolor
bunting IS draped,
The City of Paris has combined the
colors of France and America artistically.
Above the Geary-street entrance is a
shield bearing the motto, "Liberte, Equal
ite Fraternite'''
Nolan Brothers have placed velvet
slippers in their windows of the three
colors and have arranged streamers with
pretty effect.
Summerfeld has confined himself TO the
stars and stripes and Sanborn & Vail
have decorated a window with beautiful
effect containing the famous pictures that
bear on the warlike scenes that have made
the history of this country.
J. ]. O'Brien & Co.'s large store is re-
sDlendant with flag bunting and the pic
lures of Americas martial heroes. New
man & Levison and Roos Bros. have used
bunting with good effect and the Wonder
millinery store has charmingly fixed up
its windows with patriotically dressed
forms and tastefullv arranged tricolor
ribbons. The Chicago Clothing Co. has
covered it's store with flags and bunting.
In read justing the formation last even
ing an addition was made to the advance
division as follows:
Battalion from United States ship
Charleston, Lieutenant White, U. s. N,
commanding; Adjutant Lieutenant Will
iams q. S. N; first company marines
Lieutenant Newman commanding; Sec
ond company Lieutenant Simms com
manding; third company, Lieutenant
Mcdonald commanding.
Walter II. Woods was added to the list
of chief aids and L. g. Schroeder to grand
marshaPs aids.
To the fifth division the Supervisors in
carriages were assigned place.
To the ninth division was added float
wire cable from California Wire Works
drawn by fifty horses.