The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-05
STORES IN GALA ATTIRE
PRINCIPALBUS FLAG DECO
 RATED FOR THE CARNIVAL.


 Flags and Bunting in Profusion Give the
 Central Part of the City a Holiday Ap-
 pearance-A at the Bureau
 of Comfort-Visitors Will Begin to Ar
 rive in Town Early This Morning.
 The finest kind of weather promises to fall to the lot of New Haven to-day, and all conditions are favorable for one of the most interesting occasions the city has known for many year. Every one within a radius of forty miles of New Haven has heard of the Mer- chants carnival to be held here to-day, and visiting thousands will throng the stores of which the proprietors have done so much to make the day pleas ant one for the citys guests, for such the visitors will be.
 Early yesterday afternoon the busi- ness houses in the center of the city began to take on unWonted appearances and last evening the fronts of many large stores were literally swathed in bunting of many colors. Great stream CTS of gay hues were stretched from the tops of high buildings to the pave ment below and myriads of flags waved from many stores All the afternoon and last night the decorators were busy and there are still some finishing touch- es to be added this morning. A stran- ger in town this morning would surely think that nothing less than Fourth of July celebration was at hand All this display will greet the visitors to- day, and will attest to them the pains that have been taken to make their wis., it to New Haven an enjoyable one.
 The interest and enterprise displayed by New Haven merchants in thus draw ing attention to the city and it's busi ness advantages is indeed commenda- ble, and they deserve that New Haven CTS should turn out in force to-day and show them that their efforts are appre- ciated.
 The old Mcintyre store building at S37 Chapel street, where the bureau of comfort will be established to-day, has been deliberately decorated in flags and buntings. Here the strangers who come to the city to attend the carnival may find a bureau of information. Fa- cilities have been arranged whereby purchasers may be sent to the bureau of comfort and taken care of, free of charge. until the shopper is ready to start for home. The bureau of comfort will also be found convenient place in which to rest after the fatigue of shop ping.
 At Malley, Nicely & Co.'S the booths of nations will be an attractive feature. Booths of England, America, China and Japan, Austria Hungary Ireland, Ger many, Switzerland and France have been arranged on the first floor, while on the second floor there will be Ar menian, Greek and Oriental booths The Greek booths will be in charge of a Greek, while at the Armenian booth the attendant who will be in charge will be native Armenian, who fled to this country not long ago from Kars, where he killed two Turkish soldiers who were abusing his countrymen. At the East Indian booth, where Ceylon and India teas will be sold native East Indian will be in charge. At all these booths the decora tions will be in the colors of the nations represented and the attend ants in charge will be arrayed in the distinctive national costumes. At many of the booths, in fact at most of them, the attendants will be young la dies, all very good looking ones too, to whom the picturesque costumes are very becoming. Another feature of in- terest to visitors will be potter work ing al his wheel and turning out clay ornaments. At the Connecticut booth all the goods displayed are those manu- factured in this state. Aeolian concerts will be given both morning and after noon, at which numbers by Sousa. Reeves and other popular composers will be displayed. One of the most in- teresting exhibitions to be shown at the store is a collection of Mexican drawn work from Juarez, Mexico, loaned for the occasion by Mrs. Eli Mix of this city.
 Among the stores which have been decorated especially for the occasion and of which the appearance is notice ably fine, are those of the following firms: F. M Brown & Co.,, Malley, Nicely &, Go, Ewen Mcintyre S5 Co.,, Howe & Stetson, and many others.