Evening star., 1897-03-03
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The decorations Of the streets Of Wash
ington were. perhaps. never SO varied nor
so elaborate as on the present occasion.
Hardly house. however small. especially
On the line Of march and in the business
sections. that Is not decorated in some
degree. Indeed. the extent Of the decora-
tions Is only limited by the means of the
occupants. for every person. irrespective of
party. seemed filed with the spirit of pa
triotism. and has sought to do honor to the
occasion. OF course. '-old glory Is the
leading feature of the decorations, and
everywhere the national colors, red, white
and blue. are used to make the most tell
Ing effect Then. too. the many stands
erected Tor spectators were never before
50 profusely and handsomely decorated.
The house Of VIM. R. Kiilmon 1O1 Penn
syivania avenue. the first on the avenue,
has Its front covered with nags. large and
small The Douglass store. 1G5, and the
american cigar store. 1O7, Ia similarly dec
Is arrayed in innumerable small nags. Bun
bryans place 121. Is covered with fiags and
bunting. as Is the Monumental building. the
establishment Of Photographer J. F. Jar
Its decorations. which are abundant and In
excellent taste. the whole front of the
building being one mass Of bunting
Inc store Of W. H. Moore & Co., 215 is
ana other places on the same square being
also weIl decorated. From the Hotel Ven
dome, at the corner of Sd street. flags ap-
pear IN every window. while across the
avenue Made's Hotel is simply covered BY
bunting and flags and streamers. McDer-
motifs carriage factory. 31O Is prettily ar
rayed. as are Crammling's Union Market,
III: III: and aIH the Price Grocery Company. s22.
fhe store OF Chas. F. Mclaughlin, Yl1, is
covered by flags and streamers, and that
OF L. W. Snook. :'25. Is tastefully decorated
fhe establishment Of ]. VIM. Lee. 332, is a
mass of color from the street to the flag
pole of the big building. while the bal
comics of James Shea's place. 333 are COW
cred with bunting and flags; the Columbus
store: those OF Y: Aguilar. J. F. Connor.
343, J. C. Bruce. 34T. and the Original Dairy
Lunch. $40. being also handsomely dec
grated.
On the next square the Columbia Bicycle
Agency. 452. is tastefully arrayed: the
store of Frank Hume, 454 being profusely
decorated. as is Fritz Reuters, on the cor
ner of ~ and the avenue. Keenan, & Fe-
gan's store 462. is covered by immense
flags, while the establishment Of c. NJ
Bell. 4tS. is we'll decorated. the front being
covered. Other establishments IS on the same
square conspicuous for handsome decora-
tions. are WhitEey's. AL. T. T. Luckett.
4s5, the Hotel Enrich, the keystone Hotel,
4S2. Christiani's. 4S4. Beall Parker's, 4S6,
the st. James Hotel and the National Hotel
being unusually attractiveiy draped and
The Howard House, on the opposite cor
ner. Is another handsomely decorated build
ing. as Is the Atlantic Coast Line building,
on the north side Of the avenue The Net
ropolitan Hotel is one of the most profuse-
ly and tastefuily decorated buildings on
this square. the other buildings on the
square prominent for their decorations be-
ing the Selby House. co., that Of Edward j.
Quinn. 6O4. Browning & Middleton. COS
Geo. w. Driver. 65. the Luray Lunch. 61O.
w. G. Orr, 612. James L. Barbour. ]. B.
Kendall. 61S. Noah Walker. 625. H. D. Gill
man, 81, Robert Cohen. $50. F. P. May.
t34. The Central Bank building Is another
building which Is conspicuous for the taste
and profuseness of the decorations.
The immense Saks building. at the corner
of 1th street. is made unusually prominent
and handsome by the great flags which fly
from every window. just opposite, the
building of the Firemen's Insurance Com
pany presents an attractive appearance
and the front of the great store of s. Kann
Sons & Co.. sth street and Market place.
is covered 10y streamers of small flags
running from the awning to the top of the
building. The front of Clark & Co.. 800
Market place, Is particularly handsomely
decorated. the store of F. Peterson. S15
Market place, being also tastefully dec
Grated. as is the office of the United States
Express Company. S11. From every win
dow of Perrys big store, 9th and the ave-
nue.. a large and handsome flag floats. the
effect being particularly striking and hand
some.
The building of James F. Oyster, 900
Pennsylvania avenue. is one of the most
profusely and prettily decorated buildings
on that thoroughfare. the square between
9th and 10th streets being one of the most
attractive on the avenue. Among the more
attractively decorated buildings on this
square are those of the Emerson shoe
store. 907. NJ. Goldsmith. OIL, James F. Con-
molly, 917, NJ. Lynch, 96, Independent Ice
Company. WS-1O. Washington Safe Deposit
Company. Edward F. Droop 92s-25. Bal
timore House. n. Hess Sons. 931. Ellis
music store. Crocker's shoe store, 93D. B.
Bryan. 1886. The building of the Traders
National Bank. 10th and the avenue, was
another finely decorated building. large
flags appearing from all of its windows.
By far the most brilliant picturesque ard
striking portion OF the line of march west
18th street and Pennsylvania avenue In
Guiding 18th street on the east side as far
north as E street. The building occupied
by Ogram's drug store and the billiard
rant building and the Hotel Johnson are
yeritably covered with flags, shields and
vari-colored bunting. artistically and most
pleasingly arranged. In addition. hundreds
of incandescent electric lights augment the
decorations, and after nightfall they blaze
forth and show the colors of~the decora-
tions with splendid effect This corner will
attract the attention. without fail. of every
one who happens to pass that way. and no
doubt many will stop for prolonged view
They will be justified in SO doing.
Though simple in their nature the dec
o-ations of the Hotel Raleigh, at 18th
street and Pennsylvania avenue. are par
ticularly snowy and of telling effect. From
every window of the Raleigh Is suspended
a staff a large American flag. and as
the hotel Is supplied with hundreds of
windows. the harmonious effect of the
flags. waited by the breeze. Is worth trav-
cling goodly distance to see. The Raj
eigh will by no means pass unnoticed.
The Hotel Lawrence has not overlooked
the occasion. the proprietors having made
generous use Of material Of such nature
and in such quantities as to transform the
exterior Into garden spot of attractive
ness. Wizards Hotel. at the corner of 14th
street has artistic festoon of specially
manufactured decorative bunting showing
from every one of the many windows. The
Owen House. Just little to the west COM
pares favorably with Wizards. while
across the way. at the southeast corner
of 18th street. the Hotel Regent looms up
kaleidoscopically. Not only are the WIN
dows. the walls and the doorways very
much in the swim. to speak, but the
roof and Flagstaff as well have been pressed
into service to make the Regent bower of
color and beauty.
Not only have the hotels tried to outdo
one another In the matter Of decorations,
but the business houses as well. The ad-
joining stores OF II. o. Towles, housefur-
nishirgs ard the f. Morrison Paper Com
ny ara an ,p1fyI1od 0f color Tbo