The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-06-23
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her great London-some OF those narrow.
ill-fayored alleys where pale-faced chill
drrn come 10 believe the sky Is only a
| yard wide. whore there ~ want and hun
ger and disease tho year round-shc could
have found no more striking evidence Of
her abiding place IN the hearts OF her
people. The rorplendcnt West End with
Us crimson glory, great banners tri-
umphnl arches. parterrca Of costly bios
sons. meant no more. " half 40 much.
as the Tiny paper flag. the yard or &c of
narrow red. white and blue stretched
along q window sill and round a common
ii0wer-po, with H. single rose modest
decorations whicA formed todays shrines
for the children Of the shadows In the
whltschapcl. spitalheids. Hcxtone or
shorcrdltch alleyways
II h. however. 10 the six and three
quarter miles OF the professional route
that one must turn for the jubilee deco
rntiona. In describing them II may be
! said nt the outset that the art OF street
decoration Is not understood IN London.
While here and Their, much thar Is seau-
tiful meets the rye Il il not possible
TO escapc the fact that the ensemble
has been ruined by lack OF concerted ef-
fort The means employed have been as
varied as the ends achieved While there
n plenty OF red. white and blue. the
greatest reliance is IL placed on royal
crimson trimmed with gold Notices are
hounuful. with scrolls, banners, flags
and royal arms. the imperial monogram.
portraits OF the queen IN every possible
form Of reproduction and unlimited allu-
sions TO iA31 ans isg1 In the richer streets
are countless costly blossoms. but paper
flowers have not bccn disdnined espe-
cially IN such decorations as arc in the
street proper and the green OF evergreen
and fir and laurel garment the triumphal
arches Venetian masts idly waving PEN
mons, shields and standards OF iiags. flow
ors and ferns lend more OF the picturesque
than perhaps anything else. Tntrc are
no scrolls or decorations stretched across
owing to an accident that befell in the
jibilec 10 years ago. when a falling motto
bid fair TO frightcn the queens horses
and disturb the sweet smile her majesty
likes to wear Naturally the flags OF
all nations figured consplcuously in this
carnival OF color
buckingham palace itself was undeco-
rated, save for the royal standard. which
iioated above It, The stands In front
and along the garden wall as far as Hyde
park corner which were filled with civll
| servants. household servants and their
friends, were more TO be noted for the
happy faces OF those they contained than
for prominence in decoration, although
the long lines OF national color under
the trees were decidedly effective. In
deed. Il was not until passing Constltu-
tional hill that one was face to face with
the great effect and noted what the grad
ual adornment OF the last month had led
to. All the old landmarks were there,
OF course. butsthe streets were transform
some large fair or gigantic festival. All
the houses and clubs OF Picadilly from
Hyde park corner 10 81, James street
were ahlazc with mult-colored drapes, re-
lieved with hundred weights OF flowers.
Red, white and blue was the prevailing
| combination, not only In bunting and
CLOTH but also. in scarlet geraniums,
white marguerltes and deep blue lobelias.
or the houses, the Devonshire house and
Bath house were the most prominent,
Bath house being by far the most artistic
scarlet draperies festooned in a ground
OF yellow and red stripes, escutcheons
and groups OF flags, with baskets OF iow
ers here and there. The universal ~.
r." with the imperial crowns were not
lacking.
Albans street was completely trans
with its tall Venetian masts, streamers.
laurel wreaths and rich festoons. The
Devonshire club was notable-scarlet and
white predominating-the rich draperes
bearing excellent portraits OF her maj
esty.
In Pail Mall much OF the color was es-
tabllshed by It's stand. The Wanderers
club at the foot Of Waterloo place was
decked in suit of red, white and blue.
a little further on. ut the Pall Pail en-
trance to st. Martins parish, more am
bilious decoration was attempted, Be
tween this point and Eveter hall the
vestry has placed eighteen arches formed
OF colored globes or balloons of celluloid
of the kind used in Paris during the
cars visit. The supporting poles were
about i've feet high, decorated with an
orlflamme or bannerette and an escutch-
con with two flags, The masts carried al
garland OF IFS globes to each arch, and ev-
cry balloon contained an electric lamp of
ten candle power. Though, Of course, this
was to be best seen later, still 1t was
by no means ineffective in daytime deco
ration.
At Exeter hail, entering the domain of
the Strand board of works, an abrupt
change was made from celluloid balloons
to line of ventretive. parallel with the
footways extending to the law courts
and the city limits. The masts We're of
gold with banerettes, being in graceful
loopings, garlands Of paper and musty
flowers, which were quite effective, the
design being light and striking.
The Griffin, the site of the old temple
Nard, was so covered with decorations
for both day and night as to be almost
unrecognizable Garlands, Shields and
national flags were on the four sides,