The morning times., 1897-03-02
THE CITY IN GALA ATTIRE
Hundreds of Buildings Decorated
with StreamerS and Bunting.
APANORAMA OF MOVING COLOR
Flags of All Nations Pressed Into
Service-Artistic arrangement
of Electric Lights-Lavish Dis
play of Portraits OF Mckinley and
obart-Decorators still Busy.

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receive its honored guest, William McKin-
ley. From the little pennant fluttering
gayly upon the tops Of the tallest buildings
yesterday to the slow, gentle movement of
the larger flags and bunting draped upon
the fronts OF tie buildings, Pennsylvania
avenue, from the Treasury To the Capitol,
was a panorama OF moving color. Almost
without exception, every building upon the
line of march has made some attempt at
decoration. Portraits of Mckinley and Ho-
bart arein evidence in most of the windows,
and the paper flags supplied by the in
augural committee have been cat and twist
ntofantastic shapesand playedpromi-
nently where more elaborate prepa, ations
have bsen made.
Every nationality and every color OF
the rainbow are represented i'll the decora-
tions. The deep green OF Ireland, the
yellow flag OF China and the red field
OF EDgland's flag, mingIe with the tri-
color OF France and Germany, the whole
being subdued by preponderance of the
Stars and Stripes. The main scheme OF
decoration is with tri-coiored fans, stream
ers OF bunting, looped and draped; shields.
flags and pennants. Electricity has
been used by many to illuminate the
decorations at night. In some cases,
shields and flags in incandesoent lamps
have been erected and will make a gor-
geous display OF the decorations.
The hotels and saloons have been, as
q rule, more lavish in their decorations
than the business houses. The corner
OF Thirteenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue and Sixth street and Pennsylvania
avenue have been decorated gorgeously.
F, Ninth and Seventh streets have re-
ceiyed almost as much attention in the
way OF decoration as PennSylvania ave-
nue.. Here, as in the rest OF the city, the
United States flag predominates 10 such
an extent as to render the colOrs OF any
other nation almost unnoticeable.
The Treasury Building is the only public
one that will be decorated. The scheme
for the decoration of this building is, TO
say the least, ungraceful. The massive
columns have been draped, each with an
American flag. Above these flags are
placed shields, representing the coats OF
arms OF the various states. Festooned
from column TO column is a single rope of
evergreen. Upon the cormce, arran nged
at intervals, are large shields, bearing the
coat of arms of the United States. The
new postoffice building stands out prom
Inently as the one barren spot in this field
of color.
The decorators are still busily engaged
upon many Of the prominent buildings, and
it is highly probable that their work will
not be completed before Wednesday light.
The Lafayette Opera House attracts at
tention by a brilliant shield, made of
incandescent lamps, with the word Wei
come" above it, also in electric lights.
Bunting, flags and pennants are used in
the decoration of this building.
Tie Shoreham is decorated with Amer
ican flags The Colonial and the Wei
lington with flags and bunting. The
Riggs House is prettly decked out with
tri-colored fans, shields and flags. The
Regent is decorated layishly with flags
shields, streamers and pennants. Prom
inent among the flags displayed upon
this house is that Of Cuba. Wizards
Hotel displays many flags, fans, shields
and st-eamers.
The business houses decorated upon Fif-
etenth street include the Corcoran Build
ing, National Metropolitan Bank, W. 8.
Thompson's, National Savings Bank and
T strectpresentS a very pretty appearance
from Fifteenth street to Ninth street. The
Columbia Theater displays a quantity OF
bunting, flags and pennants. Woodward
Il Lothrop have also been lavish in the
decoration OF their building. other build
inss prominently decorated are the Glover,
where the inaugural committee has head
quarters; Kellogg, Adams, n. W. Burchell
Robinson Cherry & Co, and the Saratoga
japanese Emporium. The Ebbitt II ouse is
one OF the finest decorated buildings in the
city A myriad of small flags and pen
nants fluttering from its roof and win
dows make a very pretty picture.
Down Pennsylvania avenue from the
Treasury TO the Capitol it is hard 70
designate any building on account of its
superior decoration. The Hotel johnson
Harwick's, and Ogram's are covered witt
flags. bunting, and shields. This corner il
Illuminated 10y hundreds OF incandescent
lights strung together and looped across
the front OF the building. The Metro
politau Hotel, the St James, and the
National Hotel, all at the corner oi
Sixth street and Penns yivania avenue, are
covered with flags, shields, and bunting
Some of the houses prominently decor
ated on Pennsylvania avenue are tn,
Owen House, the Post building, the Hote
Lawrence, the National Theater, the South
ern Railway building, Coble S, Washington
Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway sta
tion: Brunswick -BaIke-Collender Company
Gibson Brothers, Hancock's, Andrew z
Graham, StinemetZ and Sons, Kopp's
Jacobs Brothers, Littlefield, Alvord and
Company; FTeeborn g. Smith, Charles l.
Beatty's, DetZ's, James Y. Davis Sons
the Star building, The Times building
DeAtley's, the Raleigh Hotel, George w
Cochran's. Harris and Shaefer's, Castel
berg's, a. G. Spalding and Brothers
Sickles', L. Morrison, Regal Shoe Com
pany, +. Croker, Ellis, B. Bingem, Grear
Falls Ice Company, Baltimore House, Ma
ton Metropolitan Fire Insurance Company
Independent Ice Company, A. Hess, Droop's
Columbia Phonograph Company, James E
Connolly, A. V. Grimes, NJ. Goldsmith g
Cline Brothers, Emerson Shoe Company
II. Lyons, James F Oysters, Bijou Thea
ter, Lyceum Theater, Harvey's, Perry's
VS.. Express Company, Center Market, F
Petersen's, Kann's, and Saks'
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