The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-23

notable illumination was that of the Bach
| elors' Club, where a large medallion SUR
| mounted by a crown, the center bearing
! the ~. r. l." all in colored crystal and
! the emblazoned words God save the
| Queen" marked the front of the club, every
window of which poured out stream of
| light Other clubs followed suit with many
| colored devices, while the private residences
facing Green Park We're not for moment
outclassed. Turning into clubland proper,
from the top of st. james street TO the
end of Pail Mall the domain of the aris-
tocracy was as they wished 1t, resplend-
emily fiamboyant. One of the private build.
ings had its facade picked out in lights OF
purple and fine gold radiating from a
medallion portrait of her Majesty shown in
Marlborough house instantly caught the
! eye. Across the four pillars at the entrance
10 the grounds was noticeable a large
! branch in the form of laurels in various
shades of green, with natural berries,
around crown-surmounted medallion in.
scribed ~. r. L. The Prince of Wales
feathers and badge figured in the design,
| the whole being OF the most beautiful crys-
tai. Round the corner az York house, il
Illuminated crystals. large heart, formed OF
rose petals and May blossoms. Passing out
of Pail Mall the celiu!oid balloons quite JUS
titled French taste, the incandescent glow
lamps hidden In flower petals. suggested
nothing much a child's dream of
Titania's court. Fleet street, from the Law
Courts to Ludgate Circus. was dazzling
vista of prismatic and radiant devices. end
| ing up on Ludgate hill in the massive dome
! of st. Paurs, brilliantly lit by search lights,
| standing with its huge golden cross hea-
| con to greater London and beyond.
A BRILLIANT DISPLAY.
| Nothing IN all London or elsewhere ex-
ceeded in artistic beauty and brilliancy OF
| display the scene from the wellington stat
ue, with the Bank of England on one side
and the Mansion House on the other. The
official home of the lord mayor was bathed
| in so much light that all the beauties of
the day seemed to fit in and charmingly
mingle with that of the night on top OF
t1.a
its brilliant points into the sky. Prsmatic
gas globes outlined the facade and por-
| ton of the slde while the royal crown en-
| 'circled by a wreath of laurels in incandes-
| cent lamps, stood out prominently in front
/ of the building encircled by a wreath of
| laurels, in incadescent lamps. The crown
| was f1anked on either side in crystal gas
lamps IAN Win H. n A. Inc i4S s Oh vns
| a radiant sun in open gas with the royal
monogram. Twelve faring tripods adorned
| the roof and two notices stood out boldly
| in letters of light: Long live our Queen"
| God guard your throne.
| The Bank of England that hot bed of
| od-faShioned Britain loyalty. had a super
! structure of frame of amber lights along
the Threadneedle facade, within which hung
| festoons of white lit globes fastened at
short Intervals with illuminated deep red
| bows. Here and there set pieces OF cut
| crystals broke the frame and added their
corner at Princes street and the corner at
| Bartholomew lane supported a crystal de-
/ vice Tine (Irec1an nOney-Suckle, SlAleSh
feet wide. Right across the. front of the
| Iugly building, significant of so much or
| empire, were the well-chosen words OF Eng
| turable glare as If forever: She wrought
her people lasting good
Turning from the bank to the Liverpool.
London and Globe bulding-at the apex of
| the Cornhill and Lombard street, the
| structure from basement to roof was out
| lined in red and blue and gold. The CLOCK
! familiar to ali Americans who have visited
| the city, was surrounded by six circular
| boxes of flame. shining through coiored
| GLASS The windows and roof were outlined
| In exquisite blue and gold settings. ola
sghtseers pronounced the scene as one or
artistic brilliancy in illumination unsur-
| passed even by the fetes for the Car in
| Paris or for him at Moscow.
Father Thames tonight furnished an I'M
| pressionist color scheme. The sweep sea-
| ward from the pool. myriad lights here ana
| there just touching into ghostiy form the
shipping, the tower the heavy nE TS oe SSa
| away towards Westminster, OF shauoWs OF
the silent water. the small string of colored
| lamps on some wandering tug or cumprous
| barge lines of lucent color on near by
/ bridges the streaming rays darting sky
ward from the dazzling streets-made more
| marked the gloomy warehouses;, dark
! matches of almost impenetrable shadow
! that on the river edge seemed to fringe the
| glory of 1t ALL
A RAILWAYS DISPLAY.
Among the displays between Westminster
bridge and the Horse Guards one in par
|
| don &. Northwestern Railway Company at
| the corner of Bridge and Parliament streets,
| the most extensive illumination by electric
! light to be seen in the metropolis. There
| are three thousand sixteen-candle lamps
| arranged to outline the building. The ch1et
feature was a large crown surrounding the
| dome at the corner containing six hundred
| lamps They were mostly white, but the
Jewels in the crown the orb and cross,
| were shown by clusters of colored lights.
/ The columns were in white, and there were
| horizontal lines of light over each floor,
| with lines vertically on the Bridge ana
Parliament-street frontages, in large letters
| of white light-initials in ruby-the Woros;
| n Longest noblest wisest reign stretched
around both frontages Enormous gas
flares over the parapet OF each frontage
| ont of the professional streets there were
thousands of devices scattered lnrouGnoul
! greater London of every KIND ana oeScrlp-
| lion from the gorgeous electric and gas
| gIories in cut crystals of West End squares
to row of talow dips in Deptford Sums
or among the laundry colonies of Acton.
The railway stations were well cared ior,
all the royal tradesmen, were were ttoe up as
notable for the illumination of the United
States embassy and the offices. of the CO.
onial agents general The most pro aranted
by Sir Donald Sp IN at the Canada office.
in which the sht and armorial bearings
of the Dominion were surrounded by , ne
| names of the provinces painted on white
glass and illuminated so as to show
| bouquet of color. ,r
! All the stately houses in Carleton House
| terrace including Mrs. Mackey's. MT VIII
liam Waldorf Astors, are a biaze OF uSnt,
but the two splendid mansions occupied py
| Americas two ambassadors, Colonel ray
house on one side and Mr.. WhiteiaW 0ela
on the other, were especially brllnant, ana
called for many approving comments, orl Inc
familiar big ''V r." surmounted6y crown
and the dates 1887 1887; on either side or OF
the central figure of the design, was d laTse
| American shield surmounted by the easle,
and with the significant number OF tnrteen
stars in the field; and from poth houses
large American flags hung. ,.,
With Examinations which are uIiy versa III
every city town and hamlet OF England:
Wales and Scotland, and in some parts OF
Ireland with fireworks in countless places.
with Examinations following the fall OF
night in every part of that empire where
the Queen has sway, there yet remains 10
be mentioned the final touch-the lighting
of the empires torch-the ancient form OF
giving warning sending Joy. the beacon
fires AS 10 o'clock struck at the Green
wich Observatory tongue of flame shot
unwards from Great Malvern, the back
bone of the midlands." 1t was the jubilee
beacon fire Hardly had the spectator time
To look on ii before another flared In the
distance on the right, then again on the
left on the north, south east and west
Peak answered TO peak until from Berwick
on-Tweed to Rough Tor and Brown Willie
in Cornwall. from the cathedral towers or
Iitchfield, Worcester, Ripon, Lincoln ana
Durham, from Bkddaw to St Heliers, from
Hastings to Cader Iris and across the water
TO Donegal and Dublin, thousand beacon
fires blazed. Half an hour later the low
lands the highlands. the wild Hebrides even
to Ultima Thule, sent answering signals 10
the sky And then slowly as the light failed
day m round the world