The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-05
CITY DECORATIONS
A wealth OFBunIInR and a NVIIdsrns'S of
ArtlatIc Design.

n NN4lku Of N1NhNAhA AAN "
ArtihIIc Design.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March +.-The
center Of interest In the decorations OF
the city is the avenue. Pennsylvania
avenue, stretching for an unbroken
sheet OF asphalt $50 feet broad and
mile long from the foot OF the capitol to
the foot OF the treasury, and thence, af-
ter short break at Fifteenth street for
another mile and a half past the north
front OF the treasury. past the while
house, and the state. war and navy de-
partmentB to Washington circle. There
the inaugural procession turned on It's
backward march past the reviewing
stand OF the grand marshal on X street.
II is one OF the most remarkable thor
oughfares among the capitals OF the ma
tions. and It's decoration for the Ameri-
can Olympiad Is q matter OF long
thought and great expenditure OF
money
The great trough OF buildings from the
capitol to the treasury. one OF the most
magnificent Vistas In the world OF cit
les, cannot brook any cheap adornment'
and this year the decorations are album
dant. The avenue Is n wealth OF bunt-
ing. There are flags OF all nations wav-
ing from the windows or floating from
every available flag pole. probably
every flag In the International code "
represented from the stars and stripes
and the blue cross OF st. George 10 the
white elephant OF Siam and the black
and yellow dragon flag OF China.
The presence Of the crowd on the
streets lend a good deal OF brilliancy
and movement TO the scene and dctracts
-, a - hArOTulIn
From house front to house front except
IN The centre, where the police have
cleared way. there Is q solid mass OF
humanity. many col0red and constantly
shifting; n veritable human carpet for
the great avenue through which the
flood for the inaugural procession Is TO
roll.
Above the heads OF the crowd on either
side rise the walls OF the houses, enrich
ed with every variety OF tiaS and
streamer that tho mind OF the resident
property holder can devise. There ore
sunbursts OF red, white and blue under
almost every window sill. aud whete,the
national colors are wanting there are
the yellow and black OF Russia, the
double headed eagle or Austria, the red,
white and green OF the Barbary states,
and every other natlOnH! combination
that would naturally suggest Itself to
the naturaliZed population OF a most
| cosmopolitan capital
The decorations OF the avenue In fact
| may be divided into sections from the
capitol to the Washington circle Al the
foot OF the capitol the peace monument.
the dry rock OF stRtuary that has waited
n decade for the AarOn's rod VI an APP
preparations committee TO turn Into n
| fountain. has been surrounded by Il
"a. hV thn rnFRffIl
executive committee to prevent the eco
nOmIcal public from making o grand
stand out OF the granite shoulders Of
Faith, Ope and Charity as they stand
| on n tempting eminencc from which TO
gain a view Of the parade. From the
summit OF the white picket fence, how
ever, there nrc waving innumerablc
banners, n decorative tribute To the iso-
lated Eraces.
From this point to Seventh street the
decorations are much the same. This
| Is the older avenue, the section which
| in the GAYS OF Webster, Clay and BEN
| ton. was the fashionable boarding house
section. enriched with substantial brick
| building in strong distinction to the re-
mninder OF the shanty capital. These
| substantial brick buildings are now
| Insignificant two-stOry houses. with
| hip roofs and dormer windows, a relic
| OF Il bygOne era. Their residents have
| decorated them each after his own in
| clinntiOn with flags from tho ridge
poles, banners from the secOnd-story
| windows. and printed banners Of well
! coming to the incoming administrn-
| ton. naming Mckinley and Hobart
| personally as the peoples choice and
| the advance agents OF prosperity
| At Seventh street. one Of the great
! business arteries OF the city, the stands
| commence. The reservations on each
| side OF the avenue have been occupied
| by grand stands. hammered and embat-
| tied with canvass fronts painted In
| imitation or brown stone. which tends
| To make an imposing display.
| From thence to the foot Of the treas
ury at Fifteenth street the decorations
| are Of a slightly different character
| This II the region Of newer and more
Imposing buildings, though the avenue
is not the place In Washington to find
the best specimens Of business Hrchi-
| lecture. But the larger stores and or
| flee buildings are Weather than those
to the eastward Of Seventh street, and
they decorate with more OF real bunt-
ing and less Of print muslin aud cam
brio. Beside the banners noating from
the roofs. there are strcamors from the
corniues to the awning rods on the
sidewalk, red. white and blue most ife-
quently. but almost NJ often some other
gay and striking combination throwing
tho mere architectural features N the
building In allegiance and lending a ear
nival air to the ordinarily prOgaiG
structures. Gnrlands NJ red. white Hnd
blue lncandcECHnt lights are mingled
| with The bunting to be- flashed at night
into brilliant display Of color and "A
few shields ana painted rmbloms help
| to nm In the blank walls apuur
Hut more substantial ana extensive
than the decorations Of the private
building are those Of the public depart
menis. Every department from the
Interior to the state, war aud navy
building, has thrown abroad an ltg
store Of bunting In honor Of the day
The base OF the treasury building h
one OF the fayOrtc vantage grounds
| from which 10 view the inaugural pa
! radc, and TFhcrc have been erected