The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-28
TONS OF BUNTING
Business Men at Work on EX-
terror Decorations.
Kansas Avenue a Wilderness of
Red, White and Blue.
SOME OF THE PLANS.
Enterprising Merchants Who
Are Preparing Novelties.
Everybody Is Studying Strik-
ing Color Effects.

When the Twentieth Kansas boys
turn on to Kansas avenue on the morn
ing of November 2, the street should
be one mass of decorations from one
end to the other The street itself be-
tween the curbings will certainly be
so, because it will be done by the gen
eral decorating committee, and a thou
sand dollars will be spent on this fea-
ture alone, exclusive of the decorations
for the band stands at the intersections
of the streets.
But another important feature in the
decorations should be the buildings
themselves. These the general COM
mittee have nothing to do with, but are
left to the firms and individuals who
occupy them. There ought not to be a
single building of any description, large
or small, from the Rock Island depot
to Tenth avenue that shall not be pro-
fusely covered with decorations. The
same should be true of the stores and
other buildings on the side streets, and
especially the larger blocks, which are
filed with offices.
This does not mean that a few yards
of bunting should be thrown out of the
| windows and flag or two stuck up,
| but that the decorations should be ar
| tistic and appropriate.
Many of the business men have al
ready arranged elaborate schemes OF
J decoration, and have men at work on
| them. Others are planning how they
/ can secure the best effects. There are
| still a few who have neglected the
matter, thinking it will be time enough
| to put up a little bunting at the last
/ moment. But they should not delay.
Everyone will be busy at the last mo-
/ ment, and the decorations should be
| thought out beforehand.
/ The public officials have set a good
example by planning extensive decora-
/ tions for the public buildings. Deputy
| County Clerk Oscar SWayZe has been
I planning decorations for the court
| house and expects to be able to carry
| out his plans, although he also has
most of the responsibility for the fire
works display in addition to an over
| whelming lot of office work.
The court house will be given over to
| the national guards for barracks, and
I will consequently be the center of con-
! siderable attraction. Each of the win
! dows will contain alternately large
I rings and stars. Rosettes of bunting
| will be placed at intervals, and bunting
| will be draped from the cornices to the
! corners of the building. At night the
! building will be Illuminated with cleo
| tricity clear to the top of the tower for
! the first time in it's history
| Judge Guthrie is making extensive
| preparations for putting the federal
| building in holiday attire. The main
| scheme will be a prOfusiOn of flags
/ but there will also be bunting ''criss-
| crossed between the windows from
/ the roof to the ground. over the doors
| will be pictures of national heroes
| The Security building-the old city
! building-will also be covered with a
prOfuS1On of flags. The city officials
and the Knights and Ladies of Security
| are dividing the expense on this build
| ing, and have turned the matter Of
| decorations over to Chief Wilmarth.
| with instructions to see that it is well
! done. From each window on both Kan
/ sas avenue and Seventh street fronts
/ will float two "a inch flags and a large
number will be placed along the corn
/ ice 1t will require 125 flags for the
| building. Bunting will also be draped
4 from the cOTnice to the ground on the
| Kansas avenue front. and over the
main entrance Will be arranged a stand
| of flags. Robinson, Marshall & Co., and
| Charles Adams & Co, who occupy the
/ ground floor, will decorate to conform
/ with the general scheme, and will ar
| range novel windows to harmonic with
| the general effect.
| The National hotel building will also
be decorated largely with flags, but
! they will be extremely large ones Mr.
/ Wood, the manager, has secured so of
/ these flags, ten feet long and six feet
/ wide. They will well-nigh cover the
| building The entrance will also be
| draped artistically with bunting as well
/ as flags.
| The professional men who have Offices
! in the Central National bank building
! have united with the bank in decOrat-
| ing that important building, but the
| scheme of decoration has not yet been
| perfected
The principal feature in the decora-
! tiOns of the Palace Clothing company
/ will be two immense American eagles,
/ in gilt with wings spread. One of these
will be placed over the second story,
and the other on top of the building
and the front of the building will be
/ decorated to match. The frm also
| promises some great novelties in the
/ way of window displays.
/ Another important building is the
/ Bates building, which is important by
| reason of its prominent position on the
| corner of Kansas and Sixth avenue 1t
| is probable that the professional men
| who have offices in the building will
/ combine to decorate it, but in addition
| to this the Moore Book and Stationery
! company will decorate the front of
| their store, and at night will present a n
| illumination with fancy lanterns
/ A thousand yards of bunting will be
! used on the front of D. J. Greenwald's
| building, and will be artistically ar
| ranged One of the display windows
/ will be in a background of red
I the other in blue, and the entrance he
/ tween will be massed with white, form
| ing the combination of national cOlors
The Hub Clothing company will de-
| part from the scheme followed by MANY
| others, and will run ropes from the cor
| nice of its building to the outer edge OF
/ the curb, and on these ropes will be
! strung pennants of red. white and blue
| The firm will also have some novelties
| which is already completed. It shows
| a view of the sea by moonlight with the
! Tartar sailing across it.
These are a few of the firms which
! have their displays underway The
/ building that is not decorated will be