The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-19
THE CITY GAY WITH FLAGS.
BUILDINGS HANDSOMELY DECORAT-
ED FOR REUNION.

In Such Manner Savannah Gives Evil
dence of the welcome She Has I'm
store for Her Guests-The Gates of
the City Are Open to the Boys of
'G1-DecoratiOns on a More ElabO-
rate Scale and n More Tasty Plan
Than Has Ever been known Here.
How the Reunion Days VIII BE
Spent.
The city has begun to put on gala at
tire In honor Of the coming of the veterans.
From the bluff 20 the park there is bright
and gay evidence that the hearts Of Sa-
vannah people are open to the entrance
Of those who fought for Southern rights
in the days that tried mems souls. The
! gates of the city are open wide, zoo, and
Georgia's veterans will find In Georgia's
veteran city the glad and proud welcome
to which their deeds have given them
every coed title.
The decorations of the city certainly bid
fair 20 be on more tasty and elaborate
scale than has ever been attempted before.
In the past the decorations have run too
much TO strings of flags and indWdual
flags projecting from the various windows
ate, but a more sensible view of the mat
ter has possessed the citizens in this in
stance. The presence in the city Of sew
eral firms of professional decorators has
conducted materially to this end, for the
people have found tnat they might have
their residences and places of business
| decorated in a very much handsomer
manner and az less cost by these men,
than If they attempted to work out the
problem for themselves.
The decorators agree 10 take back the
material used after the reunion is over,
and merely rent II 10 their customers.
Their decorating of like character in other
cities makes this possible and works a
saving fer those who would otherwise have
10 purchase the needed material outright.
The influence that this favorable consid-
Grafton has had is in patent evidence on
every hand, for never before in the history
of the city has there been such decorating
done as that, fer instance merely, on the
county Court House.
The Court House has probably b en- more
handsomely decorated than any other
| building In the city. The Bull and Presi-
dent streets sides of the edifce have been
covered in large part by tasty and pleas
ing designs in Confederate colors and a
number of portraits Of Confederate gener-
ais and heroes, including a large one of
Gen. Gordon, add to the attractiVeness of
the ensemble Farther north in the bust
ness portion of the city here has been
much decorating done. The work on he
Court House is the design and execution of
Messrs. Miuedorfer & Son, of Richmond.
on Broughton and Congress streets the
| decorations are very attractive. Possibly
the hahdsomest are those on Lyons block
while the store of the Branch estate, Just
across the street, vies with II in the gen.
eral effect. The Branch estate decorations
include large and very good portrait of
President Davis. Other business houses
are adorned in good shape and with good
effect The stores of Lindsay & Morgan,
B. Fl. Levy & Bro, A. s. Nichols, Sig
| Gardner, the Metropolitan Clothing Com
| pany. Leopold Adler, w. E. Wimpy and
/ a dozen others are draped effectively from
basement 10 roof.
The Morning News building has also put
on holiday attire In honor of the coming
of the veterans to Savannah During to-
morrow and Tuesday the various places
! in which the sessions of the convention
| will be held, the theater the Guards Hall
and the Chatham Artillery Armory, will
begin to look their best. The theater AMI
! Guards Hall win be decorated inside and
out and in exceedingly handsome shape.
The City Exchange and the Cotton Ex-
| change and Board of Trade will hang flags
| and streamers to the breeze in the next
| day or two. Every indication points to
! the conclusion that by Wednesday morning
| Savannah will be more handsomely deco
! rated and in better taste, with more effect,
than has ever been the case in the past.
| 1t is quite as it should be.
These indications mean something. They
mean that the reunion of the state division
of United Confederate Veterans has stir
red the patriotic spirit of the citizens as
has been done by no other function in the
memory of the Oldest inhabitant and that
| everybody, business man and street garnin,
professional men, men of leisure and men
| of means, are united In the determination
to make 1t a grand and glorious and glow
ing success. The coming of these old fell
lows who followed the Stars and Bars in
the days of 1876, will be an event in Sa-
vannah's history, and ii is to be comment
GRATED in the fashion that Is Savannah s
wont on such occasions.