New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-28
CITY'S PATRIOTIC GARB.
ELABORATE DECORATIONS TO RE SEEN
on EVERY HAND.

FLAGS on ALMOST EVERY BrILDINd-soME
OF THE MORE AMBITIOUS SCHEMES
OF oRNAMENTATIoN.
The arch at Madison Square looked soo'
deal Yesterday as II will look when II II q"'''
done There were few gaping hoies j" ~
which looked easy to close up Inc 'i'
around IL made II almost Impossible 10 p""''
,ong enough 10 get good view. Inc NV,
scc.,on Of Broadway and Fifth-aVe Is hui ",H
a busy place Now the traf'ic mas Dee" "'"
or treb,cd and at the same time the spa
the traffic has been reduced TO us 'o" ~
Navigation ir Fifth-avc. was conp'e'eN
Gov nor, NJ Yesterday at a point just pe'o"
Delmorico's old restaurant, ana e'e''''
10 turn back and go down or up broau"" 49,.
The work on .he decorative approaches u VI,
arch was also far advanced tha' ~ -,
certain that .hey would he ready in t'nie' >e"'-'
ell the staCings about the arch anu ~
nroaches were down, and the pure WHITE '"NN
stone forth to the light as they VIII WHICH ~
are ready for the Admiral TO see '"e'..
,alp,v the vista up F'ifth-ave. from twenty
,.,r, :, .u, ~ beautiful and impressive one.
II will he an artistic and architectural o'si'"S
1or.-.,ea With more skill and taste than nave
ever been displayed in any otner ce'e'' "'''
,ba, tho nrcsent generation can remember
Tnfortunatelv he private decorators haNo ~"
seen N 10 comply with the request OF the COM
,o,ttee IN make the third story the empha'o
min, in the decoration Of houses. II is niue '"e
av.raee dwelIer in the average cross street
Lnows ar cares about an emphatic point III wv
oration His idea o. emphasis is quah'i'!' "'
does he care about making MS ue'oi".
monize with his next door neighpof iie -.
10 get ahead Of his next door neiehoo'' % -
nuts flags all over his house wherever '"''
a Granny to stick one. or wherever lie Gan mon
a GRANNY and when he gets up forty-nine anu
his peighbor only forty-seven. ne co"e'
,,,ro..r on he,ns two forty -sevenths more patri-
otto and more artistic than his heishoo''
Dayy Jones's locker with the empha''o p o,".'
But taken by themselves the decor a''o"''
though they are not all up YET are oiN" .'
and attractive. But. though this susses''o' noe
been thrown to the winds "a hau''oa'
.no,her counsel from the same source has peen
regarded for II has been noticeo '"a ~,.
,s a remarkable prominence OF blue anu "'''
in the decorations at the expense OF reu
Tho union Of the flag is used pretty freely
instead OF the whole flag for the reason ~
doubt that it is commonly flown at the DOW Oh
.h,r .,so the Admirals nag blue. with four
white stars is freely used. A stranger ""o
,,au.d the decorations would little suppose
.ha, ,bere was only one Admiral in the uniteo
states. He would suppose that there were
10000 o. them at least in New-York alone ~
appears here and there that dozen OF 81 "a
them are staying at the same hotel lhe'e may
he those who supposed that the hying oi an
admirars flag Implied the presence OF All n"
mrai Not so. any more ;han the ny'hs Vi
yellow flag implies that the house Is quar-
ont,ned An admirals flag was displayed o''
IN. City Hall yesterday. but that ala ho' ""p,'
that :he City Hall was af'oat ana 'na' az
mira, was on board A flag of the United o'a'e'
Al the main top assured tremuous popuiace
that 4. Mayor was in his office, and ralhoo"
.tr.smers ALI about sgnalled that all the 'icke'S
20 az rv,hing would be distributed where they
the most toward bringing III laii'"a"'
4, there was no mystery in II all DC
nm. f, The admirals flag on the CITY fial
No. more than il the City Hall hao raise.
* National ensign upside down and siena'ieo
n we are out Of rum