The evening times., 1899-06-02
THE COURT OF HONOR
PICTURES NOT sold
Business Men May Buy Them
for Their New Quarters.
The Association Now Looking for
Suitable Rooms.
Patriotic Spirit of Local Contractors
I'm Arranging Facilities for the
Peace Jubilee.

The allegorcal paintings, Peace.
Prosperity" Liberty" and Progress. .
| which hung from the main arches of the
Court of Honor have not yet been disposed
| of and are stored in the establishment of
| H. X Fulton. ON Ninth Street. The paint
| ings were put up at auction, but as the
price bid did not represent the real value
| of the pictures it was decided by the conf
mittee on decorations to keep them until
| suitable amount was offered. The paint
ings are claimed to be worth fully $500.
Chairman Dyrenforth stated today that
the committee is willing to consider fair
price. but is not ready to let them go at a
cheap figure. The artist. H. l.. C. Mac
donald. did the work for $500. The price
in this instance is very much lower than
he usually receives for his work, but. at
the urgent solicitation of Chairman Dyren-
forth. he consented to paint the pictures
at cost.
Mr.. Macdonald devoted a great deal of
time to the work and spent two days in
painting the representation of the basket
of flowers in the scene representing Pros
perity."
There is a movement on foot among the
members OF the Business Mems Associa-
tion to purchase the paintings for the new
quarters which the association proposes TO
establish in the immediate future. An ef-
fort is being made to secure ground floor
rooms in the heart of the city. Several
locations have ben considered, but as yet
final action has not been taken. Several
places on + street, near Fourteenth. are
under advisement. Several more buildings
on F street, near Twelfth, and also on
Ninth. near F, have been inspected.
The Peace jubilee Court of Honor is be-
ing rapidly dismantled. The work is in
the hands of the contractors. Cock & Mar
tin. of this city. who erected the court.
The remains of the various arches and
stands will probably be entirely removed
by the last of the week. Chairman Dyren-
forth stated this morning that the court
could be erected again for a cost Of about
$500. should any other city desire 1t for a
similar celebration. The cost OF the court
was much less than 1t would have been
had not the contractors in the city who
contributed to its erection agreed to per-
form their share of the work for much less
than usual prices. The committee on dec
orations urged the patriotic spirit which
each should display in doing the work un
der il. and as a result nearly everything
was secured at half price. The total cost
OF the court was $500.
The Court of Honor in the Philadelphia
Jubilee was erected at a cost Of $4,000. 1t
was less artistic than the one here. and
extended only one block and a half. The
arch was a massive affair. but did not
equal in beauty the Washington design.
The Washington committee on decorations
did not have the amount to spend which
the Philadelphia committee had at Its COM
mand. Chairman Dyrenforth had to make
every cent count, and even though thus
seriously handicapped, succeeded in build
ing a Court of Honor which was pro-
nounced superior to anything of its kind
seen in this country for years. The will
ingness which the contractors displayed in
reducing their prices shows that the spirit
and interest in ths Jubilee was thoroughly
aroused.