The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-08-06
In GALA ATTIRE.
How the city Is Decorated for Old Home
Week.

Saturday night the decorations on the
buildings about the city were by no
means completed. Many of them were in
place, however, and give a general idea
Of how we'll the city is to look when the
State Day comes around. There is not
much variety in these decorations, how
ever. The greater part of them are in
red, white and blue, with sunbursts of
flags, shields and streamers of bunting.
In some places the groupings of flags
and the national colors have been such
that the effect is most pleasing to the
eye Some have departed from the ma
tional colors a little and have attempted
to add variety to the decorations by using
other colors. Where this has been at
tempted the result is very effective.
Beginning on Munjoy hill the only
place that is decorated so far is Engine
2's house. This was done Saturday after
noon by the hremen and they did very
good piece of work. The city paid noUh-
ing for this, the decorations being de-
signed and the material furnished by
Ward rs firemen, who are never much
behind the band wagon.
poles on Congress street begins at Frank
lin street. The electric light strings
across the streets begin at Washington
street. From Engine 2's house to the
Universal laundry and Palace billiard
hall, at the corner of Pearl and Congress
streets, there is little decoration besides
that which has been mentioned. Mr..
Libby of the Universal laundry and the
Palace billiard hall have done a good
piece of work and the scheme of colors
and their arrangement Is very pretty
Next below the Central fire station is
prettily decorated, while the City build
ing, across the street, VIII be gay with
bunting and brilliant with electric
lights on Tuesday, though the work is
not yet completed. The Davis block
on the corner of Market. Congress and
Exchange streets, is handsomely decorat-
ed. The Union Mutual building has one
Of the best displays in the city and the
handsome building is well set off by
the artistic arrangement of bunting.
The block occupied by ID. w. Heseltine
is also decorated. The low wooden
building in which Roberio's restaurant
is located, is almost hidden from view
by flags. The Chase house is the only
building decorated between this point
and Monument square. The buildings
in the square are prettily decorated and
the general effect is pleasing. The Lin
coin club building, the Evening Express
block, the buildings occupied by Ira f.
CLARK, Atkinson Furnishing company,
Thatcher post hall, Portland Railroad
office, Guppy's drug store. Peterson IS
news depot, Loring, Short & Harmon
and Haskell & Jones are deliberately deco
rated, making the square very attrac-
tive place. From the square up Con-
grsss street to Congress square the deco
rations are very pretty and numerous.
Smith & Broe's drug store is one Of the
places decorated, and across the street
is the Preble house, which has some
beautiful decorations very artisticaIly
arranged. Oren Hooper's Sons have as
usual showed their public spirit by
elaborate display OF bunting and electric
lights with various notices about the
building which adds much to the interest
OF the decorations. Eastman Brothers
and Bancroft have done well. as has
Schlotterbeck & FOss, Owen Moore &
company, where a pale green is used
with great effect; Folsom s store, the hall
occupied by the Irish American Relief
association, Foster & Avery, the Maine
Charitable Mechanics building, where
the decorations are very artistic; Rines
Brothers, who have displayed lavishly +;