The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-12

deeply gratified that / have been able
at this time TO see again the mother
land OF those brave men who are glori-
flying the Irish name In South Africa"
NEW YORK. April 4.--The Tribune's
Dublin correspondent, describing the
decorations Is the city. says:
There is a continuous line OF bunt-
ing from the landing place at Kings
town to the gates OF Phoenix Park.
Every house on the road TO Dublin
makes brave show OF bunting. Stands
for spectators have been erected at
many points. Pembroke town hall -
profusely decorated and the Clyde road
and other highways are decked with
red and green masts and festooned
with streamers and rosettes. The
scenic artist OF the Gaiety Theater has
| improvised an Irish castle at Upper
Lesson street, where the Lord Mayor
will meet the Queen. IL Is a massive
gateway, or triumphal arch, surmount-
ed by two castellated turrets. From
this entrance gate tho Queen will drive
to Merton Square through continuous
lines of Venetian masts and gaily dec
Grated houses. At the southern corner
OF the square she will pass the house
where Daniel O'Connell lived and
there will be flags there as a token OF
welcome. Thence she will go through
a series OF broad avenues, where the
electric railway posts are boxed In
red and fnasts opposite in blue. and
where the house lines are lighted up
with n splendid blaze OF color. Shabby
Clare street will be TRANSPORTED into
loneliness by lines OF streamers. fes-
toons OF artificial flowers and crimson
and gold shields.
One OF the Queens finest gllmpses
will be up Grattan street as she turns
toward College Green. for the roadway
Is hung overhead with banners, and
the sides are festooned with a double
line OF streamers and flowers. Red
and green masts tipped with golden
harps lead on to the impressive en-
trance of the college, where these
words are emblazoned, "God Bless Our
Queen" This Is the center OF Dublin.
with Grattan's famous Parliament
chamber blocking the way toward
Sackville street. with its splendid mon
uments. The Queen will pass It's ionic
colonnades with their fine architectural
lines and drive by the statue OF Graf
tan. which stands on the site once Sc
| lected for a memorial TO the Prince
Consort.
Dame street is magnificent blaze
OF color as far as the entrance to Dub
lin Castle and the City Hall, whence
the route of the procession leads west
ward across the Liffey 10 the north
quays. The decorations are quieter
during the remainder OF the route
along the river to the gate OF Phoenix
Park. but there are fine effects OF color
at Four Courts. The Queen will not
drive through Sackville street, which
IL the pride OF Dublin, nor will she
pass either OF the two Protestant ca
thedrals. She will not have even a dis
tant view OF Kilmainham, where Par
nell once negotiated peace with the
Gladstone Government, and she will
be conducted to the vice regal lodge
without passing the spot whore Lord
Frederick Cavendish and Mr.. Burke
were assassinated.
The decorations OF the city are as
general as they are brilliant and taste
full. Red is the dominant color rather
than green, but there is no lack of gen.
uine Irish appreciation OF the Queens
character and virtues. The inscrlp-
tons on the house fronts are hearty
| and affectionate. and the sincerity OF
the welcome which the Queen will re-
ceive cannot be questioned.