The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-07
DECORATE FOR ELKS.
Salt Lake Business Houses AS
sumo Purple Hue.
MANY FINE DISPLAYS
PREPARATIONS BEING MADE
FOR THURSDAY AT LAKE

prizes offered by the Elks for the finest
decorations has had the effect OF turn
ing the town purple in honor of the big
celebration of the B. P. o. E. at Salt
air Thursday. Scarcely a store on
Main street is without some sort of
display in the lodge colors, purple and
white, and many of them are objects
Of admiration for hundreds. The dec
orators have nut forth their best eff
forts, mainly because the ElkS are the
best people on earth or, at least,
/ lot of jolly good fellows, and for the
further reason that to win the prize is
a chance for advertisement that can
not be thrown away.
The judges are TO make their de-
cisions Thursday, announcing them at
the lake Salt Lake lodge No. So has
/ offered a premium Of 800 in three
! prizes, $50, $50 and 500, for the best
window decorations, and a member Of
/ the lodge has given another 500. this
I prize going to the one firm that has
/ the best decorations. either interior or
exterior. The rivalry they have stirred
up is something extraordinary.
Some of the Displays.
The first attractive display coming
| down Main street from South Temple
| is at KOIitz' candy kitchen. An i'm
| mense frame representing the half of
| a clock face, with hands pointing to
! the ElkS' II o'clock is set up out in
| front, and can be seen half a mile
away. The windows are all purple
with candies-Candy elks. candy goats
| a candy clock and a score of other now
| elites to help advertise the big event
/ Across the street Siegels have put
| everything in stock suggestive Of pur-
/ pie into the windows, and the Singer
! Manufacturing company has done the
| same
The Paris and Bowring's millinery
! establishments have kept the pace, and
/ the Monarch and HiTschman'S shoe
/ stores are right in line.
! Gardner'S window contains the prizes
/ TO be given away at the lake, and they
/ are endless in variety and costly in
! make up. The prizes represent over
! 81 600 and are viewed by thousands of
I people every day They include eighty
three railroad ticket prizes, which will
! go to the holders of winning coupons;
fOrty-fOur prizes for the skating rink,
and many others for all sorts OF con-
tests.
Beautiful Designs.
Auerbach's have done themselves
proud, having beautiful designs well
blue hang in the windows, drawing the
attention of crowds as far as they can
be seen. In the middle OF the window
a mammoth elk's head, with spreading
antlers, Illuminated by incandescents,
| shows off perfectly. Their display is
one of the most expensive.
/ Galloway, HOock & Francis have
avoided an elaborate show, but for
/ dainty, tasteful decorating their win
dow speaks wonders.
The ScOtt-Strevell people have made
their display solely of goods kept reg
ularly in stock They have all the Of
fceTs of the lodge pictured in water
colOTS on German porcelain plates: a
tower clock Of boiler gauge glass; an
elk'S tusk, such as are used for watch
q. charms. made of German rubber fuse:
a life size baby elk of hair felt, the
horns of hammer handles. hOofs and
ears of lace leather, the animal stand
ing on bales Of rope. representing cliffs.
It IS work of art all through. The
display is concluded with a clock made
of chains and nails, with large spoons
for nails. The windows are illumin-
ated in purple lights.
JOslin-P Parks window, in which the
diamond emblem 70 be voted to the
most popular Elk is displayed. has been
finished off beautifully.
Around ar Mullett's on Second South
is one of the Drettiest windows. A
large E1k'S head, with antlers illum-
mated by small incandescents, forms
the center: surrounding il is a perfect
maize of purple. in all kinds Of arti-
cles of wearing apparel and bunting.
Unique Exhibit.
The Salt Lake Hardware has some
thing unique in the way Of a clock
face made of carpenters rules and
tape measures. An elk head is DrOUni-
nent and the window is all in purple.
The Davis shoe people have a right
to feel cOnCeited. if they want to. Ovel
their windows. An elk drawing a char
lot the wheels of which are clock
faces. with the hands pointing tC tbs
eleventh hour is the feature Of the
display
The Lace House has spent lots Of
money on their showing. and il loom!
up from any place on Main street
There are ten big elk heads on tht
bower extending from the entrance t.
the curb. and all Of them are prettill
Illuminated. The pillars of the grea
bower are in purple, with Inscription!
such as Welcome" and 'The City i
Yours" and poeticaI sentiment worked
out in white. Both windows are hllet
F with colored designs, an easter egg o
purple and white being prominen
among them.
| There are many other displays il
the city besides those mentioned, which
have many excellent qualities. and tn
judges will likely find it a difficult mat
ter when it comes TO making IN
awards.
. Parade Tomorrow Night.
l The great parade of the .Elks occur
: tomorrow night. Held'S and the Utal
I Battery bands will be in line and
: live elk viii be another feature TIL
line Of march is as follows; From tn
d. hall on Market street up Main to Thirr
I South, east TO State, north to FRS
! South. west to Main. north to Soutl
I Temple. counter march to secon
| South, west to West Temple counte
march 70 Main and south 20 hall
T The day at the beach win be full 0
= interest If half the promises Of the of
p fetal programme, which made its an
Y pearance in gay purple yesterday. ar
5 kept.
y The Salt Lake & Los Angeles man
/ agement is expecting one of the lare
q est crowds of the season. The Elk
and their friends are coming from a
directions prepared to have a goo
time.
The cheap rate excursion given t
the Butte people by the OREGON Shol
o Line viii arrive on Thursday nOrnin.
which Will help swell the tumuIt this
will go to the lake, A large portion {
a the crowd coming from Butte VIII I
I. made up with members of the order {
Elks.
q SLIGHT CLUE OF R0BBER
n Officers Seek Men Who Held L