The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-01

biems of Foreign Nations blended
With the Stars and Stripes.
The decorations of the thoroughfares
along which the inaugural parade Will
pass are rapidly assuming the appearance
they will have next Monday The bunting
business is on the boom and there is a
rush to obtain all the National colors in
the city The merchants and firms along
Pennsylvania Avenue seem to have en-
tered into the spirit Of the occasion with
more Zest than heretofore. and as a re
suit, the Avenue is one mass Of patriotic
decorations Hardly one building on either
side between First and Fifteenth Streets
is without at least a naE, aaG IL Is safe
TO say that before Saturday all VIII be
in gorgeous array.
Some GTms. fearing that inclemert
weather might be experienced before
Monday. have RETAINED from decorating
their houses, but aIi ale positive in their
Statements that Saturday VIII ma iii IL
equal To all others IA point OF appearance.
The decorations on The FoStculce Buad-
Ing were GetSun yesterday ana ny night
the edince presented 6 ,cry attractive APP
pearance- Great American iiagS have been
hung and draped from prominent windows
While SJUeameTS OF bUlunS have been
strung in effective places. Ehr Ire;.6sry
Bullding, alSo- presents q very beautiful
picture as beauty, however. does not SIC
IN point OF GuanI5N of decorations i,'J
lIlIGr III TIE aIJ4sILc LlLI-J- IA which
they have been arranged. Many pToni-
neut buildings and hotels aIo likewise
decorated, and u jac visitor the vista of
FenHsy lVstnia Avenue fToIa lie Capitol
Is one OF wonder ana Sp:HndoT-
But as the Avenue IS q mass of National
cOIorS Il brings out the OJner business
thCrOUghfareS in bold contrast Few Of
on al lEsr- Srr n-Hg- Ftt
the trouble ana expense OF decorating
their buildings and from the galley
Pennsylvania Avenue the other streets
appear most SCmbTe- Ot course many pa
trlotic firms on the other thOroughfarcs
have seen tit TO display their flags, put is
a rule, this has been neglected, and only.
where the parade viii pass has auE
trouble been gone 70 TO make any dis
play.
WHITE HOUSE AND COURT OF HONOR
The resplendent glory Of the Court Of
Honor il front of the " hiJe House prom
ises 10 make that mansion worthy of its
old name, the Palace when the success
already achieved in the decorative art is
carried out TO completion Ii - question
abtG whether any hlG2 at his coronation
ever had the environments Of his gaIac.
more daZZIngly decorated than VIII be
the front OF me Executive Mansion On th-
night Of March +. And on both sides Of
the Court OF Honor, to Seventeenth
Street on the west and Thirteenth Street
on The east, the almost continuous rows
OF elevate>, platforms viii make the up
per portion Of Pennsylvania Avenue q
vast auditorium, differing only from a
theatre in having the audience on both
sides of the stage Through these rows
OF humanity the great procession viii
pass The whole route OF the Inaugural
parade VIII be one OF sple1Gor- To the stu
dent Ii heratdry tfe entire route of the
inaugural parade IS q good study.
The forms and collections into which the
National cOiOrs have been grouped are
those Of varied ingenuity and skill OF
the flags. Of course the one with thirteen
stripes and fOrty-liye stars which Betsy
Ross the Philadelphia rlilIiner. devised
Tor George Washington, pred0uinateS and
she, II alive. would be pleased with the
graceful groupings into which il enters.
And. besides this flag, other flags Of the
nIted States are somewhat conspicuous.
mere Is the President flag. the Admir-
~ s flag, and many others OF the navy.
None Of the Old flags. ike the Bunker
HiI and Lexington flags. that were used
before the present flag was made by Mrs
Ross have Yet appeared One that VIII
soon To be IN evidence is likely To be- that
used at ConcOK-, OF which Emerson
wrote.
BY The rude bridge that arched the flood
Their flag 10 April's breeze ulfuried.
Here once the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the
world