The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-03-07
GORGEOUS nscoaArloNs.
WashieHten saFpaaa~a ft.~If m tss
w@aderfmt street ntHalHr.

a gorgeously patriotic sight. l,ut IL
was at the Court nf Honor. construct.
cd on Pennsylvania nxcnue. between
| Fifteenth and Seventeenth streets.
that the decorations fairly sur.
passed IN pretty and effective display
anything ever befor, seen here IN
street ornamentatlon ON large ssnic.
Here the scenr riyalicd that Of an
italian carnival display in The era of
the Actifsi. Probably Ho sFhcr public
fhcroughfarr In thc world 0f equnI
length ever leni itself more readily 10
artistic decoration iLan this stretch
from the treasury 90 She state. war
aud navy departments building. For
almost a quarter uf mile the mag.
nihcrni stretch of asphalt runs
straight ~ an arrow due east ara
west. the is0-fooi roadway and parnl.
lei stone sisirwalksalmDsi half Rs WIDE
again, shaded by maIiy trees whoss
planting antrtlats3 the cisit war. On
the south side of this court It's length
Is shaded almost equally by the grey
old treasury building, massive aud iya.
pressive In iis severe simplicity: thc
executive mansion, half hidden nut
cleaning. SHOW white, through the
surrounding ircrs. aud the state, VAR
and navy buiIdiug. an artistic pile
of granite With row upon row oi hai.
comics aud columns towering above
all the surrounding buildings. On IN,
north side of th' court. twp-thirdN
it, length, L. occupied by Lafayette
square, with It's rqucstrian statue OF
jackson act Ha thr central fgurc Ia q
mass OF Fhrubbery and towering tree
within this generous setting the dee.
orators had wrought Iransforna.
ton. Along each side from end to end
were erected continuous line VI cay.
cred stands with terraces Of seats ris.
ing 20 fee' above the level Of The road
way and transforming the court into
a great amphithcairr through which
the procession was To move. The low
er sections 0f the stands presented az
Enbroken band of white, slave that iu
trout ~ the navy department, which
was topped hy fricyc OF crossed
nnrhOrs and cannon i- recognition ui
| the allied hranoh he's nf the service. The
roofs Of the stands were supported by
slender white columns, while m front
Of 'he lower tier ~ seats ran . lat.
tire work railing uf white rnrked IS
old gold cloth that lent touch of rot.
or To the general effect. The oniy
other color was "a dropping fringe OF
holly falling from the caves overhead
aud looPetl In sections below the rail.
ing.
| The setting - the court did not
stop With the stands The road Say
WAS hanked on each side with row uf
columns between which the troous
we're TO move. Eight massive piluus.
four ON either side, marked off the
court In equal lengths. These were
| copies OF thc decorations Of Che Alex
nndr&an bridge NJ the Paris cxposi.
tlon, and consisted OF n pedestal zen
fee; on the base and bearing q square
pillar, the whole 10 feet high. the top
Of each surmounird by bronze urn.
Ai each angle of hc square pillar WAS
| imposed small ionic column of the
sUme height, the whole topped by
rhpltai that carried the ornamental
uTn. Between the pilons on the north.
side were intersprtsrd u smaller col.
umns of ionian design with Tuscan
capitals. 4 similar row of columns
fianked the whole of she Lunette in
front OF the Whits House. About The
capitals OF the rilons and the inter
sectinR pillars were set crowns OF
frosted electric bulbs, while the
spheres that topped the pillars were
also outlined with incandesreuts TO
Md In the illumination at night. 81.
ter dark the bronze urns mentioned
will play an important part, for each
IL to be filled with Greek FIRE which. In
burning. will give of heavy columns
Of white smoke. These smoke coli
amns viii be illuminated by search
lights turned on them from the roofs
of the surrounding buildings. The adj
larent government buildings were
atiage with national soiors, except the
executive mansion. ever whose white
expaDse hoafed only the usual flag at
fnll mant. On the other hand the
state. war and nRvv building was al
most hidden from view by the i'm
msnsc buttiefags trnped from each
of the successive tiers of balconies.
Above the treasury department at the
east end CT the eourt great sheaf
OF flags waved over Che main portal
Of the pe,Ilment, supported by les 81
gGntie nonoilfhic columns. was Allcd
In with a solid facing Of crimson
cloth, In the center of which rested q
great shield Sf green in whose center
the treasury emblem Of the scales was
wrought In electric bulbs.
THE same scheme of decoration was
carried around the east front. The
columns here also were draped In
I fsaga, and under the pu4ticu ran . 70
foot frieEe Of crimson stuff conceallng
myrlasis OF electric globes that at
night are 20 Hpring into light aud
bathe the whole aide of the building
in rnddy glow.
| Down both sides OF Fifteenth street.
on which the east front Of the treas
nrs ntsstrr, the same scheme of white
ataBda was continued, thr railing. as
In the Court of Honor, being Of uni.
form latfieework. but backed with
crimson instead of white and old gold.
| AZ the south angle of the treasury.
where the procession wheeled north
into Fifteenth street, there was
Ia russ stnuH ainsx9 tina tpf.ssi. tsnx.