Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-02-21

AsSEfFAaN5p ,ujI \ court Of honor is
AHS F being erected which
promises to be the most elaborate piece of
street decoration ever seen in this coun-
try. 1t was designed by committee of
architects of which Glenn Brown of this
city was chairman. BY day it will be a
mass of waving color, while by night it
will blaze with electricity. The White
House grounds are included in the
scheme and the semi-circular drive from
the portico to Pennsylvania avenue is to
be treated in an artistic manner with
thirty-two slender white pillars on either
side. The avenue in front of the eXecu-
tive mansion is to be filled with eight
structures consisting of four large pillars
with ornamental caps called pylons, and
thirty-two smaller pillars erected at equal
distance. Each of the pillars supports
upon its crest a great bowl of iron, re-
sembling the flaming basins that lighted
the games of ancient Rome. They will
serve q similar purpose on the night of
March 4, and will provide a unique and
magnificent addition to the street decora-
tions for the evening hours. Under the
cap which surmounts the four pillars of
each pylon will be four incandescent
lights, each of 1O0-candle power. The
caps will be pierced and glass of different
colors set in the aperture and through
these a blaze of multi-color splendor Will
radiate.
The most interesting feature, however,
will be the effect from searchlights Of
10,000-candle power, concealed i'll the
caps of the eight pylons, whose brilliant
flame will shoot into the sky through
openings above the place where the lights
and the men who operate them will be
placed From these eight classic col
umns streams of starry brilliancy will
sweep the heavens, striking on the pass
ing clouds and lending unparalleled gran
deur and beauty to the scene.
The artistic effect will be augmented by
curling clouds of white smoke which will
rise from the metal basins on the SUBMITS
of the pyons, breaking the black circle
of shadow, around which play the white
beams from the big reflector below. This
smoke will be made By the use OF chem
icals upon excelsior, and there will be no
flame These great waving. trembling,
ever-changing pillars of smoke will add
indescribable picturesqueness by clever
manipulation of sciences most modern
lluS to decorations anu lllu1lliudlIou'
The stands erected for spectators are
! much more slightly and comfortable than
any ever seen here before, because they
are erected by the committee OF citizens
in charge of the Inauguration ceremonies,
and any profits arising from the sale OF
seats will be turned into the general fund.
! The cost of the Inauguration ceremonies
! is usually met by the sale of tickets to
the ball. The money@needed is subscrlD-
ed in advance by patriotic citizens, 70
whom it is repaid afterWard, ana any
surplus remaining is distributed among
| the charitable institutions of the city
The most important question now pend
| ing is whether the veterans of the Gfana
| Armv of thn Republic shall act as the
escort of honor to President Mckinney
| in tho procession. or whether the swell
| troop of cavalry from Cleveland Whlch
performed that service four years ago
should be allowed the same honor again.
| The Grand Army people claim thal NC,
! Kinley belongs to their organization, ana
| that the veterans of the war ought 10
| have the most conspicuous position IN tie
iline The congressional committee OF ar
| r.cnoements is Inclined to encourage tneii'
hut Gen. Frank Y. Green ofaNeW 1ofk,
| tbe grand marshal. who controls the mat
| fer. saws that it is already settleu' anu
| that the Cleveland grays nave Deeh n.
/ vited and accepted, and are coming.
! The next important question IS the Sc
,act;on of the persons who SHAH rae III
tbe carriage with the President. II nas
hnan customary for the retiring Pfeslaeht
and his successor to ride together. AS
thn1, go toward the capitol the retiring
President sits at the right-the piaee =,
honor. AS they return from Tue e'pi.oi
after the Inauguration he SITS Oh .iie' ~
Rnt as President Mckinley success HUI
GOLF # will not do to let him rae aiohs
Tbara are four persons eligible 70 ocssF
so,+s in his carriage: Mr.. hoose-
rolt John JOY Edison, chairman u
Tho local committee of alfansel u gu :
i AIa,L Hanna. chairman OF the oenass
COMMITTEES. and Mr.. Cannon, chalrhlan y
~ IIo,,sa. scommittee. The ice Fresl-
don't does not ride in the process'on
h.s 10 no in the Senate chamber alia -, .aA =
4 Tho oath of Office there before tne lIss1
dant.e,act arrives and preside at me csls 81.
.,,a,,;a. IF the Inauguration. ait Ea ee =
- o ,,,os,est man. of retiring disposi.IoI'
and willingly yields the hono, Ererv-
Hanna and Uncle Joe Cahiion a;..a,,Iar
i bodv will admit that there y s 's.ss &C.
onnropriateness in having Mr. I1a' :,
comnany the President INNS tl' ...all r.
;onrpay and it would be just as We -, =
49,. took some solemn man IKE
10 olone TO hold them down
/ ,rss Margaret Thorpy, acka ,1,,s : !