Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-14
Flags for Decorations.

Chairman Frederick d. Owen of the street
decorations committee has appointed Mr..
Sidney 1. Besselievre chairman of sub
committee to attend to the loaning of gov
eminent flags for the purpose of uniform
decoration along the line of march.
The question of the decoration of Pennsyl-
vania avenue has always been a difficult
one for inaugural committees to meet, for
the reason that the buildings along the
avenue present SO many types of architec-
ture and such marked disparity in height.
The general subject of the decoration of
the avenue is in charge of subcom-
mittee of the committee on street decora-
lions This subcommittee requested the
subcommittee flags, shields and color to
suggest general plan for the treatment of
the avenue with a view of urging the in
dividual decorators along the avenue to
carry out such general plan. The sub
committee on flags, shields and color, of
which Mr.. H. c. Gauss is chairman, held a
meeting at the committee headquarters last
evening, and, after thoroughly discussing
the situation, decided to recommend plan,
the main feature of which consists of re-
tanning all decorations except those on
large buildings which are to be treated in
dividually, below a line to be established
on each block which shall be approxi-
mately thirty-five feet from the ground.
All decorators, with the exception above
noted, are to be requested to keep the deco
rations below that line, so that horizontal
line will be established thro- ghout the
length of the avenue, which will have the
effect of joining and tying together the
individual decorations so that 1t is hoped
that the decorations of the avenue will
form a harmonious whole.
The lower line of eight fleet from the
ground has been established by the building
regula tons, and the committee earnestly
recommends that the decorations of the
lower line shall be of blue bunting, with
points of white wherever necessary to relieve
the monotony of the blue. This should be
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edgng of white and it is hoped to make the
| base line as continuous as possible through
out the length of the avenue. The commit
tee recommends that white bunting shall
| be used on the upper line with smaller re-
| lief notes of red bunting. Where the upper
| line is broken by window spaces, the con-
| tinuity of the line is to be secured by the
placing of bunting in one of several de-
| signs which will be suggested by the COM
| mittee on piers between the windows. The
| use of red. white and blue bunting in mar
row strips is to be discouraged by the COM
mittee, and the decorators will be urged to
use wide effects of blue on the lower line
| and wide effects of white on the upper line,
| with the necessary relieving use of white
| and red respectively. In the intermediary
| spaces between the upper and lower lines
| there will be no attempt to restrict the in
| dividual taste so that ample opportunity Will
be given within the lines established for
| variety of treatment
| Sketch plans of typical blocks along the
| avenue will be made, and the treatment
| recommended by the committee will be indi-
| Gated on these plans. Members of the COM
| mittee on the decoration of the avenue who
| are to canvass different sections of the ave-
| nue. for the purpose of urging much dec
| Grafton as possible will be furnished with
| these plans and will offer advice and as
| sistance to the individual decorators to en-
! able them to assist in carrying out the gen.
| eral idea 1t is expected that one or more
| of these sketch plans will be published in
| order that the suggestion of the committee
| may be widely known early enough so that
| all decorations can be put up to conform
| with the plan recommended.