Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-20
VIEW OF DREAMLAND
Features of the Decorations at
Convention Hall.
MASONIC MAY FESTIVAL
Beautiful Scenes of Oriental Splendor
in Chinese Village.
OTHER SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS
Program for Shrine Night and the
Vaudeville, Respectively
Scheme of Illumination.

A glimpse ahead at the picture of dream
land that will be presented in Convention
Hall tomorrow evening when the Masonic
May festival begins was obtained last night
by the board of control and several commit
tee chairman. After the beautiful decora-
lions had been inspected by the manage
ment Of the fete, in a perfect daylight or
electricity, the chairman of the board, Mr..
Thomas C. Noyes, called the members to-
gether in a business session.
The elaborate scheme of decoration as
seen last evening presents a series of pic
lures of several lands and chimes, from the
frigidity of the arctic region to the mellow
warmth Of the tropics. The first scene
presented in the balcony over the main en-
trance Is almost startling in it's apparent
realism. 1t is a view of the arctic regions
and properly surrounds the booth from
which will be dispensed ice cream and
other frozen delicacies.
Hanging downward from above, under
gray polar sky, are giant icicles, while sew
eral colossal tcebergs tower aleft like grim
frozen sentinels In the land Of the midnight
sun. The eternal SHOWS of centuries are
spread in widening mantles over the desc
late waste, while in the distance is a ship
icebound and grim with Its covering OF Ice.
This picture was In striking contrast with
the sweltering tropical temperature In the
surrounding atmosphere without last night.
Another Winter Scene.
Just below the snow and ice clad balcony,
on the main floor, was another suggestive
winter scene in New England near sunset
From the comfortable farm house comes
warm CLEANS of candleiight, while the fields
and trees are covered with a mantle of
white.
THAT picture is enough to give one the
ssy,of or IL
ing the temperature we are having up near
the ninety mark
A few steps eastward and the beholder
is transported from the land of ice and
snow to sunny Spain. with a Spanish fort
in the foreground. Then there Is q pic
turesQue tropical background. with vii
lage in the distance and surrounding vine
yards with their purpiing grapes
Next 10 an Egyptian village, leading up to
which II the entrance to a temple. with Its
tall brown pillars, while In the distance are
several gaunt palm trees and massive pyra-
heat waves arising from the burning sands
and blazing oriental sky
Then the visitor passes along a few more
PAGES to the German village, with its quaint
inn built In the old IA shioned style of Teu-
tonic architecture. The walls and doors
and windows Of the venerable structure are
time worn and SCARED by the rough knocks
Of many years of usage. In the distance is
pretty lake scene, us piacdu, nhifior-ihe
surface rejecting prettfly the ancient
castles that crest the hills, with German
town away beyond.
Oriental Splendor.
A veritable dream of oriental splendor
comes next-the Chinese viilage-with its
giant pagoda, and Its vivid scenery and
queer buildings in the background
Then comes realistic picture OF old
Erin, the Irish village, with its tavern or
public house. quaint and suggestive
In the distance is the Lake of Killarney,
said to be the prettiest body of water in
the world. while mounted high on an en-
erald Irish hill top Is the gray and grim
old Castle of Killarney, the view being a
most realistic one.
Next in order Is a venerable noss-grown
wind mill OF the type which Is said to give
poetic inspirations to the bards Adjoin-
ing the mill Is the large stage on which
the performances will be given each eFen-