Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-25
LIGHTS OF aUIvEEA TURNED ON
Electrical EGects More brilliant Than
Evaw naFora


Never has a more beautiful and fairy
like spectacle been presented In Omaha
than last night when the edght thousand in
candescent lights burst forth in their soft
radiance Of red and white from the great
f~estoons gracefully dropping froIu the CEN
tiers Of the intersecting streets. on Farnam
from Tenth to Seventeenth, and on Six
tenth from Howard TO Burt. There were
similar shorter stretches on Douglas and
Dodge, and along the cross streets east
ward TO Fourteenth. The apexes Of these
pyramids in red and white lights were
caught from the highest buildings, and
with the ropes OF white lights along each
side Of the streets gave the effects Of long
electrical bowers. made additionally BEAU
tirul by the many electrical decorations
OF stores, theaters and hotels in the Ak
sar-Ben colors. Added to these all of the
electrical signs were reproduced in tho Ak
Sar-Ben colors. making the whole a scene
or indescribable beauty
The. city hall was the only building that
was Illuminated in outline, and even that
Is not yet completed, The effect on that
building Is much enhanced by great fes-
toons of bunting ip Ak-Sar-Ben colors.
Another extremely pretty effect was that of
the Krug theater, which is brilliantly set off
with the carnival colors in lncandescent
lights, and looked much like a huge cleo
trical boauet. :
In the initial trying out OF the great
ropes OF colored lights, some slight defects
we're discovered, but not enough TO mar
the harmonious effect Of the whole and
these were soon remedied. The scene from
Seventeenth. street, looking eastward on
Farnam. and from Farnam northward on
Sixteenth was one of extreme beauty and
was admired by, thousands. The genera
vtrICt Is. that the. carnival Illumination
this year are far. ahead Of any here tot ore
undp rtakln H. Another, pretty effect viii be
noticed on Douglas street looking west
waid from Thirteenth. The graceful cut.
...t g. of the main entrance to the carnival
uuds Of Kings highway gives that pie
t.. a finished effect that will bring for II
.4o..s or admiration,
.de experience of last year in which a
heavy rain washed off the coloring OF IN
red lights. .laA. been obviated this season
by gfvnig~ me ~fhcandescent globes a more
enduring coat-pf rntpE hat viii be imperv.
ious to faip. 49,
While tie Examinations of last night were
OF rare beauty, the effects will be tremend.
ously improved tonight and for the re.
mainder OF the AktSar-Ben festival by the
Illumination of the great buildings along
F'arnam and sixteenth streets.
The new welcome arch across Farnan
street, at Eighteenth, will not be lighted
until Thursday night, delay having beer
occasioned in placing the decorations. A
portion of the lights on the arch are
ready, but Mr., Michuelsen says he will no
order the current turned on until the dec
orations are complete.
Ropes of the incandescent lights havI
been strung on both sides of the following
streets: Farnam, from Tenth TO Seven
tecnth; Douglas from Fourteenth to Six
tenth; Dodge, FROM Fourteenth to Six
teenth; Harvey, from Fourteenth to Six
teenth; Howard from Fourteenth to Six
teenth; Fourteenth, from Howard to Dodge
Fifteenth, from Howard TO Dodge; an
Sixteenth from Howard to Burt.