Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-01
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ties of employment for him. Tomorrow
night Mr.. and Mrs. Taft will be guests of
honor at a dinner to be given them by
the famous Taft Philippines party.
Preparations for inaugural.
Preparations along a greater scale for
the inauguration Of William Howard Taft
and James S. Sherman. as president Of the
United States and vice president, respec-
lively, are being made by the citizens of
the capital than upon any previous ooca-
sion within a generation. Everything is
being done to show the prospective visitors
a royal good time and Neutrality-suspicious.
are nightly offering prayers that the
weather will be pFopitious. All preliminary
work in matter OF decorations and the
subsequent enjoyment OF the efforts of the
local committee depends very materially
upon the sort of weather that is in store
for us. Perhaps never before have Nsuch
elaborate preparations been made, >es-
pecially In the matter of street illumination
and decorations generally by private indi-
viduals occupying homes or business houses
along the route OF the parade as Is being
made to celebrate the inaugural OF Taft
and Sherman.
Washington is waking up and preparing
to spend a considerable sum Of money to
entertain its prospective guests during the
inaugural week. Historic Pennsylvania
avenue will be a blaze of light from the
capitol to the White House on the night
Of March 4. The electric display will have
the famed great white way of New
York faded to a fragile. Aside from the
general lighting schemes by electricity and
gas there will be q very general decoration
OF all buildings, public and private, with
the national colors. The decorations. of
course. will be most pronounced along the
line of march of the parade. Also, how
ever, everywhere about the city the ma
tional emblem, the stars and Stripes, will
have a conspicuous place, and deserv-
eddy 80.
Touch of Life I'm Decorations.
1t has been the desire of the local COM
mlttee having the arrangement of the in
augural decorations in charge to give a
touch of life to the decorations.
Looking back on what has been done at
prior ~inaugurals II was found that what
wal done before In nearly every instance
the decorations were too somber. with but
little of the character of a celebration
and Of a joyous beginning OF a victory and
the beginning of an e~ventful new era.
A word picture of the court Of honor,
so-called, by the local committee on ar
engagements will briefly Illustrate a por-
ton of the general plan of decoration and
illumination. From Fifteenth street 10
Seventeenth street, along Pennsylvania
avenue. is about 1900 feet. Directly on
the axis Of the White House and in front
of 1t is the presidents stand, accommo-
dating about 5000 people, and opposite is
the Lafayette stand, accommodating nearly
5000 persons. These stands are artistically
designed; Venetian masts surmounted with
gilded baskets holding greenery and
flowers and having gaily colored steamers,
extend the entire length of both sides OF
the street. These masts are spaced thirty
feet apart and are Joined together with
looped garlands Of laurel leaves and
flowers.
From the capitol to the court Of honor
at least a mile and a half, at intervals Cd
about 100 feet, are festoons of electric
lamps across the famed wide thoroughfare
In the form of arches which at night will
make Pennsylvania avenue a veritable
bower OF light and are finer than any
thing ever attempted in Washington at ar
tnatonra1 narind