The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-05
"A Masterpiece Of Architecture
Al Art and a Place 81
Real Beauty.

sAttitAsk from time liliillenlof az ne
newly indleted Pre- ideat 0f the
United States has reviewed tie M
aagnral Pafaae from stand III
iron q the Waite House il IS iit-
ting that this should Sc made the
local point o. The great Junction
Here from Fifteenth street ii sevT
enteeuth street on Penns yigania
avenue. the TAR inaugural comm As
ltee had DESIGNED a court q honers
While IN SYMBOLIC eifaet ana beans
B Of nstFpetion, SURPRISES an
lpreylons efforts in street decorate es
work IN the National Capitai
This work had been the paTticus
lar care Of tlle committe on street
decorations, ana ot which B. vi
Dunn, Ira - the chairman ASCOT
lated with him were many architectsl
Iof national repate. They had coli
Elaborated and after much study had.
prodnced a scheme which was n
master piece Of arehitectural art
IN nearly every instance hereto
fore, the criticism was that the dec
orations Of the Court OF Honor were
too sombre There was not enough
Eof the character Of the celebration
of victory. not enongh Of the char
acter ef a ioyons beginning % AM
feyentfal era This was avoided lni
the present Court Of Honor Tine
decorators expressed admirably their
Idea; The result was a snperb dec
oratlye scheme scheme, beautiful IN
design and finish and thoroughlyI
typical OF the strength and prosper
ity of the country.
From Fifteenth street to Seven
.teenth street there is a stretch or
about 1900 feet. Pennsylvania
avenue, between these points, is In
tersected by two cross streets, Mad
ison place on the east of the axis OF
the White House and jackson place
ION the west. on the axis of The
White House and directly in front OF
| it was the Presidents reviewing
stand, accommodating approximate.
lily 5000 people and opposite to II
was; the. Lafayette Square stand ac-
communicating about 5000 people.
The stands were designed artisticallyI
land, although only temporary, we're
I'm keeping with the architectural
treatment of the Court of Honor.
Venetian masts, surmounted with
gilded baskets bearing greenery and
flowers and festooned with gallyI
colored streamers. extended the en-
tire length OF both sides Of PennsyI-
wanna avenue. They were spaced so
feet apart and joined together with
Topped garlands of laurel leaves and
flowers At the intersection Of
Madison Place and Jackson Place.
on each of the four corners were
large pylons, fifty feet high. These
Pylons had the form of massive dorlc
lcolumns on tail pedestals and wide
spreading bases. Eight in number,
they formed, as it were, the en-
trance and exit gates of the Court OF
Honor.
The pylons were CONSTRUCTED 81
frame work and star. painted white
and certain portions OF the stan or-
nament gilded. All the columns
were decorated with laurel leaf,
flowers and gilded rope. At the
base Of each column was a carr
touche wit american eagle bearing
a trophy of silk flags. Around each
pylon were Venetian masts arrangel
in a circle and on them trophies
with the sildsd American eagle
perched on golden label bearing
the names of Taft and Sherman al
| teFuately. Below the names was al
/ relief portrait OF Taft and sher-
man.
The pylons at each street inter-
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and diagcnally at a height of forty
feet above the ground laurel Leaf
garlands OF massive size, and fes-
ftooned below the garlands Of leaves
We're smaller garlands of flowers.
At given points the garlapds we're
ornamented with giided discs with
Topped gilded rope and tassels. In
the center Of each span directly over
the center Of the street, we're inn
mense trpDhles OF the seal Of the
United States. The diagonal fes-
toons had at their intersection an
immense white ball ornamented with
looped garlands Of exquisite green.
studded with electric lamps. white
and green constituted the ofaciall
colors of the entire inaugural cere-I
mony.
Each pylon was surmounted with
Ia hugh gilded basket filed with