The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-08-05
CHICAGO IS DRESSED up
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il a beautiful sight at night. Ii is
intended to symbolic the entrance to
the city. and as the great parade COM
posed OF thousands of knights passes
through it. heralds stationed in the
heights of the structure will announce
The approach of each grand division
with bugle blasts.
Extending north from the arch will
he the enormous grand stand half
mile in length and handsomely deco
rated.
Rivaling i'm beauty the famous Court
of Honor of the worlds fair will be
the Templar Way, which will extend
from Randolph to Van Buren, street
on State Massive Corinthian columns
in pure white are now being erected
thirty three feet apart along both sides
of the street for the entire distance.
Each column will be surmomted with
globe studded with stars and ilmmi-
mated nj night with seventy three elec-
tric lights.
Natural Laurel in Use.
Natural laurel will be festooned
from colmun to column and green
lights, one foot apart and invisible in
daylight viii add TO the beauty of the
scene at night. In the center OF each
festoons will hang a circle, three feet
in diameter and containing bright
red cross. As an addition to the dec
Grafton of Templar Way, the trolley
poles along the line will be hung with
shields and the coat OF arms OF the
order, draped with beauseauts, the black
and white standard of the Knights
Iemplar.
These decorations will also be illumi-
mated at night and supplemental to
the display arranged for by the or
oaniZation, the State street merchants,
always prompt to respond to the needs
of similar occasions will expend thou
sands OF dollars in the decorations of
their buildings and windows. In this
line, many unique effects and surprises
are promised and altogether, Templar
Way, especially at night will be trans
formed into a scene of enchantment.
Commandery Arch in LaSalle Street.
Another splendid piece of work in
connection with the decorative display
will be the Grand Commandery arch
ON l.aSallc street at the north end of
the Hotel T.aSalle, which marks the
end of the line of march of the parade.
This arch will be surmounted with Il
sculptured, mounted knight, fourteen
feet in height, and the arch will be
Illuminated with 1000 electric lights,
which at night will turn the street
into dazzling flood of light.
At the foot of Jackson boulevard.
already completed towering to height
of 1870 feet. stands the structure, which
will support the gigantic replica of the
official badge of the conclavc and other
insignia. Five thousand lights in color
will supply the iIluminative effects of
this masterpiece, and at night the
great eagle and the mounted knights
will appear TO be in motion.
The line of march will be forty
three blocks in length, beginning at
Thrtyfrst street and Michigan boule
ward and ending on LaSalle street at
the new city hall This is the shortest
line of march of any conclave since
1877 and was arranged with view to
entailing as little fatigue as possible
10 the marchers.
Official Reviewing Stands.
The parade will start at ten o'clock
Tuesday and will reach the grand mas
ter's reviewing stand at eleven. A
second reviewing stand. which will be
occupied by the mayor, members of
the city council, park commissioners
and city and county officials will be
located in Grant park south of the
Art Institute and a third. which will
accommodate Governor Deneen and
state and federal officials, will be at
the south entrance of the federal build
ing in Jackson boulevard. A dctach-
ment of Battery B. Illinois National
Guard, will fire The starting guns for
the parade and the salute to the grand
master. All of the members of this
detachment are Knights Templar.
The competitive drills for the hand
soonest trophies ever yet offered and
for the championship honors of the
United States will, owing to the great
number of entries, occupy two days.
Wednesday and Thursday, ut the West
Side ball park. Tuesday will be pa
radc day and on the evening of that
day number of receptions by both
grand and subordinate communicates
will be held.
Entertainment of Woman Visitors
Special arrangements have been made
to provide for the comfort of the many
thousands of feminine visitors who will
be here during the cOnclavc. A large
committee headed by Mrs. John Dur
ham Cleveland is in charge of this fea-
ture of the occasion and a subcommit-
tee will look after the young people
who accompany their elders.
Had the prophecy been made at the
first general grand encampment OF
Knights Tempars, held in New York
city in 1916, that the thirty first con
clave would be held in a city called
Chicago. with population OF over
two millions and with a magnifcencc
far surprising all previous encamp
ments OF the order, it would doubles,
have been a subject for laughter, bu
today, as the hub Of the nation, tn,