The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-12
DETROIT STREETS ]
4 RIOT OF COLOR.
Elaborate Decorations for Elks' Week
on Woodward and Side Avenues
Some of the More Striking.

the purple and white OF the Elks
flinging masses OF royal hue against
the national red, white and blue, twin
ing affectionately around gilded Elks'
heads and sweeping their festive
lengths across the faces Of the Elks'
clocks. The court of honor on Wood
ward-ave. from Jefferson-ave. north 10
Grand Circus park with its white col
umns roped with laurel and strung
with tiny incandescent lights and Its
splendid arches at either end is ON
imposing and beautiful roadway dec
Grafton.
The merchants have We'd with each
other in decorating their buildings and
everywhere the eye travels their Is a
vista of flags and streamers and a
Kaleidoscope OF color.
Unless dark Elk" appears, the
palm for attractive and costly decor
ating will undoubtedly go to b. Siegel
& Co, whose building on the corner OF
Woodward-ave. and State-st., presents
one OF the handsomest facades on the
avenue. With the splendid show win
COWS disclosing the latest cry from
Paris in women's frocks and coats so
arranged that the tints OF purple and
white are most prominent. the upper
stories of the building on the Wood
ward-aVe. side show well-conceived
and artistically carried out decorative
scheme. Long steamers OF purple
and white are festooned gracefully
around the second floor windows, with
bay trees, in round and conical shape.
placed in the windows, life-sized gilded
Elks standing guard at extreme right
and left. On the story above, against
a background of purple and white
bunting are the huge gilded letters
"B. p. O. F." guarded by Ellks' heads.
mounted on shields, surrounded by
Stars and Stripes. Festoons OF purple
and white are carried to the center
OF the fourth floor front TO large
gilded spread eagle surmounted by
Stars and Stripes below which Is
gilded shield with the words Hello
9ill'' in purple.
Ropes of laurel are carried, garland
fashion, across the front OF the upper
floors, huge clock dials OF white and
gold lettered In purple with hands
pointing TO IL o'clock-the hour Of the
toast of all good Elks TO their absent
brethren--being placed at the extreme
right and left to correspond 10 the
huge gilded Elks stationed on the sec
ond floor The whole effect Is hand
some in the extreme andi carries ONT
In every detail the keynote of Elk
significance.
Another very attractive front is
that of the Newcomb- Endicott build
ing which Is more severe In It's ar
arrangement. being confined entirely
TO a graceful use OF purple and white
bunting with Elk heads In the natural
coloring.
The Detroit opera house has made
use OF the national colors with just a
hint OF purple and white. but the re-
suit is one OF the handsomest In the
downtown district.
I Farther up the avenue the Ferguson
building near John R.-st. and the Grin
nell Bros. Music House come In for
special admiration from the multitude,
both showing very pretty decorations.
The fact that two OF the prominent
corners on the upper part of the ave-
nue. are disfigured by building opera
tons and several other places I'm the
middle OF blocks are likewise insight
ly with great, expenses of bare boards
behind which excavating and building
Is going merrily on, the avenue in the
whole presents a festive and fete-like
appearance. Visitors to Detroit can
not help being impressed with the eff
forts that have been put forth by mer-
chants and citizens generally to dress
the city in its best bib and tucker in
their honor.
The city fathers have done their
best toward transforming the city hall,
painting the face of the city's Big
Ben pearly white and lettering the
dial's numerals in purple; clothing the
Soldiers and Sailors monument I'm
white bunting to represent marble
and framing the bronze tablets there
on in purple bands. The arch-fountain
in Cadillac-sq. has come in for many
favorable comments with it's "Elks'
family looking down upon the multi
tude so fearlessly from their white
heights. the herd cry" OF the antlered
brethren lettered In gold The faults
OF our brothers we write upon the
sand their virtues upon tablets OF
love and memory" and cool waters
bubbling up through a maze OF purple
and white from a basin upon which
the figure OF little child is lightly
poised The fountain is exceedingly
artistic and will probably linger long
In the memory OF visitors as one OF
the most attractive things seen on the
streets Of Detroit during Purple
| Week.