The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-15

some of the reception committee at the particular place or arrival so as to look after those who may come. Any and all information about seats and accommo- dations can be obtained by writing to MT Robert Grain. general ehajrman, Cal vert building, Baltimore
 Baltimore has been putting her house in order for the past three months. and today she is spick and span and ready for callers. Many of the streets leading from the convention hall to the railroad stations have been repaved. The street railway company has laid special tracks and loops to handle the crowds and order ed 60 new cars at a cost of $300,00o.
 Decoration Plan
 When the city first began to prepare for the convention, plans were suggested for the erection of street arches and for decorating the public buildings with col ored bunting. Later this idea WAS re- Jected, because the committee on decora- tions concluded that it would attain better results by confinlng it's decorations almost entirely to lights and flowers and living green.
 At night the stranger in town will have no difficulty in finding his way to the con- .yention hall. He need only to gaze up- ward and follow any of the three great beams of light which will be focused on the Fifth Regiment armory from three different parts of the city These searchlights will shine forth from the tops of the Emerson and Belyedere ho- tels and from the tower of the Mary land Casualty eompanys building.
 z The appropriation for this special light Ing is $l5,000. The convention hall itself will be a blaze of lights, the ribs of the curving roof being outlined by 10000 cleo tric bulbs. The block of Bolton street leoding to the main entrance of the hall will be brilliant with collonade of elec- tric lamps on pillars 50 feet apart The potico of the City hall will be outlined with electric bulbs and some of the city s principal monuments will be treated in the same way. To supplement this dis play by the city the proprietors and ten ants of all the tall buildings have been asked to leave the lights buring in upper rooms so that the business district will be ablaze.
 The Convention Hall
 The park department which has charge or the plant and flower decorations, has done much to beautify the exterior of the convention hall by screening the tenn porary doorways and stairways leading from street to the balconies with trees and shrubs. Among the trees trans planted for this purpose are elms and oaks, some of them 10 feet tall. Baltimo- reans are fond of floral displays. and dpptdlo nave Dtt0 Ilaue to bnODKeepeTS and occupants of private houses to dec- crate their windows with flower boxes. To Baltimoreans the convention it. selt will be the whole show, but thou sands of visitors that come here from all parts of the country will find plenty to occupy. their attention when they grow weary of watching democratic ce- lebrities and listening to oratory One of the most popular trips of the week promises to be down the Patapsco river, which forms the city's fine harbor, and out into Chesapeake bay. For the accom- modation of delegates and visitors who wish to take this excursion the city has refftted the steamers Annapolis and Latrobe, which are used in winter to keep the harbor clear of ice. Annapo- lis, the site of the United States Naval academy, Is only half an hours ride by trolley. Washington, the national cap ital, is less than an hour away.