The daily sentinel., 1913-10-27
CITY IN GALA DRESS
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NSohtiuueu lIOlu GdSe 4.
building flaunts a flag from every
window from the second to the fifth
floors. The city fire station is encir-
cled with bunting and flags with
three-link arrangement hanging over
the sidewalk. This is the work of the
fire boys.
The windows of the fair store are
handsomely trimmed with Welcome
odd Fellows" on every hand in the
official colors and three-link clusters
very plentiful. The c. ID. Smith
Drug Company windows are all trim
med and the plate glass decorated
with messages of good cheer and hos
pitality to the passersby. Flags hang
from all second story windows of the
Fair building.
b. M. Benge has three links in his
store window and a handsome Re-
bekah emblem suspended in mid
air.
The La Court hotel front and lob
by are decorated with plenty of flags
and bunting in generous array.
Kraft & Emerson decorated their
windows on both street fronts with
catchy designs.
The Outing shop has a handsome
commercial display that attracts the
tS % vi III NioltolS anu lldllN
are hung in the windows.
The Quist Drug company has the
Odd Fellows colors in a number of
prominent places. showing the dec
oratiye spirit lives there. ID. b.
Bailey has caused his windows to
bear three links each with welcome
to every city guest.
The st. Regis hotel is nicely dec
GRATED inside and across the front
is a huge and handsome canvas ban
ner, announcing it the headquarters
of the Colorado Springs CANTON
the Pixies Peak bunch. Two beau
tiful silk flags. belonging to this
| canton, decorate the main stairway of
the hotel.
The two bookstores belonging to
NJ. F. Fredericks, on Main street and
next to the postoffice, are full of
indications OF welcome to the visitors
with pennants in the windows and
the official colors displayed.
NJ. II. Loeffler has placed the red
white and blue in his windows. and
o. NJ. Elliott across the street, has
made very pretty pair of windows
with twisted crepe paper, artistically
arranged.
Headquarters Attractive.
The Odd Fellows headquarters is
a blaze of attraction. Both windows
are banked each with sixteen boxes
OF various kinds of apples-lids off
and contents temptingly polished. In
the west window the |. o. O.. F. is
spelled out with green apples in boxes
of dark red apples. The banners
and flags within the headquarters
are everywhere, and it is the busiest
place in the city today. and will be
all week. These windows were ar
ranged by Carl X. Rupp by courtesy
of the Grand Junction Fruit Grow
ers' Association.
The Auditorium has been appro-
priately trimmed with emblematic
banners and flags and the official
colors OF encampment. grand lodge
and Rebekahs, prominently display
ed.
The Odd Fellows hall is very nice
ly trimmed, considerable effort hav-
ing been made to produce decora-
tive welcome that exceeds anything
they have ever attempted before.
Nearly every mercantile establish
ment in the city has prepared some
little display in addition to those
mentioned and the visitors are made
to feel that their coming has been
quite anticipated and prepared for.
The Rebekah badges pay signal
honor to two local women. They
bear the portraits of Mrs. Carrie
the local lodge. who will be given
the degree of chiyalry Tuesday night.