The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-05
RED, WHITE and
BLUE FEATURE
Only Colors Used In Decorations at
Washington Today-City AAut-
ter With Flags.
(By Associated Ptess)


Washington, March 6-The Red
white and blue displaced all othe,
colors in the scheme of decorationl
for President Wilson's inaugural. Tn,
green and white, and the mixture o.
gay colors Of other years were en-.
tirely submerged in the display o.
national colors.
From every stand they fiuttered
from every public building. The folds
Of the flag rippled from the crowded
stands along the line Of march as If
in answer to the salute Of the same
colors borne by the marchers. The
flag swung or dropped from, balcony
window, and housetop. It fluttered
in the hands Of cheering spectators.
It hung suspended in stately dignity
at thousands Of homes. On the line
of march and of the line. Of march,
everywhere, the. city displayed the
flag.
The Court of Honor at the White
House where the President reviewed
the marching army Of celebration was
smothered in the tri-color. It was
the decoration, the only one, in Pres
ident Wilson's second inaugural.
In choosing the flag as the only dec
grafton, the committee is understood
to have had in mind the international
situation a. well as Presidents wish
for dignity and simplicity in any
color scheme which might have been
considered.
As in previous years the Court of
Honor extended two blocks on Penn
sylvania Avenue, from Fifteenth st.
to Seventeenth, directly in front Of
the White House and between the
Treasury and the State, War and
Navy Buildings. The Presidents
stand, seating about $500 was on the
south side Of the avenue, while oppo-
site, the length Of Lafayette Square,
was a reviewing stand for others.
The Court itself was colonnade
outside the curb on each side Of the /
avenue for the length Of the tive
blocks. At intervals Of sixty feet
The columns were relieved by pylons,
decorated with evergreens and sur
with American flags, the
whole composition being tied together /
with festoons Of evergreens. At each
md Of the court the pylons were elab-
,rated and topped by tripods.
Arches Of imposing proportions
rave passageway for vehicles and
ormed termination for reviewing
tsnds. The center Of each stand was
marked by pediment.
President Wilson's stand, marked
y the seal Of the United States in
olor followed the lines Of the portico
I the front of the White House with
Is Auted columns, and was much
,ore elaborate than any other.
Each great white column Of the col
made was surmounted by an entab-
lture, above which projected a>staff
18th the flag flying. In the center Of
he columns were small cedar trees
nd connecting the columns and py.
ms were double festoons Of ever
reens and single loops Of electric
ghts.
As in the last Inauguration the
ourt Of Honor was designed to pre-
'rve the severe lines Of the portico
Monticello, home Of Thomas JEFF
'rson. Within the Presidents stand
10 built the glass enclosure for the
officials and guests. At
|ints along Pennsylvania Ave. the
,corative features were heightened
) courts Of state consisting Of some
hat smaller columns and pylons con-
cted with fsstoons Of svergreens.
might these courts will be illumin-
I'd by fsstoon Of electric lights.