Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-03-19
DECORATIVE FEATURES
OF over THERE
Great Liberty Loan Cantonment
At Fifth Regiment Armory,
Baltimore, Week Of
March 80.

1t is not an easy matter by any
means to arrange the decorative fea-
lures OF over There" the great Lib
crty Loan Cantonment which is to be
held at the Fifth Regiment Armory in
Baltimore. beginning Saturday, March
3Oth
The setting demanded sky effect and
when one considers the fact that the
Armory covers an entire city block,
an idea as to the tremendous amount
of bunting required to cover this ire
mendous canopy. can be gained.
The purchasing agent for the Liberty
Loan Publicity Committee which has
arranged this stupendous Cantonment,
reuuisitioned all the bunting of the
shade required for the sky in the Bal
timore stores and although this order
assumed tremendous proportions, he
still found that he only had one-tenth
of the amount required
Then commenced systematic search
through all the big wholesale houses
of Philadelphia, Boston and New York,
the final result being that in order to
get the $4,000 square yards of bunting
required, IL became necessary to Sc
cure every inch OF that color in those
cities as we'll
Compared with the stretch of can
vas used by the any of the big cir
cuses for their main tents, it means
that the covering of the huge vaulted
dome of the Armory exceeds that of
Barnum and Bailey show 10 a very ap-
probable extent. and that probably it
is the largest dome in colored bunting
or canvas stretched in this country.
The effect gained through the artis-
tic arrangement of the bunting is that
of a night sky. deep blue shade be-
ing used Through clever lighting
arrangements. stars will twinkle in
this sky thus making the whole scheme
give strikingly beautiful effect The
Sky" was placed by group of MINI
Bile sailors who climbed To. the tOpmost
part Of the dome and pulled the bunt-
ing. which was sewed TO ropes into
proper position.
Very realistic will be the effect of
the beautiful serene night sky looking
down on the battlefield and base hos
pital section both of which will be
actually reproduced at the Canton
ment. Entering the Armory one will
be Immediately transported from over
here to over There" To the right
will be the battlefield with its crooked
seas of trenches, actually built. its
barbed wire entanglements, its dreary
outlook across NO Mans Land" and
all other features necessary to repro
duce in actuality this desolate and
bloodstained section of the world.
To the left will be the base hospital
section with an actual reproduction of
a base hospital and its work behind
the lies This will be demonstrated !
by the American Red Cross which will |
also show other phrases of its war
work. In back of both the battlefield
and base hospital sections there will :
be painted scenes. executed by a noted /
artist, which will carry out the per-
spective and give an impression of
vast distances. These scenes are clev-
ly placed and visitors to the Canton
ment WILL without any stretch of
imagination at all, feel that they are
actually in France viewing the coun-
try made desolate by shot and she'll
Other features of the Cantonment
will be equally as realistic and strik-
ing. Among the most impressive ex-
hibit to be shown will be that of 1900 /
war trophies all of which were cap
.uerd by Canadian soldiers at Ypres.
and Vimy Ridge. These
rophies, following their exhibit in
Baltimore, will be returned TO Canada