Evening star., 1921-10-28
BRILLIANT LIGHTING
DISPLAY PLANNED
Volume of Illumination No.
vember II to Equal 1885,
100000 Candles.

| which Washington is to be bathed the
nights of November II and ~ for the
opening of the arms conference will
equal four billion, nihe hundred fifty
million candles.
walter Darcy Ryan. director of
illumination. made this announcement
today to give the people of the Dis
trict some conception of the magni-
tude of the illumination display that
has been planned as part Of WASH
Iington's welcome to the visiting for
eigners.
Mr.. Ryan made public q statement
describing in detail the arch Of Jewels
| being erected at 18th and streets.
which is to be an outstanding feature
OF the program:
The dazzling central spot Of the
Illumination will be the jeweled por-
! tai at the intersection of 18th and b
streets. near the Pan-American build
| ing ana close to the official home of
| the limitation of armament confer
| ence.
| "There.a gateway of radiance. of
roman design. but more brilliant
| than anything Rome ever knew. will
! De constructed. Two lofty obelisks
| VIII rise eighty-ffve feet and between
| them Will be suspended a splendid
JeWeled curtain over a span of eighty
six feet six inches
Upon this tapestry, in a great CEN
| trai sunburst. will be seen the flags
ana the coats of arms of the eight Wis
J Jung nations participating in the con-
| Ierence-Belgium, China, France.
treat Britain. Italy, Japan, Neither
lands and Portugal.
/ Jewel Design.
| The curtain will bear a scheme of
interwoven designs, traced in Jewels
OF varied colors. which will. sparkle
1h 'ebts 5he hs, sun ay by day and in the flood
600 VIII be in crystal and jonquiI and
ZOO in ruby, acquamarine. amethyst
| topaz and emerald
! The street that leads to this arch
way or light and color will be illumi-
mated for stretch of four blocks, as
| the Avenue of Light. Rows of four
burner Roman lamps with fiaring,
| .o1 1cn-i IKE flames will line both sides
from the Corcoran Art Gallery to the
De produced by Illuminating gas. al
though most Of the display will be
accomplished by electricity
! other unusual effects will be seen
| american building. the building Of
the Daughters Of the American Reyo
'ution. the Red Cross building and
| the District building on Pennsylvania
| Suc' wii stahu sixteen heraidic
banner standards, similar to Those
which were erected in the south gar
lens of the Panama Pacific interna-
tional exposition. These buildings
VIII all have illuminated fronts and
heir porticos will be bathed in con-
cealed. rose-tinted rays while all
! tags will be food-lighted.
The Washington monument will
be literally washed in light. four bat
cries of eighteen-inch searchlights
Will be located at the base of the
monument. Their rays will shoot
straight up each side of the shaft
and will so on into space as far as
human eyes can see.
Lights in Monument.
Prom the top of the monument
lights will illuminate the White
House. the lincoln Memorial. the
dome of the Capitol, the United States
Naval Observatory. the amphitheater
at Arlington, the Soldiers Home and
the building of the bureau of print
ment is but a few hundred feet away
from the site of the jeweled arch, all
these lights will link together the
principal sections of the city.
"Superimposed upon this rich dis
play will be the particularly spec
tacular lights Of the states. which
will appear as an aurora borealis
This will be located in front of the
Congressional Library, and SO set that
it's main axis will coincide with
Pennsylvania avenue. With the dome
of the Capitol as its center. the aurora
will spread outward and upward over
the entire city and will be visible for
miles around.
'"The combined beam candlepower of
the lights in the aurora borealis will
be equivalent tc the light of 1920
900 900 candles. The eighteen-inch
searchlights in the various batteries
will throw combined light equiva-
lent to that of 630.0O0,000 candles.
while the six sixty-inch searchlights
will throw rays equivalent to the
tai combined power of all the great
searchlights and foodlights will be
equivalent to the light of 4.S50.000, 900
candles.
Desisner of Portal.
THE portal. which will resemble a
gorgeous necklace of jeweled lace,
suspended between its piers in the
Roman style: the illuminated banners
and the Roman lamps have been de-
signed by J. Woodley Gosling. deco
rative designer of the General Elec-
trio Illuminating engineering labora-
tory who was q member of Mr.. Ryan's
staff in the lighting of the Panama
Pacific exposition. The construction
work will be under the direction of
y. w. SHducT, SoHSSI uSlioH
of the laboratory, whose services
have been loaned to the committee for
the work. The piers of the arch. or
portal. are to be finished in travertine,
to assure an attractive daylight ef-
feet.
''The actual celebration will last
only two days. November II and IL.
but it is planned to have the archway
remain for thirty days. and possibly
for the entire duration of the limita-
ton of armament conference"