The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-12
RADIANT LIGHTS
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Jewelled Arch Sparkles.
In Center of Fantas-
tic Spectacle.
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continGed from Pa0s One.
ten and beauty ana mystery wers
more effectively created than they
have been for many celebration In
the Capital City. Z.
When the crowdsmassed 30 dense
last night on sevsntsenth street
that the director OF Illumination
had to SWITCH. on the lights in
order to save the box-hedge row in
'front.' of the Pan American Building. !
q was decided that Washington Is
entitled to- three nights instead Of
two for the illumination. A confer
once was promptly called of How
ard s. Reside. chairman OF the
committee; w. D. A Ryan, director
OF illumination, and Commissioner
Cuno II. Rudolph. and II was def
niteiy settled that all the special
lighting features will be shown not
only tonight bat, again tomorrow
night $50
: Thosands witnessed the wonder
full color effects from the Caption
steps, the Monument Grounds, the
steps Of the Treasury and on Sew
enteenth street
From, behind the Capitol, as seen
from the Treasury, played the spec
trum OF riotous color. from more
than thirty powerful searchlights.
For i've minutes this aurora bore.
alis would remain and then sud.
denly wetld be thrown pure white
IN silvery fan-shape. 1t in turn to
remain for ave. minutes.
The Washington Monument. light
ed as never before, stood out, now
A--A
on the Capital. the Lincoln Memorial
and the White House, now as YER
ticallys striped banner Of changing
colors.
Operation Directed over Phone.
The whole operation is controlled
from one small stand opposite the
Pan American Building where W. d.
A Ryan, the man who designed the
entire display, gave his orders over
the telephone. II was from this
gave the order at 8 o'clock, Turn
them on"
And 1t vas from here that Mr..
Ryan, when he saw the police could
mo longer hold the crowds who were
silently forcing part Of their num-
per over the growing hedge in front
Z the Pan American Building. or
iered the display to be turned on
or five minutes.
For a time Director Ryan was7a
usy man. Last night was the first
cal try-out of the display.
IF We can only have a little
Z Jreeze," he safd, I'VE will have still
mother effect from that crystal
.Arch." He referred to the thousands
of hand-cut Austrian crystals, each
Il
adorn not only the royal Jewel pend
ant that stretches from shaft to
shaft but also spangles the shafts
themselves. Each jewel is on q
slender support that will respond to
the slightest breath.
Many impressed by the gorgeous
portal were interested to know
what was burning" in the four
urns at each corner of the
shafts. Director Ryan explained
that there was nothing burning. II
was merely steam on which the
light was playing, pipe1 from the
nearby Navy Building.
Credit for the twelve outstanding
banner standards that line the west
side of Seventeenth street, he said.
should go to ]. w. Costing. artist
of his department, and-to Mr.. Mum
son, mural decorator Of the Capt.
toL
Added Features Tonight.
Tonight is promised still further
Improvement of the lighting OF
Memorial Hall, the sys-
tenn being what is known as relief
lighting. Old rose tones will be
used and the light, coming from be-
hind, will throw each column into
sharp relief. Like last nights eff
fects with the Red Cross Building,
# will tend to bear out the illumi-
majors claim that men in his pro-
fession can do what no painter
would dare.
Batteries of refectors cut the
into scarlet, violet, jade.
and white blocks. Purple trees
with ash-brown trunks stood up in
front Of the Pan American Build
Ing like parts of an Urban stage
setting.
The shafts of the jeweled arch
were glowing obelisks. And, like
the aurora borealis. geometrical
rays of colored lights flooded the
skies above the Capitol.
The scene was a silhouette be-
Nond compare. Trees stood out with
every branch defined against the
rays, and the whole scene was d.
,vided into uneven panels people
were moving spots; automobiles
were worldly moving shadows.
!, Several machines were parked
near Seventeenth street in the park,
and could not be moved for the
crowds. There were the inevitable
little boys selling taffy and peanuts.
One, woman remarked that she
wished they would be kept at home,
where they belonged: she felt so
sorry for them that she always
bought what they had. and never