The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-26

10000 Set Up in Government
Buildings Progress Made
on Final Details.

Ten thousand army cots, blan-
kets, and other emergency sleep
ing necessities are slowed today
in the long, empty corridors of
temporary Government buildings
on the Mall, awaiting the arrival
of uniformed Shriners.
The buildings which during re-
cent years were abuzz with Fed
eral business have taken on the
general aspect OF military bar
racks. i.
Assigns Many Visitors.
The cots, mattresses and other
equipment are lined in methodical
rows through the Sunlit offices.
Army officers occasionally visit the
buildings to see that the Shriners
will have no cause for complaint
when they take over their tenn.
porary living quarters.
The Shrine housing committee,
under the craftsmanship of Ellwood
Morey, was today busily assigning
visitors to rooms throughout the
city, while thousands of District
citizens continued to offer. their
homes. Rooms for all visitors are
now assured.
The festoons of golden lights
along the grandstands in the Gar
den of Allah, extending from
Fifteenth to Seventeenth streets on
Pennsylvania avenue were today
tested for the first time. The full
lighting equipment will be up with
in the next few days.
The Egyptian pillars, rising high
at the entrances to the Garden, to-
day began to lose the appearance of
lath-lad celery stalks as a force of
workers commenced to decorate the
massive ornaments. Paintings rem
iniscent of the Luxor discoveries ap-
pear at the mase of the pillars, while
Egyptian flower-symbols are evident
at the curving tops.
Increase In Traffic.
The greatly increased traffic due
to the presence of approximately 20,-
900 visitors in the city. was handled
expeditiously today by an augment
ed force Of police from Inspector
Headley's office. The one-way street
rules were generally observed and
were of valu in taking care Of the
extra thron gof automobiles.
Boy Scouts today adorned thou
sands of automobile windshields
with the printed invitation, Hop
in, Noble.'' The distribution was
made without. discrimination, so
that before noon stately limousines
and common-sense business road
sters alike requested Shriners to
accept a lift.
The Post Office Department build.
ing, it's entrance concealed by a
grandstand, is decorated today with
the sign, in electric lights" Shrine
Post Office" thanked by the pic
tured heads of two jolly, winking
be-fezzed mobiles.
Directly across from this building
in the offices formerly occupied by
the Raleigh Haberdasher, and more
recently the scene of the big fire
sale Of Peoples Drug Stores, an
elaborate refreshment stand Is
under construction.
Some Handsome Decorations.
The Parker Bridget Company is
adorned above its first floor with a
wide swath of cloth in Shrine colors,
which forms a background for
procession of uniformed Shriners.
leading camels and donkeys, big as
life, around the ledge.
New so venir stores mushroomed
the Avenue today, with a bewilder-
ing array of convention remem-
ORANGES. Dealers say that one of
the best-selling novelties is a hand
kerchief with a Shrine emblem
worked in silk in a corner.
While Washingtonians anxiously
scramble for seats in the Avenue
grandstands, a small number of
prominent Americans look on Sc
renely, with a care, for they know
they will occupy points of vantage
for the spectacular professions.
These are the bronze effigies Of
Gen. Winfield Scott, General Raw
lings. Benjamin Franklin and Alex
ander Shepherd, which overlook the
stands along the line of march.