Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-03
INAUGURAL COLORS
ARE BLUE AND GOLD.
Committee in Charge of
March 4 Ceremony Again Es-
tab|ishes ''Court of Honor"

Two decisions which will help make
the Hoover inaugural one of the most
colorful in history were reached by the
inaugural committee yesterday. The
first was to designate blue and gold, the
State colors Of California, home of the
PreSident-elect, as the official colorS of
the inaugural. The second was to
establish again court of honor" along
Pennsylvania avenue between Fifteenth
and Seventeenth streets, and to utilize
the latest scien5fac lighting develop
ments to make th0 court Of honor the
central point Of inaugural activities after
the official induction on the east front
of the Capitol
Plans for the official reviewing stand
in front of the White House, in which
will sit the new President, the outgoing
Chief Executive and many high officials
of the Nation, were laid before the in
augural committee. Drawn by Arthur
B. Heaton, Washington architect, the
plans call for a reviewing stand Of the
garden pavilion type, stretching back
from the curb Of Pennsylvania avenue
for more than Is feet, with glass-in-
closed front so those In the stand will
not be disconnected in case of bad
weather. The glass may be removed If
the weather is unusually fine. A blue
and gold awning will shelter the front
of the pavilion.
Mount Lights on Flag Poles.
Sixty-foot flagpoles from which will
depend great American flags will be
equipped with the latest type of flood
lights capable of converting night into
day within the court of honor. These
poles will line Pennsylvania avenue
from Fifteenth to Seventeenth streets.
Along lower Pennsylvania avenue the
lamp standards will bear four 9-foot
flags one of which will depend at an
angle out over the pavement, while
the others will drop horizontally from
their stats. All will be in blue and
gold.
In addition to the special lighting and
decorative arrangements, to be arranged
by a committee headed by w. c. Miller,
the court of honor will be literally a
great garden, for the decorations COM
mittee plans to line the curb within
the court with q hedge of shrubbery
from Fifteenth street to Seventeenth
street. The hedge will be Of formal
type, with the shrubs to be placed in
long boxes. On either side of the off,
cial reviewing stand will be the official
flags Of the States, one complete set
the stand.
Tickets for the granGstands are be-
ing sold rapidly, particularly those for
the stands on Lafayette Square, fronting
the official stand in front Of the, White
House. These seats sell for $3.50 each
and the ticket committee warned yes
terday that those who expect to obtain
tickets to come early.
Tickets for the stands along lower
Pennsylvania avenue are not selling as
fast as those for the upper part of the
Avenue, but the committee anticipates
sales will pick up as the date for the
inaugural approaches.
With the induction ceremony for
Herbert Hoover just q month from to-
morrow, plans for the civic celebration
are virtually complete. Details have
been worked out In many instances, and
everything has been arranged for putt
ting the machinery in motion to make
the inaugural real old fashioned cele-
bration. The only factor necessary to
secure success, in the view of commit
tee members. Is brisk, sunny weather.
Grandstand Contracts Awarded.
A contract for construction of two
grandstands to be located In the
sunken gardens at the north front of
awarded yesterday by Chairman Grant
of the inaugural committee to Thomas
Brant, 944 Fourteenth street south
east. Mr.. Brant agreed to do the work
for $500 and the stands will seat
1870 persons. The Brant bid was the
lowest of six received.
Letters to business firms along the
route of parade, requesting that rec
concentrations Of the decorations COM
nlittee be carried out, have been mailed.
These requests are made, that no dec
grafton treatment be given the face
facade of any building, except the
American flag, which shall be hung
from staff at As degrees upward from
horizontal; that flags OF the type and
size furnished by the American Legion
be used where desired as curb decora-
tions and that along the route OF march
buildings be not defaced by individual
istic treatments.