Show celebration of Colum columbus buss discovery of the new world ABLAZE WITH colon a I aront doll of decor toil wai novel seen jvana artin in flajs alli streets aisi ditc itc il 1 with dev devotee acl to neng cpr lees drw YORK oct it 11 it I 1 is probable that no cuy city wis was never so beautifully liBanti fully so 0 s o gaily and so artistically and above e all so BO universally decor decorator atod as is now new york the citizens leavo responded with re war kable ble unanimity ull to mayor AT abor giants request to aid in tho the col P abma tion by decorating their homes hunie sand anil their tl air office buildings it was waa to lo lie 10 ex petel that the city buildings building Is federal buildings hotels club liou ics acs and erit business liou lioumes lio utes es would bo resplendent in gala attire but bat the ready response of private citizens cornea comes as so something methin of a surprise iu the history of celebrations even in patriotic new york the residental streets are its aa gay as broadway babides being the banner 0 of f the united states no flag is so effective for decorating imi purposes poses as aa the stars and stripes and of cf couise comiso it is the biece piece de resistance of the decorations the file flag is seen everywhere in all sizes and arranged in every conceivable form huge breadths of cotton dotted with stars and barred with stripes and of course colored red white anil and blue are also used extensively for every purpose next to the stars and stripes most frequently seen is the red and yellow colors of Sp amand italis cross iu in its center of preen green white and red the three flags blend well and are effectively used together in ia thousands of cases tile the portrait of occupies a prominent place in aalthe all the more elaborate decorations the great discoverer discover eris is shown shawnin in many different situations the favorite picture represents him landing for the first time on the soil of the new world usually a few pretty female natives are clasping their hands over their breasts and peering out at christopher from a convenient egi cout christler clump ot bus bashes es thousands of cheap prints showing columbus with a sanctified look and earnest expression were hawked about tho city b by peddlers at ta a dime ine asci each every small shop has iao C ui Siga barb trag broadway Cro Proa adway avay and fifth avenue of courna carried off the palm for brilliancy and profusion of effect from the battery to thirty third street broadway runs between two ban banks s of col color or every building shows some aff effect act bowling 0 green with its historic mementoes begins the I laze blaze the tha washington buildt building ng is the most notable there the next gilain building to catch th the 11 0 eve 0 1 by it profus profusion jor of decoration is tile the equitable 1 iti table which is literally covered with ala flags S banners shields streamers and pictures across aaros s the way old trinity joins in the gaiety A block from broadway broad way down in the wall street district tle walls of money and public buildings ilide hide their soiled fronts under panoplies pan pano oplies piles of color the drexel building 0 8 building and custom 11 houss ouss are the alie most profusely protus ely decorated coining in back ack to broadway one notices such bab buildings ull dings as the petroleum exchanges exchange 0 the stock exchange the maritime exchange clia the boreel building and the western union building monuments of modern enterprise swathed in brilliant colors chiefly the red white and blue of the nations hag flag passing by st pauls chanc 1 gracefully t trimmed with wilh the national s ensign libi the stranger arfin finds himself in the centre of city halt hall park the city hall as befitting is ia certainly the host brost elaborately decorated building in new kew yort york on oil all four sides the walls walla are literally Fino filothei esl with banners shields and till all manner of ga gay devices the cosmopolite ni in idea has haa been carried out to its ita furest extent no matter from what remote country comes the stranger who blands in this the anil and views tile hi iwic pile lie he will bee his nat nations ionis flag flat entwined around its coat of arms surmounting all are ga guily ily fluttering stripes of hundreds of small email banners newspaper er row is is resplendent tho the ho homo of every houi joui journal bial is more or less lehs attractively decorated the most elaborate work has haa been 0 on 1 pulitzer building colored light m hakea aked the building a flue sight at night from the city hall up broadway Broi dway looses itself in a maze of color each building without exception has haa something in the way of decoration yan many y have original gilill an il I 1 striking designs de signi all having rp reference ference td mUna and tins the d greatness of 0 ins ills new world to describe each in detail would j lie be impossible I 1 the metropolitan hotel the boiton I 1 house the domestic building the union square hotel the everett the hoffman Hof finan the bombe and palmers halmers Pal mers theatre and the imperial hotel are splendidly draped sumo some of the buildings lose their its as buildings and are pictures in in hivish colors union and madison ala di ison squares central points of in reimt always at arp t bound by four lines of profuse dec df coral oration ora ions tiou aristocratic xyth avello doea not dot rival broadway pi ill profusion rf of decoration but it i Is still a wonder of brilliancy brilli incy froni from washington I 1 square to central park I 1 at twenty st conal street a big t tri ri lial arch lias has been erected the arch is bield in place by six imitation granite lite pillars entwined with rod red millite 1 white I ril tile and blue blino buntin bunting gm palms flowers and pott itta 1 I flints fill tho the cpr npr ip I 1 boap n 1 ili 1 1 ie e its il is d oi 0 i i B main BI 81 ILI I 1 I 1 11 I 1 at atiqi in i i i light the iha nip vs hill yr e ul bi hilll r t jj j 1 0 1 lt oe tul 11 J i a I 1 till rm mile ill n twi li it b it hi 1 i c tue b U v a 0 elou e lilt 11 tile fulir ia le it 11 hi ili pit in 11 iua J aiau 11 la u L ulla ings all unite in honoring tile the coloura tion and bya B all odds the most interesting most tiling in the way of decoration decor aaion is tile tho arch spanning fifth avenue at fifty eighth street it t is imitation marble the ille desin design is chaste and tute rul two to parisian marble clou inns on each side siao enclose aiches in each of which is ia a graceful sculptural representation of peace pillars lie cli entwined twined with will i green and gai linda hang bang from the top tol on top of the le birli sit I 1 it is the inscription hiser i eption I 1 U S a of america lu memoriam Mem orium of glorious chri ChiU opher columbus all day the arch was sui sm rounded by sight sightseers seem it was evident that tile holiday crowd had begun to arrive masses of if popl p 0 flowed up tip and down F fifth if th avenue and broadway Cre adway all day long gazing with eager interest at tho the decorations |