Of Tempor-ary Street-Decorations

by stencilled hangings faced the roadway, thesegroups being connected with the masts whichbore the banners by hanging garlands.

The tapering rectangular column of the newart mode with the flat trencher at the top mightcome in quite usefully as a substitute for theVenetian masts in places, and the flat top couldbe used for plants in pots, vases, gilt globes withvictories on them, or other emblems, or heraldicbeasts, or electric lamps. A continuous lightarcade of such columns, connected by a lightentablature bearing suitable inscriptions, withhanging garlands, or bay trees in tubs between,would be a pretty scheme for a straight, andnot very wide street.

One generally feels the want of some connect-ing link across the roadway, overhead, in anyparallel scheme of street decoration. A stringof flags is the simplest way of doing this, and isdone often enough, but if the street is suffici-ently narrow a succession of cloths or bannershung horizontally across the street, forming akind of irregular valarium, would have a goodeffect—say alternating in two or three colours,with bold heraldic devices, either national orappropriate to the locality, upon their fields.Streets hung in this way in red and white, ingreen and white, or blue and white would havea pleasant effect. Striped cloths could also beused in this way.

One consistent colour scheme, say the heraldiccolours of the township (with Chinese lanternsstrung across for night effect) for each street orsection of the town, with an arch or gateway to

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