Evanston in best attire

"Evanston Beautiful." That was the slogan taken up by the city officials and business men in preparing the city for this week when so many different things will be held. The Illinois Mayors' association is convening here, the North Shore Music Festival will be here and the annual observance of Memorial Day will be held Thursday. The slogan has been carried out to the letter. As a result of the decorations that have been made the city is in its best dress. Despite the fact that the new fountain did not arrive the city fixed the small park in Fountain Square with an impromptu fountain and with many flowers. The water was turned on the basin and sprays from the pipe around the top of the basin soon filled the bowl. Many large flower boxes with beautiful plants added color to the square.

Flowers in Parks
The other parks throughout the city were all put in order by Superintendent of Parks, B. F. Housel, and his men. An abundance of flowers has been put in all the parks and the lawns have been well groomed. The parks were not the only place that flowers were to be found. Plants were placed along the side of the alley by the Northwestern University business office on Davis Street. The city had all the streets cleaned and put in first class condition yesterday so that there would not be a spot in the city that could be a blemish on the otherwise clean appearance. The city did not do all the decorating, however, as the merchants did their share. Flags and artistic window designs were to be found throughout the business district. The Commercial association had it s large flag strung across Davis Street. The association's rooms were decorated with flags and banners of the organization. The big feature of the decorations, however, is the lighting system that has been installed. On Davis street, between Chicago avenue and Fountain Square, decorative light posts with a cluster of five powerful bulbs on each post has been installed. It was through the efforts of the ways and means committee of the Commercial association that this system was put in.
Throughout the small park at Fountain Square the city had strings of different colored lights strung from the trees. Long strings running from the buildings surrounding the Square were also put up. These will be turned on for the first time this evening
The efforts of the city and the business men did not go unappreciated as many of the visiting mayors remarked of the decorations and said they were anxiously awaiting this evening when the lighting system would be turned on.