CYRUS THE GREAT 69 
Near this was a witty one as follows: “Our Field is the Field 
of the World.” 
As evening came on, the buildings were illuminated in 
special effects, which, before the day of the electric light, were 
difficult to accomplish. In that period, lighted signs called 
“transparencies” were made by placing lamps behind cloth or 
paper. One of these on the front of a Broadway hotel was 
eighteen feet by thirty-one, and had blue and white letters. 
It said: “All Hail to the Inventive Genius and Indefatigable 
Enterprise of John and Jonathan, that has succeeded in con- 
summating the Mightiest Work of the Age; May the Cord that 
binds them in the Bonds of International Friendship never 
be severed, and the Field of its Usefulness extend to every 
part of the Earth.”’ At the top of the sign was the word “‘Vic- 
toria’ in large capital letters; at the bottom the word “Bu- 
chanan’’; at the left the word “Agamemnon ’’; at the right the 
word “Niagara.” Also at the bottom, in small type were two 
lines of verse: 
Let nations’ shouts, ’midst cannons’ roar, 
Proclaim the event from shore to shore. 
Another prominent hotel was decorated with colored lights 
and flags of several nations. On a transparency was the in- 
scription: ‘Married, August, 1858, by Cyrus W. Field, Old 
Ireland and Miss Young America. May their honeymoon last 
forever.” The New York Sun displayed this gas-lighted sign: 
“S. F. B. Morse and Cyrus W. Field, Wire-Pullers of the 
Nineteenth Century.” 
A placard that reviewed history proclaimed: “Lightning, 
caught and tamed by Franklin, taught to read and write and 
go on errands by Morse, started in foreign trade by Field, 
Cooper & Co., with Johnny Bull and Brother Jonathan as 
special partners.” 
The New York Tribune, then under the sway of the famous 
