Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-19
BEAUTIFUL BABES.
A Crowded Pavil on-4,0 900 People in Attend
ance-The Philharmonics and Military
last Even'ng-Liberal Exhibitors.

Yesterday was the gran gala
day at the Pavilion. During the
forenoon the committee on awards
were busy at work, and by noon
most of their work was done. A
few committees will meet at the
Pavilion at nine o'clock this morn
ing to complete the work.
The Santa Ana excursion of four
cars arrived at nine o'clock yester-
day, and at an early hour the
crowd began to move up Temple
street, and in spite of the oft-re-
peated assertion that people would
not go up the hill to attend either
Fairs or other amusements, three
O'clock yesterday afternoon wit
messed the largest assemblage at
the Pavilion ever had under one
roof in Southern California.
Some thirty babies were OH ex-
hibition, and but for the admirable
way in which the crowd was
handled. great inconvenience and
suffering must have ensued. For
two hours the people filed past the
speakers stand where the little
ones were being cared for by their
anxious mothers, while crowds
lined the galleries and viewed the
exciting scene from above. At $3.50
the committee made the following
awards:
First premium-$50 carriage-To
William Townsend of Pasadena.
Second premium-$25 carriage
To Lucian Johnson, of Compton.
Third premium-baby cap-to
Ella Pera Valdez, of Los Angeles.
Fourth premium-basket of flow
ers-to Virginia Alvarez of East
Los Angeles.
The prize babies were then placed
on exhibition for half an hour,
while the throng again filed past to
get another view. The lowest es-
innate made on the number of
persons present was four thousand.
Last evening the Philharmonic So.
ciety rendered in fine style several
choice choruses, among which was
the anvil chorus. Captain Darcy
with squad of the Los Angeles
Guards were present to preside at
the anvils and so well was the
chorus executed that a repetition
was called for. Both musicians
and military acquitted them
selves nobly and the largest assem-
blage yet seen at the Pavilion dur
ing any evening of the week
showed thorough appreciation of
the entertainment given.
The receipts yesterday aggregat-
ed $Sl955, making II total for the
five days of S2,642. 40, S766 more
than the entire door recei pts of the
joint Fair last Fall.
The following letter was recei Y ed
by Secretary Holt last evening":
L. NJ. HOLT, Secretary S. G. Hor.
ticultural Society.
DEAR SIR: 1 see the committee
on fruitaward me the first premium
for the best display of apples. Per-
NIT me to ask your Board to pass
the amount over to the building
fund
Wishing you and the Society
large success, | am,
Yours truly,
JOHN TANEY, JR.
or Westminster.
Los Angeles, Oct. IS, 1878.
James Boyd, of Riverside. and
other exhibitors, have made SINH
lar requests and it is becoming
quite evident, that while the Soel-
ETY. is abuudantly able to hand
over the coin premium to every
successful competitor, most of them
will decline the money and will
prefer to assist iu completing the
Pavilion.
1t is also quite likely that this
evening a large auction sale of
goods will take place at the Pavil-
ion to raise money for the building
fund, as exhibitors are donating
their exhibits or portions of them
to the Society for this purpose.
To-day is the closing day of the
Fair. The managers have decided
not TO continue the exhibition
into next week although strongly
urged to do so by a large portion
of our people both in the city and
country.
During the day those of our cit
izens who have not yet made u
careful examination of the exhib-
its can do 80 to good advantage,
and can also take IL last, and many
of them first, look at the phono-
graph.
This evening will be read the
award of premiums, after which
will take place the auction sale of
goods and general promenade
concert.
No goods will be removed from
the Pavilion until Monday next.
On Monday and Tuesday the Pa
vilion will be cleared, leaving only
the decorations, and on Wednesday
evening the mammoth ball will be
given. A large number Of tickets
have already been sold and 1t
promises to be the largest af.
fair of the kind ever given in this
section of the State. 1t is proposed
to engage both string and brass
band for the oocasion-the latter to
furnish music between dances.
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