Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-18

little one is as black and comely as King
6olomon's "Mash" in the Song of Songs
Another is healthy mulatto, while the
others are Caucasians of many varieties.
The object Of the school is to keep the
children properly clothed, to keep them
out Of mischief, teach them cleauly
habits, the use OF their hands, and thus
the prime rudiments of how to live and
to make living when they grow up.
THE BOOTH OF BULBS.
The Bulbous booth is in charge of Mrs.
DR.. Clacius, Mrs. S. M. Baker, Miss
Lawrence, Miss Barclay, Miss Mont
gomery and Miss Augusta Bowen. The
roof is covered with flags, and the whole
booth has an air of fine taste in its ar
rangement. No class of flowers can claim
precedence over that lovely and interest
| ing one that grows from bulbs. The dis
play at the fair is very creditable one
to Los Angeles. There are many rare
gems in the collection, and many are of
rare development. There are scores of
specimens Of the iris of all varieties, of
the ixis, of the ixia, of the ranunculi
family, of the anemone tribe, including
rare specimens OF the lovely Cosmos.
A bunch of Summer chrysanthemums
with their black centers, halo of yellow
then red and the rest of the petals as snow
drew marked attention. There are fine
Tgladioli, tulips, specimens of the amary-
lis and epararis. A bunch of the flowers
of the tritrionia in fine state of develop
ment is worthy of attention. There is O
Pancratium Ilyricum, and many varie-
ties of lilies of perfect growth. There
are fine water lilies too. Mr.. Bosbyshell,
the Judge, has a fine specimen of the
cactus family that looks like a head of
the Gorgon,. with its long snakelike
branches curling all over the pot in
which it grows; and like the Gorgon it
is not wholly lacking in beauty. The
blooms on it are lovely. A Vallotha Pur-
puros in the booth will not be passed by
many eyes, so gorgeous are its hues.
Then Mr.. Resenbaum, the famous
florist of Pasadena, has variety of the
tulip called the Parrot, which is the lob
served of all observers.
THE NEWSPAPER BOOTH.
In charge OF the daily papers are Mrs.
George L. Arnold, Mrs. Lydia Prescott,
Miss d. Prescott, Miss Laura Bowen,
Miss Annie Bowen.
Selling papers is not the only thing to
attract here, for the booth is very pret-
tily decorated with splendid roses, callas
and other OF Flora's beauteous train. On
the canopy above are perched two great
owls, to symbolic, no doubt, the wisdom
of the press, especially all the reporters
know about flowers. The Minerva
booth across the hall no doubt locks upon
it as sacrilege to see the sacred birds
80 far from the temple of the goddess.
sTAID wHrrTIER's LOVELY BOOTH.
At the base of the hills above Santa
Fe Springs, two years ago in the early
days of that spring, the mesa there was
all brown where the plow had turned
the seed barley under the soil. About
this date, in the April of that year, a sea
of waving grain tossed there in the
breezes, and in June, 1887, fine crop of
hay was cut on the spot. In the fall a
town was laid out there by the Lindleys,
who bought the property; and these
gentlemen being of the Society of
Friends, they gave it the name of Whit
tier, after the far-famed author of Maud
Muller. 1t is only eighteen months since
then, yet to-day no booth in the fair is
able to surpass that set upl
by the ladies of the town of Whit
tier. 1t is most artisticslly designed.
A huge umbrella eurmounts the booth as
canopy. In the booth the two objects
that will arrest the attention of all be-
holders is huge Quaker hat wrought of
white marguerites. On the other side is
a Shaker bonnet made of pink roses, that
quite matches the hat. There are as
many as 800 roses in the bonnet. All
about are hundreds of fine callas, and
thousands of roses of all the finest yarie-
ties and of development not often seen.
There is the Duchess de Brabant, the
Beauty of Glazenwood, the safrano,
and many others in profusion. There
is world Of bloom of the verbena in
all shades, nastdrtiums, pelargoniums,
Weigelia and pinks to no end. There are
scores of the blossoms of the
lovely Blackberry rose, and also
fine punches of Norfolk Island
pine, and the leaves of the rubber tree
in their rich waxy green, The handle OF
the umbrella is all covered with callas.
The Whittier booth shows what can be
done in Los Angeles county in few
short months. 1t shows too, how little
room there is to sneer at 'Paper towns"
of this section. The booth is in charge
of Mrs. Bailey, Mrs. Henry, Mrs. Lewis,
Mrs. johnson, Mrs. Mason, Mrs. Burn
ham, Miss Champlin, Miss Lindley.
THE SODA WATER BOOTH.
Just by the Whittier booth, delega-
tion OF ladies, auxiliaries of the Y, M. u.
A. and comprising, Mrs. Brainard Smith,
Mrs. Gerard, Mrs. Queznell, Mrs Mich
OILS, Mrs. M. E. Abbott and Mr.. Harri-
son are in charge of the soda water booth.
The nectar these ladies dispense must be
tried. 1t is excellent, but battles dis
cription.
THE CLOAK ROOM.
Mrs. Woodward, Mrs. Ennis, Mrs. De
Garmo, Mrs. Sunderland and Miss Clark
are in charge of the cloak room.
THE FLOWER ROOM.
Mrs. George A. Fitch and Mrs. Plum
mer have charge of the flower room and
receive contributions.
THE TICKET SELLERS.
Messrs. w. w. Widney, G. D. Howry,
Brainerd Smith, Carskaddon, E. j.
Cursor, ]. E. Murray, Charlie Shaffner
and George Sinsabaugh attend to the
sale of tickets.
THE ALEXANDRIA BOOTH.
In the center of the hall just inside
the doors the Alhambra booth is
encountered. 1t is in charge of:
Mrs. Crist, Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. Latin,
Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Williams, Mrs.
Moore, Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Anderson,
Mrs. Stone, Mrs. Blackburn, Mrs. Weeks,
Mrs F. r. Gray and Mrs. HalStead,