Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-17
A FETE OF FLOWERS.
Opening of the Fifth Annual
S Festival.
A CROWDED ATTENDANCE
Plenty to Interest Both the Mind
and the Eye-A Good Finan-
eial Start.

The fifth annual Flower Festival
opened last night at Hazards Pavilion in
a manner that promises to make it the
most successful affair of the kind that
has SO far been given here. The capa-
cities of this soil and climate are best
shown at an exhibition of this kind.
Flowers that are never seen in the cold
climes east of the Rockies until late in
the summer, which blossom forth con-
tinuously under the perpetual sunshine
of the Golden State abound in every
nook and corner, and the scene is one
that, seen for the first time by the
Eastern visitor, cannot fail to leave a
lasting and favorable impression.
According to custom, the festival
was opened last night with a
general attendance of all the civic
officials, the judges. Board of Education,
staff officers of the U. S. A., N. G. @. and
Eagle Corps, the Board of Trade, editors,
clergy and others, and the stage pre-
sented quite lively appearance when
Mayor Hazard advanced to the front and
formally opened the proceedings with an
address of welcome. He spoke in elo-
quent language of the treasures Of South
ern California, extending from the Sierra
Madres to the sea, and gracefully paid g
few words of compliment to those who
were instrumental in placing some of
them on exhibition at an affair such as
he had the pleasure of declaring open.
He alluded to the good objects of
the festivals which, have been held from
year to year, and stated that although
the Home stood free from debt, the Ex-
change connected with the institution
its quarters, and more expense
was required to arrange more space.
Mr.. Hazards remarks concluded the
stage exercises, and then the Seventh
Regiment Band, under the direction of
Mr.. A. G. Bartlett, gave a charming
promenade concert 30 as to permit of a
thorough inspection of the booths.
SCENES IN THE HALL.
Looking from the main entrance the
visitor is confronted with a huge floral
bell suspended from the ceiling, and this
breaks the view to the stage,
at each side of which are
long columns of lilies. The galleries,
rafters, and, in fact, all the bare wood
work are festooned with evergreens, in
which, at appropriate intervals, floral
emblems break the monotony of the
green. The center of the hall is occu-
pied by two long banks of roses, sepa-
rated by mountain of green moss, and
these departments were last night ten
anted by such charming young ladies as
the Misses Seamans, Miss johnson, Miss
Mason, Miss Perry, Miss Carson, Mrs.
True and others. 1t would be stupen-
dous task to give the names of the diff
ferent varieties of roses displayed, but
amongst them the scribe noticed some
exquisite specimens of the Duehesse de
Brabant, Marechal Neil, La Marque, La
France, Refine Marie Henrietta, Agrip-
pima, Louis Philippe, Sofrano, Marie Van
Hoote, Beauty of Glazenwood, Gold of
Ophir, Homer, Brugaire, Lady Banksia,
and Bon Silene.
To the right of the hall, in one of the
most prominent stands, is the Philhar-
monic booth, presided over by Mrs. E.
F. Kubel and Mrs. F. A. Duy, assisted
by Mesdames A. Willhartitz, NJ. A. Lar
abee, Lyndel Payne, Wankowski and
Luther, and the Misses Bart, Bosbyshell,
Haines, Sprinkle and Thompson. 1t is
adorned with marguerites and
other choice flowers, and the motto of
the society, P. S. L. A., is suspended
from the front of the booth. Worked in
flowers on the boundary rails appears
the following quotation from ''The Gre
atom: Achieved is the glorious work /;
the Lord beholds and is well pleased. J"
Baron Rogniat is determined to make
this booth success if he possibly can,
and personally brought load of flowers
for its ornamentation during the morn
ing.
Opposite the Philharmonic booth is
that occupied by Alhambra. IL repre-
sents the Sindaraxa at the Palace of the
Alhambra, Spain, and was designed by
Mr.. Blackburn. 1t is based on the idea
expounded in Washington Irving's AL
hambra," where many of his hours of
leisure were spent. The flowers all
came from Alhambra, and are as beauti-
full as ever, and being under the same
management as last year, are displayed
and disposed to the best advantage.
On direct line with the Alhambra
section is quaint-looking, old-fashioned
DutCu Wlhuullly COAbIlDutoO DJ bhO
town of Duarte. 1t is very artistic
piece of work, and in the hands of the
Misses Jennie Shrode, Lizzie Pirtle and
Alice Lewis, has able managers.
The other towns represented are Sierra
Madre and Whittier. the first of these
occupying large quantity of space in
northeast corner of the hall. The design
is of Wilson's Peak, and the mountain
is we'll represented by mass of moss
arranged with the topographic features
of that stretch Of country. The trail is
shown by path of marguerites and the
dome, where the big telescope is to be
located, revolves by clockwork from in
side. The stand is managed by Mrs.
Prof. Hart, Mrs. Eta Ferry, Mrs. M. w.
Copps and Mrs. p. T. Reed.
The most original of all the booths
is, however, that which bears
the honored name of Whittier. 1t
is situated in the southwest part of the
hall, and at once attracts the attention
of the observer by its Gaping of a huge
white umbrella, the ribs and trimming
of which are made by grass. Lilies in
profusion ornament the front of the
booth, and inside of it an old-fashioned
Quaker bonnet and a huge broad.
brimmed hat call for favorable comment
The ladies and gentlemen in charge art
all attired in costumes appropriate tt
their surrounding, the gentlemen wear
ing broad white hats and linen bobtai
coats, and the ladies close-fittinl
white caps and demure-lookinI
dresses of Quaker grey. OF thl
many associated with the booth Their