Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-16
"a BAS LA BASTILE !"
The One -Hundredth Anniver-
sary of the Great Event.
"vIyE LES SANS CULOTTEs!
The French Colony Celebrates the
Fourteenth of July in Los Ange-
les in Magnificent Style.

The French residents OF the city cele
brated the one hundredth anniversary o
the fall of the Bastile in grand style
Yesterday. At daybreak a salute Of
twenty-one guns was fred and again at
O'Clock a similar salute was fired. In
preparation for the event, the streets o.
the city had been decorated with stream
ers and bunting, and from the many
flag poles the French and American flags
swayed in the gentle breeze that came
up shortly after noon. One of the princi
pal features of the celebration was the
procession, and to witness this the
streets along the route were crowded
with people, not only of Los Angeles
but also of many of the surrounding
towns. In some of the streets the crowd
was 30 dense that it was difficult to carry
on business, and for an hour and more
transactions of all kinds, both civil and
governmental, were suspended. The
procession formed on Also street, below
Alameda, and marched to Los Angeles
street, to First, to Main, to Third, to Fort
street, to First, thence to the Plaza, re-
turning on Main, Spring and Fifth streets
to Hazards Pavilion, where the exer-
cises were held.
The first division was headed by
mounted police and a squad of policemen
on foot, under command of Sergeant Finu-
cane. Then came the Grand Marshal
Edouard Amar, of San Pedro, and his
staff, numbering about forty. The
Seventh Infantry Band preceded the
Executive Committee, consisting Of
Messrs. Jean Deler, Felix Bellocq, Geo.
Riceaud, Emmanuel Eyraud, A. G.
Roques, Edmond Roth, Jean Jaussaud
George Buhot, Felix Beilocq, j. Ameli-
nesu and B. Baudouin.
Next came number of French citi-
zens, following whom was an elaborstely
decorated float representing Liberty,
France and America. Three young
ladies, Miss Emma Lemasne as Liberty,
Miss Deler, France, and Hortense Pene-
Ion, America, occupied this car.
The France-American Choral Society
came next, followed by two carriages
containing the ladies of the Lyric Choral
Society. The Societe Francois and the
Belgium Benevolent Society in carriages
and the Swiss Society completed the
first division.
The second division was headed by
Marshal j. Puyfourcat and a detachment
made up of the Garibaldi Guards, float
containing thirty-six young ladies repre-
senting the provinces of France, and
figures representing Industry, Agricul-
ture, Science and Art; NJ. Leon Loeb,
the French Consul Mayor Hazard,
President of the Day, DR.. E. A. Cailho,
and orators of the day, Messrs. J. D.
Lynch and George LIE Mesnager mem
bers of the City Council, Committee of
the French Benevolent Society, foreign
consuls and invited guests, followed by
CARLOAD of hay, surmounted by a ban
ner bearing the inscription, ga Bas La
Bastile," and surrounded by number Of
men bearing a miscellaneous collection
of weapons, representative of the mob
which captured the Bastile.
The appearance OF the various societies
in the line of march was excellent, and
on all sides were heard words of praise
in relation to the turnout. Even the
civilians were admired, with ribbons of
the national colors OIL the lapels of their
coats and on their hats. The carriages
containing the invited guests, the Ex-
ecutive Committee and the officers of
the day were also handsomely deco.
rated with the national colors. The two
floats in the procession were handsome
affairs, and must have taken good deal
of time to prepare. The first, represent.
ing Liberty, was surmounted by a
canopy, from which foated streamers of
brightly colored ribbon. The young
ladies representing the allegorical figures
were attired in white and were deco.
rated with the national colors. This
float was drawn by four huge horses, and
as it passed along the streets, was
greeted with hearty applause. The
other float was larger, and was also a
handsomely arranged affair. Seated in
tiers were thirty-two young ladies, rep
resentating the provinces of France.
They were attired in white and each
wore sashes of the national colors. In
small turrets on each corner were the
four figures mentioned above, each
wearing a golden crown on which was
painted the name of that which he was
supposed to represent. Over forty
carriages were in line and each
was decorated with small flags
adding in no small degree to the success
of the procession. Probably the feature
of the parade which attracted the most
attention, was the CARLOAD of straw sur.
rounded and followed by band of stall
wart men bearing all kinds of imple-
ments, such as guns, pitchforks, shovels,
crowbars, rakes, brooms, etc. This rep
resentation was loudly cheered all along
the line.
The procession moved at about 80
O'Clock, and it occupied fully an hour in
going over the long route indicated
above. 1t was in the neighborhood OF
2:30 when the Pavilion was reached.
AT THE PAVILION.
At about 3 o'clock the people had
gathered into the Pavilion, corner of
Sixth and Olive streets. The officers of
the day and the girls who represented
the provinces of France, with the young
lady who represented Liberty, and her
companions, took seats on the stage,
which was tastefully adorned in variou,
ways. The auditorium was filed to its
utmost capacity, large proportion Of
the audience being composed of ladies.
In front, in the middle of the stage, the
American and French flags were planted
Grand Marshal Amar holding them to,
gether by the corners. The spectacle
called out a thunderous round ol
applause. Then military band
comprising drummer, tifer
and bugler rendered salute to the flags
The band led by Mr.. Hunter then rem.
dered a martial air, after which DIR. de
Cailhol. as Master of Ceremonies, pro.
ceeded to give an outline of the pro.