Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-26
The Attendance Was Larger
Than Ever.
Over a Thousand Dollars Taken
at the Door.
Several New Designs that Attract
Attention.
The Drill of the Harvard School-List OF
Those Who Donated Flowers for
the Decorations.

mas never Deen so thoroughly ueHlOH-
strated since it's Inauguration as 1t has
this year, and somewhat contrary to eX-
pectation, the public interest in this, the
sixth of the series, increases instead of
wanes as it draws to close. Yesterday
was the fourth day of the festival, yet
the attendance was much larger than on
any other since the opening night; and
during the evening the crowd was so
dense that at times it was almost i'm
possible to promenade round the booths
with any degree Of comfort. From the
fact that the sum of $1,062 was
taken in at the door as gate
receipts, there must have been
at least 5000 people in the pavilion dur
ing the day, which is an increase of
nearly 1000 upon any previous day, and
augurs we'll for the financial success of
the festival, which, however, is already
assured. AS today is announced as pos
itively the last of the festival it was con-
sidered advisable by the management,
in view of the fact that there is sure to
be a large daily attendance on Saturday,
to renovate the booths and decorations
for the last time yesterday, and accord
ingly the workers set to work with a
will during the morning, with the result
that big transformation had been made
before the big crowd filed in for the
evenings entertainment, and many
were the expressions of surprise and
direction, from those who had attended
before. All the large designs near
the fountains and EifeI tower
had been completely spirited away
and new ones substituted therefor,
and these of course were noticed i'm
mediately. Then again the booths had
not only been retouched, but in several
instances completely restored, and each
was besieged by admiring throngs of
visitors, who carefully noted each new
feature in the decorations.
The competitive table decoration booth
was again in the hands of the ladies of
the Woman's Exchange, last night, and
loud were the eXclamations of admira-
ton bestowed upon the new design, and
the thought which had evidently been
bestowed upon its conception and execu-
ton. Mrs. Jocelyn, however, felt more
gratified by one compliment which a
lady visitor dropped in her hearing, than
at all the effusive remarks of the others
1t was to the effect that for the last two
days the table had been an education in
the art of decoration.
AS announced yesterday, the signif-
-cance in the decorations was for be-
trothed couples, five in number. Under
each plate on the polished surface Law
napkin of Mexican drawn-work, of ex-
quisite workmanship and variety of
design. The floral center-piece was
five-pointed star composed of thistle
leaves and blossoms and pin roses, the
language of the latter being love, and
which were united to the thorns of the
thistles by love-tags. The same idea
was carried out in the corsage-boquets
and boutonnieres, the favors being
strips of white ribbon, on which sported
the winged god in various stages of
triumph over his success. To this was
attached tiny pink floral heart pierced
by dart. The soup was supposed to
have been served, and an elegant Havi-
land china fish set finished this attrac-
tive table.
The pretty bird cage booth was more
attractive than ever last night, and Mrs.
Mary York and her corps of assistants
were complimented upon the results of
their labors on every hand. Mr.. j. 7.
Newkirk, the warbler" proves valu-
able adjunct to the lemonade vendors
The wild flower booth was yesterday
beautitied by a fine collection of plants
donated by Messrs. Sigler & Burge, of
new varieties of yuccas.
The candy and boutonniere booths,
with their rival club occupants, were
constantly surrounded by crowd of adj
mirers last night.
The hat and cloak, soda water and ice
cream booths were besieged last night,
and their respective receipts must have
reached the three-fgure limit
Last nights entertainment consisted
of an exhibition of drill maneuvers by
the cadets of Harvard military academy,
under Drillmaster j. G. Birdsall of West
Point, in which the following partici-
pated: H. B. Small, Harry Turner,
Harry Davis, G. E. Buxton, Harry Ar
mold, o. G. Skinner, w. B. Thompson,
Sam Brown, Arthur Bradbury, Clarence
Ferguson, Harry Garner, John Alexan-
der, Dan Carlton, w. G. Mullen, Harry
Martin, T. J. Carran, Geo. Bacon, Geo.
McGriff, Chas. Makey.
In addition to this interesting display
of youthful military tactics, the juvenile
classes, consisting of eight girls and
forty boys, of the Turn Verein Ger
mania, under the leadership of Prof. G..
T. Rhode, performed the following exer-
cises: Tactics, girls; broad jump, girls /;
exercises on the vaulting back, boys; ex-
ercises on the horizontal bar, boys ex-
ercises on the parallel bars, boys; hop,
step and jump, boys; high jump, boys.
For tonight the entertainment will
take the shape OF a series of tableaux
OF living statuary, under the auspices of
Mines. General Stoneman and Juana
Neal. Among the tableaux will be the
following representations:
Combat of the Gladiators," "Joan of
Arc" Beatrice Cenci," Waiting"
"Medea," Luise of Prussia" Reading
Girl" Marguerite Returning From
Church" Marguerite Telling Her For
tune With Daisy" LA Filitrice, or
the Thread Maker,'' "Judith," Ere
becca at the WE'LL" DIANA" "Penel-
ope," pitcher of Tears" ARTISTS
Studio."
The roofs of the two booths near the
stage will be removed today, so that the
view shall not be obstructed, as has
hitherto been the case.
The judges will award the premiums
this evening. They have been in at
tendance every evening, and unknown
to the competitors, have been critically
examining the variOI1s decorations and