Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-20
The Great Annual Festival to
Occur this Week.
The Designs Beginning to AS
sumo Definite Shape.
Some Brilliant Conceptions Well
Carried Out.
The Flower Festival Opens Tuesday
Night-Present Progress of the
Work of Preparation.

The great event OF this coming week
will be the flower festival 1t opens
Tuesday night at Hazards pavilion.
Yesterday the representatives of the
newspapers were admitted and shown
the progress OF the work, in order that
it might be described for the thousands
of Sunday readers who are interested in
the success of the undertaking. The
plans OF the design committee have thus
far been kept a secret, and big sign on
the front door warns spectators" that
their presence is not desired. The work
is, however, now sufficiently advanced
for the visitor to gain general idea of
the nature OF the design which it is
proposed to carry out. The woodwork
frames are nearly all in place and many
OF them are covered with green stuff.
Enough has been accomplished to
demonstrate the fact that in the scope of
it's general design the flower festival of
1890 will far exceed all its predecessors.
Never before has any such elaborate un-
dertaking been planned and carried out.
The whole has been conceived in thor
oughly artistic spirit, and will be exc
cuted without regard to expense.
The booths in which flowers and other
articles are to be sold are arranged about
the sides of the building under the gal
lery. The large space i'll the center of
the main floor is reserved for the exhibi-
tion of flowers for premiums. In the
center of the building stands large
model of the Eiffel tower. 1t extends
clear to the ceiling of the pavilion, and
on its first landing there is room for the
accommodation of band of music The
space underneath is large enough to
admit of people passing about freely be-
tween the four corner pedestals. Its
immense size and perfect proportions
make the tower a striking figure, and
one which is likely to be remembered as
the remarkable feature of the festival.
1t is built OF wood and covered with ev-
ergreen. Colored electric lights will be
scattered through it, and the whole edi-
flee will be alive with flowers.
From the ceiling just above the tower
long streamers of bunting in soft shades
of color are draped to the galleries, COM
pletely hiding the ceiling and rafters OF
the building This gives the main part
of the pavilion the appearance of large
airy tent, with the Eiffel tower for its
center-poe.
In the space about the tower there are
six exhibits-two for potted roses and
the others for potted plants, wild
flowers, special rose exhibit and table
decorations of flower designs. All ex-
hibits here are for premiums. Two
enormous fountains have been set up
near the tower. They are so large that
some Of the workers yesterday were
heard to satirically refer to them as
''natatoria." In them there will be a
splendid exhibit of water flowers. The
exhibit stands are all artistic in form
and skilfully arranged so as to give the
best imaginable effect to the view from
the gallery.
The booths under the gallery are as
follows: Boutonniere, in charge of the
OXymel Club; candy, in charge of the
Cooking Club; soda fountain, in charge
of the Y. w. c. 7. u. the newspaper
booth, the lemonade booth and the
fancy booth. Many OF these are of
unique design. Upstairs is the ice
cream BOOTH i'll charge of the Good
Templars; the art exhibit and the
Woman's Exchange department.
The work thus far has been chiefly in
the hands of G.. II. Brown, the architect,
for whose assiduous labors the ladies are
very grateful, and the executive COM
mittee and the committee on design
These are constituted as follows:
Executive Committee = Mrs. J. D..
Burch, Miss Victoria Wilmer, Miss Sara
i. Dole, c. q. Baldwin and James Slau-
son.
Committee on Design-Miss Victoria
Wilmer, Mrs. A. L. Flint, Mrs. w. w.
Stilson, Mrs. DIR. Lummis, Miss Sara
Dole and James Slauson.
The membership of the other COM
mittees has not in all cases been filled
up. The list as soon as completed will
appear in the HERALD.