The record-union., 1891-04-14
Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.

CHICAGO, April 13.-To use popular
expression, the Southern California
Orange Carnival is ''out of sight'' To-
night was the opening night, and no less
than twenty-five thousand people were
crowded into the southern end of the old
Exposition building, in which the ex-
hibit was displayed. The attendance sur
passed the expections of the managers
of the affair and was certainly surprise
to the many people who were turned
away from the doors, unable to gain adj
mittance.
The fair undoubtedly scored a tre-
mendous hit in Chicago, and the attend
ance for the remainder of the stay will
undoubtedly be very large. Five hun
dred thousand oranges, deftly grouped.
arranged and constructed into forms and
structures never before seen in this city,
beamed on the throng, which good-na-
turedly jostled, shoulder to shoulder,
through the evening, which was, if any
thing, too warm for tie season, and Incl
dentally called attention to the GLORIOUS
climate of California"
The Chicago members of the Western
Association of California Pioneers, sixty
in number, attended the exhibition in a
body, accompanied by the Second Regi-
ment Band, which during the evening
rendered a splendid programme to the
edifcatiOn of the great throng assembled.
The old pioneers brought with them
many young folks to whom they dis
coursed of the glorious land beyond the
Sierras and its possibilities.
The view on entering the building was
beautiful one, and the perfume of fruits
and flowers combined to make an
enhancing effect. Oranges, of course,
form the chief part of the exhibits, but
these are supplemented and combined in
very artistic and pleasing manner with
lemons, citrOns, dates, nuts. palm trees
and branches of banana trees, pampas
grass and plumes, Gala lilies, bam-
bOos, guava trees, and other trop-
ical and semi-tropical products of that
wonderfully productive State.
Among the exhibits is that of Pomona,
in which are used identically the same
collection of beautiful oranges which took
the prize at Los Angeles. Pasadena s
tower, topped with pampas plumes, rises
to hight of fifty feet. San Gabriel is
represented by a model of its ancient
mission building. Los Angeles by the
representation of its Courthouse. Or
ange by an exhibit in the shape of an ar
Dor fifteen feet in diameter, and there are
many other interesting but less preten-
tiOuS displays.
The display that attracts the most atten-
ton Is that from San Diego, the scene it
represents being the noted bay of San
Diego. The water Of the bay is depicted
with a great level eXpanse, literally sea
of oranges. The scene represents the bay
at sunset, and the different tints of water
under rays of declining sun are portrayed
in vast eXpanSe of oranges by the differ
ent colored fruit. The shading is superb
and the effect wonderful, when the mate
rials, nothing but oranges, are considered.
Besides these prominent attractions.
which drew forth many eXclamations of
wonder and praise from the visitors,
there were many smaller but handsome
designs and groupings of fruit and flow
ers, which served to make harmonious
the whole of the exhibit.
The Pasadena tower, a street-car from
Ontario, tower of nuts from Rivera and
all the other heavy attractions were sur
rounded all night by surging throng,
which apparently could not get enough
of the novelties. Everybody came away
tired, but greatly pleased, and vowing
that such an exhibition has never been
seen in Chicago.
The managers of the fair are greatly
pleased. Both the City Council and
County Board tonight adopted a reso-
luton to attend the carnival tomorrow
night in body.