Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-05

The rose festival is going to be great
, success, Almost every outside town
will send in quantities of roses, which
are to be brought in by the railroad free
of expense.
From Pasadena contributions will be
sent in Wednesday morning by Mr..
Hovey, the florist of the Raymond ho-
tel, who will make speci al exhibit; by
Mrs. Glover, of the Hermosa Vista,
whose roses are 30 celebrated, and by
the following-named persons: Mrs.
Durant, Mrs. Bangs, Mrs. Jeanne Carr,
Mrs. Hill, Mrs. Porter, Mrs. Stout, Mrs.
Mccormack ); also by DR.. o. H. Cougar,
B. Il. Ball, P. M. Green, Mr.. Hurlburt,
Mr.. Rosenbaum, Mr.. Frarey and many
others; also by Mrs. Lee Courtney and
Carl Packard, of Highland Park, Mrs. E.
f. Spence, Monrovia, and Mrs. L.F Gay,
Mrs. Cox, Long Beach; Mrs. Halsted,
San Pedro; Mrs. Wright, San Fernando;
Mrs. Gibbs, Major Notion, and Others
from Vernon, and Mrs. Theodosia Shep-
herd, of Ventura, will send generous
contributions from her beautiful gar
dens.
The indications are that this will be
the largest and finest exhibit of roses
ever made in Southern California.
The ladies in charge OF preparing llli-
nois hall for the festival, which opens
Wednesday evening, desire to have fifty
volunteer workers at the hall on Tues
day and 100 on Wednesday. Each
worker is requested to bring shears or
tack hammer on Tuesday and basket
of roses on Wednesday morning.
nj Sandwiches and tea will be served for
the workers at the hall on Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Collectors will call for flowers very
early Wednesday morning. Contributors
are requested to cut the night before or
by 8 that dey.
The monthly meeting of the Sketch
social club will be held this evening
at the Los Angeles School of Art and
Design, corner of Spring and Third
streets. Members and friends are in
vited to attend. III
Miss Lille q. Houser leaves today for
Ia weeks visit at Covina.
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Mr.. Roster, the carpet man, of Erie,
Pa, and Mrs. Roster are again in this
city, visiting their daughters, Mrs. M.
Knoll, Mrs. A. HI. Hagar and Miss M.
Roster, and their son, j. Roster.
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The music for the opening of the Feast
of Roses. on Wednesday evening, will be
unusually fine. The soloists are Charles
S. Walton, the prominent tenor; Mrs.
J. J. Schallert, the we'll known contralto,
and Miss Hattie Knickerbocker, a So
Walton and Mrs. Schallert are too well
known to need an introduction, and Miss
Knickerbocker is said by those who have
heard her to be the finest soprano who
ever visited our city. The music is in
charge OF w. E. Dunn.
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Mr.. Christopher Hawley and Miss
Madeleine Hawley leave this week for
Washington, d. c., to spend three
months at their old home.
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Mrs. Rogers and Miss Pickrell, of
Springfield, ILL.,, are guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. D. H. Church, on Figueroa street.
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Grand concert at the Simpson taber-
nacle this evening.
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There will be social tomorrow even
ing at the residence of Judge and
Mrs. McComas for the benefit of the
Boyle Heights library fund.
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Miss Grace Stanbery, Miss Anna
johnson, Miss Jennie Francis, Frank
Cochran, Harry Johnson and Alberl
Reynolds enjoyed an outing, Sunday, at
Lords cafion.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Pridham and Mrs.
J. 4. Platter are at the Coronado.
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Mrs. w. FL. Storms, of Pasadena, has
joined her husband at San Diego.