Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-22
Special Correspondence to the HEnALD.

Preparations for the grand floral car
nival to be held in this city five days,
beginning April 10th, are now going on
In earnest. The carnival folders are do
ing great work in eastern cities, and per-
sonal letters are received daily by the
carnival committee asking further par
ticulars. 1t is believed negotiations
will soon be completed with Raymond
& Whitcomb, whereby those popular ex-
cursionists will run excursions direct to
Santa Barbara from Philadelphia and
New York.
Nearly $500 has been appropriated
for prizes by the executive committee,
and every step possible is being taken
to make the floral display one of the
greatest ever witnessed by human
beings. According to programme it will
be an effort seldom equaled and never
surpassed.
The programme for the festivities will
be about as follows:
Tuesday. April 10th horticulture
display at pavilion.
Wednesday, April 2Oth-Arrival of
Goddess Flora from her Thracian home,
accompanied by her entire following OF
nymphs goTgeously arrayed in flowers.
Grand floral carnival procession and
battle of flowers. Awarding of prizes by
the Goddess Flora.
Thursday, April 21st-E Excursion of
visitors and tourists to the wooded glens
and points Of interest in the vicinity of
Santa Barbara. In the evening, grand
carnival ball. Floral dance by the God
dess Flora and nymphs of her suite.
A
at the fair grounds; jousting by mount
ed knights before the Goddess Flora;
feats of horsemanship; equestrian exhi-
bition of ladies and cavaliers.
Saturday, April 23d-Programme for
this day to be arranged at a later date
by the committee.
ARLINGTON JoTTINGs.
The late mock robbery perpetrated
upon few male guests of the Arlington
hotel. its termination and the many
laughable jokes an event of this,kind will
bring up, have occasioned considerable
amusement for all concerned. Your
correspondent was discussing the late
affair on the porch of the hotel the other
day, when, among other tales, two
very amusing incidents were brought
up by an employee of the hotel. We do
not wish to poke fun at
anyone, but the blissful ignorance
of California and California ways
shown by the parties upon whom the
Jokes are told, makes the stories too
good to keep. An aged lady walked into
the hotel Office few days ago and in
quired for her favorite bell boy. He
happened to be busy and another young
man was aplaced at her service by the
ebliging clerk. "Oh, never mind" said
the lady. II only wanted him to go to
room No. = Con fourth floor in annex
and tell Bridget to take pill" A
straight face was hard to keep and sew
eral guests had to hide their faces be-
hind their papers.
Upon another occasion the proprietor
of the hotel was requested to send the
housekeeper to certain room immedi-
ately. Dropping her many duties that
lady went at once to the room desig-
mated. Upon entering she was met by
q stately New York lady who was evil
IDENTIFY spending her first days in Cali
fornia. Without further ado the
New Yorker accosted her in the follow
ing manner: "Have you been keeping
dogs in this room? ?" The room was one
OF the finest in the hotel and the house,
keeper thought she might have misun-
derstood the lady and asked her to re-
peat the question, which she did with
emphasis on dogs. Certainly, madame,
we have not," was the reply; "but
why do you ask ?" Leading her by the
arm, the innocent abroad" took her to
q corner of the room and, pointing in hor-
TOR at a small glass half filed with water,
calculated: s'Look in that glass" The
lady did as requested, but saw nothing.
Do you not see that fea?" exclaimed
the horror-stricken lady. When her
attention was called to it, the house
keeper did see fea--a poor little flea
that had been cast, bread and all, upon
the waters. 'Well," said the lady, shat
fiea was on me last night. / caught
it in my bed 1t bit me several times
and worried me in an outrageous man
nerl'
"Oh, but madam" answered the Cal
if0rnian, "if YOU stay in California long
you are liable to eaten at least twenty
in your bed in single night!'
That settled it-twenty fieas in a sim
gle night!l The lady from New York
was dumbfounded. Throwing up her
hands, "Oh, horrors!' she exclaimed,
s'let me get out of this / shall not re-
main in California three days." And,
true to her word, she didn't. She left
that day and has not been heard of
since.
BRIEFS.
The Luek VS.. Oreno seduction case was
dismissed Saturday in the superior court
by Presiding Judge Campbell of San
Bernardino. The case was a suit for
$4,000 instituted by Miss Carrie l. Lusk
against Orestes Oreno. 1t is case of
no little notoriety both in this city and
San Francisco. Ten days were given
the plaintiff to interpose an exception.
The society ev ent of the season was
given Friday night at Santa Rosa hall
in the shape of cotillon. The event
was most successful in every particular.
Railroad travel is picking up wonder
fully of late, each train arriving in this
city is well filled with passengers.
The case against Francisco Gotta and
one Gutierrey was postponed in Judge
Wheaton's court Saturday. These are
the boys who "held up" Officer Knightly
some nights ago.
All banks and public buildings are
closed today.
The steamer Santa Rosa will arrive to-
morrow from the south. She takes the
place of the Mexico for time.
The Grismer-Davies company are
billed to give The Burglar at the opera
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