Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-05
AT THE PAVILION.
The Beauty Show-Type Writing Con-
tests-The Exhibits.

The Beauty Show-Type Writing Con-
tests-The Eek xnibits.
There was large number of people
present at the agricultural department
of the fair at Hazards pavilion yester-
day afternoon and last night. The at
tendance at night was astonishingly
large when it is taken into consideration
that both opera houses have excellent
attractions this week. The exhibits
were all in place yesterday, and all the
machinery in the machinery department
was in operation. The display at the
pavilion is much larger than ever be.
fore. and one cannot take in the whole
of it in a few minutes. There are dis
plays of much interest, and the visitor
to the hall will find that he can spend
several hours there very profitably and
entertainingly. The musical features of
the exhibition have been largely added
to by the engagement of the Mexican
band, which played both in the after
noon and at night, much to the delight
of the large crowds in attendance. fhe
band will also play Thursday and Fri
day afternoons and evenings.
The special programme for the after.
noon embraced typewriter and pen
manship contest, and was participated
in by number of young ladies and
gentlemen from the different business
colleges in the city. In pemanship the
contestants were Messrs. d. R. Esco-
bosa, Maier, Roeder, Benshuetz and
Hannas, of the Los Angeles Business
college; j. T. Hood and Charles Brum-
ond, and Misses Gleason, Small and
Whitney of the Woodbury. Business col
lege. The first prize was awarded to d.
r. Escobosa by the judges, who were H.
Stutsman, A. B. Lawson and Superin-
tendent Friesner, o. the city schools.
The typewriter contest was partici-
pated in by Misses Keith and Stone and
Mr.. Jarvis of the Los Angeles business
college; Misses Fuller and Cole and Mr..
Lysons. of the Woodbury. college, and
Frank McReynolds of the Longley and
Wagner school.
The contest consisted in three one
minute tests of speed by writing mem
orizedseentence, and taking from dicta-
tion business letter OF 800 words. The
award has not yet been made by the
Judges, who are Messrs. r. McGarvin,
Charles Forester and Secretary Willard.
THE EXHIBITION AT NIGHT.
The scene at the pavilion at night was
a brilliant one. The hall and both gall
leries were crowded with spectators who
spent their time in circulating around
among the exhibits and in Listening to
the beautiful music of the Mexican band
and Kammermeyer orchestra. The at
tendance of Spanish citizens was espe-
cially large. As the hour of o'clock
approached, the seats in front of the
stage we're occupied by people eager to
witness the beauty show. Judge j. W.
Mckinley addressed a few appro-
pirate remarks before the curtain,
in which he paid tribute to
the floral display and the fairer flowers,
products of Southern California, which
the audience were about to see. The
curtain rose and revealed row of II
young ladies seated on the stage. There
we're chairs for 10, but only IL had
brayed the battery of eyes which they
knew would be leveled upon them. The
maidens were all demurely occupied
with seeming perusal of books which
they held in their hands, but one may
be sure that they looked out of the cor
ners of their eyes at the people who