The record-union., 1892-04-28
EDITORIAL RECEPTION.
Something About the Floral Effects
That are Proposed.
Decorations and Presentation of Bou-
quets-Matter of Local Trans
portation and Other Details.

The Executive Committee for the re-
ception in Sacramento Of the National
Editorial Association propose floral effects
at the Capitol.
The idea is not to have costly set pieces,
but to ask the people throughout the
city and the whole county to send in
flowers in any quantity, in baskets, bou-
quers, loose lots. etc. These will be used
to decorate one Of the chambers of the
Capitol-the consent of the Capitol Com
missioners and custodian viii be asked
to that end-in variety of ways, and to
furnish every guest with bouquet Of
some sort.
They will no where else in Central Cal
ifornia stay long enough for any floral
display to be made except in Sacramento.
1t will be here a chief feature of the
social phase of the reception, and, indeed,
it is to be all social and informatory.
There are in Sacramento city and coun-
ty about 900 gardens; if from 1000 con-
tributions are sent there will be gratify-
ing floral profusion. These visitors come
from thirty eight States of the Union;
they are representative of the. best rural
population of the East; they come to see
and learn of a portion of our common
country of which they now have but
general information. They are practical
people; but, like all intelligent travellers,
they will be deeply pleased with floral
testimonials, with which to deck their
cars, and the effect will also speak well
for the climatic character Of this section
Another feature is proposed that ought
to be carried out, and will be unquestion-
ably. That is, to secure the promise of
about l50 citizens having buggies and
carriages to give them up that afternoon
to transport the guests about the city and
to points of interest.
The idea is to ask ladies and gentlemen
having vehicles to come with them to the
place of assembly, and each take in the
guests the vehicle will accommodate, and
spend an hour in drive about the city
and vicinity-each one with vehicle
thus becoming host for short time to a
small group Of visitors.
If each vehicle is marked by printed
ribbon with the name of the State from
which the family of the owner came,
guests hailing from the same State will
be asked to seek out vehicles bearing the
name of their State. Thus there will at
once be something of a relation of State
kinship set up between host and guest,
and doubtless many will learn from the
visitors much pleasant information about
their old-time homes.
AS there are to be some 600 or 700 guests,
it is notpossible for the committee to pro-
vide carriages for them in the usual Way
If they are to see the city and vicinity,
it must be done by the means indicated
aud by use of the electric railways of the
city. But it is believed that probably 200
buggies and carriages driven by their
owners, ladies as well as gentlemen, will
be turned out to take guests to the Capt.
tol, the Art Gallery, Suffers Fort, River
side, the orchards, vineyards, nurseries
and other points. 1t must be understood
that there is to be by day no grouping of
the guests, or masSing of them. After
lunch they will be free TO go and come as
they please, and TO our people, therefore,
the committees must look for the after
noon entertainment of the travellers.
There Will be music at the Capitol after
noon and evening, and at the Art Gal
lery afternoon and evening, and guests
are TO come and go at any time to and
from these headquarters. But in the
evening at the Capitol it is the intention
that there shall be a general assembly and
social reunion, and the Governor and
State officers will be asked to be present.
but no speech-making will be had and no
banuueting. The Art Gallery will be
specially lighted, and ladies and gentle
men in attendance to greet the visitors
and accord them escort and information.
So, too, at both buildings, light, cool bev-
erageS will be placed for the free use of
the guests, and they will be treated, it is
hoped, by ladies and gentlemen of the
city as host would serve his guest in his
home.
Joseph Steffens has been appointed to
receive offers from citizens 10 turn out
with their carriages and buggies as stated,
and as he is asked to report success by
Monday evening next, it is hoped that
very many will drop him a postal card
this week announcing intention to
thus add to the success of the reception.
As to floral effects committee headed by
Wells Drury is to have charge, and no.
stices of intended contributions should be
sent to him. Gait has already sent no
tice that it will send in nice collection
OF flowers