The morning call., 1893-05-06
THE FLORAL FAIR.
Great Success of the San
:. Jose Show.
SOME OF THE DESIGNS.
The New Capitol in White and Red
Roses-A Huge Pyramid of
Gala Lilies.
Special to THE MoRNcSe CALL.

SAX JOSE May 5-The beauty and fash
,opef Santa. Clara Valley were ont in full
force te-niGht to witness the dazzling dis
MAY OF blossoms at the floral fair now be-
ing held in Turn Vereiii Hall in this city.
The aftendauee of the opening night, large
as:it was, was qugdrupled tonight, and up
10 1l.o'riuck rhe-thrOng was so dense that
rfopenajilng was ditfcult-and daucing I'M
POSSIBLE, IL Is sale to say that no finer dis
play has. ever been seem iD Northern Call
forafa, and the managers and directors who
worked ..s6 hard 10 make the fair Il success
are 10 bs- coiiGra tula ed.or the public appre-
ciatiQa. v.AieEshas crowned their. efforts.
Thefairis being given under the auspices
of.tte Santa Clara County Floral Society
ard is their ,1rst. annual spring exhibit.
TEe:ofjeers Of the society are: Mrs. II. A.
BIajnard. president; Miss NJ Pellott, vice.
president; Mrs. RIB, Dunlop, secretary :;
Mrs: ID. Wright. Mrs. D. A. Smith,
;1easuGef; a.. c. Block. 1. A. Wilcex ana
Captajn~DdBn, directors ;-and Colonel a. X.
WkttGn. fnaActeE
g)uLing the day several fine collections
asd elaborate. designs were added. Among
lhese was Il beautiful model of the new
Sainte Claire Club building, soon to be
erected ih.thlS city by James D. Phelan of
san EranGiSco, fringe of -snowballs, four
feet in depth about the balcony, ana so
90 Among The principal features of the show
Nerq>: Tie New Capitol constructed
.Qim6st :enIrPly of white roses without and
red roses ..Nathjhs n pyramid. twelve feet in
height, COMPOSED entirely OF calla lilies, OF
wbiGf 100 we're used. and vi hieh were do
nate} by Miss Baflou and arranged by Mrs.
: n C.. Eestal* a sparkling. feuntain in the
center If The ball. bordered with calla lilies
.: aadiliuminated with electric lights But
III woNld require volume to adequately
deseii be the bewildering array of blossoms,
GyTauged in numberless unique and tasteful
designs BY the deft hands OF the fair daugh-
ters Of Santa Clara Valley. themselves the
fajrest flowers of all. =.
:: During the eRrly part of the evening the
. following programme was rendered: Solo,
Mss Lnlu Tenney; fan drill by pupils of
= tne Horace Mann Grammar School, drilled
by. Miss Williamson; German character
speech, H. a. Brainard character song,
my Daddy Won't Buy Me a Bow-wow,"
Gus SGdeTer,
= The stage was in charge of Mrs. j. n.
Brown.' After the crowd had somew hat
Trimmed ont dancing concluded the even
iug's festivities.
Tie prominent visitors among those who
attended the fair were the following:
Judge Reynolds. Railroad Commissioner
James W. Rea. Ralph Lowe, W. H Hay
cock, 5. A. Barker. Miss Mabel Andrews,
Miss Stella Lion, Mr.. and Mrs. L. Lion.
Miss Edith Aver. Miss Emma Riehl, Mr.
and Mrs. DR.. Pierce, Miss Kate Sexton,
Mr. and Mrs. D. w. Burchard, Ex-Sherif
McDoughall, Miss Nellie Cornthwait, Miss
Lena Lux, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Pott, Miss
Belle Eaton Mr.. and Mrs. a. T. Herman.
Miss Media Mcclellan. Mr.. and Mrs. W. H.
Downing. Miss Matte George, Miss Cora
O'Bannion. Miss Camille Martin, DR.. J. c.
Stout, Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Lion, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles NJ. ShortrIdge, Miss Marie Bowler,
Miss Jennie Snyder, R. 5. Culverwell, Dr.
McDougall, Miss Lessie Rainey. DR.. and
Mrs Birker, Mr.. and Mrs. ". II. Keaton,
Miss B. Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Barker, Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Lake, Mr. and Mrs. r. B. Dun
lop. o. f. Mann, S. W. Boring, Miss Hattie
Cook, Miss Maggie Thibault, Judson Rice,
Miss Mamie Hughes, DR.. and Mrs. FELTON,,
DR.. and Mrs. Potts. Miss Alice Bassler, Nj ss
Susie Bassler, Miss Theresa Riehl, Mrs.
Frank Andrews, Mr.. Louis Sonnickson,
George Walter, Mr.. and Mrs. Cyrus Jones.
The names Of the young ladies dressed in
Japanese costume who took part in the fan
drill are: Misses 10y Weber. Marian Gait,
Emma. Schumacher. Florence Whiteside,
Mabel Baird, Natalie Hart. Lulu Wunda1-
lich, Mable Murphy, Elsie Wood, Callie
Wood. Edetha Kurpp. Victoria Cobb, Maud
Smith, Della Grimmer, Eva Basham and
Mollle Kennedy.