New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-29
SANTA BARBARA CARNIVAL
A BEAUTIFUL FESTIVAL IN HONOR OF lliE
FLOWERS
THH SCENE MORE BRILLIANT THAN EVER
BEFoRE-A WEEK DEVOTED TO WELDON.
ING SPRING AND ITS CHARMING
ATTENDANTS.

santa Barbara. Cal. April ia Southern Call
fornia winter with its bright skies and balmy DAYS.
has nmberless delight, for the average Easerner ana
especially for the people accustomed 10 the "ofui
variations OF a New-Yorl, climate. But OF all the
attractions Of this country at this season none o'heis
are 50 striking and beautiful the Flower Nnr1i
val, which at santa Barbara marks the end Oh 'Ho
warm winter and the beginning OF The Yet mo'
gracioI, spring. AT this time Santa Barbara lrisr.
with the breath OF roses and Of orange blossoms "h'
gorgeous with the gOrles of the brighter hower'' Dc
comes the Mecca for wanderers from all parts oil tue
| country san Francisco people aweary OF the WINS
and dust of their city. by the hundreds 10 santa
Barbara; travellers doing the rounds OF Mexico "''
III. old missions Of extreme southern Caliorhis 'o"
hurry ing to the paradise, and from Los Angeles anu
all the towns Of the san Gabriel Valley 'herc - 4"
general hegira TO this land OF flowers. For week inc
pilgrims have filled the quaint little city to oVerno"
| ing and during that week the festivities have been
| unceasing.
| The gnyetIes this year have been more elaborate
| than oyer The Flower Carnival began three years
,co when OK President and Mrs Harrison were here
| - give added interest to the OCCASION At first the
| attempt was merely for a Hover ulsp"y, o"t j" NV
succeeding years the managers have trd 10 MANI VI"
orniynl, even more beautiful than those celebrated
yearly nj Nice and Monte Carlo. The result mas p''"
| that under the leadership of Rowland liazau' Vi WV.
| York City, who has his winter nome hc''' INV A.,
| Of santa Barlara have made the flower leS'N"' '''
| 1t,s.fr d
| In thi, work the managers have been heip'" W
many Eastern poople who have come here Tor the '"o
r thren most attractive weeks of the year. for ''
| season the WanamalScrs of Phiadelpha' VII" man.
| friends. W. seward Webb and his party Oh u op','a'
train. ". g. Johnston of Iftsbrg; f. NJ q Neii'' Ell
far 81 The pittsbure Dhplch' DE "oii BISHOP an
| T. H. FtHian OF Ncw-loik and many o'ie'' nav
| helped 10 make the carnival a success. 49,
| For IA, day, Of the carnival the town has been ""
| mass of color, II has been time when DilSsonln'
| bowers and the bright buds reign supreme
| fragrance Of the fills the ar anu '"o
| ore ahlazc with the waving poppeS' ANU W. ,,.,,
| IN. SIN shines from cloudless SKY upo" ''' '
| ,ovn settled comfortably In the holio"' 49,
mountain and sea. In the background .t'i' 'o''.
,r,,,i,s ~ the santa Yuez range ar" soi''h'o pi ="
,,ntnr suu into towering tint' of blue ara pm" y
,he foreground the sparld" Ct the "a'c-' . ~
bricht acain,t the deep sapphire ol NV .u,
,,hil. the horizon +, broken by the blue peahS Vi ,
Eo,a santa Cruz. san MiGuc anu '"e 0'"''
that giId the bays , ,. ON Apil
,r ia, llow.r SHOW Here in Il large paN'l'h W"
,h.r.d an immense profusion OF hower' "'sr"s"a
All the varieties Of the country. Inc GU 'D cn,u
rho Indians the mission houses oil nl' lo''- hv
~ nrr.. and the green fields OF bSso'io "''
( v.r,. all represented In miniature Dy 'A'
signing Of flowers. u ..c,s.ion fo
az. Wednesday was the Grand flower pF'c's ~ =,
, va .t ra,,Io of Flowers. Between the He
| Ii NJ
.,,.. ., ueop,c ON either side oi the broad "'.""
/ r .,,iver tine gay rquipages deched ou' !"
p conceivable, fashion with thousands anu ~ tr.,
beautiful flowers At the h'ai SIN ""' NJ, ~
l,r,. ,oat dc gael to rtpIe'ent The " uoi' a.,
rn,. hull Of the boat. covered "i'H cana n,, ,o,
on wave, OF green pepper ieIvcS .awIy about an
,cal,d In Duchess I0'rs, ie'on, t,r,n d strlcto
H'" tv" formidable cannon brich,a ~" u,i hov, AN
in rhr slape Of ,o'eo" T,cd about the howery dec
-iIls IN -ap 'o't'"'' '
1 "a ira I:iiica ST. ,.,r,o washington cOacl
..t,,,,, T., nur md white, and Orlui c.s ~ ~ a.
IN Yellow and white nowris' , in' .te"ut,si in IL
iHh''S T,.n followed Il long procession W -,
Us imrnouis~lour hands, phaeohs' va 'hcveles
Gem. vctorias farm.wagon'' ,nrrrsS wSr. the dant
,u a living mass Of flowers. liner" ~ VI, IA, hla
r ri,,e The purple of the wild bIosa ,s n mos
"T the maieod>. me bright greer, o ,, v Of Il
ne So'u,, "riy Of IN, moss and ichcn 'ne o n
Of poppe the M sS. 81 " ui "bov@ all and Oy
~ cr % Inc rot snrlants If the buds hung a9o" over
horse, heads and s"i IT,, '" n,Scesion were the hu
"rt ~ Iidrr, IN gorgeous Tameh' WIN ib cavalier
panorama Of color ilrrr rr TG u5cd's merry nj
| indian hcautl"', II Dan" " i
And then given ,Sna sHg merry rr.' war cies al
and ;,rlo. the battle ragei until the aVt,a a ",
. rnIst,d deep with The rp'ii h,h Of the crush
r the mir was heavy WIN Inc p''"'" "
The ccecins day. Of the cSrv ,e Witt ttns torn
e mn, Ink. 10 tourney OF tie oldel DAY o !,
IS y the Mexican game Of coeils. nnans disp rt
loot In IN" 'N'N.'',~ ,r,ne,'nd, cone. RI.
RI rho rlimax of IL all vas the Festival pm '" 80 ,o
20 I'LL T'uan,v a ,h, ylnng lirls each dIesNi ~ ~
II ,r-nri different Hover snd,d through l' 1fIrc
" ~, '',1,rf,iI nrur,., of TN" flower dance
X ~ 20, ,nd Ia that with the -ghns o ll' Or tt
II itlc bows dressed rs butterflies pur'u' i, 't'
m ', tlIth,r while little black h",> hI|n An'", I'D
" wv 'oioa,, Llossoms Gradually the HOVER Hu
d away. Willie hrou-h 1t a ~" nus g. pa.'S n";e
nnud,I ali The w,tch,ry aud -ayciy Mm,h A.u III
,V i'nIif,ruia ,o,s ana the carnival OF Flowers