The herald., 1894-04-10
WAITING THE TRUMPET'S BLAST
Che Arrival of the Queen Is
Now Awaited.
Arrayed in Its Gayest Holiday Attire
the City Rests.
rho City IL Already Thronged with
Btrnngers Who View Its Deco
rAtions In Bswilderment
and Talk Fiesta.

Iouay DeRln6 the carnival. Inc city
has put on the most gorgeous and strik-
lng holiday attire it has ever worn. The
costume OF three colors, red. yellow and
orange. All OF yesterday Superintend-
INT Of Decorations p. A. Howard, with
LOO men to assist him, carried on the
work OF adornment and only ceased
when the shades OF night had faiien
upon the city. Merchants and citizens
extended the work OF decoration upon
Ill OF the main thoroughfares OF the
city until there is upon every hand a
bswildering sea OF color
The reign of the queen of the angels
will begin today at noon. The city will
be given into the hands OF a band OF
revelers. who will pay homage only to
the queen and her consorts; the revel
will go on until ell have become sstiated
with pleasure and then it will cease in
the same way 1t was commenced, per
previous arrangement.
There was feeling OF suppressed ex-
element all through the city yesterday.
All the talk was of la fiesta. Seemingly
all the business done was in some way
ppunOCbCQ WIN bAO AOoA 0PPtSNNh Va
the great carnival, and surely the
thoughts OF every one were upon it,
La fiesta is going to be the grandest,
most magnificent and most elaborate
Eete ever held in Southern California.
It will be all that the "a merchants who
have prepared it intended it to be, and
possibly more. 1t will be a success
that much ia beyond peradventure or
conjecture now.
Yesterday at the headquarters OF Di-
rector-G General Meyberg all the various
details and plans of the final arrange
msnts were completed. The last orders
we're issued, the lant business incidental
to the preparations wound up.
The grand pageant which will pass
through the principal streets OF Los An
gelee today will be a sight well worth
the seeing, to state it very mildly. 1t
Ig to be in the nature of an historical
and allegorical display.
At noon the queen Of the angels will
be received in state at Sixth-etreet park
The ceremonies attendant upon this re-
ception are in reality the opening ones.
and will oe expressive and delightful.
The general executive committee of la
fiesta will meet at the board OF trade
rooms ct IL O'Clock sharp and proceed
on foot with band to the city hall.
where they will be joined by the city
officers aud float containing the key OF
the city, thence proceeding to the coun-
ty court house, whore the county officers
will join the procession, thence 10 the
grand stand at the Sixth-street park,
where the following programme will be
Music by band, La Fiesta march, composed
for THIS occasion by A. Wilhartitz.
Fanfare by buglals.
Announcement by herald of arrival OF the
queen
Fiesta ode by grand chorus
Presentation OF key of the city by his honor
Mayor Rowan.
Reception of key of the city by the queen.
Fanfare by bugier.
Reading OF the queens proclaim stlon by
Song, The Red. Green and COLD by grand
chorus
Following the ceremonies Of the recep
tion, the parade will be set in m ltion
and pass in review before her majesty.
queen. 1t will move along Hill street
to Third, east on Third to Broadway.
south on Broadway to Sixth street, east
on Sixth street to Spring street. north
on Spring street to Main, north on Main
to Plaza, around which the procession
will pass, thence south on Main street
to Sixth, where the parade will be dis.
missed.
The order OF the procession is as fol.
lows;
Eight bicycle outriders