The herald., 1894-04-12

The Legion ttancaige was next IN the
line and was followed by Sheriff Cline
and his masked riders in Spanish COS
tune, the Garibaldi guards, in their uni
forms OF red shirts and caps were next.
In the center of the group marched n
young girl dressed in la tiesta colors and
bearing the water cask of the guards.
The Seventh Regiment Drum and
Bugls corps nnasked, led Com pany A
OF the Seventh regiment of broom
rangers, moved forward down through
the gap made in the MAS of humanity.
Red lights flashed rockets into the upper
darkness and illuminated the same.
The Los Angeles Military band ia
handsome new uniforms followed the
riders and added stirring music to the
great assortment of noises. The crowd
along the thoroughiare joined the move
ment down Broadway.
grotesqus body OF soldiers in the
war, between dirt and civilization, armed
with brooms followed.
The Brownies came after that, twenty
in number, true to life and comical as
could be. They vera inclined to strad-
Cling on the march, for close behind
them came q float bearing q bowling
band of CocopRhs and Yumas in the
scalp dance, and bshind that an escort
of Indians on foot.
The Spanish galleon was manned with
O crew of most grotesque clowns, and ss
an escort came band of clowns srrayed
as no other band of men were ever ar
rayed. Their costumes were as varied
as the natives OF the earth. They
ranged from Fiji Islanders to dudes.
The Crystal Palace float, illuminated
and resplendent with the light reflected
from glass hangings on every side, was
followed by the Cabrillo float, manned
with clowns. Occasionally, as the vessel
passed along, her commander would yell
out such order as "Man ths rudder ~
"Closehaul the keel!" "Kesi the jib-
boom % and the crew would hasten to
execute them.
THE SECOND DIVISION.
The second division was led by Mar
shall Henry P. Wilson with q Gne ap-
pearing staff of aids. The Los Angeles
cadet band marched at it's head and waV
followed by the old mission Aoat with
silent monks and its bell. The emil
grant float, California or Bust" fol-
lowed and then there was long line OF
followers on horseback, masked and
wearing costumes OF all sorts, kinds and
colers.
The Pomona float was without the
pretty goddesses of fruits and flowers
and bore instead band of clowns. An
other band of clowns followed. The
colored men who led the horses attached
to this float we're features, dressed in
costumes of red, green and yellow.
Another band of those people who
seemingly came from countries unheard
OF before, followed the float as an escort.
Heading the third division was O. W.
Maxwell and aida. Bosahard's band fol.
lowed and next was the Santa Monica
float, striking reminder of the near
approach OF summer, with its presenta-
tion of suri-bathing scene.
The irrigation float was like the
others, manned by crew Of the green
people from the interior lands. The
Afro-American float followed it and
next came the boom float. 1t was a
motley crowd that struggled in the line
OF Corner-lot purchasers on this float
last night, and the most noticeable OF
all of them was one of SRtsn'a imps in
flaming red.
Next to boom came the busted boom,
and occasionally as this float passad
along it's sole occupant, the bankrupt
real estate dealer, would piteously ap-
peal to the bystandera to buy his dog,
CORY looking cur.
The FiestaviIle band followed in a car
riage diacoursing music which was sup
posed to have the power to induce man
to buy lots whsther he wanted lots or
no.
The elaborate float of Hopkins s.
Myer followed.
The fourth division led by Guy Bar
ham and staff OF aids, WAS headed by