The herald., 1894-03-25
IT IS MAKING GREAT PROGRESS.
La Fiesta Is Now an Assured
Success.
Proceedings at Committee Meetings
Yesterday.
Some OF the Floats and Their Varied
Featurss-The Queen OF the
Carnival Has Been
Selected

committee was held at festa head
quarters in the board of trade building,
last evening. Parliamentary rules were
dispensed with, and the members en-
gagged in q general discussion OF plans,
progress and new ideas.
A letter was handed TO Secretary
StariH from Mr.. Frank Virgins, stating
that the attention of midwintsr fair Wis
itors 10 being attracted to the painting
of the angels float which has been COM
pleted and hangs In one OF the moat con-
spicueus places In the Southern Oali-
fornia building. The work was done by
the finest scene painter in San Francisco
and is up to the high standard that Los
Angeles people would desire. This
beautiful symbol of the City OF the An
gels will no doubt turn many people
this way.
Every dsy brings the announcement
Of some typical float from outside towns.
A marine scene, with striking and real
istic effects. was yesterday promised
from Redondo.
In response to invitstions from River
side, Redlands, San Bernardino and
Santa Ana, the Southern California
committee will make a tour OF those
places early next week. All towns via-
tied thus far have gladly offered floats.
There appears to be q spirit Of generous
rivalry among our sister cities to outdo
each other and approach in elaborate
ness our own leading carnival floats.
Speaking for the artistic committee.
Mr.. Van Week explained tho plans that
have been devised for transforming the
carnival floats on floral day. The angels'
chariot will be a bower OF flowers, and
lovely girls faces will beam from be-
meath canopies of blooms. On the pre-.
historic float will be the cactus, create
wood and all the wild flowers OF the
desert, and among this primitive
the fora that the padres brought
to this country will be shown
upon the mission foat--.he olive, Or
ange, palm. and the frat symptoms of
cultivated flowers.
Only the flowers and shrubs of the
mountains will deck the mission float,
but they will be in such colors and pro-
fusion as to vie with the irrigation float.
On this will be represented all the exotic
flowers and ornamental trees that the
magical power of water has caused to
be cultivated in our favored land.
The gorgeous float City OF Los Ange-
lea will be banks and arches OF flowers,
in all the designs and trimmings that
the ingenious florist can device. There
will also be female figures arraysd in
the flowers OF the succeeding periods OF
the year, impersonating the seasons.
The ship OF state will be converted
into fairy ship of blossoms.
Psmpas plumes In red, greeu and
orange will deck all the horses that draw
the floats.
The taste and skill Of the ladies are
being relied upon greatly for devising
and executing the finest effects for floral
day.
The carnival floats are rapidly assum-
ing proportions. The framework on all
is constructed, and scene painters and
decorators are at work upon them.
Society is agog with the whinpered
announcement that the queen and her
angels have been appointed. Their
identity is supposed to be profound
secret but 10 pretty generally known
now. The names will be kept quiet,
however, until about midnight on the
trumpet note from @ white capped boy
herald, the masks will drop simulsans-
ously from the facss of all the dancers
and from the queen and her angels, re-
vealing some OF the most lovely and be-
loved ladies OF the city.
A question that has been agitating
many of the school teachers, the provid-
ing Of badges for their pupils has been
disposed OF by the generous fiesta COM
mittee managers who offer to furnish all
the material. Teachers will please re.
port to Mrs. Max Mey berg the number
of badges needed for their schools.
At the meeting of the male vocsliats
at fiesta headquarters, In the board of
trade building, Monday evening, a COM
plete chorus programme will be msde
for the carnival work. and q director
will be chosen.
Mr.. Howard OF the park commission
has been successful in securing promises
of date and fan-pslm leaves sufficient to
decorate 200 telephone poles. AS many
more palm leaves will be needed, it is
desirable that trimmings OF all kinds of
tropical leaves and flowers be deferred
until the week previous to the tiesta,
and that addresses be sent to Mr.. How
ard at the city hall, so that he may make
arrangements to have them called for.
Public interest is becoming thoroughly
aroused in the fiesta, it would seem
from the throngs OF citizens that be-
sieged Max. Meyberg yesterday
afternoon. All had ideas OF unique
costumes and decorations, which they
propose to execute ON floral day In the
coaching parade, and for carnival night,
Wednesday-when the city will be
illuminsted-and every progressive citi-
zen is supposed to be In line and look
and act as grotesquely as possible.
Los Angeles people are beginning to
realize that the success Of the carnival
will not depend go much on the elegance
and numder of the floats as upon the
enthusiasm Of the people in making it
q real festival season.
A severe rheumatic pain in the leit
shoulder had troubled Mr.. J. H. LopHr,
q we'll known druggist OF Des Moines. Ia,
for over six months At times the pain
was so severe that he could not lift any
thing. With all he could do he coulA
not get rid OF it until he applied ChaR~
berlain's Pain Balm. II only mads