The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-23
LA FIESTA DE
LOS ANGELES.
The CITY OF THE SOUTH
PREPARING FOR THE
CARNIVAL.
MAGNIFICENT PAGEANTS WILL
FORM ONE OF ITS CHIEF
FEATURES.
A WEEK OF FESTIVITIES.
OTHER CITIES OF SOUTHERN CALL
FORNIA WILL ALSO PAR
TICIPATE.

LUIS ANGELES, rep. ZZ.-On April 10 tHe
City of the Angels will be given over to the
reign of the carnival queen, and for one
week the festival will hold sway.
La Fiesta de Los Angeles has now be-
come fixed annual fete, which may be
expected to develop into an event rivaling
the Mardi Gras of New Orleans. 1t was
only little over year ago that the Mer-
chants Association was formed here, but
the organization of business men has done
more in short space of time for the city
and country than could have been accom-
plished by other or similar means. Last
year when the project of holding festival
of three days duration was first broached
there were many to decry the plan and
predict nothing but failure for the efforts
of the merchants. In the face of much
encouragement the association proceeded
to push their preparations to a finish, and
the Fiesta was TIE result.
The sur sss of the short carnival of 1894
has emboldened the merchants to attempt
greater tasks this year, and the result
promises to be as greata surprise to the
public as was the first festival. This year
the scope has been broadened, and instead
of including only the city or county of Los
~AAiSNiSo III eiiO NAopIo an VI DOubIlcIu
California and many other cities of the
State will contribute to the splendor of the
pageant. The allegorical portion of the
professions included in 1894 only his
torical subjects from the discovery of San
Diego Bay by Cabrillo down to the point of
more modern history.
In the professions, which will be dis
tinctive part of the coming carnival, the
floats will represent people and events far
back in the shadows of early discovery.
The first days procession will be known as
"The Pageant of the Pacific" and it will
be made up entirely of allegorical floats
picturing the succession of historical land
marks from the time the Indian was the
possessor of the California shores to the
advent of civilization in the West. This
will be a substantially new feature in the
parade. There will also be the Carnival
of Roses" which was first inaugurated at
Santa Barbara" and "Children's Day."
when the school children of the city and
surrounding towns, to the number of about
10000, will compose the procession. The
grand ball will be held on Thursday night
following the four opening days.
There will be procession each day dur
ing the week, and, in addition to the par
ticular features mentioned, the industrial
parades, in which the various business en-
terprises will form prominent part are
to make up portion of the six days pro-
gramme. Then there will be the day upon
which the military will appear on parade,
and other attractive features will complete
the details of the week.
The hillside gardens of Southern Cali
u q
for Floral day." when it is expected to
make the grandest display OF the kind ever
seen here. Already the business men are.
preparing to enter into the spirit of the
carnival with much zest, and the skeptic
is no longer found to dash cold water upon
the hopes of the committees.
Director-General Max Meyberg is the
busiest man in town, and he reports that
the payroll of the committees already
reaches to about $500 per week. Liberal
subscriptions are constantly coming in,
with the promise of still further donations
to the carnival fund in case of shortage.
Mr.. Meyberg returned from San Fran
cisco yesterday, to which city he went in
the interests of La Fiesta He was more
than pleased with the result of his trip
and the cordial manner in which he was
received at the metropolis.
"I met with a reception that was not
only surprising but encouraging" he said
upon his return. Everybody seemed to
know as much about La Fiesta there as we
do here. The feeling for the success of
this carnival, among the merchants es-
pecially, was one that made the strongest
impression upon me. The spirit of jeal-
ousy, of which we hear so much, was not
evident in the acts nor words of the bust
ness men of San Francisco; on the con-
trary, they all spoke in the kindest terms
of Southern California and of our enter