The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-18
THE CHILDREN WILL MARCH
The Place They Will Occupy in
Fiesta Parade.
THE REVIEW AT THE PARK
Many Improvements Over Last Year
Suggested
Marshal Covarrubas' White Horse Cavalry.
The Official Badges for tho
Various Officers

to keep good alignments, where the line
stretches from curb to curb as it did last
year, and the spectators pressed almost
against them. 1t was also very difficult to
make company wheels with such a long
line. 1t is proposed this year to have the
platoons consist of fewer children, thus
increasing the ability OF captains to secure
greater efficiency both in the marching
and wheeling. 1t will also add materially
to the comfort of the children themselves,
for they will not be crowded in the long
, lines as they were before.
The director general and the music
committee are putting their heads to-
gether to get up some musical features Tor
Children's Day, when the procession
passes in review before the Queen at Cen
trail Park.
One plan which has been suggested is
to have the parade brought to tenn
porary halt, when one section has occu-
pied the space in front OF the Queen and
sing few lines or verse from some pa
triotic song. When they have concluded
they will march off and another section
will be halted and sing. This will be re-
peated along the entire line. While such a
feature is being considered it has not yet
been adopted, but the music committee
is expected to bring in a recommendation
at the next meeting of the advisory COM
mlttee Wednesday night.
1t is expected to disband the children S
parade after the review at the park, which
will be a very convenient place for that
purpose. From that point street cars are
within a short distance, by which they
can be taken to their homes in all parts
of the city. The Fiesta management is
looking after every detail that will make
the participation of the school children in
this parade pleasant one, and one that
will not only delight them but their par
ents as well. Not horse will be allowed
along the line of marching children.
Competently equipped ambulances to pick
up any who may become too tired to
march will accompany the column, and
the children viii not be called upon to
make too long march.
There are few carping critics who still
keep up vexatious fire against the chill.
dren's parade, but the sensible concessions
made by the Board of Education and
Fiesta committee solved all reasonable
objections to the beautiful display of
thousands of happy school children, and
the public generally is very much pleased
with the prospect of having such a mag
niticent object lesson to show the strang-
ers within our gates, during carnival
week.
Today the children Will begin the drills
for the Fiesta parade. The drilling is
only to occupy an hour each day, out of
school hours, until the week before the
Fiesta, when it will be slightly increased.
great amount of time is not necessary
to accomplish the necessary discipline for
the simple evolutions of the parade. In
fact, an hour day will be more than
time enough to devote to the matter.
1t is said that some of the school teach
ers are still secretly opposing the parade
and covertly throwing cold water upon it
to their pupils; but this rumor is proba-
bly, not we'll founded, because it is not
raua r1p 6 20 iii DIV that of fha
ers. now that they are not obliged to take
part in the parade, will opposesthe almost
unanimous wishes of the business inter-
ests of Los Angeles, especially where the
plan proposed is not one that will harm
the children and will benefit the city
The official badges for the Fiesta COM
mittees are very handsome and are now
being made according to design adopted
by the advisory board, each member pay
ing for his own badge, SO that it does not
come out of the general Fiesta fund.
The badges for the members of the adj
visOry board and chairmen of committees
consist OF an engraved silver bar, sur
rounded by silver crescent and resting
upon the highest point of the crescent an
eagle with outstretcbed wings. Pendent
from the bar is dainty arrangement of
Fiesta colors two inches long, the ribbon
showing its full width along the bar, but
gathered together and clasped at the bot
tom by silver enameled button, the size
of a half dollar. Upon the button is the
California bear, raised in hard enamel
The bear stands upright, and across it are
again the Fiesta colors in miniature The
words advisory. board y are used for
members OF that body, and chairman"
with the title of the committee for those
officials. For members of committees
the badge is the same save that the cres-
cent and eagle are omitted the ribbons
being surrounded by the handsome silver
bar, bearing the title of the committees
to which they belong. The badges are
length and will be attractive souvenirs of
the Fiesta for the gentlemen who have
devoted themselves so patiently and COM
pletely to the creation of La Fiesta de
Los Angeles.
1t is understood that United States
Marshal Covarrubias has under consider
ton the organization of a body of white
horse cavalry for the Fiesta parades. 1t
is proposed to get together as large num-
Der OF white horses as can be secured,
and mount them with Il company of fine
riders The equipments will be in keep
ing, and if the command can muster SUI
ficient strength it will present magnifi-
cent appearance under the leadership of
the marshal.
The active work of the trades commit
tee in securing brilliant array of noted
horses for their parade has brought that
feature at once into great prominence.
1T is an idea which will be presented to
the owners OF running horses who will
enter them for the Fiesta races at Agr-
cultural Park. If the parade in question
will not conflict that day with the time
Tor the races horsemen say they will also
come INTO 1t and swell the showing of
California horses.
The following additions have been made
to the Orange county committee of which
a. H. Cargill of Brookhurst, is chair