The herald., 1895-02-20


tions as have been sent in without any
solicitation on the part of the Fiesta COM
mittee They are what may be called
voluntary subscriptions. Only one of the
subcommittee commenced their labors
yesterday and in less than two hours they
had checks to the amount OF over one
thousand dollars in their possession.
From now on it will be race as to who
subscribes the most and the first. The
good work has fairly commenced and be.
fore another week has passed the dona-
tions will reach over $4,000.
II never feared the outcome" said one
member of the finance committee yester-
day. "All that the people of this city re-
quired was an opportunity to subscribe,
and they put their names down in good
style. But they must not stop, because
we need great deal of money. The floats
cost more this year than last, our salary
list is in excess Of the previous year, our
musical features will require larger out
lay, and the whole Fiesta will be on
grander scale. We feel very much en-
couraged with the outlook now"
A comparison of the subscriptions OBJ
tanned last year with those of yesterday
show that the merchants were more lib
eral than on the previous occasion. The
committee reported that those who had
been called upon fully realized the i'm
portance to this city of La Fiesta, and
that the general feeling was to make the
affair an absolute success and to con-
tribute literally. Several subscribers stated
that if the total subscriptions should not
aggregate as large an amount as was an
ticipated, an additional check could be
called for
The Southern California committee met
yesterday afternoon at Fiesta headquar-
ters, and among the communications re-:
ceived was one from General Passenger
Agent John J. Byrne, of the Southern
California railroad, enclosing a circular
letter which had been sent throughout the
East calling attention to the Fiesta and Gi-
recting them to advertise it in every
means in their power, and stating that
the company would place advertising mat
ter in its Eastern offices.
Mr.. Walton, who has been appointed
committee on the participation of the
Chinese in the Fiesta, reported that the
Chinese merchants would meet the COM
mittee at any date they might fix, and
the matter was taken under advisement.
Charles Thorne stated that he was in
Ontario few days ago and found the
people very pleasantly disposed toward
taking part in the Fiesta.
G. D. Willard, of the committee, stated
that at the coming Citrus Fair, the Cham
ber of Commerce desired to make one of
the days Fiesta day, for the purpose of
advancing the interests of the carnival,
and the committee referred the matter to
the advisory board. Mr.. Willard also said
that the Citrus Fair could be made
method Of materially assisting the Fiesta
by the proper cooperation.
3 The committee on secret societies, COM
posed of Mr.. Ed B. Webster, chairman,
and A. E. Forester, William Meek, Robert
Sharpe, William Voight, E. A. Meserve,
James H. Smith, Henry Belt, L. Belly
mer and Edward Lloyd, met last night to |
take action with reference to the partici-
patton of the secret societies of Southern
California in the Fiesta parades.
Chairman Webster outlined the OBJ
jects to be accomplished, being of the
opinion that this feature of the Fiesta
could be made an imposing one. He sug-
gested that the different secret organiza-
tions, such as the Odd Fellows, Knights
Of Pythias, Knights of Honor, the For
esters, the Maccabees and others, should
each be constituted section or division;
that the lodges of the different orders
Southern California be COM
municated with and invited to partici-
pate, each order to be allowed to arrange
the nature of its representation. He be-
lieved that some of the fearlres that
would be thus arranged would be exceed
ingly brilliant, and that it would not be
difficult to secure rousing REPRESENTA-
lion from all parts Of the section. The