The herald., 1895-04-19
Santa Barbara's Magnificent
Flower Carnival
SCENES FROM FAIRY LAND
Equipages Made of the Choicest and
Sweetest Flowers
The Participants and the Displays That
Were Found Worthy to
Receive Prizes


his silk hat. Two handsome blacks
I sported red harness. The ladies wore
empire of red tul The Magenta rig. as
| the spectators called it, carried Mrs. Ed
warn Roberts, Miss Sedgwick. G. Randall
Evans and A. Sedgwick. The rig was
covered with beautiful red flower called
I Boganvelia, resembling a sweet pea. but
with fluffy, crepelike petals. The cos
! tunes were of white trimmed with silk OF
| the same shade, as was also the harness.
I The Misses Kelly and Miss Lord rode in
) a basket Of blue brodea. The flower re-
| sembles violet and produces beautiful
| effect. The rig was basket-shaped and
| was as chic a turnout as was in the pro-
cession.
| Miss Nellie Chamberlain drove team
of grays to q carriage covered with white
| banks of roses and white violets. The
idea of turnout all in white was carried
out perfectly. and their friends on the
| tribuues showered them with floral com
! pliments until they capituiated.
| Mr.. and Mrs. \. Wines drove a surrey
covered with white Banksia roses, which
| showed off beautifully.
Owen Stafford. Percy Stafford, Miss
Stafford and Miss Dodge were in farm
wagon covered with blue lupin and ferns,
ana the effect was cleverly carried out.
! The swell rig of the spring wagon class
was the yellow wagon of Louis Reed,
Miss Lane and Miss Grant. Two out
riders in white costume led the team by
yellow ribbons. The harness and cos
TUNES were all in yellow Yellow
mustard such as is described in the meet
ing of Ramona with the Franclscan
father covered the wagon, and the feath-
cry sprays were most beautifully
arranged. A farm wagon entered by Miss
Ellen Cooper of Ellwood Coopers rancho
was covered with little nests of moss and
ferns. lined and edged with the blue
brodea. in each nest Il little child in
white costume nestled. The effect was
very cute.
A double buggy was covered and out
fined with marigotds and the foliage of
that flower. The effect was in bright yell
low and white. .Junius Smith and Misses
Archer and Hunt rode in this buggy.
Their costumes were white and the rig
won prize.
Another rig was that occupied by Fred
Hunt and Miss Annie Edwards. The de-
sign was that of half basket of wicker
work covered with brodea. The pretty
blue flower showed off to good advantage
AMI contrasted prettlly with their cos
tunes.
The prize winner in this class was that
entered by Miss Eleanor Colt and occu
pied by Miss Fairbanks of Ottawa. Can
ada. and the DIES gner. The costume of
pink and white was eXqulsltely fetching
the low phaeton COvele | ADD entwlned
with fragant pink and white sweet peas
that the judges were carried away and
awarded 1t the first prize without hesitat-
ing.
A dozen or more phaetons were in the
sixth class. The first was that decorated
by Mrs. Ii. F. Mcguire and Mrs. f. A.
Conant, AMI was covered entirely with
pampas plumes, the whole forming
very light and airy effect.
Carrie Bond and Georgia Lacy drove
very swell turnout trimmed in brode
The whole rig being Il study in lavender.
The young ladies richly merited the prize
awarded them. r...l ..s..q ..., t.
curious rig as the square Gala lily
covered one in which rode the six little
Crikelair children. each with Gala cap
on.
Mrs E. P. Fergus and Mrs. L. Brunette
looked stunning in floral basket made
OF wild broiea and attired in lavender
costumes. Their rig was very much adj
mired.
The Misses Den drove a vehicle shaped
like nautilus shell and covered with
bright yellow margolds. The dark hair
and the black eyes of the occupants were
set off bv the brilliant flowers, and their
rig attracted much attcnti on.
A most beautiful design was that en-
tered by Mrs. Taplcy and Mrs. Kingsley.
On low phaeton 15,00u pink Duchess
roses ere banked and massed until the
| turnout was covered with the pretty
mowers. LIE 1auieS lOoAcu III
| pink costumes.
| Another prize winner was the buggy
| driven by Misses Barbara and Lizzie
| Hernster. The square canopy was upheld
! by four posts which were covered with
white margueIites. the canopy being
made of blue brodea and surmounted by
| a butterfly in white marguerites. Figures
were worked out on the sides OF the
! buggy in blue bro1ea, and the whole was
an artistic creation.
Arthur Marsh and John Price rode in a
buggy covered with the blossoms of the
| wild sage.
Some OF the prettiest designs were in the
! tub cart class. Among the handsomest
were road cart dven by Miss Everhart
of Ell Montec to, with Miss Fernald. 1t
was covered and deliberately sprayed with
pink carnations. The cart was most
artistic creation and well merlted It's
PRIZE.
Miss Chris Noble and Mrs. DR.. Sachamt
rode in low cart covered with sprays of
yellow mustard Their costumes were OF
yellow chiffon and yellow ribbons were
everywhere. A tandem team milk white,
| and led by two out-riderS on white horses,
| and with white costumes drew the cart.
This received the first prize.
! IA stunning rig was occupied by MRS.
| Dreyfus and Miss Panchta Dlbblec. 1t
was done in red geraniums, and the dec
| orations aud costumes harmonlzed so
| well tDat UneV were CuctTtt dloiiS thS
| tribunes. Three little maids in yellow
costumes drove a pony tandem to vel
low cart trimmed with wild mustard. The
| Misses Crenn held their own well III the
warfare OF blossoms. A chic cart was that
driven BY Mrs. e. II. Sawyer of Eel Monte
otto. 1t was done with white roses, 5000
being used on the body OF the cart. Net
tie Coles and Myrtle Lloyd looked charm
ing IN their white costumes with
powdered hair as they drove along in q
cart covered with 10, 600 La Marque roses.
The cart was most deliberately trimmed and
reflected great credeit on Mr.. c. l.. Lloyd,
the designer.
Miss Mae Smith and Miss Lavinia War
rem of Higgnsvile. Mo-, drove a tiny cart
amid banks OF roses. he little steps at
the rear and large floral umbrella were
done in the same flower. This rig was
one of the daintiest il, the procession ,anc
the Young ladies laughingly lodged the
floral missiles hurled at them from the
crowd.
John f. Diehls fourth hand was {
japanese basket. The rig was study
in old rose and olive green, the effect be
ing. produced by wild flower ca lied Poly
gonia, that grows in spikes and founc
only in thu high altitude and IN certain
sections OF the Santa Inez. The f1owe
resembles the, begonia and shades from al
olive green at the bottom to lovely ole
rose at the tips. Misses Gertrude Diehl
Jessie Bell and Matte katridge were thu
Japanese maids, and wore their silk kim
onas as befitted maids of high degrees