The herald., 1895-04-07

.'Ios Angeles to San Francisco and return to
| Los Angeles. via route covered by itinerary,
| $24.50.
san francisco to Los Angeles. Santa Barbara
| and route covered by itinerary to san Fran
cisco, including side trips named above
| $39 o..
Holders of Eastern tickets via San Francisco
| will pay $1,000 to accompany the excursion
from Los Angelo. to San Francisco via the
| route covered by the itinerary.
There is one more week before La Fiesta
| de Los Angeles begins. and the days will
be very busy ones for the various COM
| mittees.
| The meeting of the advisory board last
| night was an interesting one.
Chairman Louis f. Vetter OF the amuse-
ment committee reported final arrange
ments for Spanish dances preceding the
beginning of the dancing at the carnival
ball. They will be participated in by
nineteen people, of whom sixteen are
dancers. eight ladies and eight gentle
men, two musicians and one singer. The
daRces to be given are Las Palletas (The
Pullets), La FJota. The j. Las Comotes
lSweet Potatoes), Sombrero Blanco White
Hat), La Joraba and the Son. They Will
be given in costume and will be most
striking feature.
Mr.. Les Veen of the press committee
reported that information had been re-
celved that a number of eastern news
paper men would reach Los Angeles in
special car from Chicago representatives
of newspapers of New York, Cincinnati
and other cities, in few days. He
stated that the chamber of commerce had
arr r.nged to have'press headquarters at
ths cir building during Fiesta week for all
visiting newspaper men. That the ad-
visory board took under advisement the
method of extending courtesies to the
newspaper men. to report Monday.
The name "Troa de Caballeros Ange.
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the company of Spanish riders who have
been formed by the native California COM
mittee. The company now NUM- bers
sixty members and will ride three abreast,
the division being about two blocks in
extent. Among them are some OF the
finest riders with Spanish bit and spurs
in Southern California.
There are now on the mem bership roll
of the Fiesta concerts 400 singers from
the city and over 100 from the surround
ing cities, and the stage on concert night
at the pavilion will present wonderful
appearance with its amph itheater OF nalf
thousand singers. Rehearsals OF the
choruses will be held twice a week and at
Music Hall instead of Blanchard Fitzger-
aid hall, which it has outgrown. The re-
hearsals will be on Monday and Thursday
evenings at 1880 o'clock, and all who ex-
pect to take part must attend. The COM
mittee is getting out some big posters
which will be ready this week, and the
programme for the concerts will be pub
lished in few days.
The announcement has been very plain
ly made, but has not reached all. from in
quiries made, that no invitations are is
sued for the carnival 1nasque ball. 1t is a
subscription affair, only for those who
wish to get tickets for the floor. The
sale of tickets is at No. 100 South Spring
street. ts9f 1s~rrsa
Yesterday the Fiesta advisory board or
de1ed over 5000 caps for the school cadets
who viii march on Children's day. The
caps are handsome. being made of blue
duck with Maltese cross of Fiesta colors
on top. They are for boys and girls, and
will be the gift of the Fiesta management
to the children. being pretty souvenir
for those who take part in the parade.
The drilling will proceed this week with
more frequency. The roll of companies
is growing steadily. and the children s
parade will be a magnificent one.
Street Superintendent P. A. Howard
will begin the work Of decorating the
streets with palms, pepper boughs, cy-
press and other evergreens this week on
Friday. 1t is very extensive piece OF
work and will be done very thoroughly,
as it was by Mr.. Howard last year. The
supply of material will be drawn from
outside the city as well as inside. and it
will require large amount, and all per-
greens who can supply them are requested
TO notify Mr.. Howard at the city hall.
They are also requested not to cut palm
leaves until needed for the Fiesta decora-
tions.
General Johnston Jones has been
named as chief marshal of the parade.
There will be meeting of all travelling
men this afternoon at O'Clock in the
rooms of the Com mercial club, Workman
block, the object being to arrange for the
Fiesta exercises.
There will be a Joint meeting at the
chamber of commerce Monday evening at
5 o'clock of the chamber of commerce,
the Southern California Press association,
the Los Angeles Press club and the pub
lcity committee of La Fiesta, to consider
the manner and method of receiving and
entertaining the representatives of the
press of the country who will be in the
city during La Fiesta week. There will
be more working newspaper men in the
city during the week than ever before in
the history of the city, and the accounts
they will render of the festivities and the
city will be Of immense advantage to this
section. Nearly 200 members of the Cal
iforna Press association alone will be
here. This association embraces repre-
sentatves of all the leading dailies and
weeklies outside of San Francisco on the
coast Besides these there will be repre-
sentatives of many large eastern dailies
and several important illustrated weeklies.
1t is the purpose of the chamber of COM
merce meeting to make prvision for the
entertainment of these newspaper workers
so that they may become impressed
with the importance and progress of the
city. Every member of the above commit
tees and bodies are requested to be present
Monday evening. ,e .,a.