The herald., 1896-04-18
They DeservedIy Receive an
Ovation Everywhere
PASADENA TO REDLANDS
One Man Wires, "We Are in Paradise
All Well"
Orange Supper rendered at the Casa Iona.
Waited Upon by High School Girls.
Off for Coronado

REDLANDS, Cal, April 17.-Yes-
terday was a gala day for the
members of the Hotel Mems association
and their ladies, and also for the com
munities of Pasadena and Redlands.
The three specials bearing the boni-
faces arrived at the Grown of the VAL
ley" at an early hour yesterday morn
ing. Quite a number enjoyed break
fast in the beautiful dining room OF
the hotel Green and at $3.50 the entire
party gathered at the west front of that
hostelry to have a group picture taken.
They We're seated in tallyho coaches
and carriages and taken for drive
over the sprinkled thoroughfares OF
that beautiful garden city. At Kay
mond they were furnished with large
bouquets of roses, carnations and other
flowers, while some secured branches
of oranges. They returned to the no
tel wonderfully pleased with Pasadena.
I'VE are now in Paradise, all well"
Another volunteered to sell out his
property in Binghamton, N. Y, and
not go back il any one would give him
80 cents on dollar for it, taking the
assessors valuation. And when they re-
turned to their several trains ready to
go to Redlands the party were simply
astOunded to find every one of the
twenty-five palace cars had been trans
ferred into vertable bowers of beauty
by a committee of Pasadena ladies.
The decorations in all were superb, but
in the dining cars they were indeed ele-
giant. The Pullman occupied by the
reception committee of the Southern
California and California hotel assocla-
tions was especially remembered by the
ladies, and thanks are returned in this
public manner to Mrs. Alice b. Fuller
and Miss Annie Bartlett of Pasadena
and Miss Aimee Alden of Boston. Tile
committee appreciated their work so
thoroughly that they captured the Ia
dies and took them on to Redlands as
their guests.
AT 1880 the crowd of bonifaces reluct-
antly boarded their trains and one after
another pulled out for Redlands, with
three hearty cheers and a tiger for Pas
adena At Santa Anita they were met
by the following committee of Redlands
citizens, sent out by Col. J. Il. Richie,
chairman of the local committee of ar
rangements, to give them a welcome
to the hOspitalities of their city:
Messrs T.. G. Judson, r. c. McGinncss,
DR.. j. S. Riggs, A. G. Hubbard, c. NJ.
Brown, DR.. d. w. Stewart. Chas. Put
nam, r. H. Garland and s. C. Haver.
They visited the several trains, were
introduced to the occupants and tell
dered them the freedom of the city.
Arriving there, carriages We're for the
of the hotel men and their ladies and
they enjoyed a ride about that beautiful
young wonder Of a growing city, which
is now but decade old OF course
they visited Smiley Heights, now grown
famous, and went into ecstacies over
both it and the view therefrom. To-
wards evening the Casa Iona, Red
lands handsome new hotel, conducted
by Col. J. 7. Ritchie, became the center
of interest, because of his rendering
them a complimentary orange supper
The building was tastefully decorated
both inside and out with bunting and
flags. In the center of the rotunda
was a pyramid Of handsome oranges,
the openings between which were filled
with large Strawberries. and the whole
crowned with beautiful bouquet of
flowers.
Ropes of oranges outside the hotel
stretched for several hundred feet on
either side, besides great streamers of
flowers while rows of Spanish bayonets
and palm leaves completed the trans
formation. Oranges were given away
by the box full. Then followed the
orange supper at the Casa Iona, which
was very tasteful one, and was served
by the girls of the Redlands high
school, who acquitted themselves
thoroughly, considering their inexperi-
ence. AS the dinner drew to a close,
a. called for a vote of thanks to the
citizens of Redlands, to Col. Ritchie and
to the high-school girls for the services
extended, which was carried unani-
mously and followed by cheers. Col.
Ritchie gracefully responded on be-
half of himself, the citizens and the
girls.
Simson Ford of the Grand Union
hotel, New York city, being called upon,
said that he had never before been
waited upon by high-school girls, but
that he had frequently waited upon
them, and that he felt he but echoed
the sentiments of the New York people
when he declared that, although their
entire journey had been an ovation,
Redlands was the best yet. Then the
Smiley brothers, the summer-resort
hotel men of New York state, who have
done so much for this community, We're
called upon and one of them gracefully
responded.
Following the supper, there was a
concert by the San Diego band, follow
ed by another by the Baptist church or
chestra of Riverside.
Tomorrow the hotel men visit River
side. one train having gone there last
evening, and in the afternoon they will
proceed to Coronado.
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