The herald., 1896-02-26
FOR THE COMING FIESTA
The Executive Committee Holds
q Session
WORK AND ITS DETAILS
Are Progressing Satisfactorily to Those
Ia Charge -
Merchants Are Evincing a Keen Interest In
the CsrnivaT-A Way to Further
Advertise the Occasion

The executive committee OF La Fiesta
held another session last evening and will
probably meet again this week to discuss
matters connected with the carnival.
The work, with its details, is progressing
most satisfactorily, but so many questions
OF importance are constantly submitted
that a great deal of time and labor Is re-
quired to bring them to proper solution.
While much has been accom- olished by
che executive committee and the sub.com-
nittees, it has been considered tile best
policy to limit the publicity of the work.
Experience has taught those in ch srge that
too much publicity in advance of the Fiesta
detracts from the general interest and loses
the novelty of the features during the car
nival. 1t has been the custom in New Or
leans and St. Louis to keep the entire pro-
gram, including tile subject of the display,
q profound secret, and while the intention
of the executive committee is not to keep
the public in total ignorance OF the sppcta-
Gle to be presented, too much publicity is
thought to be detrimental 10 the general
success and interest In the celebra'ion.
The press throughout the state has
evinced the kindest feeling toward the
fiesta and the bulletins that are prepared
for the use OF the newspapers find q well
come place in their columns. The press of
Southern California especially realizes that
the benefits derived from the fiesta are
not local, but that the large number of
tourists from the East generally visit this
entire section and that the fiesta serves to
advertise Southern California, and not
merely this city.
The concert committee. consisting of
Modini- Wood, H. 4. Hamilton aud J. A.
Osgood, will provide a musical program,
Stnt air tl.r f0n
offered in this city. The chorus will be
larger in number than has heretofore ap.
peared before Los Angeles audience, and
the training will be done with the utmost
care. Many Of the members of the Treble
Cleft and Ellis clubs have volunteered their
services, and as the committee has the
confidence of the musical people, the con.
cert will be one Cf the principal attrac-
tions.
The w. H. Perry Lumber company has
offered to donate the large liberty pole that
will be erected in Central park for the
ceremonies attendant upon the raising of
the stars and stripes by the children. The
pole will be 12O feet high.
Tomorrow the committee of thirty will
meet and one of the principal matters to
be acted upon will be the election of sue
cessor to President ID. Freeman. Mr..
freeman intends to start shortly on a trip
to Europe and felt reluctantly obliged to
sever his connection with the fiesta man.
agenent. He has submitted his resigna-
ton at this time because he desired that
his successor should become thoroughly
familiar with the details of the important
work.
The interest the merchants display in
the success of the fiesta is evinced in every
manner. Some enterprising printing firms
have designed very artistic fiesta envelope :
ind the mercantile community has placed
large orders for these envelopes that will
he used entirely in their correspondence
aud will aid materially to further adver.
tise the fiesta.