The herald., 1896-04-11
THE D|ADEM AND CROWN
INSIGNIA OF HER MAJESTY'S OFFICE ON
EXHIBITION TODAY
Personnel Of the Reception committee-0ffi-
ciai Program Nearly Ready-It Possesses
Great Literary and Artistic Merit-compie-
tion Of the Tributes-The Queens Ball

Tho diadem and crown, the symbols of
the high ONCE of her majesty, the queen of
La Fiesta, will be on exhibition today in
the window of S. Nordlinger.
The following reception committee has
been appointed, whose duty it will be to
receive and welcome the prominent guests
who have been officially invited to partici-
pate in the Fiesta: W. b. Cline, chairman !;
H. G. Otis. W. S. Creighton, ii. 2. Osborne,
Paul H. Blades, DIR. f. w. Fleming, J. M.
Crawley, j. d. Hooker, X. H. Wade. l. N.
Van Nuys, D. freeman, John E. Platter,
Wills, Cal. Byrne, Abbot Kinney, Frank
Burnett. Gen. j. r. Mathews, S. b. Lewis,
j. NJ. Johnston, James Gunner, William A.
Morgan and J. b. Lankershim.
AS an indication of the large number of
people who will be in Los Angeles to wit
ness the Fiesta, the executive committee
has received request for at least 200
seats on the tribunes from San Francisco
The official program is now in the hands
of the binder and will be placed on sale
for the first time at the subscribers sale of
seats on Monday next. The cover is
beautifully designed in five colors and
represents the figure OF handsome wo-
man, picking California flowers, with a
view of the Mission in the background. 1t
is work of great literary and artistic
merit, containing the views of the differ.
ent floats, which are masterpieces of art
and engraver's skill. The brochure car
ries with it the evidences of the high plane
that the Fiesta has attained, and it will be
preserved as handsome souvenir of the
great carnival. 1t contains no advertise
ments and will find ready sale.
The construction of the tribunes at Hope
and Seventh streets is completed, and thsy
have been built of heavy timbers and in
the most substantial manner by Eisen &
Hunt. The seats will be comfortable and
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will not be necessary to climb long dis.
tance for those who obtain their seats on
the back rows. The tribunes have been
thoroughly inspected and pronounced per-
fectly safe. to guard against accidents.
They will be handsomely decorated.
The demand for seats has been enor-
nous, but no tickets will be furnished until
Monday morning, when the subscribers
sale opens at Blanchard & Ftzgerald's
music store. Those who apply for tickets
will find also q clean diagram from which
to choose, and no ia oritism will be shown
to anybody. No seats have been reserved,
and the subscriber who presents himself
first will have no difficulty in obtaining the
seats he may want.
The advance sale of tickets to the queens
ball is proving highly satisfactory, and that
social function promises to be q grand sue.
cess in every respect. The ladies of the
queens court are being instructed by Prot.
Henry J. Kramer in a new and beautiful
dance, that they will perform before her
maje ~ty, the queen. Tickets may be pro-
cured from any of the following members
of the ball committee: +. r. G.. Klokke. E.
T. Stimson, r. H. Howell, J. Z. Griffith,
Alfred Solano, Shirley Vance Martin of
Pasadena, Fl. j. Fleishman, Charles H.
Hastings, DR.. Carl Kurtz, w. M. Garland
and +. B. Henderson.
Official notice has been received from
the Fiesta club. composed OF members OF
the Jonathan club, that fifty members will
take part in the parade of Tuesday after
noon and Thursday evening. They will
be handsomely uniformed, and it is ex-
pected that several of the members will
also be present on All Fools night and
that they will make themselves heard on
that occasion. The Jonathan club will be
represented in the floral parade by gor-
geously decorated turnout.
The following prizes have been offered
for the fire department: Best decorated
engine, 8 pair rubber boots; best deco
rated hook and ladder, fire helmets; best
decorated chemical apparatus, fire he'll
NETS; best decorated four-wheel hose
wagon, 2 full turllouts, overalls and rub
ber coats and boots; best decorated two.
wheel hose cart, $40 cash and a special
prize of the value of $50 for the best ap-
pearing outfit.
Another special prize to complete "the
turnouts" has been offered by President
Francis and will consist of helmets, pants,
shirts, belts, rubber coats and boots for q
company of five men,