The herald., 1896-04-20
la RE|NA DE- Ia FIESTA
Her Reign Will Commence To.
morrow Afternoon
INAUGURAL OF CARNIVAL
A Program In Detail That Will Prove
Convenient
ION, and Then . WhirIwlnd Of Fun
7ay be Expected


Amidst the blare of trumpets and with
banners flying the joyous reign of La
Reina de la Fiesta de Los Angeles will
| be heralded tomorrow afternoon. Tens
of thousands of her loyal subjects from
near and far will be gathered upon the
principal streets to witness the inaug-
ural of the carnival. The streets will
be in gala dress, rich with bunting and
artistic decorations, and everything will
have the appearance Of gaiety and fes-
tivity.
At o'clock tomorrow large crowd
Of maskers will start from Hazard S
| pavilion, preceded by Roncovieri's s
American concert band. Following in
close succession will be the various
Fiesta clube, including the Queens
| Merry Maskers, the Jonathan club, the
| Athletic club and at least 200 CONNER
cial travelling men under command of
their president, William ]. Barrett. One
of the principal features will be an
imitation of Chinese band, playing
Chinese instruments A large number
Fiesta clubs, including the Queens
this impromptu procession will consist
| of not less than 5000 maskers in the
most grotesque and unique costumes.
In their tour around the city the
| maskers will not forget that they have
|
the queen, and they will rush into diff
| ferent stores and loot them Of what
ever they think is necessary to her
! majestys comfort and happiness. Sew
eral large trucks will accompany the
! procession, upon which will be loaded
| the plunder they have taken. If by
chance policeman should stop the ma
rauders in their disastrous work the
| officers will be unceremoniously thrown
into an iron cage that follows the pro-
| cession for that purpose. This run Will
last about two hours, and after the peo-
| pie have been sufficiently aroused to
| the carnival spirit the maskers will dis
| band.
| In the evening the formal ceremonial
| will be held at Hazards Pavilion. The
| queen, surrounded by her maids OF hon.
| or. will make her first public appear
! ance dressed in her royal robes and
seated upon a handsomely decorated
throne. After some selections by Ron
covieri's band. Hon. r.. L. del Halle will
greet her majesty in the name of her
loyal subjects, and his speech will be
a brilliant oratorical effert. Hon. Frank
RAIDER, as mayor of Los Angeles, will
present the queen with silver key Of
the city, which will be accepted on her
behalf by her prime minister. Hon. L.
L. Gibbon. The looters will in turn
offer to her majesty the plunder they
accumulated during the day. and the
Chinese band will give one of its most
difficult selections. After these cere-
monies are concluded Roncovieri's Am
erican concert band will give its first
illustrated concert of operate and pa
! triotic music. The different numbers
will be illustrated upon large can
| vass by the aid of an electrical appar-
| atuS. f" vt
Wednesday afternoon the first par
| ade will start from the corner of Eighth
n $40 v-olr -t,,r~r
| The procession will move at once to the
= tribunes and thence through the prin-
| cipal thoroughfares, as outlined In the
| official program. Grand Marshal Owens
| will head the procession. surrounded
| by his aids, and be followed by the
marine band. leading the marines, four
! companies of seanlen and the hospita.
| corps. The seventh regiment, consist
| ing of twelve companies and the cav
| airy troupe and naval reserve, under
| command Of Brig. Gen. Last and his
| staff, will follow the gallant tars. Three
| companies of the uniformed rank
| knights of Pythias, from Los Angeles,
Pasadena and Riverside, and regi-
| ment Of mounted Foresters. will make
| a striking appearance in their hand
some uniforms. The High school ca
dets will show that they understand
military tactics, and following th"
military display will come the piece de
| The Chinese division will consist OF
handsome floats with their magnificent
| trappingS and decorations and occupied
by celestials in their costly dress or rich
satins and velvets, ornamented with
gold embroideries. Chinese on horse-
| back and on foot, all dressed in satins
and silks, will surround the floats, car
rying fine large Oriental banners. Then
| comes the dragon, 800 feet long, and
| operated by $50 Chinese. This feature
| will probably be the most interesting
and novel spectacle ever seen upon the
| streets of an American city. 1t is q
| marvel of mechanism and when operat-
ed by the Chinese represents the mon
| ster in it's natural wild state, while the
| dragon will, in it's tour through the
streets, perform some of its acts. The
full extent of its mechanical construc-
ton will be shown only in front OF the
queens throne, and on North Spring
street, as the procession will have to halt
on each occasion.
Following the Chinese, the caballeros,
dressed in their picturesque Spanish cos
tune, will give an exhibition OF their
excellent horsenlanship. The Pueblo In
dams in their native dress, exhibiting
their pottery and blankets, will be under
the leadership of Chas. F. Lummis, and
the floats, representing California, the
sea, trade, grain, fruits, will be next in
line with the magnificent floats sent by
! RdSduend, CdnuenSd anu the iiiiliiiis,
exchanges following. The Yuma Indians
will show how they went hunting in
the dim past. The procession Will close
with the fire department ard the man.
ner in which the fire laddies Will show
their machines and dressed in new
uniforms will make the citizens of Los
Angeles very proud of them.
The parade will be accompanied by the
bands, while Roncovieri's band will dis
course music at the tribunes.
| A grand concert of vocal and inStru-
| mental music, at Hazards Pavilion, viii
! be the great musical event of the cele-
bration. A grand chorus of 800 voices
has been in training for more than two
months, under the direction of Harley
Hamilton, who will also have under his
baton an excellent orchestra of fifty
instruments. The soloists, engaged fOl
the occasion are Mrs. Maude Berry Fish
er, Mrs. Charles Dickman and Andrew
Bogart, ell of national reputation. The
program has been carefully selected anG
the concert will be one long to be remen-
bered by lovers of music.
Thursday afternoon will see some o
the most exciting games and races a
Athletic park. Valuable prizes have
been offered for the different events
including 440 yard dash $50 yard run
bicycle races, tug of war, Indian run
Rocky mountain burro race, climbing o.
creased pole and catching creased pig
The different athletic events will be hot
1y contested and Santa Barbara will
send delegation of it's best athlete.
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