The San Francisco call., 1896-04-20
STREETS GAYLY CARRIED
Angelenos Decorate Their City
in the Colors of the
Carnival.
HER MAJEsTYs RICH ROBES
Regal Costumes Made in California
From Material Purchased Within
the State.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, April 19.-One
day more and Los Angeles will be en- fete.
Already the city has a holiday appear
'ance, but great deal of work remains to
be done in the next tive ntv-four hours 10
make the town fit place of residence for
her Majesty, the queen of the carnival,
whose coming has been heralded for Tues.
day evening. The Queen merry maskers
will take possession of the city on the
afternoon of that day. They will parade the
streets in fantastic array, pillaging the
stores and marts of trade for such articles
as they think are meet tributes for their
gracious sovereign. The merchants who
are wise will bar their doors against the
invaders, but those who have already
contributed literally of their wealth
to defray the expenses of the
court will have little TO fear, as
the Queen has given instructions that her
foragers shall pass the houses of all such
and loot only the business places of rich
men who have refused to make voluntary
contributions of their substance for the
entertainment of her Majesty and her
train.
To the credit OF the business men of Los
Angeles as whole it must be said that
they have shown great enterprise and lib
brality in the matter OF subscribing funds
for the fiesta and devising means whereby
10 make the third annual carnival the
most successful event of the kind ever at
tempted on =: he Pacific Coast. From pres
ent indications there is every reason to
believe that their expectations will be real
lied and that the thousands of visitors to
Los Angeles tins week will see such SER
les of feles as has never been equalsd on
the Western shores OF this continent.
There is only one contingency that can
detract from the pleasure of the occasion
and that is the weather, an element that
usually does not enter into the calcula-
tons OF the people in this land of sun
shine in making preparations for outdoor
amusements. This year seems to be ex-
ceptional, however. in view of the high
winds that have prevailed for nearly d
week, which. to some extent, marred the
floral festival at Santa Barbara Should
this kind of weather continue it would in
terfere materially with the comfort OF the
spectators and participants in the carnival
events, and might prove disastrous to
some of the street decorations, but the
people are hopeful and are going ahead
with the preparations just as though they
were assured of the finest kind of weather.
1t would be very unusual, indeed, if
there should be two weeks of such Gather
as that of last week. To-day was raw and
chilly and rough wind came in from the
ocean. A change of weather before Tues
day is confidently expected.
A great many of the street decorations
were completed yesterday and last night.
All along the line of march, which takes
in Broadway, Spring and Main streets,
from Seventh street to the plaza. the cleo
tric poles are being decorated with palm
leaves and boughs of pepper, eucalyptus
and other evergreens. Banners of red,
yellow and green hoated to the breeze from
wires stretched across streets at intervals
of about 100 feet. The streets leading
from the railroad stations to the center of
the city are similarly decorated, giving
visitors from abroad the impression that
the whole city is decked in colors typical
of the orange, the olive and wine.
Many of the business houses and private
residences are being elaborately decorated,
the red, green and yellow of the fiesta
being harmoniously blended with the
national colors. At night red, green and
yellow incadescent electric light greet the
eve on every hand. Wires are being strung
along all the business streets about eight
feet from the cnrb, from which thousands
of Chinese lanterns will be suspended. The
city during the five nights of the carnival
will be most brilliantly Illuminated.
On block of vacant ground bounded by
Sixth, Hope, Seventh and Flower streets.
tribunes have been erected for the seating
of 5000 people. The seats are arranged in
tiers around what is called the Queen g
Highway through which all professions
will pass Immediately after starting.
In the center of the tribunes the queen,
surrounded by her maids of honor and the
gentlemen of her court, will be seated on a
throne, from which she will review all the
parades. The sale of seats began last Mon
day and notwithstanding the fact that the
price was repeatedly raised nearly all were
sold in few days. On nearly every
vacant lot along the line of march addi-
tional tribunes are being erected and seats
are selling in advance like hot cakes. Be-
sides these every window ana balcony
along the routeof the parades will have its
quota of spectators.
The line of march is a long one and
ample opportunity will be afforded the
countless thousands who will throng the
city to see all the pageants After passing
through the queens highway near the
point of forming the route will be via
Sixth street to Broadway, to First, to
Spring. to Seventh, to Main, to and around
the plaza, countermarch on Main to Tenn
pie and thence on Spring street back 10
First and Broadway, where the professions
will dlsband. The course will be about
three miles long.
The choice of a Queen by the executive
committee of La Fiesta was most happy
one. Mrs. Mark Lewis, upon whom the