The herald., 1896-04-25

pressure needs indeed a safety valve
How thankful we all are that it come.
but once year.
Queen Mildred never looked sweetel
than she did last night at the ball She
| would tempt saint to sin.
Forty-five girls, forty five city schools
| forty-hve states in the union. Forty
five is the magic number.
! Pandemonium was abroad in the city
last night, having its center along
| Spring street from Temple to Fourth
J Children's day and the scenes at the
! flag raising at Central park thrilled one
| The hour was instinct with patriotism.
The police will be glad when Fiesta is
over. The men have been working four
| teen and sixteen hours daily during the
reign of Mildred l.
| The floral parade will traverse many
streets. as stated in another column, so
| that there exists no great reason for
everyone to congregate at the tribunes
The Herald arch at night is the big
gest attraction on the streets. The dec
orative features of the structure are
unique and beautiful-that is, many peo :
pie say so.
Considering last nights big crowds
and the by the no menas delicate char
acter of fun indulged in. it is surprising
that there was so little disturbance call
1t Is not as generally known as 1t
should be. but there are two entrances
for carriages to the tribunes. One is
on Flower street and the other is on
Hope. Remember this today.
The w. II. Perry Lumber company's
gift to the city of the immense pole
and Sir John Francis gift of the flag
combined to make a proposition that all
citizens may we'll feel proud over.
La Reina de la Fiesta received a tel
egram from Mrs. o. w. Childs, the first
Fiesta queen, yesterday afternoon
which ran as follows: My congratu-
lations to our lovely queen of La Fiesta.
Tin horns. COW bells, whistles, Chinese
musical instruments. tin pans and
sleigh bells were all brought into requi-
stion last night. But where this side of
the Tehachepi did the last mentioned
things come from?
The city police in the downtown dis
tricts We're bedeviled set of men last
night. They were kept on the move
continuously, but nothing serious hap
pened, for the crowd. though a trifle i'll
hammered, was good natured one.
Some participants IN this afternoons
floral parade may be inclined to leave
the ranks if they fail to receive prize.
This would be wrong. While all will
contribute to the magnificent spec
tacle. all. in the nature of things,
cannot hope to win prizes. This should
not be a reason for forsaking the
ranks. Thousands will wait on the
streets to witness the procession, and
they should not be disappointed.
Private parties evidently worked a
private snap upon the public last night
at Athletic park. Cleverly worded ad-
vertisements in the press led people.
including the newspaper men. to think
that the fireworks display was under
the Fiesta management. Such proved
to be not the case. The exhibit was
mediocre to n degree. The great crowd
present was thoroughly disgusted. The
roast was all right, but the pirates have
the cash where it will do them the most
good.
There was wide distribution on the
streets of a handsome pamphlet which
bore the title San Franciscos Greeting
to Los Angeles. 1t was issued to foster
the goOd-feeling existing between the
two portions of the state, and topromote
that friendly rivalry which means the
best for California as a whole. the CEN
ter and north send greeting to the
south, accepting the auspicious occasion
of La Fiesta and it's triumphs as the
most fitting time for congratulations to
Los Angeles. the city that has set the
pace for western progress. public en-
terprise and prosperity.