The San Francisco call., 1896-04-25
FIESTA GUESTS DANCE.
Queen Mildred and Her Court Attend the
annual Bali.

Queen Mildred and Her Court Attend the
annual BaU.
LOS ANGELES, CAL, April "a. In
pleasant contrast to the din on the streets
tonight was the fiesta ball at Hazards S
Pavilion, where Queen Mildred held court
and the elite of her realm danced to please
her gracious majesty.
Never before in Los Angeles has society
done itself so proud; nor has it before at
tempted anything on such scale of gran
deur and magnifcence.
The vast pavilion, whose interior on
ordinary occasions is almost barnlike in
its homeliness, tonight seemed trans
formed into fairy palace. The walls and
rafters were hidden behind curtains of
delicately tinted yellow sheeting which
formed restful background for the two
more brilliant colors-red and green-used
in the decorations. From the center of the
vast dome huge scarlet festoons extended
to the four corners of the roof. On the
yellow clothed facades of the proscenium
and galleries was delicate tracery of ivy
and ferns, with here and there huge
punches of scarlet Ieaved poicimas. The
floor was covered with white ducking. The
stage on which was erected Queen
Mildred's throne was similarly decorated.
The beauty of the decorations was as
nothing compared to the beauty of the
Queen herself, her maids of honor and all
her brilliant company.
When Roncovieri's concert band began
the music for the first waltz, the "four
hundred of Los Angeles, re-enforced by
the smartest people from Pasadena and
other Southern California towns, were on
the dancing floor, while the galleries were
crowded with thrice four hundred others
who had come as spectators. Notable
among the male participants in the ball
were Captain Cattern of the United States
ship Philadelphia and his staff officers, as
well as the officers of the United States
ship Albatross, all in full-dress uniform.
All the military officers in attendance at
the fiesta were also In uniform.
The evenings programme was opened
by the Queens maids of honor, who exc
cuted minuet for the delectation of her
Majesty and with great credit to them
selves. The grand march was led by Mr..
and Mrs. Ezra T. Stimson of Los Angeles,
seconded oy Mr.. and Mrs. Shirley Vance
Martin of Pasadena. After the grand
march Major E. F. c. Klokke, who acted
as master of ceremonies, presented each
of the visiting naval officers to the Queen s
Prime Minister, Hon. T. E. Gibbon, who
in turn presented them to the Queen.
They were afterward introduced to the
maids of honor, each of whom favored the
several officers with dance during the
evening.
The programme, which consisted of
twenty-four numbers, was a delightful
one. Supper was served from IL until l
O'Clock in a dining-room adjoining the
pavilion, which was tastefully decorated.
The floor committee included Ezra T.
Stimson, R. H. Howell, Alfred Solano,
John T. Griffith, Shirley Vance Martin,
Ernest f. c. Klokke, William Lemoyne
Wills, Charles C. Carpenter, Hancock Ban
ming, Clarence A. Miller, Frank G. Schu-
macher, William M. Garland Frederic B.
Henderson, Carl Kurtz, Charles H. Hast
ings, Henry J. Fleishman, Jack Jevne,
Will Norris, Loren D. Sale, William A
Barker and James Slauson.