The herald., 1897-04-20
Fiesta Flashes

Orders were sent to San Francisco yes
| terday for consignment of violets. They
will be used in making up one of the
animated bouquets.
| There is great rivalry between Pasa-
dena and Los Angeles high schools. Both
schools will make display in the floral
parade and the boys are all hopeful of
winning a prize.
| Lieutenant Fechtler of the Monterey
and Ensign Douglas of the Monadnock
were in town today and had talk with
the Fiesta committee. There will be one
hundred and seventy marines and nine
officers in the line of march.
| The line of march of the night parade
will be as follows: North from the tri-
bunes to Ninth street, east on Ninth to
| Broadway, north on Broadway to First
street, east on First to Spring street
south on Spring to Fifth, east on Fifth
to Main, north on Mainto Baker block
counter-march and south on Main and
Spring to First, west on First to Broad
way.
All persons interested in the success
of La Fiesta can assist by sending flow-
ers of any kind on Thursday afternoon
barn of the Figueroa hotel on Sixteenth
street. Geraniums of all colors are ee-
pecially needed; also sweet peas and yer.
| benas. Any quantity, no matter how
small will help and will be thankfully
received.
| Five thousand children will attend the
exercises a. the tribunes Saturday fore
noon. They will be formed in companies
of fifty-twO and march eight abreast.
The queen will deliver message to the
children who will respond by singing
Columbia" This will be followed by
an address by S. T. Black, state superin-
tendent of public instruction. Salute
and pledge TO the flag will be the next
feature on the program, followed by
singing America"
The United States cruiser Monadnock
and the coast defense vessel Monterey
| have arrived off San Pedro, where they
will remain at anchor for several days,
in order to participate in the Fiesta de
Los Angeles. Four companies of ma
rines, two from each ship, will appear
| in the parade tomorrow afternoon There
will be 160 men in line, and they are ex-
pected to make even finer appearance
than those of last year. Twenty merry
marines from the Monadnock were TAX
| ing in the sights of the city last evening,
and, to their credit were orderly in their
conduct
Major Owens, grand marshal of the
| floral parade, announces that all those
wh' expect to take part in the parade
| Thursday should meet at the corner of
Twelfth and Main streets at not later
than p m. of that day and they will be
| assigned positions in the column.
| The fire laddies have made arrange
ments for a large amount of flowers Ia
be used in decorating for the parade
| The decorations this year will be mora
artistic than ever before. There will be
a striving for effect more than for guam
tity of blossoms. With this idea Ifort
! them they hope to make their display
unusually attractive.
This week will be the harvest time fol
the fake of every name and description
The snake charmer who has arrived and
| the tatooed woman is here in all hel
glory and both are prepared to show yor
all the wonders of the heavens above
and the earth beneath for 10 cents. AnC
there is the vender of comic songs anc
the poor devil hobbling along or
crutches who wants dime on genera
| principles. Many are the schemes tC
turn a nickel honest or otherwise This
will be good week to keep your hant
on your poceketbook for the well-dressee
stranger at your elbow may not be a!
honest as he looks.