The herald., 1897-02-03
The MERCHANT VEN1URERS
Draw Four Thousand Citizens to
the Pavilion
THE BUSINESS MEN PARADE
Amid Salvos Of Rockets and 0eueral
lllumlnation
The Merchants Day Proved the Great
Success of the Home Products Ex-
hibition-La Belle France Today.

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Yesterday was Merchants and Manu-
facturers day at the home products ex-
hibition. and the largest crowd that has
ever AS'ended the pavilion since the
opening of the exhibition was present.
The exercises were of a highly interest
ing character. During the afternoon
| quite large number of visitors enjoyed
looking at the booths and listening to
the lively music discoursed by the Cata-
lima band.
THT PARADE.
| The parade last night was gala af-
fair. Rocket after rocket crossed the
black darkness; red fire fixed and
fumed on every corner and the scintil-
lating balls of Roman candles touched
the walls and cornices of the many
stately buildings on Spring street with
a waving, tremulous light.
| The different members Of the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers association
met In front Of the Wilcox building at
Second and Spring streets shortly after
8 o'clock. The procession formed i'm
mediately afterwards, and was headed
| ny oCT6cdHU N1OTIOH duU Bl4I66n Sldl-
| wart officers of the munfc}e>l police.
Following came the Catalina Wand, and
then, Led by Max Meyberg, marched the
members of the Merchants and Manu-
| facturers' association. The line Of
| march was down Second to Main, thence
to First. after which Spring street was
reached and an ovation rarely seen in
Los Angeles was received by the process
| sion as 1t took its way down that thor
oughfare to Sixth street. The Nadeau
hotel burst into a flame Of varied colored
| fires when the front Of the line turned
| the corner Of First street.
The next demonstration was made by
| the Jonathan club, which fairly blazed
with illuminations and expressions of
| good will. which carried congratula-
| tions with their explosions. The Hol-
lenbeck hotel responded in the most en-
phatic manner and covered the march
| ing members with a halo of brilliant
| light.
The line of march turned up Sixth
street to Olive and then turning north
reached the pavilion about o'clock.
One of the striking features of the ar
rival at the pavilion was the skillful
manner In which Sergeatn Morton han
| died his men, They were separated
| into two rows, between which the mem
bers Of the association marched and to
the inspiring music of the band entered
| the building.
Under the direction Of the committee,
| the members were at once escorted to
| the platform and with the raising of the
| curtain the ceremonies Of the evening
began.
THE CROWD
Already the great building was
| crammed to discomfort and the crowds
| continued to pour in through the door.
In q few more minutes the small space
| in front of the grand stand and the mar
| row aisles were packed. The second and
even the third galleries were jammed
with an unwieldy mass Of humanity.
| At the doors it was reported that over
| four thousand tickets had been sold,
| which meant that there were 1900 more
| people at the Pavilion than on any pre-
vious night since the opening of the ex-
hibition. No more convincing testimo-
| nial to the interest taken in the efforts OF
the merchants and manufacturers in
bringing their productions before the
people could have been given than the
attendance at the pavilion last night.
INTERESTING EXERCISES
f! When the curtain rose President H.
| w. Frank of the Merchants and Manu-
facturers' association announced that G..
| L. Sterns, who Is representative manu-
facturer of this city would speak a few
| words to the audience in behalf of the
Mr.. Sterns called attention to the vari-
GUS manufacturing enterprises of the
| city and the resources for such enter
| prises If only the people will lend their
encouragement by patonizing home in
| dustries where it can be done without
| disadvantage to themselves. He said
| that the business men OF this city had
| gone to a great deal of trouble in arrang
| ing the exhibit and he felt confident that
| it would not be without lasting benefits
| to the community.
General John M. Matthews was also
called upon and said, among other
| things: I'VE have the best paved streets,
the best public buildings and the best
class of people in Los Angeles of any city
of its size in the Union, and we want our
manufacturing industries, to be in line
with these things of which we are so
| proud. This can be done If the people
will stand by their own manufacturers
and use home manufactured goods"
| Col. Charles deGarmo Gray said,
among other things: 1.-THE success of
this exhibition is due to the untiring eff
forts of the executive committee of the
Home Products Exhibition. Since TAX
| ing up this work they have labored in
cessantly but If the people who have
visited this exhibition will carry away a
determination to patrondze home indus
| try whenever possible their labors have
| been well rewarded"
| The musical program of the evening
consisted of number of vocal solos by
! the pupils of Nine. Fabri Mueller. Mrs.
F. Campbell sang The Flower Song in
a beautiful manner that fond q respon-
! sive chord in the nature of every one.
| Ave Maria was charmingly rendered by
| Miss Ida Fellentreter.
| Several bicycle races on the home
trainer wheel were then ridden. Tomp-
kins and Hill started out to ride a two
| mile professional race, but before half
| the distance was covered Hill left the
machine, throwing the race to Tomp-
kins, who covered the distance in 4:03%
minutes. The half mile exhibition race
for the bicycle lantern donated by Haw-
| ley, King & Co. was run by Stevenson
and Burgess and was won by Burgess in
1:2 1-5 minutes. The quarter mile exhi-
bition was riden by Aldridge in 5S 2-5
| seconds.
Miss Pearl Hutchinson rendered the
staccato polka, after which the ever
popular animatoscope claimed the at
tention of every one for few minutes.
| No new views were introduced, but those
who have attended the pavilion during
| the past two weeks never tire Of watch
| ing the productions of this wonderful in
vention. Miss Jeanette Plamback sang
Non Flu Sogno and Miss Lena Vogt rem
dered Open Thy Lattice, after which the
| animatoscope was again exhibited.
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