San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-18
NEARLY READY.
EVERYTHING NOW NECESSARY IN
THE PARADE.
The Decorations For The Flower Battle
Are Being Made Ready, Floats And
Carriages Decked And Trimmed.

The ladies of the Flower Battle as
ISOLATION have about completed the ar
rangements for the grand celebration
of San JacintO day, next Wednesday,
a great deal being accomplished at the
meeting held yesterday afternoon in
the rooms of the Business Mems club,
at which there were about twenty-five
ladies present.
1t was learned that the caValCade
will form in front of Mrs. Watts resi-
dence. No. 1O2 Ninth street, at 4:3O p.
m. DR.. carp and Miss Mickey will
lead. Twelve couples have been Sc
cured.
Mrs. Stevens announced that the
prizes for the decorated carriages
would be ready in time.
Quite a large number OF bicycles will
be in the parade, the riders having
registered with Mrs. HertZberg.
The line of decorated carriages will
be quite large, also, but it is impossi-
BILE to give the exact number as owners
desiring to enter their vehicles in the
contest are not yet finished registering.
The ladies accepted prize from Mr..
Sullivan for best decorated float.
nish decorated floats sent their re-
grets.
Five of the judges appointed to judge
the affair sent their acCeptances, and
Mrs Alb Maverick declined to serve.
The sashes for the chief marshal and
his twenty assistants, made of red,
white and blue ribbon sewn together,
were delivered to Marshal Karber and
their cost SLIPS was appropriated.
The marshal asked for a list of all
the floats, carriages, etc, for his use
in forming the parade, but this is as
yet incomplete. The procession will
form on the north side of Alamo plaza,
where the United States troops will
mass. The other divisions will be To-
Gated on the side streets leading into
Avenue D, and as the procession
moves and the marshal directs, will
fall into their proper places in the line.
Prof. Beck stated that he would send
four men to assist the ladies in decor
ating the band stand on the plaza
Tuesday morning. On Tuesday night
the assembled state and local bands
will give a complimentary concert on
Alamo plaza, after which the bands
will be entertained with q Kommers in
Scholz's garden.
The band contest concert begins
Wednesday afternoon at 100 o'clock
on Alamo plaza and after the Flower
Battle the judges will make the
awards and Mayor Callaghan, assisted
by Marshal Karber and Mr.. Peterson,
will make the presentation of prizes.
Among the bands thus far entered for
the contest are those of Georgetown,
Palestine, MeXia, Temple, Seguin,
Schulenberg, LAGRANGE, Corpus Chris
ii and HallCttsville.
Chief of Police Shardein will furnish
ample police protection on all streets
and plazas during, before and after
the parade. 1t is probable the entire
police force will be brought into requi-
sition for this purpose. Capt. Shardein
even with the full force at his dispos-
al, will need all the support possible
from the public to prevent crowding
and to avoid accidents, and it is par
ticularly desired that owners and oc-
cupants of vehicles do not crowd their
vehicles onto the streets or plazas up
on which the procession passes. The
plazas will be roped off, also all streets
diverging not in the line of parade.