The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-14
URN1MENT OF ROSES.
Interesting Letter Describing it i'm
 Pasadena, Cal

The following interesting letter has been received from correspondent in
 Pasadena, Cal:
 Again the Tournament of Roses" in all it's glory, but this time with varia- tions. We had become so much accus- toned to clear skies and sunshine that we had no thought of showers till we found that somehow, someway old Ju- piter Pluvius had mislaid his Farmers Almanac, and unintentionally and without malice aforethought had turn ed on the waterworks at the wrong time.
 To have the rain which we so much lacked and the pageant of flowers on which we set out hearts all On the selfsame day was indeed an embarrass- ment of riches, but when the sun, like benignant joker beamed out upon us at just the proper time, we all rejoiced anew and the tournament proceeded to business
 At the ancient oak tree, which is one of the landmarks of this good town, the fanfare of trumpets was heard, and soon the various parts and para pherna of the shower began to gather, the horsemen to race and gallop the six horse teams to prance and cavort, no end of floats with roses, pretty girls, gaudy parasols, and ereenery galore to block the streets, and the foot passen- gers to form themselves into tangled mass.
 Where such a profusion of flowers could have come from even in this land of plenty is more than one can think, and the taste and ingenuity displayed in their arrangement was beyond all praise The display of the public schools, their great floats all of beauti, ful and intricate design, with lettering and emblems in many colored roses was perhaps best of all, though among so many superlatives it is difficult to decide.
 The the bicyclists, and Better Roads society made gallant show and one to be proud of, more than five hundred of these wheels lavishly decorated, some of them extravagantly So, surely furnished food for reflection for the road supervisors of this vicinity, and must have convinced them that they may well stand in awe of the army of whee!men, and bestir themselves to mend their ways without delay. After all these came the Spanish grandee, a lineal and honored descendant of one of the noble families who long ago ap- this good land to their own use and pleasure, mounted on a fine | horse with ancient gorgeous trappinss and habited in curious, quaint and | beautiful costume, a family heirloom. | He was foil to set off these latter day | cavaliers, And after him came the old | overland stage coach, battered and bull let marked, a relic of golden days, | drawn by six fiery bronchos, it's boot a l mass of flowers, its driver dressed in | costume
 And then the Jonah, the rain maker | of the day, if indeed one could be call cd a Jonah, who only induced a need | ed shower: this was the full -rigged | ship from San Pedro and was supposed | to De tHe real IeuSuH Nily thc dlplt Jupiter Pluvius lost his reckoning, for | surely a ship with all it's tackle must be in need of water.
 But we can excuse San Pedro, the seaport of the old missions, even if they did turn the weather crank the wrong way, for have they not won glorious victory over the allied forces of the trans-continental railroads who in- sist that we must all travel upon dry land only pay tribute to them alone, and never go near the water?
 TO enumerate and describe the hosts 1f others were indeed an almost endless task. It would hardly seem possible that any Succeeding shower can h. better, but another year and then w: shall see what we shall see.
 J. l.. B.