Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-16
PLANS COMPLETE FOR GALA
WEEK
sHRINERs WILL GATHER HERE
Mobiles Of the Order and Representa-.
tlves Of Merchants and Manu.
facturers' Association Ar
range Program

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parade, balls, electric displays and
winding UP with an all-fools' night
this is the plan Of the directors of the
Merchants and Manufacturers associa-
ton, who, finding that the local mer-
chants would not put up money for the
big show. secured the annual Shriners'
convention for this city and called upon
the local lodgmen to supply funds for
the great event.
Nothing is to be spared in making
the fiesta of next year the grandest
affair of that kind ever held in Los
Angeles. Twenty thousand visitors are
expected in the city besides the thou
sands from the nearby towns.
According to the arrangements of
the Shriners every promise made by
Postmaster Motley Flint to his COM
rades in securing the holding of the
thirty-second annual session of tthe
imperial council of the Ancient Order
OF the Mystic Shrine in Los Angeles
will be carried out to fine letter and
the visitors are to beIgiven costly
treat.
Shriners In Charge
Competent managers from the ranks
of the followers of the AL Malaikah
temple of Los Angeles and from the
membership of the Merchants and
Manufacturers association have been
selected as committeeman to prepare
for the reception Of the visitors. The
local Shriners have the lodge recep-
tion of their brothers and the plans
for the officiah session on May and
9, 1906, under their direct charge, while
representatives of the Merchants and
Manufacturers will prepare the floral
parade, two great parades for evening
electrical display, the athletic events,
the auto races, the all-fools' night and
all the other trimmings necessary to
making the great attraction a sue
cess.
The fiesta will open on the 7th day of
May. EARLY on that Monday morning
the members of the Imperial council
will arrive in Los Angeles accom-
panied by their thousands of retainers.
These will be met and escorted to their
lodgings by the Arab patrol. In the
evening great reception will be held
III the new Scottish Rite temple, now
under construction.
On Tuesday the Imperial council will
he escorted to the session by the Arab
patrols. Following the afternoon ses-
sion a reception will be rendered the
patrols and the day will be concluded
by magnificent Oriental parade and
electric pageant in the evening.
Athletic Events
The last session of the Imperial coun-
Gil will be held Wednesday morning at
the cathedral. In the afternoon the
athletic events and auto races will oc-
cur and will be followed by an electri-
cal parade and ball.
Thursday will be taken up by visits
to the beaches and resorts and drill
of the Arab patrols will be held in
the afternoon. A reception to visiting
Mobiles and the presentation of tro-
Ihies to participating patrols will be
given in the evening.
The banner day of the week will be
Friday. That day has been set aside
for the floral parade, which will be
followed by a number of theater par
ties in the evening
Saturdays program will contain the
daylight fireworks, trips to nearby
resorts and the festival will close with
carnival night. All rufhanism will be
eliminated and the milder enjoyment of
the all-fools night will hold full sway.
The following committee has been
appointed by the Merchants and Man
ufacturers' association to manage the
city's end of the festival: r. H. Hearn.
chairman G. e. Bittinger. M. A. Ham
burger. o. C. Morgan. p. W. Widner,
H. j. zeehandelaar.
shriners' Committee
F, The following committees win take
charge of the Shriners' program
Executive committee-M. II. Flint,
chairman executive committee; George
A. Fitch. executive secretary; Charles
L. Field, past imperial potentate, and
George Filmer potentate. Islam tenn
pie, San Francisco. Cal. ex-ofticio
memb bers of all committees, and acting
in conjunction with AL Malaikah tenn
pie.
Imperial council, Fred A. Hines;
A. B. Cass; hotels, Willis
Booth; parades, P. w. Weidneri music,
w. M. Caswell; entertainment visiting
patrols and exhibition drills, Robert
Wankowski; headquarters and bureau
of information, Oscar C. Morgani In
coming transportation facilities, Clar-
ence Haydock; reception, w. W. Low
ett; badges and souvenirs, William d.
stephens; promotion and publicity F.
j. zeehandelaar; decorations, w. P.
Jeffries; printing, F. Irwin Heron;
entertainment visiting Mobiles and la
dies. l.. ]. c. spruance; Pacific Electric
excursions, Edward Stras-
h,1r.ar. Dreas M II NeWmark,