Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-12
STREETS PUT ON
A FESTAL GARB
Skinner EMBLEMS MlNGLE
WITH FIESTA C0L0RS
Week VIII Be Crowded With Events,
Flower Parade viii Be Partlei.
pated In by Many Elegant
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The streets have taken on a festal
dress, and mingled with the colors of
Fiesta swing the emblems of the Mystic
Shrine. Despite the edict of their po-
tentate the Shriners came and saw and
yielded to the glories of Los Angeles
andsnow they are going to stay almost
without exception, and take part.
All week the Shriners have been
visiting the beaches with their beauties
The glory of the deep sea gardens at
Catalina has caused the visitors to for
get that there Is such n thing as time
The lure of mountain and of valley has
appealed to many, and the women who
went with their lords and masters have
come home from each trip flower laden
and delighted beyond expression. And
now the glory of Fiesta. about to be,
has thralled them and they mean to
see it all.
Edlct Has Effect
The edict of the Shriners' potentate
kept thousands away. The quake and
fire at San Francisco made Fiesta for
time uncertain until the truth was
known, and then. in spite of limited
time, it was decided that this year
should see bigger, better carnival
than ever before.
The program is complete The first
feature of the four days celebration
will be an exhibition drill by Arab and
Bedouin patrols of Al Malaikah on
Monday afternoon, May 81 at Ascot
park. To make the opening day one to
be long remembered the men in charge
have ordered display of day fire.
works that is to excel anything ever
seen here.
AT 8 O'Clock on the evening of the first
day the electrical parade will take place
and again the Shriners will have a
part. They are to escort the floats.
Each Shriner will be arrayed in full
dress with fez. And each bright colored
fez will flash with light, for they have
been equipped with tiny electric lamps
which will be lighted at a signal and
make a waving, glowing tide of color
on the street
Garry Japanese ParasoIs
In addition to the electric lights upon
their fezes each noble of the mystic
shrine will bear a Japanese parasol
omblazoned with the name of his tenn
pie and the date of the parade, so that
those viewing the glory of the many
colored line of march can see the part
AL Malaikah will take.
al IL " IlOth ucouty lliOIlllu5, way
%, the floral parade will start. There
will be more floats in line than have
ever appeared In any previous parade,
and already there have been more en-
tries of six-in-hand tallyhos than ever
before. In the evening the electrical
parade will be repeated. without how
ever, the Shriners taking part.
On Wednesday evening, May 23, the
Los Angeles Driving club will give a
matinee at Agricultural park and all
ready there is a hustle among those
members who are to show the world
what handsome equipages Los Angeles
really has. In the evening at o'clock
the glory of Fiesta will climax in the
Shrine-Fiesta ball which is to be given
in the auditorium at Long Beach.
Decorate Auditorium
Already the great hall has taken on
gala appearance and draped with
mingled colors it PRESENTS a scene of
beauty that will linger long in the
memory of those fortunate enough to
be asked The electrical decorations
have been installed and a great arch
has been lifted in honor of those who
gather there. The arch sweeps high
and wide across the hall and is dotted
with lights, very 'arch of triumph
marking the successful outcome of
condition that bid fair to smother all
festivities without need. All Shrners
are to be admitted and welcomed with
open arms, be they from east or north
or SOUTH but those who have not trod
the trackless sands must have cards of
Invitation. The ball will be a reVela-
tion to those Shriners who defied their
potentate and came here against his
edict, for everything that taste can plan
and money procure has been conferred
In the place until it seems a fairy bower
almost unreal.
On Thursday, May 23, the carnival
will shift to Venice, and the opening of
the summer there will take place.
There have been fifteen barrels of con-
fetti ordered, which will be distributed
free, and the Midway will throng with
merrymakers all day long. In the
evening there will be an electrical dis
play which will gain added beauty from
the mirror-like lagoons, and while the
lights are cleaning out upon the water
a band of sixty pieces will give a con-
cert for the pleasure seeking throngs.
Midway Denizens Busy
The Midway and the people who live
there are preparing to entertain in fine
style, and all the uproar and the tur-
moi that go to make carnival q
thing to be remembered will but get an
added flavor from the Watling of the
barkers who with big voices that rise
far above all din beseech one to have
just another look.
There has been so much enthusiasm
in the movement for Fiesta week among
the Shrlners that the impression has
begun to prevail that they have it in
charge but such is not the case. An
executive committee of the Manufac-
turers and Merchants association has
brought the planned festivities about.
and triumphing over all obstacles has
planned a creditable celebration and
brought 1t to success in spite of poten-
tates and Hearsts.
The men responsible and to whom
due praise should be given are r. H,
Heron, chairman; Oscar Morgan, NJ
A. Hamburger, George Bittinger, Perry
w Weidner and F. j. Zeehandlaar, and
with them helping nobly as mobiles will
give and are giving of their time and