Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-23

half reclined the goddess of love and
feminine beauty.
Not plainly, never quite herself she
shows;
Just a swift glance of her illumlned
smile
Along the landscape goes"
Forms Charming Effect
Red, white, blue and yellow coored
lights were used in decorating the
Aphrodites float with charming effect.
Along the side Of the float, outlined In
yellow lights, were the far-reaching
rays of the Sun, ruled by Apollo, half
brother and fellow god with Venus.
Large circles, outlined in lights, in
which lesser divinities were seated
were completed by double circle at
the front of the float, wherein dainty
goddess looked upon this modern
world.
Venus. famed in art and poetry, was
represented by Miss Inez l.. Tice, her
attendent goddesses being Misses Alma
Love, Gladys Lewis, Esther Downing,
Nina Fairburn and Charlotte Sumner.
If the long thrsts of the gods on
olympus permitted an intermission in
which Hebe could look down on Los
Angeles last evening that beautiful
cup bearer must have felt pangs Of
jealousy, for eleven Los Angeles maid
ems. on one of the most beautiful floats
In the parade, did full justice to her
fame. 1t was difficult to tell which one
was Hebe, but 1t was not difficult to
Judge that any one of them would have
sufhced as a representative of the orig
inal bearer of the name. These girls
were Beatrice Stewart, Anna HELEN
Mildred HELEN, Jennie Miller, Helen
Hurd, Helen Charles, Sarah Carlton
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Ruth Holder.
Is Not Noticeable
For daintiness and color the float that
bore the eleven Hebes could not be
matched in the parade. Slender ten
drills bore electric lights on all parts
Of the car. Branches of coral studded
with red lights formed support for
the shell, a delicate shade of violet,
that allowed tantalizing glimpses of
FIVE Hebes. Red violet and light blue
were the colors of this float.
Flora. the float designed to represent
the flowers of California, presented a
fascinating spectacle, with its great
revolving wheels studded with alternat-
ing rosettes of vari-colOred flowers and
rose-tinted lights The girls riding
wore dresses of delicate hue that blend
ed with the flower tones of their set
ting. The float was massed with the
flowers and an effective contrast was
afforded in the row Of golden disks
around the base, from which cleaned
clusters of yellow ncandescents. The
girls in this float a in all the others,
We're more used to their conspicuous
position. and many a gracious nod and
bow rewarded the appreciative ap-
plause along. the stree ts.- tg
THE maidens With their starry eyes
and glowing cheeks looked not unlike
flowers themselves as they beamed
from their bed of posies. Certainly
they looked too beautiful to be mere
human flesh and blood girls, but rath-
er ethereal creatures that had paused
for one brief night to give men and
women of common clay a glimpse of
their bright selves. Those who rode
were: Florence M. Cox, Esther Brown,
Hazel Martin, Grace Gray, Edna New
kirk, Grace Smith, Opal Rogers, Mar
garet Coyell, Gertrude Brands, Francis
Critics, Bernice Miller, Rose Cohn,
Mabel Williams, Nellie Tufts and Win
fired Golden. The float was in charge
Of w. r. Simpson, motorman; Conduc-
tor G, @. Whiting and Fireman w. c.
Phillips.
Peacock is Fair Bird
Never did a fairer bird. parade the
street than the Peacock last evening,
with it's beautiful tail feathers in
constant fan motion, showing off its
superb coloring. The head and body
Of the bird were in a blush green
shade, surmounted by pretty girls at
tired in tones harmonizing with the
general color scheme. But the glory
of the bird was the immense TAIL scat
tered over which were tiny electric
lights. representing the fall of the
hundred-eyed Argus, as we'll as the
triumph of both Juno, the liberation of
IL r,1 l,A Asz., - AI,1
cock, who happened along when the
bright eyes of the god were plucked
by the angry Juno. The music, waited
back by the preceding band completed
the historical conception of the pea
cock, for did not Mercury WOO Argus
to slumber with the Syrinx, one-time
nyfnph? And in this sleep won for the
peacock it's greatest pride and lovely
decoration, which today in the twen-
tieth century adorns the hats of the
latter-day goddesses, who search the
wide world for beautiful adornments.
White and pink roses were banked
at the base of the float in striking and
bewitching contrast to the rich and
gaudy colors and fine feathers of the
bird. the motif and center of the
float.
Wins Much Applause
The Peacock won much applause on
it's round of the city last evening, peo-
pie watching the fanlike motion of the
tail with wide open eyes and many
little gasps Of delight that so beautiful
a bird, almost lifelike, could be manu-
factured out of colored paper canvas
electric lights and few laths for the
frame. Added to this were the pretty
maidens without whom the bird would
have lost much of its attractiveness
for, aside from the ever-admired charm
of the American girl, they lent bit
of life and beauty to the float which
it would otherwise have lacked. The
young women on this float were
Misses Norma Gould, Verna Wright,
crystal Wood, Wilda Dillingham;, Grace
White Annie Johnson, Tessie Tag and
Louise Tag.
The Comet, a whirlwind of red and
yellow, almost weird In its appear
ance with bright flaming red eyes at
it's head and curved tail OF yellow
crepe paper lighted within, closed the
procession again last evening, follow
ing which the people, young and old,
closed in and many followed the pro-
cessiOn blocks To gain a last loOk a 4