Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-09
FOUR THOUSAND oUENcH
THIRST IN OASIS
After Crossing Desert Weary Wan
derers Are Bombarded With
Flowers and Toasted With
zem zen Water

"Well, / guess we're having the time
of our lives" said one enthusiastic
Shriner from Pennsylvania when the
Venice party had returned But If
I'm sleeping" he continued. please
don't wake me; I'm having too much
fun to have 1t end just yet"
And still they come. A special train
over the Southern Pacific brought 1S0
to Los Angeles yesterday afternoon at
O'Clock. The party was made up of
Shriners from Mecca of New York,
Eismet Of Brooklyn, Isrnala of Buffalo,
Ziyara Of Utica and Salaam of New
ark, N. J.
The Arcade station was a place of
flowers and music when the train rolled
in. Arab and Bedouin patrols were
ranged in review along the track and
as the train swept by its open windows
were bombarded with carnations. The
members of AL Malaikah were busy
men until the visitors had been. all
taken care of, and then Arab and Be
douin patrols were photographed in all
their glory of new uniforms
Entertained at the Temple
Fiesta colors mingled with the en-
b1ems of the Shrine were strung along
East Fifth street, and the visitors
seemed to be of the opinion that Poten-
tate Collins had failed to stop the gath
lering of the clans. The entire party
went to the Westminster, where their
reservations had been kept for them
despite the edict that has caused so
many Shriners to remain at home.
The entertainment of the visitors is
entirely without formality, but there
is open house at the temple on South
Hill street. Every visiting Shriner is
supplied with souvenirs and badges and
there is always something good to eat
and drink and smoke at hand. All of
-,ses I,.s,
men with them and the part they take
lin the very general good time is far
from being small.
The indignation that exists among
the Shriners against the imperial po
tentate is very general and at the
same time there is very general
feeling of gladness that so many have
disregarded it. He could not stop
u.s. said one Shriner from Ismala.
I'VE had made all our preparations
and when it came time for us to start
we started and we have not had any
thing but good time since then"
Four Thousand Shriners Here
Perry Weidner, who has been most
active in seeing that the visitors are
met and entertained in royal style, is
of the opinion that there will be at
least four thousand here in the next
few days.
"They are coming here in small par
ties and spreading out over the city
and each one is enjoying himself in the
way that suits him best" he said yes
terday. THE fact that the gathering
is informal and without any resem-
blance to a stereotyped affair seems to
give an added zest to 1t and we are
doing the best we can to give our Wis
itors a good time
The program for today is varied.
Some of the visitors will go to Cata-
lima island, some are to go up Mt. Lowe.
Others will visit the various points of
interest around Los Angeles, the San
Gabriel valley, Pasadena and other
towns
Want to Come Again
Shriners from New York, Boston and
Philadelphia are expected some time
today. They are travelling out here
without the element of time weighing
upon them and are seeing the various
places of interest thoroughly
There is a very general opinion
among them all that the meeting of
the general council is not lost to Los
Angeles, only delayed.
1--WE have had such a good time that
we are more than anxious to come
back again." said one, land when we
get back home and tell how fine 1T is
out here all those who didn't come
will be more than anxious to do so,
which will almost certainly result in
having Los Angeles named for the
gathering place next year."
Speaks Highly of Los Angeles
William D. Muertin of Kismet de-
clares that he and Mrs. Muertin have
had a splendid trip. 1.-THE marvel of
coming out of the desert where the
thermometer was something like 1903
and getting into f1owerland was hardly
= Ia Ii L. he Of
Yuma had been almost uncomfortable
and when we got to the orange groves
we were all more than delighted. The
country here is beautiful and the hos
pitality with which we have been met
is simply fine. Los Angeles for me next
year, and so say the boys, all of them.
we owe it to those who have arranged
such a very pleasant series of enter
tainments for us, and, more than that,
from what we've seen we all want to
come back"
Unending Round of Pleasure
Read G. Dilworth, also OF Kismet
shrine at Brooklyn, says that from the
time they started there has been one
unending round of pleasure. "All
along the way we have been enter
tained most gracefully" is what he
said last night. 1--WE stopped at MI
agara and spent part of a day seeing
Springs we found that a reception and
ball had been arranged for us at the
Arlington hotel by the local Shriners.
We have enjoyed every minute of the
trip, and what we have seen of Cali
fornia has delighted us beyond express
sion. Our party Is made up of those
who would not let the chance slip. As
business men must do, we had arranged
our affairs to get away, and when the
meeting of the imperial council was
called off we all had a month for
pleasure, and so we came on out here,
not as a formal delegation, but Just
as Shriners having a good time and
we are certainly having It, The boys
here are the finest and we're coming
back again some time"
Beer Saves Them
1--WE saw the sights of every place
along the road" August Won Hasseln
of Brooklyn says. I'VE went over into
Mexico and saw bull fight and a
badger fight, but were not very much
pleased with either. When we got into
the desert 1t seemed as though we wer'
all going to be roasted, but St. Louis