Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-08
FLORAL PARADE WILL EXCEL
ALL PREVIOUS PAGEANTS
Shriners Coming on Special Trains
viii Find a Most Elaborate Pro-
gram of Entertainment Ar
ranged by People

The Fiesta and Shrine committees
are feeling easier about the financial
end of the string as collections are
coming in very satisfactorily.
With this part of the arrangements
looking good it is assured that all of
the plans for the entertainment of the
visitors in the week of May to May
13, and it will be week of brilliant
carnival parades and entertainment for
all who come to the City of the Angels,
Will be carried out.
1t is absolutely certain that there will
he nothing wanting to make the floral
parade a grand success, as the entries
received to date far exceed those of
any other year at time when the
Fiesta was three weeks away. Yet
there is ample room for all who wish
TO enter, and they will be assigned
places in the classes arranged. Every
large school in this section has either
entered or is arranging to make an
entry of some kind of vehicle in the
floral parade. 1t is certain that there
will be an abundance of flowers for
floral decorations and the display will
be magnificent one I'm every particu-
lar. 1t should open the eyes of the
eastern visitors to the beauties of this
sun-kissed land.
In Special Trains
Inquiries from parties in the east
show that not only will the Shriners
come in special trains but several per-
sonally conducted special trains will be
sent out. These are being advertised
liberally and at the prices named for
fares should bring big crowds.
One of these is being arranged by
Of IQnf faIf NJ
~, who wants to bring about 100 peo-
pile here on one of these excursions.
HE has written Chairman NJ. Fl. Flint
relative to hotel accommodations and
asks to have any reservations made in
downtown hotels In answer to this
letter Mr. Flint has told Mr.. Gilbert
that his committee must first look out
for visiting Shriners and their families
and friends who are with them. This
will take up all of the hotel space in
the downtown houses, but there are
hundreds of smaller hotels little more
distant from the center of the city at
which his party could get rooms, and
he gave the names of several for Gill
bert to write ami make arrangements.
This only goes to show the interest
being taken in the Fiesta and the Shrine
gathering here.
Troops and Cowboys
Secretary Zeehandeaar of the Fiesta
committee is arranging the entries for
the floral parade as fast as they come
in, and he says that with those already
in there is almost enough to make the
same number of divisions that were in
line when President Roosevelt was here
in 1903 These are mostly in the vehicle
classes, comprising about everything
that can be imagined i'll the way of a
first class rig.
In addition 70 these there is the
entry of troop D and that Of the cow
boy division and one or two other
classes that do not come under the
classifications. To have the number of
entries that are now in at a date when
the Fiesta is still month away insures
the success of the parade. Much of this
is due to the fact that many society
women are taking an interest this year,
a thing that has not been general N
the last couple of Fiestas.
A handsome souvenir Is to be given
to each Shriner and members. of his in
dividual party, and Chairman Stephens,
who has this in charge, is keeping it
profound secret. This is necessary in
order to prevent souvenir peddlers from
getting up a cheap imitation of the
handsome gift and selling it. The
committee wants the souvenir to be a
surprise to the guests and it will be one
that will be priced by all who re-
ceiVe it,