Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22
FIESTA OPENS IN
BLAZE OF GLORY
ELECTRICAL PAGEANT USHERS
IN FESTIVAL
Thousands View Parade-FIrework
Display and Drill at Ascot Park
Big Feature Of First
Day
tcantInuea from Par. ono,

arrette showed for a moment. 1t was
the story OF the old days. the days dear
to the heart of the Californian, the
days when the old-time daring, love
and romance held full sway, and with
JOY In their hearts they greeted the
spectacle
In the afternoon the Arab and Bed
ouin patrols, in brilliant maneuver at
Ascot park had delighted thousands
the glittering day fireworks, brought
from the far east. had entranced the
fashionable audience. When the parade
had thrust its brilliant head into the
view of thousands there had been a
wild scream of welcome. But when
the cavaliers came there was silence,
the sacred silence of he who looks on
some mighty specter of the great de-
parted and sighs for its return.
Chief Leads Police
Chief of Police Walter Auble, bril-
liant in uniform and spangles, led the
parade, while to the right and left Cap
tains Bradish and Broadhead sent the
crowds tumblng back to the cutters.
Then came the long line of mounted
officers, and then--well, Los Angeles
will wait many years before 1t VIII
again hear the cheer that greeted
Grand Marshal william Hammel, who,
dressed in the full trappings of the AL
Malaikah shrine and aided by a dozen
leaders from that organization. headed
the parade
The Shriner feature was the clever
est that ever adorned a southern fiesta.
Rank after rank, in perfect step, the
tiny lights from their fezzes cleaning
like fireflies, the Shriners came march
ing.
They all wore tuxedos, the Shriner
fez. and carried banners. From the top
of their fezzes emerged a tiny glass
bulb and as the lodge men walked the
tiny lights flashed and disappeared.
There were thousands of them, head
ed by the zouaves. but they received
a welcome, one and all.
Then came the floats. every one
marvel of daintiness, without a single
blen1ish to mar the spectacle The
girls and boys from the POLYTECHNIC
high school, who had so kindly volun-
teered their services. seemed to breathe
life into the monster chariots OF tinsei'
Parade Forms Orderly
Under the able supervision of Chief
Marshal Hammel the formation of the
electrical parade was without the
slightest disorder
shortly after o'clock the floats
came in from the car barns in the or
der in which they were scheduled. AS
Ine elKnLSeU eleClIlCdl llouIo ihc'SN
north on Main street the outriders
from the Polytechnic high school met
them. At Ninth and Main streets the
different bands, which had assembled
early in the evening, fell into their
positions between the floats. Seldom
has there been such an orderly or
ganization in the formation of dis
play as large and as complex as that
one last evening.
San Francisco Leads
Fifty leading the floats in the elec-
trical parade last evening was the one
representing San Francisco and her re-
cent disaster. Proba bly, this float
gained more applause than any of the
others, not because 1t was so artistic,
but because its representation meant
SO much to the people of Los Angeles,
who have felt with their sister city
the horror of the disaster.
In this float Nell Gillette, as San
Francisco, looked upon the ruins of
the city that has been and Is to be
again, while Martha Durkee, as Hope,
pointed to the star which the people
now see, and Ella Powell as Columbia
and Edna Halves as Charity spoke and
pointed encouragingly to the bright
star of hope above. The drapery of
the float was red, white and blue no
Fiesta colors being in the decoration.
Following the San Francisco float
came the Moore band of eighteen pieces,
under the dictatorship of H. P. Moore
Sphinx Is Entrancing
Then came the Sphinx with its
Egyptian colors and oriental sugges-
tions. Under a spreading palm 'azily
lounged pretty maidenS gowned in deli
cate oriental robes, beside the camel
and the outlined features of the
sphinx, which looked vacantly upon
the oriental setting. The color scheme
OF this float was pale green, which
was in striking contrast to the red and
white gowns and caps of the Egyptian
girls. The young ladies on the float
We're Maggie MacCloud. Florence Clay
ton, Lucie Powell and Emogene Burns.
Beside the float rode the outriders.
boys from the Polytechnic high school.
The outriders for this float were w.
Gillelen, jr., w. Milhouse, Lew Reeves
and Raymond Ward. After the Sphinx
came the Walker band, with c. w.
Quay as director.
Crescent Is Gorgeous Affair
The gorgeous Crescent float, a novel
representation in VIII. = and blue. fol-
lowed next, the crescent itself being in
blue tinted drapery, outlined by blue
1ncandescent lights. In the crescent a
hhS-PoiHlcu WHlte star was hung,
The young ladies' riding in this float
were: Mary Ross, Odene Hawkins,
Helen Tower Mildred Adams and LII
Ian Moss The outriders were Arthur
CooVer, Walter Hummel, George Sam
boz and Clarence Snow.
After the Crescent came the Moore
band under the directorship Of Fred
Wilding.
Southern Cross Is cheered
The Southern Cross with its blue
lights Of the arch. the dainty color OF
blue light and the white lighted pedes-
tails on which the five young women sa
Drought forth cheer after cheer for the
beauty of this display. At each corner
OF the noat the effect was red and
white. red drapery and white Iiehts
which made 1t one of the most nTom.
tnent Of the beautiful displays. The
young women were gowned tastefully
and We're Hazel Bradley, Myrtle FuI-
herson, Elijah Gilbert, Grace Krenns
and Ruth Myers. Escorting them were