Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-07
BEAUTY SHOW
CAUSES HIM
NO TROUBLE
Contest Is Between
Mayor and Jim
JeffrieS
Man of Mystery Makes
Appointment for
Tonight
Expects to See All the Sights at
Chutes Amusement Park-Wlt-
messed Baseball Game
Yesterday
BY THE MYSTERIOUS MIR. RAFFLEs
George Harris Donohue)


Never had such an easy time in
my life.
When it comes to being a judge in
a beauty contest where the village
rosebuds fail to materialize 1t is not
much of matter to decide-and right
rapidly at that-as to who the prettiest
girl in the bunc't is.
An automobile parade, with all the
accessories, including a band of music,
all sorts of city officials, which extend
ed all the way from Mayor Harper
down to the city hall bootblack; the
great and only j. J.. Jeffries. two red
hot baseball teams and last but not
least by any means Manager Henry
Berry, the man responsible for all the
And besides that, there was not a
girl with nerve enough to join in the
merry procession-at least during the
three whacks 1 had at the parade I
didn't discover any who cared to pose
as contestant for a beauty champion
ship, for all of which 1 take my hat
off to the ladies of Los Angeles.
Crowd Enthusiastic
Manager Berry evidently had all he
wished for in the matter of crowd and
uncorked enthusiasm which greeted his
sturdy aggregation of ball tossers as
they slid gracefully around town in au-
tomobiles before getting ready to show
how we'll they could play ball before
the thousands of fans who later turned
out in real old fashioned style to wit
ness the seasons initial struggle at the
Chutes park grounds.
Despite the fact that was trifie
- l. L IL,
body in the crowd along the line of
parade and at the ball park were on the
keen lookout for me and the speedy
annexation of a thousand dollar bank
note, 1 found things pretty easy in so
far as maintaining my identity was
concerned.
The crowd was so interested in
watching the preparations for the pa
rade in front of the city hall and later
in watching the parade as 1T rambled
around town that I was given plenty
of sea room necessary for me to ac-
complish all I cared to in the matter
of getting material for today's story.
Had an Easy Time
If you happened to be in the crowd
which congregated in front of Fifth
street and Broadway you were no doubt
aware of the fact that I must be hav-
ing a pretty lively time of 1t lodging
those who supposed themselves keen
on my trail.
On the contrary, however, I was en-
1oylng the easiest time 1 have had
since starting this experiment in this
city. I simply backed up against one
of the show windows of the Fifth
Street store, from where 1 could read
lily take in everything coming my way.
While standing there / noticed Mr..
Green, whom / had talked with on
Thursday while calling at the Success
Automobile company's store at Pico
and Hill streets. Mr.. Green, like others,
failed to give me a nod of recognition,
all of which made me wonder some. as
he certainly had more than one good
look at me during the time the parade
was passing.
For fifteen mir utes prior to the start
of the parade / looked the situation over
from opposite the city hall, where l
noted the arrangements with consider
able interest. as l was busy wondering
where all the beautiful women" were
who were to figure so prominently in
the procession.
A few minutes before the signal 70
start was sounded I made rush for
Fifth and Broadway, where l arrived
with ten minutes to spare before the
automobiles started by the corner
Views the Parade
noticed Mayor Harper, Chief Kern
and Manager Berry In one of the ma
chimes. and later saw Police Commits
sioner Schenck and j. j. Jeffries cud-
died up together in another machine
which trailed that of the mayor.
The ball players looked pretty slick
in their new uniforms, the white and
black of the Angels forming a great
contrast to the gray uniform of the
Oaklands.
The old chap who created so much
excitement the other day at Fourth
street and Broadway was not to be seer
at Fifth street yesterday and accord
ingly took 1t for granted | would hap
pen across him later at the ball grounds
but even there he failed to show up, as
far as ! could see.
After the parade had passed Fifth
street l scurried over to Fourth ano
Spring streets where / waited IN the
lobby of the Hotel Angelus until hao
another chanca To look II ONer na 10 re-