Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-24
Flowers Are to Be Used Everywhere
and VIII DispIace the Time.
Honored Bunting and
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The Herald's plan of using flowers
instead of bunting in the coming
Fiesta promises to go down in munich
pal history as one of the big projects
of it's day" 1t is the idea foremost
in the minds of all who are desirous
of displaying to the best advantage the
city's resources during this its great
opportunity, to impress the elite of the
United States with the Angel city's
beauty. Almost every hour sees more
merchants giving their hearty CO.
operation to the plan; and with F. w.
Blanchard'S acceptance of the chair
manship of the committee working
plans are rapidly assuming shape.
The copious rains of the winter have
made of Southern California verit-
able bower of bloom, and the commit
tees which will foster the scheme
realize that there will be almost un-
limited flowers on which to draw. A
meeting will be held in Mr.. Blanchard s
office this afternoon, at which plans
will be discussed.
Organizations all over the city are
taking hold of the scheme with zest
that shows no Stacking. The Mer-
chants and Manufacturers association
is in favor of the scheme, and will do
its best to assure success.
Women Take Up Plans
The women of the outdoor section
of the Civic association are enthusias-
tic over the plan. The nextameeting
of the section will be held in the
Chamber of Commerce building next
Tuesday, and at that time the part
that body will take in the decorations
will be definitely decided. Mrs.
Matthew Robertson, president of the
section, expressed herself as being
heartily in favor of the decorating
scheme, and she is confident that her
associates will appoint committees and
aid in the work when next the section
meets.
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Blanchard
called up many of the representative
women's clubs, and the hearty re-
sponses he received combined to assure
him that all the prominent women of
the city will lend their assistance to
the scheme.
The local Shriners are also anxious
to see the city decorate in style be-
fitting the "Flower garden of the
world" NJ. H. Newmark, chairman OF
the Shriners' decorating committee,
said last night: Its a grand idea,
and 1 hope to see the city decked with
flowers from one end TO the other.
Bunting is all right when you can't
have flowers, but our visitors can see
bunting in any city of the country.
Since we have so many flowers in this
city 1t is a great deal more appropriate
and original to use them and create
sensation that will go all over the
country"
Tourists Enthusiastic
The eastern strangers within our
gates are almost as enthusiastic over
the scheme as the native sons. A. G.
Wilkins, a prominent New York man
visiting Los Angeles, said yesterday:
"If you are trying to make a hit with
your visitors this flower scheme is
what you want. We easterners don't
travel across the continent to ssee a
lot of bunting; we have that at home,
Your flowers are distinctiVely Califor-
nian, and they are the feature you
want to push forward in your decor
ations."
Not only flowers are desired in the
decorations; the gorgeous semi-tropical
! foliage of Southern California win be
quite as novel and beautiful to the
! Arab pilgrims as the blossoms. For
this reason palm leaves win form an
| important adjunct to the floral decora-
tions.
city Forester e. j. Harper declared
yesterday that all public-spirited citi-
zens ought either to decorate with palm
| leaves or donate the leaves from their
palms TO downtown merchants.
II haven't the force necessary TO
gather the leaves or make personal
canvass among the owners, but
would most earnestly request all palm
owners to contribute the leaves for
floral decorations or by themselves
they viii make novel ana attractive
! decorations. 1 shall ask the park de-