Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-25
FLORAL PLAN Of
DECORATING IS
NOW CERTAINTY
Business Houses Will
Spend Money
HeraId's Suggestion That Flowers Be
Used Instead Of Bunting Readily
Acted Upon-Many shrln-
ers In Line

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@ The floral committee of the
8 Fiesta which met wednesday
o afternoon elected the following g
@ committees to take charge of the
o decorations of the principal busi- 9
@ ness streetsi g
g #. w. Blanchard, chairmanj Mrs. @
@ Mathew Robinson, Miss Bessie 9
@ stoddard, Mrs. Willoughby Rod 9
@ man, Miss Florence Moore, DIR. e. 9
@ p. Bryan, DR.. A. E. Harper, Mrs. g
@ Andrew Glassell and Arthur Let's. @
@ The chairmen of the different @
@ streets are as fOllowsi Mrs. Rob- 9
@ inson and DIR. Bryan, Broadway 9
@ Miss stoddard and Mr.. Let's, @
@ Spring streets Miss Moore and DIR. @
@ Harper, Mnin streets Mrs. Rodman @
@ and Mrs. GIassell, Hill street. The 9
@ different street committees will 9
O appoint three or four assistants at g
@ meeting which will be held on @
@ Friday to formulate plans for the @
@ decorations. @
@ 1t Is the desire of the committee @
@ to interest the different property 9
@ holders and merchants to incOrpO- @
o rate in their decorations as far as @
@ possible floral designs and em- @
@ blems, and the committees will be 9
@ Instructed to suggest plans and @
@ ideas that can be adopted by the g
@ different merchants in many cases. @
@. Moss baskets are to be suggested @
@ and wire netting, which will deco @
@ rate the fronts of buildings very Q
@ handsomely, filed with mustard 9
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@ in profusiOn, will also have @
@ place. Pepper boughs and live oak @
@ branches will serve as back @
@ ground with a sprinkIing of roses, 8
@ carnations, geraniums and other @
@ flowers. @
@ Clever Window Decorations @
@ The windows can be decorated 9
@ with asparagus plumOsus and smi- @
@ lax, with designs of cut flowers to @
@ suit the taste of the decorator. g
@ The gardens of Los Angeles are g
@ Overburdened with flowers at this @
@ season and 1t seems appropriate 9
@ that they be used in our Fiesta, @
@ which is to represent Southern @
@ California and her floral beauty. @
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The scheme of using flowers as
Fiesta decorations has passed the the
oretical stage and is an accomplished
certainty. The only question now re-
naming is how great the display will
be. Business houses all over the
downtown district are lending their
approval to the scheme, and F. w.
Blanchard is working to see that the
streets will be decorated in true South
ern California style.
The cost of decorating the lighting
posts and wires Is considerable, and
the question Of raising the money will
have to be decided upon in the near
future.
ut will cost $3.50 to decorate the
posts on Broadway, Spring, Main and
Hill Streets" said Mr.. Blanchard yes
terday. I'VE are in hopes that the
Merchants and Manufacturers asso-
citation will appropriate the necessary
amount, but if they don't we will have
to raise the money by private sub
scription. The scheme is too good a
one to let drop for lack of funds. The
merchants will, of course, pay for their
own decorations"
Merchants with Herald
All along Broadway the merchants
are adopting The Herald's suggestion
of using flowers and greens in their
decorations for Fiesta, and some very
elaborate plans are being worked out
in most of the big stores for trimming
front and interior. The seeming diff
ficulty Of keeping the flowers fresh is
to be surmounted by the use of small
bamboo vases filled with water that
will be concealed in the foliage. Some
of the stores will make their floral
display in windows alone, while others
will have floral decorative scheme