Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-29

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LONG BEACH, April 2s.--The oficiai
grand opening Of the Elks' carnival 20
scheduled for o'clock tomorrow NIGHT
I'm the Auditorium, when Judge Henry
A. Melvin, grand exalted ruler of the
order. will press the figurative button
setting in motion the wheels Of pleasure
After an exhibition drill by company
of the Patriarch Militant Of Los Ans
geles the renowned military branch ot
the I. o. o. F., the grand opening bah
will begin.
Commencing with this event Long
Beach will experience a gala week
Visitors from all over Southern Call
fornia will be entertained. The city is
already arrayed in holiday garb. Tho
stores and offices are gay with purple
and white and with Shriners' coiors.
The pier, from the head to the eud-
itorium, is decked in purple and white
and rows of incandescent globes have
been strung across the promenade. A
large "Welcome" sign, which will be IL
Illuminated by 500 colored incandescentss
has been placed on top Of the Shrinera'
arch.
Inside the auditorium booths extend
ing from the wall out as far as the gal-
lery have been built around the hall
and are being strikingly decorated. The
auditorium has been transformed into
a great bower of beauty, as IL BY o
magic wand In the center of the hnli
has been built flower booth. Here
Mrs. Carrie Day will preside, with Mrs.
Jennie Alley, Miss Lamont, Miss Faust
and six flower girls as assistants. This
booth will be a mass Of palms and
spring flowers. An ellk's head and ant
lers, surmounting the booth, are out
lined in electric lights, and there VIII
be arches of lights from the center 10
the circumference of the circle.
Booth Like a Cave
A booth which will appear to be a
cave followed in an iceberg will be
known as the ice and snow cave. Mrs.
j. w. Slater queen of the north pole,'
will supervise the sale of ice creams
and ices. Mrs. f. w. Gollum and Mrs.
c. H. Glenn will assist her. Mrs. Harry
Brown will preside in the Japanese
garden. Tea will be poured here and
Japanese ware offered for sale. Mrs.
Brown will be assisted by Miss Evaline
Duplantie, Miss Estelle Merchant, Miss
Bernice Deering, Mrs. Joe Young, Mrs.
Jay Cook and Miss Mile Weileman.
Mrs. lothian Bixby, jr., will supervise
the oriental booth. Miss Charlotte
Kingore and Mrs. Adrian Beckett will
assist her. Mrs. John Siiverthorn will
preside in the Dutch garden. Her sis
the contest by which the most popular
Elk is to be determined. Mrs. VIII B
Julian will preside over the Elks' booth,
which promises to be center of attrac-
ton. The colonial booth viii r.
charge of Mrs. w. 7. SEER ho f1f
be assisted by Mrs. Sine Eseon
Mrs. w. A. Kennedy, ,S
Flint and Mrs. Wilson. Dos. cs1
tunes will be worn in llis 9e1lns
the general effect will hg sfstffrtltfr
Mrs. w. E. Smith will fisrFr 81
the Dutch booth and N :. y. t5tan-
sifer will supervise the candy booth.
Every night until the close Of the car
nival, which will be on May A. a varied
and interesting program will be given
in the auditorium. There will be fire.
quent dances throughout the carnival
week. The Royal italian band will fur
nish the music. The programs at night
will include first class vaudeville stunts
and good musical specialties. The
booths will be in operation continu-
ously.
While the contests for the Rambler
automobile and other handsome prizes
to be given away will be exciting, the
contest for the honor Of being queen OF
the carnival has eclipsed all others in
interest. Mrs. Juainta Rogers has re-
tained her hold on first place in this
race for several days. Miss Anna Mus
setter, Miss Irma Heath and Miss
Georgia Lamphere follow in the order
named. The winner will receive a dia-
mond ring, and on Friday will be
crowned queen of the carnival.
Thousands of visitors are expected
during the week. Special police have
already been appointed to serve while
the town is thronged to guard visitors
from the practices of the unscrupulous
who will be attracted hither.
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