Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-06
RAFFLES WILL
TAKE ST AND
ON BROADWAY
Fifth Street to Be
His Reviewing
Prettiest Woman in Line
Will Get an
Award
Man of Mvatarv DeeIarea He VIII
Take Big Chance Of Capture
on the Street This
Afternoon
George Harris Donohue.


Here is where I am apt to "get in"
very wrong.
For the first time in my eventful
career am to pass sentence on beauti-
full femininity as she is whizzed through
the streets Of Los Angeles in automo-
biles.
And all this because "Hen" Berry
president of the Los Angeles baseball
club, has an idea In his Uranium that
I know thing or two about real art
when 1t comes to picking out the pret-
, tiest girl in town.
l see where I will have all sorts Of
joy during that automobile parade this
afternoon. Chances are 1 will pick out
the prettiest girl all right, and then
will start the fuss. Every other girl in
the parade will unanimously declare me
prejudiced or something else, and de-
eide that after all 1 wouldn't know a
really pretty girl if l saw one.
This automobile parade business is
new one on me, and it is the first real
excitement I have stacked up against
since starting this work in your city.
ALL 1 HAVE TO DO TODAY, AC-
CORDING TO THE COUPLE OF
LINES SENT BY BILL CARRUTH-
ERS, is TO STAND AT THE INTER-
SECTION OF FIFTH STREET AND
BROADWAY WHILE THE PARADE
IS PASSING BETWEEN 1 AND 2
O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON, Sc
LECT THE PRETTIEST GIRL IN
THE PARADE, AND THEN MAKE A
BEE LINE FOR THE BALL PARK,
WHERE AM TO GIVE THE
SLEUTHS WHO JOURNEY THERE
A CHANCE TO PICK UP AN EASY
THOUSAND DOLLARS.
Not Looking for Chief Kern
All this comes in some handy, as 1
am rednot fan, and for me to get
chance to see the Los Angeles and Oak
lands open the season is worth a weeks
pay. Then, besides, l am to have a
chance to see the great and only Jim
Jeffries, my friend Mayor Harper and
a host of the real tony" element of
this town.
That will be going some for me, as
ordinarily 1 am a retiring sort of
youngster. 1 hope Captain Flammer
and Chief Kern will not be present.
To those who will assist me In select
ing the most lovely girl in the auto
parade as it passes Fifth street and
Broadway just let me give YOU these
pointers: 1 will not be there with
sign on my back or hat announcing my
identity. L will not be posing around in
the crowd trying to attract attention
on the strength that 1 am the Mys-
terious Mr.. Raffles 1 will not make the
capture an easy matter for any person
in that crowd
/ will be there for the purpose of
maintaining my incognito to the eX-
tra,,oa Trnit will WOrlx In and tbrOnOh
the crowd faster possibly than any
other smooth-faced man in the gather
ing. 1 will be there to gather in all the
material necessary for my story to-
morrow.
AS the parade passes Fifth street you
can count on 1t that one smooth-faced
man in the crowd is rapidly taking in
everything happening and the chances
are about a thousand to one / will
make my observations from right
alongside the man or woman who is
now reading this story.
viii Go to Ball Park
IfIam lucky enough to escape detec-
ton while the parade is passing-and
/ have but little doubt of that-I will
make q run for the ball park, where
1 intend getting in such a position that
/ will not miss a single feature of that
game, which l know is bound to be a
corker.
You may get a pretty good line on
me at the ball park, as l am apt to be-
come so engrossed in the game that
may momentarily forget to preserve the
Ignlto which l 'n'.ld shall
y me through yol ' a safety.
am giving you thl RS. AS
ter of fact l ca little now
ta n the chase com, md, as
given about all nstration
a.