Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-06
WARMLY
WELCOMES MOBILES
SHRINERS LADEN WITH FRUIT
AND FLOWERS
Big Banquet Is rendered Three Hum
dred Hungry Fez Wearers at
Beautiful GlenWood
Mission Inn

Special to The Herald.
RIVERSIDE, May 5.-This city threw
itself wide open to the incoming Shrin-
ers today, and every temple that passed
through tasted it's boundless hospital
ity The consequence was that the
first stop in the noted southland of
California will long be remembered
by those who had just crossed the
burning sands and reached this oasis
with their tongues hanging out and
their camels footsore and weary.
The receptions here began as soon as
the special trains reached the several
railroad stations. In each depot COM
mittees had thousands of bouquets and
mountains Of oranges, and the trains
were boarded as soon as they stopped,
while Californias glorious blossoms
and golden fruit were passed about In
the greatest abundance. Then lines
were formed in every case and the
Shriners, headed by bands, were es-
corted to Riverside's pride and boast,
the beautiful Glenwood Mission inn,
where Mine Host Frank A. Miller did
the honors Autos and tallyhos were
at the visitors disposal and they were
taken for hasty tours of che city, but
the Mission inn was the spot to which
all clung, and all day it was thronged.
Algeria Warmly Welcomed
The first temple to reach here today
was Algeria, from Montana. 1t was
headed by the famous B. & M. mill
tary band Of fifty players, in fine uni
form, with two drum majors, one
seven feet tall, the other four feet
short.
This great band headed the Algeria
procession, and all marched to the
Mission inn Immediately upon their ar
rival, about 9 o'clock. The party was
greeted there by the sweet sounds OF
the chimes from the campanile, and
by the glad hand from Proprietor Mil
ler, his wife and his excellent staff.
The band formed in the beautiful
lobby and gave an elaborate sacred
concert, while the Shriners and their
wives inspected the hotel and went
into raptures over it's quaint and ar
tistic details The party had break
tasted on it's train, but the two hours
spent here were all too short for the
visit.
At noon, Cyprus temple, from Albany.
with several others, came in and
marched to the Mission inn for lunch
con. This had been ordered the day
before, and Mr. Miller had provided a
spread that made the Shriners sit up
as they had not done in many a day.
Hundreds Banqueted
Several hundred of them partook OF
the Glenwoods famous and typical hos
pitality, and like their predecessors,
became 50 absorbed in it's beauties
that they could scarcely be prevailed
upon to take the drives provided. All
were laden with armfuls of flowers and
pockets full of oranges, and the post
office receipts were largely increased
by their lavish purchases of souvenir
cards of the hotel. All told, some 300
sat down to Mr.. Miller's great meal.
During the late afternoon trains came
thick and fast, and the several depots
became rallying points for most of the
townspeople, who threw in their own
work with that of the regular commit
tees.
No arrivals were permitted to pass
on without abundance of blossoms and
fruit. and in every possible case visit
was made to the Mission inn, whose
fame seems to have extended to the
uttermost corners Of the Shriners' do
main.
Pamphlets and descriptive matter
about Riverside were placed on all
trains, and everyone who stopped was
fully informed both by actual vision
and by reading, about the city and its
chief attractions. The same course
will be pursued all day tomorrow, and
as long as the specials come, and the
attention will be resumed when the
trains begin to return east.
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