Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28


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the committee till Arthur Let's vol
unteered to take care of the financial
end.
Employees Furnish Flowers
What looked like another obstacle
was encountered when the question
arose as to how so many flowers were
to be secured by the merchants for
decorating. This difficulty also faded
into thin air when Mr.. Let's suggest
ed that the business men ask their
employees to bring what flowers they
could spare from their home gardens
to decorate the buildings. Park Com
missioner w. A. Humphries was a
triflle hostile, or at least dubious,
about the plan, but one visit to a
committee meeting won him over. AS
a result the park commission will fur
nish palms and foliage plants for the
electrolierS. Other seeming troubles
have disappeared with the same ra-
pidity, and today plans will begin to
assume definite shape.
The Flower Committee
The flower decoration committee
consists of F. W. Blanchard, chair
man; Mrs. Mathew Robertson, Arthur
Let's, Miss Bessie Stoddart, Miss Au-
gusta Lamb, A. q. Harper, Mrs. An
drew Glassell, Mrs. B. Wernigke, J.
F. Salyer, James A. Haskell, Harry
Williams.
Present plans call for the decoration
of Main, Spring, Broadway and Hill
streets from First to Tenth. Each
Of the main thoroughfares has been
assigned to a committee, which will
look after the decorations, urge on
merchants who are backward about
using flowers, and have general super
vision over their thoroughfare Broad
way will be taken care of by Mrs.
Mathew Robertson, Arthur Let's and
Mrs r. Wernigke.
On Spring street Miss Bessie Stod-
dart, Miss Augusta Lamb and James
A. Haskett will have sway.
Main street will be taken care of
by Dr. A. z. Harper and Mrs. Andrew
Glassell.
Hill street decorations will be in
the charge of ]. F. Salyer and Harry
Williams.
Hang Baskets to Globes
Yesterday afternoon the committee
decided to have hanging baskets pend
ant from the globes of the electroliers.
The Los Angeles Can company also
donated 500 cans for baskets. Long,
graceful date palm leaves will be Sc
cured from the city parks and attached
to the posts, giving a tree-like effect,
from the center of which the long
stock will rise, bearing as it's fruit the
seven electric lights hung with baskets
of flowers and foliage. Sample posts
will be decorated Monday and the ef-
feet to be used will be decided upon.
Pepper boughs will also be used in
beautifying the posts, and it is prob
able that the streets will be decorated
uniformly, two with palm leaves and
two with pepper branches. Miss Wini-
fred Waite, floral decorator, has been
engaged to oversee the decorations and
plan the work.
Arthur Let's of the Broadway de-
partment store is doing wonders for
the floral decoration. In undertaking
to raise the funds for decorating the
street posts he assumed no small share
of the work, and he has at once set out
to secure donations. The Broadway
Coulter Dry Goods company, Boston
store and F. w. Blanchard have al
ready made cash donations. Tomor-
row Mr.. Let's will send out men to
canvass the entire downtown section
to secure subscriptions and explain the
possibilities of the scheme to the mer-
chants. 1t is the intention to request
something, no matter how small, of
every business man on the proposed
line of decorations. Mr.. Let's an
ticipates no difficulty in securing all
the money needed.
Offers Prizes for Display
Another feature of the decorations
that is expected to excite especial in
terest among the merchants is Mr.
Let's offer of four silver cups for the
four finest flower displays, one cur
being allotted to each street In this
contest the smaller merchants will have
a better chance to win than the larger
concerns. 1t is decidedly the little
mans chance For a few dollars in
vested in chicken wire and plain vases
or receptacles and the flowers which
employees and friends will gladly con-
tribute the man whose store occupies
thirty feet front can literally cover his
building with flowers and make a dis
play which the enormous expense of
decking a larger building would make
prohibitiVe.
Metcalf, will also be donated temporar-
lily to the good of the cause, as will his
other assistant decorators. These pro-
fessional artists will go to the smaller
houses. wherever they are desired TO
give advice on artistic displays that
will harmOnize with the decorations of
the rest OF the thoroughfares. This will
assure a general artistic effect, which
might be lacking were each merchant
to decorate haphazard without regard
to the display of his neighbor.
viii Be Big Bower
The Broadway, Mr.. Let's declares,
"will be one big bower of flowers" The
employees have been requested TO bring
such flowers as they can spare; and
many have signified their intention of
doing so. In addition to these, Mr..
Let's viii have brought In from his
Hollywood home ten wagonloads of
flowers, besides others engaged in Pas
adena. Every floor, every aisle OF the
big store will be fragrant with bloom.
Were not saying much, but We'll
slrDFiae thaul % aafd Mr. .atfa .raefar-