Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-10
PARADE WILL
Be GORGEOUS
FLORAL SHOW
ALI Former Efforts
Outdone
shriners Given Opportunity to See
That Los Angeles Boasts of
Her Flowers Are Not
Exaggerated


beautiful in it's gala dress of flora
decorations than anything of the kim
ever attempted in Los Angeles, or TO
that matter, anywhere, the big feature
OF the week, the floral parade, will b.
held this morning. All estimates made
from the number of entries conced'
that the parade will be of considerable
length and that at least an hour ant
half will be consumed while the lone
line of gayly decked vehicles and bril-
liantly caparisoned equestrians passes
any given point.
Not the least important feature OF
the big daylight spectacle will be the
presence in line of the Shriners. The
patrols of the various visiting temples
their gay uniforms in keeping with the
beauty of the floral ornamentations OF
the rest of the parade, will form the
second division, and If their intricate
drills and fancy maneuvers are repeat
ed with the same grace and precision
as accompanied the exhibition at Ascot
park Wednesday the mobiles are sure
to be greeted everywhere with the gen
erous applause Of true appreciation.
Eleven Divisions in Parade
Eleven divisions, under the command
of Grand Marshal w. A. Hammel, will
start in parade formation from Seventh
and Main streets, the first group, COM
posed Of the grand marshal, his aids,
a platoon of police and a band, leaving
in advance of the first division at IL
o'clock An hour and a half later
the fire department, which forms di-
vision No. II, will go forth to charm
the throng with their appropriately
decorated apparatus.
Preceded by a platoon of police and
the Catalina island band Grand Mar
shal Hammel will lead the line Of
march. Chief of Staff George L. Nc
Keeby and the twenty aids to Mr..
Hammel will also form the advance
guard.
The first regular division of the pa
rade will be led by the United States
Marine band, following which will
come his excellency, the governor, with
his staff. The escort to the governor
will be composed of a squad of ma
rines from the Charleston, whose pres
ence in Los Angeles was obtained only
after strenuous endeavor on the part
of Senator Flint and others to have
the warship anchored off local shores
during the Fiesta.
Patrols Follow Governor
After the governor will come the
Shriner patrols, forming the second
division. Temples from all over the
country will be represented in the gay
ly attired ranks, and their presence in
line will be the signal for their brother
mobiles on the sidewalk to get busy and
lead the cheering.
Led by the Y. M. c. A. band and
Marshal George w. Scroggs and aids
the first Of the Fiesta floats in line
will make up the third division. More
brilliant in their festive attire than
ever before the floats will be guided
through the throng by the assembled
beauty of Southern California, repre-
sented by the bewitching girls and
young women who will occupy them.
Decorated vehicles, six and four-in-
hands, will make up, the group in di-
vision No. 4. Five different rigs have
been entered to compete for the prizes
which will be awarded to the most
handsomely decorated, and as all the
entrants are anxious to secure the COW
eted trophy a revelation in the decor
ator's art may be expected.
The Fifth Division
Traps, tandems, victorias and two
horse carriages will form for the fifth
division and the prancing steeds will
be accompanied on their triumphant
way by Blazers band. The list of
entries in this division is unusually
large, and three different classes will
be made in order to facilitate matters
for the judges when 1t comes to MAX
ing their awards.
Four classes in the sixth division
will be made UP of one-horse carriages,
Surveys, traps and stanhopes, buggies
and runabouts drawn by two animals
and single rigs in the village and dog
cart class. Marshal Lutte Mather and
his aids will lead the division and their
music will be furnished by the Shone-
man Blanchard band.
Marshal j. M. Fisher and his aids
win be in charge of the seventh divi-
sion, in which the mail carriers will
show their strength. Full uniform will
be worn by Uncle Sans men and their
own band will be in close attendance.
When the eighth division appears on
the scene the crowd will undoubtedly
sing Here come the soldiers" for
troop D of the National guards will
be the chief feature. Calvin Hartwell
will act as marshal of this section and
Rykert's band win dispense sweet
strains all along the line.
Horsemen in Ninth
What promises to be one of the
features of the day will be the ninth
division, in which the horsemen and
horsewomen will ride. Entries by the
score have led the committee to believe
that there will be equestrians and
equestriennes in plenty to show how
horse can be made to represent floral
beauty, and when Willey's band swings
down the street at the head of the
division Marshal Shurtleff and his COM
pany are sure of a rousing welcome.
Children will predominant in the
tenth division, and Marshal Yates and
his aids will have their hands full
looking after the juvenile equestrians
and bicyclists who are to compete for
the prize banner and its accompanying
trophy. Cann's band will be in at
tendance.
Clear at the end of the line will come
the fire department, and as the fire
fighters have planned to make their
advent among the competing divisions
one of note the apparatus, which is
generally used as protection from the
flames, will undoubtedly be turned into
a thing of beauty for the occasion.
The members of the department turned
out in force to give their wagons and
carts a fitting setting for the big
feature of Fiesta week, and their work
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