Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-29
Visiting Mobiles Will
Arrive Saturday
Three Hundred New Recruits Add
Their Willing Services to Enter
tain Caravans Crossing
Hot Sands


elapses between now and next Sun
day morning promises to be a busy one.
While several caravans are due to ar
rive Saturday, the real rush does not
begin until the day following.
But the Shriners are equal to the
effort Saturdays initiation at Venice
has infused into the work 800 pair of
willing hands which can be used to
advantage The official program is
outlined, committees by the score ap-
pointed, and when the pilgrims ar
rive on the Los Angeles oasis Sunday
morning they will find ample to COM
pensate them for the tedious trip
across the hot sands.
Six fez laden specials are due to ar
rive Saturday, and while the program
outlined by Potentate Flint of AL Ma
laikah temple does not include receiv-
ing on that day in the itinerary of Of
fetal action the guests will be taken
care of from the time of their arrival
until La Fiesta de las Flores and the
Shriner conclave are things Of the un-
dying past.
The members of the Islam temple of
San Francisco will do yeoman work in
helping their fellow mobiles of the south
land in opening wide the gates of the
city and welcoming the visitors. The
San Francisco delegation will arrive
before Saturday, and when the first of
the eastern mobiles enter the city of
their destination they will find Islam
fezzes interspersed with those of AL
Malaikah in the receiving throng.
Women Play important Part
Then the daughters of Isis will also
do their share. While the masculine
mind is competent to arrange the bare
outline of receptions and balls the
true completion of details is better
left in the hands of the gentler sex to
insure a successful termination.
That the patrols representing the diff
ferent temples of Shriners will be lead
ing features of the Fiesta is not to be
doubted. Keenest rivalry exists be-
tween the various patrols as to which
shall be adjudged the best drilled body
in the ranks of the Shriners, and the
maneuvers of the mobiles are sure to be
pleasing and varied.
From the Moolah temple in ST. Louis
comes the def of superiority that will
cause the other patrols interested to
"sit up and take notice." With thirty
two men and three officers in line, the
Mound City mobiles are certain of vic
tory over their fellows. Potentate
Grant claims for his mobiles that they
can drill faster by far than any other
patrol, and that their movements and
formations are more complicated than
can be imagined without seeing them
in action.
Zouaves Are Picturesque
At the Shriner convention in 1903 the
Moolah representatives in the drill
easily carried the day in San Fran
cisco by their clever maneuvers, and
they are said to have increased in eff
ficiency since them Their uniforms of
baggy white Zouave trousers, purple
vests and red Zouave jackets, trimmed
with buttons and braid of gold, the
whole ensemble surmounted by red
fez or white turban, are sure to excite
comment, and the Moolah pilgrims are
confident that Captain Sinclair's squad
will easily be the feature of the drill.
But the st. Louis claims are disputed
by others, who will put forth their able
patrols to drill for the trophy. Boumni
temple of Baltimore is one of these,
and with twenty-three men and Off
GERS in parade, formation will certainly
be a grand spectacle on the drill
ground.
Whether they win the prize of SUI
periority in the drill or are forced to
be content with a minor position, the
patrol from Aloha temple of Honolulu
will enjoy one rare distinction-they
will cross no hot sands to reach the
oasis of Al Malaikah. Thirty-five fez
topped mobiles, with Potentate Charles
B. Cooper at the head, will reach San
Francisco on the Siberia today or
Tuesday, and will be among the first
tesenter Los Angeles previous to the
feeHyities Of next week.
Mormon Squad Well Drilled
El Kalah patrol from Salt Lake City
has been drilling consistently for the
past year in hopes of leading their
brother mobiles for high honors among
the competing teams. The squad from
the Mormon city will be a dangerous
factor to contend with, and with the
patrols from Detroit, Indianapolis,
Pittsburg and others against them the
competition will be keen indeed
Let it not be forgotten that Los An
geles will also be in line for high hon
ors among the patrols The squad
from AL Malaikah temple has been
drilling consistently and brilliantly in
anticipation of the approaching event,
and when the final award of honor is
made the local mobiles expect to be well
up toward top of the lise.
Beginning with Saturday the differ
ent delegations from temples all over
the country will commence to arrive
in Los Angeles, and the reception COM
nlittees will have their hands full taxi
ing care OF the incoming visitors. All
arrangements for hotel accommoda-
tions are completed and as they alight
from the trains the delegates to the
convention will at once be taken in
tow and conducted to their temporary
abiding places.
The time of arrival, together with
the routes Of the incoming specials, are
as follows
Santa Fe Route
May 4-zemzen temple, Erie, Pa, sala-
dia temple, Grand Rapids Mich, ZenObla
temple, Toledo Ohio, by special train,
$40 p. m. Murat temple, indianapolis,
Ind, special train $40 D. M
May 5--A. I. & S. f. special No 1, S:2O
a; m. and No. at 3:l5 p. m; Sphinx tenn
pie, Hartford, Conn, Palestine temple,
Bridgeport, 1nn., Pyramid temple Pro-
yidenee, r. l., Melha temple, Boston,
Mass, four or fVe special cars, train NO
2, 1905 a. m: Yaarab temple, Atlanta, Ca,
Alec temple, savannah, Ga, special
train S;2O a. m; Syria temple, Pittsburg,
Pa, special train, Q a. M; Mecca temple,
New York p. M; Rajah temple, Read
ing, Pa, special train 2;30 D. M. Ismalia
temple, Buffalo, ~ X, special train 8 D.
n.; Syrian temple, Cincinnati Ohio spe-