Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-19
ELkS RUSH PLANS
FOR BIG CARNIVAL
SHRINERS' COLISEUM TEENS
WITH BUSY MEN
Proceeds VIII Be Used for Helping to
Defray Expenses of Entertain,
ing Visitors at Reunion
Next Year

Preparations for the Elks' Harvest
festival are moving forward withs a
rush. Several hundred artisans are
preparing thirty three magnificent
booths which will occupy the greater
portion of the ground floor of the great
Coliseum. These booths will form one
Of the most attractive combinations
ever seen in California bazaar. The
list of women who will serve at these
various booths is complete and reaches
total of 947. To committees each
consisting of from twenty to forty wo-
men, mas been left suggestions for the
artistic touches. Every booth will be
costumed according to it's individuality.
One of the most interesting additions
to the list of booths will be a miniature
Klondike mining camp, made to re-
semble those homes occupied by the
gold seekers who rushed into the far
north.
Another special feature will be the
Spanish garden, which will recall the
days IN Southern California when the
dons were the rulers of these broad
acres. Spanish dancers and Spanish
Among the women directing the con-
struction and decoration of this booth
| are descendants of several of the old
| Spanish families, including that OF
Governor Pho Pico, California's last
ruler under Spanish control.
| The committees on donations are re-
ceiving literally from the merchants of
Los Angeles, and it is predicted the
Harvest festival will be the means of
creating a fund that will render the
Elks' reunion OF 1909 the greatest event
| in the history of the order.
Chairman M. II. Flint of the execu-
tive committee has just received a
communication from Grand Exalted
Ruler Holland, stating that during a
recent trip to eastern lodges he found
an enthusiasm regarding next years
trip to Los Angeles which has never
been equaled by the interest ,.eated
for any former grand lodge reunion.
This means that Los Angeles will be
called upon to entertain more ElSs and
their friends than any city hitherto
selected for the gathering of the grand
lodge.
Strong Encouragement
Strong encouragement is being Of
fered the Los Angeles lodge by all Elk
lodges in Southern California to whom
special nights at the Harvest festival
will be assigned.
Special artistic and dramatic fea-
lures are being prepared for every
afternoon and evening during the week
by L. E. Behymer chairman of the
| theatrical committee, and his list will
comprise some of the greatest artists
ever seen en- the Pacific coast.
November 9 Al Malaikah Shrine coli
scum will be opened to the public,
| transformed into a veritable fairyland,
brilliant with its magnificent electric
decorations and with the unique bits Of
character decoration which will be
shown in each of the thirty-three mag
nificent booths.
A specially selected band of thirty
pieces will occupy bandstand in the
center of the pavilion, rendering every
afternoon and evening a selected pro-
gram. Btween the numbers there will
be introduced upon the stage dramatic
and vaudeville attractions, forming 3
magnificent program, about which will
revolve world of merriment, created
by the various attractive features of
| the festival. DOUGLAS WHITE,
Press representative.