Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
GALA WEEK
FOR FLEET
OFFICERS
FOUR DAYS PROGRAM BEGINS
APRIL 20
Public Reception Abandoned and
"Fighting Bob" viii Be Greeted
in Auto-DetaiIs of Recep-
tion Program
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appropriated by the committee by
about S2oOO but Manager Whitmore
says the management will sustain all
additional expense in order that its
ideas Of lavish entertainment shall be
fully met. 1t has arranged for the i'm
portation of foods and fowls that are
not produced fresh here, and has
secured the country for wines that are
rare and racy Among the wines is a
sherry of the vintage of 1870 and which
sells nj S33 a bottle The hotel dining
room win be withdrawn from the use
of guests four days before the banquet
in order that the scheme OF decoration
may be carried out without Interrupt
ton. and this scheme includes the most
lavish use of flowers ever known here.
Flowers are also TO veil the entrances,
and the entrance of the admiral and
his party to the hotel will be over
carpet of flowers. The menu is to rep
resent the acme of culinary skill. Inc
service will be by an army of servants
who will be drilled to the particular
duty days before the banquet.
The banquet is fixed for $50 O'Clock.
After it's conclusion the guests Will be
entertained in the Alexandria suites.
"Fighting Bob" in Auto
The committees decision for the sec
ond days program for the officers dis
poses of the public reception planned.
This will be abandoned. 1t was deemed
impractical for Admiral Evans, physi-
cally incapacitated as he is. to remain
on a platform any length of time with
his officers before the public as IL
passes by giving him it's greetings. 1t
was also deemed unsafe to provide for
congesting the great crowd that would
want TO participate in such reception.
1t would result in intcrrupting traffic,
jeopardizing life and perhaps bringing
untold distress to the multitude.
The committee rather felt it would
be best TO bring the mountain to Ma
homet Accordingly il was proposed
that Admiral Evans and his sixty Of
ficers, who are to be dined the night
previous, be driven through the down.
town streets in automobiles and over
route that will be long enough to
give ample room for all to see him.
This will admit. too, of flower shower
ing along the line, as the autos will be
driven slowly. Willis II. Booth will
have charge of the parade This pro-
gram is regarded as satisfactory to
Admiral Evans and his officers.
Grand Ball at Shrners
The big event of the third dy will
be the grand ball at the Shriners' au
ditorum on West jefferson street. This
is to be an exclusive affair and the
formalities incident to such an event
will be rigidly observed, In the matter
of dress men will be expected to wear
only clawhammer suits with white
waistcoats, neckWear and gloves. The
ball will be preceded by concert be-
ginning at S:45. which will continue
during the arrival of the guests. At
$3.50 the grand march will begin and
dancing will continue uninterruptedlY
until o'clock in the morning. That II
= will continue without interruption is
made possible by a division of the 2OO0
guests who are to be present into two
supper parties. one of these parties
will be seated at II 80 and will remain
until $50, when the second thousand
Will occupy the tables until 80. The
preparations for the ball and supper
will be on the same scale of elaborate
ness as the banquet.
The fourth day will be devoted to the
special entertainment of Admiral EV-
ans and the 200 officers who did not
participate in either the banquet or the
ball. General Chafee executed prom
Use to the committee yesterday that he
would if it was at all possible, induce
Admiral Evans to accompany these Of
ficers. They are to be brought in au-
tomobiles from San Pedro to Los An
geles and driven about the city. Col
the city sights are seen the tour will
continue by way of Alhambra to Pas
adena, which Is to be reached at noon
and where the entire party will be
guests of the Pasadena board of trade
at a luncheon \. J. Bertonneau, Sec
retary of the board. and f. T. off. one
of its directors, met with the commit
tee yesterday and gave assurance that
the luncheon would be at one of the
famous hotels and would be fit i'm
character They asked that Admiral
Evans be induced to accompany the
party and it was then that Gen Chat
fee undertook to see that he did. The
Annandale Golf club is to be open TO
the officers.
Stop at Soldiers Home
After the lunch at Pasadena the tour
is to continue by way of Beverley
Heights West Glendale and Hollywood
TO the Soldiers home, where a stop of
probably half an hour will be made.
From there the tour will continue
through Santa Monica canyon and the
Palisades to the beach. II will end with
the ball at Venice unless the stay of the
fleet will permit a separate day for
Santa Monica bay
This program of the admirals and Of
ficers leaves enough unoccupied time
for them to seek the alluring program
which Motley II. Flinrs committee has
devised for the entertainment of the
enlisted men-"thc boys behind the
guns" This program includes a daily
athletic contest at Chutes park in the
morning barbecue at noon, a wild
west show by the Naquero club at
Agricultural park in The afternoon and
fireworks and vaudeville at Chutes
park AT night for each of the four days.
There are many members Of the recep-
tion committee who wager that Ad-
lniral Evans. other admirals and an
abundance Of subordinate officers will
find way to attend these entertain
mcnts.
The preliminary invitations for the
ball and banquet have been sent out
and the acceptances are being re-
ceived in abundance.
Because of his relation to the work
in San Pedro harbor as a naval base
and because OF his popularity the COM
mittee unanimously voted to include
Capt. Amos A. Fries among the guests
at the functions In its charge.
The appeals that have been made for
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