Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-17
CITY DONS HER
PATRIOTIC DRESS
CITIZENS DECORATE IN HONOR
OF FLEET
BUILDINGS GAY WITH BRIGHT
BUNTING
One and All Join In Arranging Enthu-
siastic Welcome for Visiting
Seamen-Busness Sec
tlon Transformed

Los Angeles is donninG her patriotic
costume and soon will have put on all
her best togs to greet the $4,000 ineVi-
table admirers who will visit her next
week from aboard the sixteen battle
ships of the Atlantic squadron.
Not since the Shriners' council last
wear has the Angel city resorted to so
many decorative cosmetics" as during
the last week, when she has been paint
ing. powdering and strutting before the
mirror. as it were, in commendable
desire to make mash" on the fleet
officers and men; and Los Angeles will
certainly win their hearts when they
look at her.
She must be pardoned if she seems
little vain and ostentatious, for If she
has resorted to artificial means to beau
tify herself those means represent her
patriotism. She doesn't need flags,
bunting and ribbons to make her lovely.
for she, has all the natural beauties con-
ceivabIe-all the charms and graces
which are lacking in other cities. Her
endless June climate makes these eX-
elusive attractions possible; but just
the same Los Angeles likes to show off
in colors more impressive to her own
eve: therefore she Is donning the stars
and stripes, and adorning her lovely
form with many sparkling designs SYM
bolic of her patriotism.
Street Decorated
Broadway yesterday was rapidly
transformed into vista of red, white,
blue and the famous fiesta colors repre-
senting the orange, olive and grape
the yellow, green and red. Owners of
many big blocks have expended con-
siderable sums of money in decorating
their facades, and some of them are at
tractive in the extreme.
Among some of the buildings and
firms which have taken extra pains to
please and to give glory to the arrival
of the fleet may be mentioned the Par
melee- Dohr:mann company, 436 South
Broadway; the Grant building, Fourth
and Broadway; Cunningham book
store, 252 South Spring street; Harris &
Frank, 437 South Spring street; He'll
man building, Fourth and Spring; the
Chamber of Commerce, 126 South
Broadway; the Broadway Department
store, Fourth and Broadway; Hambur-
gers store, Franklin and North Spring
streets; the two C. H. Baker shoe
stores, 45a South Broadway and 2S9
South Spring streets; the Eden Musee,
43O South Broadway; the H. Arnold
Fur..iture company, GAG South Main
street; the Bartlett Music company, 231
South Broadway; and Canfield's, 537
South Broadway.
The foregoing are only few of hum
dreds. In fact hardly business man
in Los Angeles las not decorated his
establishments in some, manner. The
battleship, of course, is the favorite de-
sign. One anterprising butcher firm
has manufactured novel warship out
of a frosted hog, with bologna for Tnasts
and turrets and wienerwursts for arma-
ment.
Another hardware firm has manufac-
tured battlesEip of different tools re-
sembling the various parts of the YES
sci. Still another, a florist, has made
two beautiful vessels out of flowers.
Central avenue grocer has battleshtp
in his window made of canned goods,
groceries and fruits, and so on down
the line until human ingenuity seems
to have been all but exhausted in the
desire to attract the eye and please the
visitor.
Asks Residents to Decorate
Mayor A. C. Harper said last night
that he would like to see every house
in Los Angeles pea ring d ueCOIdl Vi
some kind, preferably flag.
He believes that the arrival of the
great armada calls for some visual evil
dence of recognition on the part of
every resident of Southern California.
Especially on the line of the automo-
bile parade the executive thinks should
decorations be shown, notably palms
and flowers.
LOS Angeles should not be behind in
showing honor for the men on the bat
tleships," said the mayor.
"The fleet means more to the Pacific
coast than to any section of the United
States, and while we all feel it we
should show 1t.
81 want to see the city covered with
flags, palms, flowers and bunting.
"The men are having the time of their
lives in San Diego, but we should go
even farther in every way.
"Though the admiral cannot be here
our thoughts are with him and his with
us.
Let us show the boys in blue that
every heart beats in unison with theirs
for the glory of the country"