The Washington herald., 1908-04-28

Santa Barbara, Cal. April 27-If Ad-
miral Evans could have been here to-day.
he would undoubtedly have congratulated
Santa Barbara for the handsome way
she did the trick" Her floral festival cap
tured the fleet. The boys surrendered.
The show was all that its managers
wanted it to be. It was artistic. delicate.
and devoid Of the spirit of eommeFcialism
that has thrust itself to the front in this
ana other places the feet has visited on
this coast.
The setting for the show was along a
palm-lined avenue. fronting on the ocean.
On the land side there was one complete
line Of grandstands a quarter Of a mile
long. Poles with banners and garlands de-
pending from them were erected back Of
the stands. A bridge Of green. inter
spersed with flowers screened the front
of the stands.
On the other side Of the boulevard the
populace unprovided with tickets. stood.
At the far western end Of the drive was
erected a circular tribune for Admiral
Thomas and his officers. The parade
circled in front Of them
Every person who had a seat along the
boulevard seemed 10 bring a basket Of
flowers. Nearly everyone was dressed in
white
Admiral Thomas Coach.
Shortly before 3 o'clock Admiral Thomas
was driven down the line Of people in a
gorgeous coach, decorated in white carna-
tions and roses. a blue admiraPs flag.
with tw owhite stars. depended from the
back. -Four white horses, in yellow floral
harness, drew his coach. Six outriders
heralded his way. He was received with t
tremendous cheers.
Admirals SperFy and Emory followed IN
bowers Of violet sweetpeas. drawn on /
wheels. The admirals and captains took
seats under a gorgeous red canopy.
Then came the parade Twenty girls. /
IN Spanish dress, came down the high I
way, scattering petals for the sailors to |
tread on About 1,OOO sailors followed.
They were entirely in white. They wore /
no belts Flowers Of all kinds were pro-
truding from the muzzles Of their rifles
As they marched by Admiral Thomas /
he stood at attention and saluted each /
detachment. Each ship contributed sixty |
four men TO the parade.
Setting Is Complete.
The line of march had been poIiced. at
intervals. by marines. The sailors coun-
ter-marched up the boulevard and then
stood at rest along the entire length of
the ocean side Of the boulevard. After
the sailors had taken their stations. horse
men with floral Iances topped with Ameri-
can flags, took places at intervals of
about one hundred feet The picture was
then complete and the real show was on.
a company Of marching girls in blue
headed the floral part of the procession.
Then came Grand Army men-there were
great cheers for them-schooIboy souves.
riders IN colonial dress. their horses
blanketed with roses and lilies with sweet
peas stirrups and floral horse collars.
Then came company Of girls in Spanish
costume with flowers 20 rthe officers TO
repel boarders; they were called powder
monkeys"
Miss Josefa de La Guerra. great-great-
niece Of the last Spanish grandee to rule
this country, dressed as Carmen. ad-
vanced 10 Admiral Thomas and presented
him with floral ammunition and her com
pany Of powder monkeys" stood at
salute
Admiral Thomas is a notably gallant
man. He never played the graceful milf
tant figure more to perfection than when
he saluted those girls.
MatrOns on Parade.
Then came a company of matrons. the
"Woman's Relief Corps" carrying floral
parasols Of red, white and blue. They
got seats near the admiral. where they I
grouped themselves TO resemble human
flag. Then came a shower bouquet made
up entirely of marching children almost
smothered with flowers. :
More knights and fair ladies followed.
a little tot Of three years, dressed in l
pink and riding a white horse. captured
the plaudits of the crowd with the nom
ehalance she displayed Admiral Thomas
took of his cap to her. She was Ger
tTude Arms
Then came the carriages. They were
simply moving masses of flowers. The
women inside the bowers We're dressed {
10 match the floWers Scores of women :
AtNfJ NAlNAA Nffa4 At50 anu gave some DrFf- q
y exhibitions of horsemanship as they
made their animals prance and dance.
Mission shown in Flowers. s
Automobiles followed The first held a
two boys dressed as red devils. The ma
chine had Satanic emblems galore on it.
all in flowers. Then came an automobile
turned into a battle ship, with men peer i
ing out Of coming tower. A great horn
of plenty followed.
one auto was made up to resemble a
war canoe. An effective float was rep o
resentation Of the famous Santa Bar c
bara Mission in flowers Twelve stu Il
dents IN ST Anthony's College. and f,
dressed in the original gray costume of II
the Franeiscans. marched on either side e.
oI the noat and sang Gregorian chant f
as they walked. G.
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