Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-25
.HOLLYWOOD'S
FLORAL SHOW TO
BE MAGNIFICENT
PLANS MADE FOR SPLENDID
FESTIVAL
SOCIETY INTERESTED IN SUc-
CESS OF EXHIBITION
Amateur Flower Growers viii Display
Their Choicest Blossoms and
Plants-Parade to Be ln,-
portant Feature
Especial to The Herald

Wednesday night when Mayor George
H. Dunlop opens the floral festival ana
| fitting tournament with an address, the
| largest exhibition of amateur hover
growers in this country will be ready
| for the public's approval.
For this exhibition large bulidlnS
has been secured. The fiesta will close
on Saturday evening of next week with
ball by the Hollywood club The
floral festival is under the manage
ment of the Hollywood Woman'S CLUB
and a hundred or more women are busy
with the arrangements under the SUI
pervision of Mrs. S. P. Rhoades, presi-
dent of the club. They have spent
three months in the preparation for
the big event and no pains have been
spared in making it the greatest event
of the kind in the country.
Besides the members of the WomanS
club the younger people have been in
terested in the event and many EXHIBITS
will be on display by the juvenile con-
tributors. A special section has been
set aside for these exhibits and APP
propriate prizes will be awarded to the
winners.
All exhibits TO be entered for COM
petition will be ready for the inspec-
ton of the judges on Wednesday at IL
O. clock and the afternoon will be spent
in awarding the prizes to the success
FIJI contestants, after which everything
will be put in order for the grand OPEN
ing in the evening at 8 o'clock. Mayor
Dunlop will deliver the address of the
evening, which will be followed by
concert by the Los Angeles and Pasa-
dena maennerchor.
To Open Exhibition
The doors of the exhibition building
will be open every morning at $3.50
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spected by the many visitors to the
city. On Thursday evening the grand
carnival will take place for the resi-
dents of the city and Cahuenga valley.
A number of athletic events have been
planned for the evening on the fitting
grounds, after which a band concert
will be given in front of the floral
building.
On Friday evening a bouquet-mak-
ing contest will take place at the floral
building, the contestants being from
the Hollywood club, the Womans club
and the board of trade. The contest
ants are as follows: Hollywood club
w. c. Parcher, J. c. w. Wright and
F. w. Hance: Woman's club-Mrs. M.
C. Mason, Mrs. A. e. Merrill and Mrs.
V. v. Stephenson; board of trade-C.
c. Hall, j. F. Grass and Edward Win,
terer. Mrs j. j. Gibson is the chair
man of the committee which has
charge of the contest and she will be
assisted by Mrs. Weber, Miss Stacie
Weber, Mrs. Lillia Potter and Mrs.
George II. Brown.
Class to Appear in Play
At the high school on Friday even
ing the senior class play will be given
on the campus and will be one of the
best attractions of the fiesta. The stu
dents will give Shakespeare's LAS You
Like 1t" with appropriate costumes and
scenery.
The climax Of the weeks doings will
take place Saturday afternoon at 1
o'clock. when the grand parade will
start from the corner of Sunset boule-
ward and Vine street. The entries for
this parade have been many and it is
anticipated that it will be one of the
finest displays of flower-covered We
hicles and floats that has been seen in
Southern California. The line of march
is from Vine street east. on Sunset
boulevard to Hartford, north on Hart
ford to Prospect and west on Prospect
to La Brea.
The entries for competition for the
many prizes that are offered will have
to be made and the exhibit at the cor
ner of Vine and Sunset boulevard be-
fore II o'clock, as the judging will be
done between IL and 1 o'clock.
fitting tournament will take place on
the tournament grounds at the corner
of Prospect and Cahuenga avenues.
For this purpose a grandstand with a
seating capacity of over 5000 has been
erected. Valuable prizes have been
offered for both the men and the wom-
en- filters, and large number of con-
testants have entered.
The flower show itself is to be really
the main attraction of the week, ana
from it is hoped the greatest good may
be obtained. All of the members of
the Woman's club are interested and
every effort is being made to make it
most successful event.
Three Sections
The exhibits are to be divided into
three sections, the general, the profess
sional and the juvenile. The first Is
to be the greater of the three, al
though that of the juveniles is to be
of no less Importance. as it's object is
the interesting of the younger class
in floral culture.
of the rose section of the general ex-
hibit and will be assisted by Mrs.
George H. Dunlop, Mrs. Thomas Hud-
son, Miss Alice Mckay, Miss Roxie
Mckay, Mrs. B. F. Carver, Mrs. Hugo
Kirchhofer, Miss Blanch Grass, Mrs.
e. c. Kent and Miss Bessie Hudson.
Mrs Thomas Fitzgerald will have
charge of the carnation exhibits and
will be assisted by Mrs. R. P. Hall,
Mrs. l.. D. Zenor. Mrs. r. p. McJohn-
ston and Miss Katie Nolan
Mrs. Anna Quincy will have charge
of the garden flower exhibits and will
be assisted by Mrs. H. e. Rodenhouse,
Mrs. c. e. Mooney and Mrs. w. e.
Sparks
OF the pansies, stocks and Petunias
section Miss Cecilia Feenan will have
charge Her assistants will be Mrs.
H. e. Rodenhouse, Miss Moody, Miss
Daisy Mankey, Mrs. A. L. Wiikie and
Miss Rose.
Many Will Assist
Those who will have charge of the
other sections will be as follows
Geraniums-Mrs G. e. Bireley, Mrs.
c. F. Jones, Mrs. ]. f. Harrington,
Mrs. Adolph Frese and Mrs. Jacob
Jepsen.
Bulbs-Mrs. f. T. Sturdevant, Mrs.
F. j. Ironmonger, Mrs. A. w. Bannis-
ter, Mrs. r. A. McBurney, Mrs. J.