The San Francisco call., 1909-04-18
FLORAL FFTE FOR
CITY BY MOUNTAINS
Los GatOs to Hold May Day
Carnival, With Baby Show
and Other Features
Especial Dispatch to The Call

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Los GAToS, April 17.-Gay. bios
SONS and mountain greenery viii trans
form this pretty little city in the foot
hills of the Santa Cruz mountains into
a great playground for the floral car
nival and feast of lanterns TO be held
May day.
From the time old glory is unfurled
at s o'clock in the morning until the
close of the grand ball at night there
viii be more entertainment than at a
three ring circus. All Santa Clara
county is helping Los Gatos make this
fete one that viii be long remembered.
Vice President r. d. Doolan of the
board of trade is directing the details
OF the carnival and Will present many
surprises. Baby show, automobile
parade, horribles. floral floats, ath-
letic games. dancing, operetta, drills,
balloon ascensions - everything in
keeping with May day, in fact, win be
provided.
Argyle Tully and Guy Drury are re-
hearsing the principals for the oper-
eta to be presented in the open air
al night and Prof. Milton /. Law
renee is training the 400 school chill
dren that VIII form the chorus.
OPENS WITH FLOWER SHOW
At o'clock in the morning the
flower show will open in the pavilion
For professionals exhibiting cut flow
ers there are TO be prizes ranging
from So to $3.50 The professionals
may also compete for $40 prize for
decorative plants and for $3.50 for
pansies. a prize of $40 for the best
floral design mot funeraD should slim
ulate the dealers Amateurs VIII have
a chance at liberal cash prices for wild
and garden flowers. and for the school
children there are to be prizes ranging
from IS to 81.
The grand parade will be held at
II O'Clock. 1t is expected that more
than 100 motor cars viii take part. Six
teen organizations have given notice
of their intention of having floats in
line. Four silver cups will be
awarded for the floats and six for the
automobiles.
FLOATS PROMISED FOR PARADE
The following have decided to enter
floats: Merchants association OF San
Jose. Santa Clara county equal suf-
frage association. Fraternal Aid.
A. O. L. W.. Woodmen of the World
Women of Wooderaft Red Men.
l. o. O. T., Rebekahs, knights of
Pythias Modern Woodmen, Good
Templars. Italian colony of Los Gatos,
Eastern Star, Fresters, Santa Cruz
Mountain Improvement association and
Volunteer Firemen of Los Gatos
Mrs. J. T. Welch, who has the dis
tinction of being the only woman mem
Der of the Santa Clara county automo-
bile club, was in this city this week ar
ranging some of the features for the
automobile parade.
Miss Ynez Robinson is to be queen
of the May at the maypole dance in
carnival park at 1:30 o'clock Mrs.
Goldsworthy is drilling the 80 children
who viii take part.
ATHLETIC FIELD CONTESTS
At o'clock there will be a game of
baseball between teams of the Inter-
urban High School league for a silver
cup, and a game at o'clock between
the Santa Clara college Redwoods and
Heads business college. There will
also be basket ball games on the high
school grounds between Santa Clara
college and the Spartans of the San
Jose Y M. c. A. at 2 o'clock. and St
Mary's college and San Jose high school
at 4 o'clock During the afternoon
there viii be May day games in carni-
val park. A tennis game between crack
San Francisco players will probably be
one Of the features of the afternoon
FOURTEEN CUPS FOR BABY SHOW
Fourteen cups have been promised
for the baby show and parade at
o'clock. All babies are TO be shown in
decorated baby carriages. The boy ba-
bies must wear pink ribbons and girl
babies blue. This undoubtedly is to
assist the three judges-Roy Walters,
Judge Dougherty and +. B. Devine all
san Jose bachelors. To assist the judges
Victor S. Howard, Roy Clark. w E.
Hannah and Charles Nichols have been
secured as clerks of the scales.
Undoubtedly one Of the biggest fea-
lures of the day will be the exhibition
of Mrs. Eleanor Gates Tully's Arabian