Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-17
BRILLIANT SHOW
PARADE HONORS
VISITING ELKS
GORGEOUS CONTRASTS SEEN
IN GREAT PAGEANT
THREE HOURS TAKEN TO PASS
GIVEN POINT
Teutons and Latins Mingle With
OrientaIs and Magnificent Array
of Western Riders Adds
to Interest

N ORGEOUS in scenic effects and
tT imposing in volume and num-
4 VI bers, the midsummer floral
and allegorical festival parade.
held to do honor to- the Elks'
carnival, passed in its grand pageant
through the streets of Los Angeles
yesterday in a stream of brilliant con-
trasts which took three hours to pass
a given point.
The huge pageant marks the great
feature of the week of celebration held
in honor of the antlered visitors, and
in it's scope comprised hundreds of
beautifully decorated automobiles,
gorgeously decorated floats represent
ing cities, business. social, fraternal
and civic organizations; magnificent
equestrian and equestrienne divisions
and parade of all nations.
In the parade of all nations stolid
Teutons mingled with volatile Latins
and blunt Norsemen and subtle Ori-
entails met in perfect harmony and
unity of purpose in doing honors to The
visitors who flaunt the royal purple
for their banner and display the lordly
Elk as their totem.
Many Nations Represented
The real thing in humanity was
displayed in the representation of the
various nations, and those who saw
the Chinese contingent could not have
by any means mistaken them for Irish
men in disguise, nor could the copper
skinned Indians have been taken for
Dutchmen in masquerade.
The following nations were repre-
sented Indian, Chinese, japanese,
Egyptian. Spanish. Mexican, French,
Italian, German, Danish Liberal Alli-
ance.
The Chinese display was especially
novel and extensive and the paraders
spared no pains to give their detach-
ment the true Oriental tinge. Even
the children were brought out in what
looked like a portable school, and real
Chinatown features marked the whole
setting.
The Spanish float was awarded the
first prize and attracted the greatest
attention by its representation of the
early days of California. on the float
was miniature mission church with
palms in front, and about the doors of
the church sat Spanish beauties
dressed in costumes of. red and gold
and wearing black lace mantillas. Cav
alters lounged at ease around the
group and rendered appropriate pieces
on guitars and mandolins.
Uncle Sam Represented
The United states was represented in
the division of all nations by an elabo-
rate staging of the Goddess of Liberty.
followed by many floats representing
different states cities and towns and
organizations of this country Arizo-
mas contribution to this division was
awarded second prize. and the elabo-
-N.gate production of the picturesque ter
Tktory had many admirers among the
thEongs which watched its triumphal
prbgress through the streets.
$40 eXpellent were the floats in this
division that the committee on prizes
gave honorable mention to the G. A.
RI mail car of the railway postal
clerks; the city Fairgrounds contribu-
tioln, and the exhibit of Honolulu.
1'he mail car was a part of the alle-
CORY showing the different methods
us9d in the transportation of mail since
theA federal government undertook the
tasgxa and the pony express, stage coach
and modern mail coach were all shown
An actual mail car built by the Salt
Lake railroad was used in the allegory
and the clerks were seen at their ac-
customed tasks of actually working"
the mail and putting through copies of
the Los Angeles Herald
Venice had a float which fittingly
carried the idea of its name derivation
through the display of small boat
floating on miniature canal which
was bordered with potted tropical
plants.
Monrovia Well Represented
Another creditable setting was that
of Monrovia, which had it's magnificent
float literally smothered with Shasta
daisies and leaves of magnolia. Purple
bunting and a globe of oranges sur
mounted the whole of the pleasing pro-
duction, which was designed by DR.. l..
H. n de Biron of MonroVia.
The decorated automobiles were as
beautiful as they were numerous, and
the judges had hard task on their
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ers and beautiful foliage were massed
in elaborate profusion on most of the
cars, and the beauty of the horticultu-
4 raj display was in many cases even
outshone by the rare beauties of the
California women who lounged in their
bowers of flowers. Had the judges been
forced to award a single silver dollar to
every beautiful girl who rode in the
flowery coaches, it would have cost
their treasury gigantic sum.
In many cases the splendid touring
cars entered would have attracted at
tention when undecorated, but when
added to this was the fact that all of
the skill of the artist, florist and deco
rator was used in preparing the ma
chimes for the parade, the effect was
necessarily imposing.
ZobeIein Capture First Prize
In this division Philip and Edward
Zobelein, in car No. 49, received first
prize; c. A. Canfteld, in No. ., second
prize, and W. G. Hunt, No. 3S, third
prize. -4-
A description of the winners is i'm
possible because of the fact that word
painting cannot adequately convey the
effect. Sufficient to say the winners
were resplendent and deserving, while
dozens of other cars were so excellent
that II seemed unfortunate that there
could not be at least fifty prizes given
out.
Among the municipalities represented
sierra Madre had a fine show with its
famous stage coach, which was filed
with passengers and followed by a
seedy-iooking burro train with miners
and prospectors following behind.
The Temple of Diana, which received
special mention as the exhibit of East
los Angeles, was accompanied by four
teen men in costumes representing
Grecian warriors, who marched on both
sides.
The temple was in gold and white,
and beautiful girls with flowing white
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