Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-21
BANQUET HALL FOR PRESIDENT TO
BE REAL BOWER OF RAREST BEAUTY
Contracts Are Let for Catering and Decorations and
Scores of Men Already Are Busy Arranging
for Finest Feast Ever Enjoyed in
Public in the Great West

THEORISTS today VIII begin a sys-
tematic and diligent search for
n flowers and plants to be used in
beautifying the Shrine auditorium for
the Taft BANQUET October II. They
will have orders from Eugene Roth
and the Roth-Reymond Floral COM
many to secure so many separate pieces
of each particular kind. That is the
extent of their orders. Money Is 70
cut no figure. The plants and cut
flowers must be secured, and that Is
the end of it, If there are not enough
orchids to fill the order in Los Angeles
hothouses and florists will go into the
country and if they have to they Wll
send to New York for the particular
flower needed to finish the decorations
as planned.
Grapes-ripe grapes on the vine-are
wanted to complete the scheme OF deco
ration planned for the pergola that is
TO be erected on the stage over the
vresidant's table. Everyone knows ripe
cranes are not easy to find in the mid
die of october. But Mr.. Roth said
Yesterday that he is going to nave ripe
grapes on that pergola, and that settIes
ii. They will be there II the immense
vineyards of Cucamonga and OF the
far-off Imperial valley have TO De
Contracts for the decoration Of the
auditorium and the service OF lle
BANQUET were signed yesterday by the
officers of the chamber OF commerce
executive committee. Harley Hamilton
received the contract for furnishing the
music with the Los Angeles symphony
orchestra. L. J. Christopher received
the contract for furnishing the pan
ouet itself, and he will announce the
complete menu within a few days. Inc
plan to make It a TYPICAL California
oe nOEglble SOUIl-
ern California products will be used IN
making the viands.
Will Employ 100 Men
The electrical decorations will be fur
nished by the Woodil & Hulse COM
many. and the Roth Raymond com
many will supply the flowers and put
them in their places. More than 100
men will be engaged in one capacity
or another in the work of preparing the
floral decorations and putting them IN
place. In the first place, a large stan
of experts are sent out to secure the
flowers needed. Then the decorations
with greens and potted plants viii be
done. In the last few days ferns,
smilax and such greenery as Will keep
well several days will be placed. inc
final days will see all of the 100 men
busily engaged at the auditorium rush
ing the work, as it will be Impossible
to place the cut flowers until the last
moment To show the extent of the
work required, Mr. Roth said yesterday
the preparations of the small bouton-
nieres for the guests will require the
work of one of his most sktllful men
for eleven hours.
Elaborate water color drawings OF
the designs for the decorations We're
submitted yesterday and approved by
the executive and banquet committees.
AS one enters the hall he will first be
struck by the appearance of the eighty
one tables on the floor of the hall itself.
Each will be deliberately set, in the
latest and most approved style, with
stiffest linen, polished cut glass and
SNOWY silver and china. In the center
of each will be a eenterpiece two feet
In diameter. garnished with ribbons,
each design being entirely different
from every other one. To secure the
best effect the decorators will not use
vases but will bank the centerpiece,
making it low so as not to interfere
with the view of the guests, and will
scatter over the cloth and pin to its
hanging ends and sides numerous
handsome full blown roses.
Presidents Place on Stage
At the far end of the hall will rise
the stage in the foreground being a
bank of ferns, rising gradually from
the floor of the hall to the floor of the
platform. The proscenium arch will
be a solid mass Of greenery ferns and
palm leaves being used eXtravagantly |
here, This mass will be frightened
with white and red hOWers-rOses and
carnations-and dotted with hundreds
of electric lights of frosted glass.
On the stage itself there will be a
wonderful effect-the desire of the