Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-11
LICENSED SHOW
TO BE REALISTIC
Scenic Effects Range from Real
Snow Storm to Pick
ing Oranges
THOUSANDS FOR DECORATION
More Than 200 Cars Are to Be
Shown in Addition to AC-
ceSsory Exhibit
THOUSANDS FOR DECORATION

A snowstorm in Southern California
should appeal to native sons and
daughters quite as much as to resi-
dents OF eastern birth who have left
such scenes behind.
A snowstorm beneath blue skies and
a smiling sun is an innovation that
even the weather forecaster might
find interesting. Yet a frigidless snow
storm is only one of the many novel;
ties provided by the Licensed Motor
Car Dealers association of Los An
geles for the entertainment of visitors
to the second annual show of licensed
cars to be held December 24-31, except
Sunday. in Fiesta park, Los Angeles.
The dealers have planned a lavish
spectacle on a scale never before at
tempted in an event of its kind in
the west.
Myriads of glimmering electric lights
will reveal a. woodland scene of rare
beauty. in the midst of which the
cars will be displayed The decorative
scheme of green, white and gold will
harmonize delicately with the tones
of the woodland bowers.
Although nearly a month intervenes
before the date set for the show the
work of preparing the vast inclosure
for the show already is well under
way, the carpenters and scenic artists
already are erecting the superstruc-
lures.
Fiesta park stadium will be COM
pletely housed in with the largest can
vas tent ever erected. The tent will
be waterproofed to guard against pos
sible showers.
Entering the park on Christmas eve,
the opening night. visitors to the show
will find themselves in the midst of
an old fashonied down east snowstorm.
But it will be confetti and not the
tingling, discomforting frost particles
of the effete east, that will shower
realistically down upon them as they
pass through q bit of New England
In winter the clever scenic artists
conception attended by real chilly
blasts.
At the end of the passageway the
visitors will burst at once into the
full glory of the southland in all its
summery splendor, delightful in con-
trast to the snow.
Under giant sequoias in simple dec
orations of green, gold and white, the
cars will be shown. A babling noun
tain stream, plunging down mar
velous cascade of natural rock, will
wind it's tortuous way among the
giant redwoods, canopying the shiny
cars.
Arriving at the center of the park,
the stream will divide, making an
island, uniting again to flow into a
deep pool at the opposite end of the
park The stream will be bridged by
six rustic viaducts at points in its
400-foot course. A mammoth Christmas
tree, glistenng in it's garb of brilliant
ornaments and thousands of tiny candle
lights, will stand in the center of the
island just behind the orchestra pit.
Standing at any point in the park
the visitor will find himself apparent
ly in the out-of- DOORS with an amazing
vista about him. In the distance will
appear the mountains, with orange and
lemon groves nesting at the foot In
the warm Southern California sun.
Deft paintings illumined by shadow
lights on the sidewalks of the tent will
accomplish this spectacle.
More than 200 cars, of thirty makes.
the elite of the motor world, will be
seen. The smoothly gliding, palatiai
conVeyances of Southern California's
boulevards and highways, licensed un-
der the Selden patent, and with which
the public is thoroughly acquainted.
will be recognized.
In an annex on the Grand avenue
side of the park will be displayed the
commercial cars. The latest in tires
and accessories also will be shown at
the show.
No detail that will add to the COM
fort of the visitors has been overlooked
By the management, including res
taurant and rest rooms, to be con-
veniently located