Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-01

some of the other marching clubs are
also expected to fall out. The floats
will all be in, if present indications
count for anything, and they are the
really novel feature.
One of the big problems will be to
move the parade on time. 1t should
start about 10:30 o'clock, but the rain
has put all the decorators behind in
their work. Many of them are work.
ing tonight between showers, and Pas
adena is certainly responding bravely
to the tax upon it's energies.
Millions of Blooms
Literally millions of blooms have
been cut for the decorations, and the
work of attaching them to framework
on automobiles and other vehicles is
simply enormous. On one float over
$4,000 violets are being used, while on
the high school exhibit, there being no
red carnations obtainable, the boys and
girls are dipping white flowers in col
oripg matter AS there are needed
thousands of the colored blooms, some
idea is easily obtained of the work
necessary to produce the desired effect.
The rain for the present storm has
far passed the three-inch mark, and
the seasons record for Pasadena is
over II inches. Tonight men and
women are working upon floats which
are being decorated outside of shelter,
running back and forth in the rain,
drenched to the skin Cheering words
are being received at the tournament
headquarters, one of the most appre-
ciated messages coming from the Los
Angeles chamber of commerce. This
message was to the effect that the en-
try of the chamber of commerce would
be on hand, rain or no rain, with the
directors ready to take their chances
in the storm. AS yet less than half a
dozen entries have announced their in
tention to withdraw from the pageant
and it is thought that if it clears at all
the parade will be given practically as
completely as though there had been
no rain at all.
When 1t Rained Before
New Years day will be the twenty
first upon which a Tournament of
Roses has been given. In all those
years it has never rained to amount
to anything but once, and even the
parade was handled in the afternoon
between showers. On that unhappy
day the hour of starting was post
poned from hour to hour until lull
quickly started. A great crowd wit
messed the pageant that year, in spite
of the fact that the parade was not
over before it commenced to rain hard
again. Two years ago it rained until
5 o'clock of Tournament day and then
it cleared and the parade was given
before over 100000 people.
President George P. Cary of the
Tournament of Roses association said
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stopped raining at noon today the park
program would have had to be aban-
doned because of the condition of the
track. He believes that with dry
week the track can be put in such
shane that record time can be made in
the chariot races between Levengood's
four and the four of r. L. English.
AeropIane Will Attract
All Of the directors of the associa-
ton state that they believe the added
attraction of the aeroplane flight will
bring in enough people to fill the park,
and if it does there will be funds and
plenty in the tournament treasury to
pay all the bills and leave something
besides. Everything which can be
done to save is being brought into
play, and while there will be no cur
failing of the elaborateness of the pa
geant, many little items will be cut to
save money and help make the event
financial as well as artistic success
The band concert, for example, which
was to have been given in the after
noon in a downtown park, will be cut
out and only one band instead of two
will be used at the park. Probably
all those who have entered in the pa
rade will be content with smaller
prizes than the lavishly generous ones
usually given.
One of the nice features of the affair
is the cooperation which has been ex-
tended from nearby places. Offers OF
free flowers, ferns and smilax have
been freely made, and those who had
planned to buy flowers will instead
find an ample supply at their disposal
for nothing.