San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-10
FLOWER BANKS |
To RISE ABOUT
SACRED ALAMO
Blossoms to Be Piled
Around Buildings and |
Honor Guard Provided.
FIESTA READY TO col
Arrangements Complete for
Week of Celebration
With Many Stunts.


A guard Of honor composed Of Boy
Scouts will surround the Alamo dur
ing the entire time of the Battle OF
Flowers parade, and flowers will be
massed before the historic building all
the week of the Fiseta de San JaeintO,
while fresh laurel wreaths viii deco
rate its gray walls in cOmmemoration
of the men who won independence for
Texas by their heroic deaths. Mrs.
Winchester Kelso is responsible for
this part of the celebration, and asks
every person in San Antonio, resident
or visitor. TO bring flowers Of some kind
and lay them before the Alamo during
the week beginning April 16 and end
ing April u. The queen and duch-
esses will be supplied with flowers
during the line Of march of the Battle
of Flowers parade TO add to the dec
orations in front Of the Alamo.
No advertising will be permitted on
any floats in any of the parades this
year, but each school, club or organi-
cation, will carry pennant with the
name Of the organization on it. Prize
ribbons will be given as in former
years to the best entries in each of
the several classes represented. Mrs.
Kelso is chairman of the prize-award-
ing committee.
Mrs. James Nixon, chairman Of
the order of parade, requests that any
one who will make private entries COM
municate with her. Crockett 7ICO,, St.
Anthony Hotel. There have already
been places assigned to As floats and
two decorated cars in the Battle of
Flowers parade. and Mrs. Nixon will
arrange places for any other decorate
ed cars.
The floats on which the queen and
duchesses will ride, representing the
court Of Neptune, are practically fin-
ished. and though rneir decorst tons
have been kept secret they are known
to be prettier than any San Antonio
has ever seen before. and entirely DIFF
ferent in colOring and design.
Parade for Schools.
The Chamber of Commerce is spon-
soring a novel parade for Saturday
night of Fiesta Week, in honor of
schools. colleges and universities, and
the brilliant electrical parade which
will be given on Thursday night is
one of the main features of Fiesta
Week. Any flower-decked cars that
take part in this parade are requested
to telephone to Mrs. Nixon, and be as
signed places in the Battle of Flow
ers parade. the next afternoon.
The bowl of the pageant grounds.
which will seat 1000 persons, promises
TO be none too large TO seat the audi
e., h. tnl.
be given on Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Thursday evenings. The Order of the
Alamo and members of the Fiesta As
ISOLATION and the Battle of Flowers
Association will sit in body at the
different performances and have book
ed large blocks of seats. The regu-
lar seat sale will open on Monday
morning at Goggan's music store and
also at the pageant grounds. Tickets
for Tuesdays and Wednesdays per-
formances will be 81 for box seats and
80 cents for all others, and for the
Queens Night, which is Thursday.
prices will be increased TO S1.50 and
SL00. The Queens Night performs
ance will offer. in addition TO the
splendid pageant of the Awakening Of
San Antonio" the superb picture OF
the queen seated in the center of the
stage, with her duehesses marching two
and two down the aisles in stately
procession to join ner and form her
courtly company.
All Details Ready.
The smallest preparations are com
pleted for the pageant, and the dane
ing steps are all learned and sychron-
lied with the music which has been
deliberately orchestrated, while the
lovely costumes are all completed to
the filmiest flower-petal and the tint
est little wing feathers.
Miss Evelyn Newton VIII represent
the Spirit of San Antonio. in the
splendid dress she wore in the coro-
nation last year when she was the
Duchess Of Damascus. An important
dress rehearsal win be given on Sat-
urday morning at 10 O'Clock az which
parents Of the young participants will
be permitted 70 be present.
A delightful feature Of the weeks
entertainments will be the Pioneer
Ball 10 be given at the Gunter Hotel
on Monday evening. April 16. This is
4 feature of the week that has become
traditional.
The Fiesta luncheon at Il 80 Satur-
day at the Menger promises to be the
largest social event of Fiesta Week.
Covers can be laid will not exceed 276.
and members of the association and
army women who are eligible TO at
tend must make all reservations be-
fore Friday evening at 6 O'Clock. Mrs.
A. II. Worden. Travis 1882. is chair
man Of the luncheon arrangements. and
Mrs. Lane Taylor is responsible for
the patriotic program which win be