San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-26
BATTLE OF FLOWERS PARADE.
MOST GORGEOUS IN HISTORY
OF FIESTA DE SAN JACINTO
Beautiful Private Entries in Procession-Court of
Chivalry Feature-Schools Have Magnificent
Floats-History of Texas Reproduced
in Spectacular Event.

pages dressed IN crimson sat at the
foot of the throne of the duchess.
Queen Wins Applause.
Miss Anne Page. princess, was en-
throned amid festive scene that rep
resented festivity of the Henley re-
gatta. The queens float was gor-
geous in golden dahlias. growing on
terrace that surmounted the other
floats in the royal pageant. Miss
Beatrice Stribling. the queen of the
1874 Fiesta, bowed graciously TO the
storms of applause that swept the
streets as she passed.
Fiesta directors. county and city
officials, and officials of the Battle
of Flowers Association, led the first
section of the parade, with military
Gen. b. y. Poore. grand marshal. d.
rected the parade from the front,
leading the army units. Governor Pat
NJ. Neff and his staff rode in the first
section. and his royal highness. King
Antonio the Eighth, brought up the
rear of the section Of dignitaries and
officers. The king was clad in his
court attire, and was attended by his
pages.
Private entries included some beau
tiful color schemes. worked out in
natural and artificial flowers. Mrs.
Adolf Wagner's car contained Miss
Anita Deutz. Miss Marie Schuchland,
Mary Louise Gallagher and Lillian
Reilly, and was effectively decorated
in pink carnations on a background
OF moss. DIR. Urrutia's carr contained
four of his daughters, dressed in beau
tiful Spanish costumes. Mrs. F.. A.
Wilson's car contained Mrs. c. ii.
Noble, Mrs. W. A. Hauser and Mrs.
Wilson. and was decorated in poppies
and poinsettiGs. Miss Cecil Neither
ley's car was decorated in wisteria
and contained Miss Netherley and
Miss Ann Burns. Mrs. II. Perry's
car contained Mrs. Charles Hirshfield,
Mary and Josie Schmidt, Caroline
Hirshfield. Betty Burnett, Zeol Hig-
don, Peg McCarty and was beautifully
trimmed in bluebonnets and tulips,
with the. costumes made like bluebon-
nets, and bluebonnct caps to match.
Lilies and Moss.
A pretty car was that of Mrs. c. j.
Gotthard. which was decorated in
water lilies and moss, containing
Mrs. Gottharl. Miss Hill. Dorothy and
Charles Gotthard and Eleanor Cadc.
Miss Ruby Nillercal had with her Miss
McCarty, and her car was decorated
in purple tulips.
Mrs. w. A. Adams had with her
in her American Beauty rose-trimmed
car, Mrs. Lynch Davidson and Mrs.
Hunt McCaleb of Houston and Mrs.
Horace Walton of San Antonio. Mrs.
w. Il. McCormick's car was trimmed
in peoples. and contained Mrs. Nc
Cormick. Kay Wood and Frances Red
ding. Mrs. Frank Winerich had one
of the most effective cars in the pa
rade, trimmed in pink roses. with
Mrs. Wincrich. Mrs. Lewis Krams-
Beck. Mrs. Brizillia MAYOR, Mrs. W.
III. Chambers and Mrs. Harry Rogers
in the car. Mrs. II. w. Bernhard
had with her Mr.. and Mrs. o. Hole,
Marie and II. w. Hole Jr.. and the
car represented the sunset glow in red
and gold. Mrs. c. II. BirdwelI had
with her ID. l.. Patton. Mr.. and Mrs.
Birdwell and Mrs. Potter, and the
car was trimmed in purple and white
flowers.
Mrs. C. A. Zilker's car was trim
med in yellow peoples. with Mrs. j.
X. Whiscnant, Mrs. Gilbert Denmau,
Miss Boleyn Zilker Margaret Whisen-
ant and Gilbert Denman Jr. in the
car. Mrs. V. w. Bruan's car was
decorated in roses and contained Mrs.
Bruan and children, and Mrs. c. d.
Clifton. Richard Neff's entry was a
rose-trimmed car with a great pink
butterfly perched on the front. and
with a rosearbor hanging over the
top. In this car were l.. w. Lang
ley, Margaret Lewis, Cornelia
Vaughn. William Devinc. Carolyn
kampmann and Helen Nix.
Tuesday Musical Club.
Easter lilies decorated the entry
of Mrs. c. Fl. Noble with Mrs. Jack
White as Mrs. Mobiles guest. S. +.
Garney's entry was decorated in yell
low and blue chrysanthemums, and
contained Miss Margaret Reward.
Fannie Curley, Nora Turlcy, Ruth
Reward, $. F. Carney and Joe Rev
ard. A decorated automobile was en-
tered for the Tuesday Musical Club,
with Mrs. y: III. Schmuch driving. and
Mrs. Eli Hertzberg. president. Mrs.
Peeler representing the officers of the
Lincoln roadster trimmed in pink rib
bons and flowers. with Miss Pearl
Wilkinson in the car with him.
AOhttis Ntit III Nhtil
try. an old stagecoach, with costumes
and a driver to match. Kappa Alpha
Lambda's float was decorated in the
club colors. with fifteen members OF
the club riding on the float. Edgewood
Home Demonstration Club was repre-
scented by a house. with Mrs. Daisy
Rowland chaperoning the ten members
of the club. Rainbow Girls and the
Order of the Rainbow had three en-
tries, their float being one of the p I
test in the parade, with a colorful
rainbow in red and gold arching over
the float. and the proverbial pot of
gold sitting at the end of the rain
bow. In this float the following |
wearing rainbow head-bandS,
were seated: o. J. SOlcher. Mrs. Sol |
cher. Mrs. ID. n. Gushing. Misses Mar |
garet Owen. Gladys Hill. Ruth Fen |
timan. Mary Effler, Mary st. John, |
Fern Moser, Billie Beckjohn. Kate
Green. Marjorie Simpson. Elizabeth |
Baumgartner, Wessie Palmer. Kath- |
crime Wise. Nell Warren. Mildred
Ovcrton. Catherine Patrick. Alycc |
Riggs. Mesdames' L. A. Urban, Marie |
Young: Misses Marion Urban, Doris |
Parker. Wallic Grote. Hazel Webb,
Ruth Kendall. Ida May Gloves. Effie
Smith, Dorothy Crooks. Wanda Allen,
Hankson. Gertrude Kingsley,
Agnes Newman. Nell Chaffner. Lii
lian DeSalme. Hazel Rhine. Beatrice
Gates. Eula Gates. Ray Jones. Nina
Mac Mitchell. Charlotte Dwaley, Mel
ba Craig and Phyllis Freeman.
Harpists in Parade.
Schubert Antheneum was driven by
Mrs. A. c. McGowan and contained
six clnb members. The entry was dec
GRATED in white roses. The National
Society of Harpists entered float
covered with yellow chryssnthemumS,
Mrs. Maudetts Martin
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