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VOLUME LXXVII.-XO. 131.
LOS ANGELES FIESTA
National and California
Pageant the Great
Feature.
FLOATS AGAIN SHOWN.
It Is the Greatest Procession
Ever Seen in Southern
California.
.CHINESE MARCH IN THE LUTE.
One Pretty Incident Is the Agility
= ' • of a Fireman in Saluting the
Queen.
L-The
national and California pageant
■was the feature of to-day, and cer
tainly it was a proof of the im
mense resources of the com
mittees which have this big festival in
- charge. Elaborate and impressively dis
tinctive in it? characters, as each
iday's pageant and programme have been,
'■ this of to-day took it? place in its order as
.. a progressive step a little better than the
• lsst. The display was composed of three
' main features — the militia, the re depart
■' ments and the Chinese. The like of the
. ".Chinese division has never been seen in
; t.his country. It was Oriental in its splen
, • dor. an-i has been prepared by the China
tow: of Los Angeles, wholly unaided by
the iiesta treasury. It is said to have cost
. . thousands of dollars, and the saying will
' ■ not be questioned by any who witnessed it.
The name of the pageant was given to it
. by the military and the long line of floats
representing the different sections of the
southern end of the State which made a
. part of it, but many of which have ap
" .peared in the earlier demonstrations. As
■ their special day, however, the people of
these thriving young cities came to the
city in regiments and added much tn the
■prevailing crush. The tribunes in Central
Park have at no time been so crowded as
during the passing of the procession this
afternoon.
R. W. Pridharn had command to-day as
grand marshal, and he, with his aids, led
the line, preceded by his trumpeters and
couriers. The line began to move shortly
after 1 o'clock, having formed near Central
Park, and started over the route followed
by Tuesday's parade, beginning by the cir
cle of the mall and passing in review before
' the Queen. Several pretty little features
were introduced into the programme at
■ t:Hspc>iawasr;afc.lsfc-' • the drawing
=: tip in line of the Gentlemen's Riding Club,
I .the escort of the Queen, before her throne
and saluting.
'-V Another was introduced by the fire de
partment. When the hook and ladder
truck arrived in front of the throne it was
driven to the further side of the wide mall, i
' allowing ample room for the procession to
keep on its way. while the truck came to a
■ gta'ndstill. It's elaborate floral decora
. tions had been arranged so as to be quickly
'. laid aside. The ladders were then rapidly
run up into the air and when extended to
■ their full length a fireman climbed nimbly
. to the uttermost upper rung from w&ere
..; .he" saluted the Queen. Ail this time, only
'.'a-, few minutes it was. the procession was
. moving on. The ladder was dropped
.quietly into its place, the decorations re
turned and the track fell into the line
again behind an engine, while all the
people cheered and the Queen's court
' waived its white parasols and handker
. chiefs.
The military lea the procession, and as
always with the military everywhere, ere
,. ated the greatest enthusiasm. It embraced
two regiments of the National Guard, the
Seventh and Ninth, a company of marines,
the Garibaldi Guards, uniformed, and
Knights of Pythias of Riverside on horse
back, and these were supplemented by the
: Grand Army of the Republic float. The
: ' Grand Army of the Republic Drum Corps
and bugler? were an effective accession.
The military have had possession of the
town since last night, much as the chil
.dren had it yesterday, excepting that the
soldiers are better "stayers" and still
■ masters of the situation. They come from
. all over the southern part of the State and
; are like the floats, representative. It is
not ofTen that they come together in Such
force for a festival.
Governor Budd was expected to be here
' to take his place in this part of the show
es commander-in-chief of the guard, but a
telegram, regretting his inability to do so,
■was received yesterday, in which he re
quested that Adjutant-General C. L Allen
might represent him. That officer there
fore to-day rode on the right side of Briga
dier-General E. P. Johnson in the capacity
• ' of Governor. The right of the procession
■was taken by the Ninth Regiment, N. G.
C, followed by the Seventh.
They marched in battalions under their
own line officers, General Johnson at the
head of the line, with Captains Osborne
and Albert C. Jones aids-de-camp, and
: the following staff collected from all over
the southern end of the State: Major Wil
liard. engineer officer; Major James A.
DifSl, inspector, Pomona; Major A. W.
•Barrett, quartermaster, Los Angeles;
Major Harry T. Matthews, commissary,
Santa Ana ; Major George H. Bonebrake.
paymaster, Los Angeles; Major Emannel
L. Stern, ordnance officer. Los Angeles ;
Major G. Wiley Wells, judge advocate, Los
Angeles: Major Horace M. Russell, inspec
tor of • rifle practice, Los Angeles : Major
Madison T. Owens. signal officer, Los An
yeles; Lieutenant-Colonel William G.
. Cochran, surgeon, Los Angeles; First
Lieutenant George E. Lawrence, signal
corps, Los Angeles.
.■ The Ninth Infantry was under command
of Colonel Edward B. Spileman of .San
.Diego, with also a representative staff as
'follows: Lieutenant-Colonel John R.
Berry, San Diego; Major Charles S. Mc-
Kelvey, Santa Ana ; Major Frank C. Pres
cott, Redlands ; First Lieutenant Bradford
Morse, battalion adjutant. Riverside;
First Lieutenant George C. Cox, battalion
- adjutant, San Bernardino; First Lieuten
ant James E. Mack, San Bernardino; First
.Lieutenant Charles T. Rice, commissary,
.Riverside; First Lieutenant George H.
Bower, quartermaster, San Diego; First
Lieutenant P. J. Guinon, ordnance officer,
Ban Diego; First Lieutenant H. H. Sin
The San Francisco Call.
nspector of riiie practice. Redlands;
Major Thomas L. Maeee, sureeon. San
Diego; Captain Charles D- Ball, assistant
sargeon, San Ana: Captain Henry A.
Brown, chaplain, San Diego.
The Seventh Infantry followed, under
command of Colonei William G. Schreiber
- Angelas, with the following staff:
Lieutenant-Colonel James L. Howland,
Pomona: Major Samuel T. Black, Ven
tura; Captain Herbert D. Alfonso, adju-
First Lieutenant E. Hutchinson,
■ -rmaster: First Lieutenant Marion
_ ien. commissary, Los Angeles; First
8. Collins, paymaster,
Ventura ; First Lieutenant Fred C. Smythe,
ordnance officer, Anaheim: First lieu
tenant Johr. L. A. Last, inspector of rifle
Major David C. Barke. surgeon:
Captain Alfred S. Clark, chaplain, Los
Angeles; Captain Arthur L. Keisey, assist
ant surgeon, Santa Paula: First Lieuten
-nernian Pease, battalion adjutant,
i « An-:eles: First Lieutenant James S.
-took, battalion adjutant. Ventura.
Pint Brigade Signal Corps led the
N. G. C. and the Naral Reserve, a company
of sturdy sailor lads, presenting a fine ap
pearance, brought up the rear and com
pleted the fir-t division. As they passed
the Queen's throne with their long soldierly
swing. the cadence of which was as regu
lar as the drums' beat, the officers on
horse and foot saluting, the scene was most
inspiring and the applause was constant.
The second division, under command of
THE LOS ANGELES FIBEMAJiT DOFFS HIS HAT TO THE QUEEN OF THE FIESTA.
[This picture is another successful attempt of 'the "Call "at photo-telegraph. The sketch teas made in Los Angela yesterday by J. Kahler,
the SCUM ariirt. mnd-wns reproduced by en artist m th€ •'€*«« " «#« last nfci.'.] . '- - - --.
Marshal H. H. Maybery. was composed of
the company of Italian tonawec, the
Knights of Pythias of Riverside with their
plumes and swords, the Ladies' Riding ;
Club, which has not appeared as a body in
; the preceding programmes except to form
I the Queen's f.rst escort into the
city, the Gentleman's R . the
: G. A. R. float and other smaller features
j made up the second f-j. 1 ; of life
j and color. The G. A. R. Drum and Bugle
Corps set the pace for it.
And now comes the Chinese contingent, j
which for glitrer and romp and color puts *
; every preceding attempt in that line at a ■
i distinct disadvantage. The costumes were
| as gorgeous as golden fables, and the recent •
1 1 _ Chang and j
art at the:r best were here repro- [
: duced in life. Three-eyed peacock feath- \
! era were aitoeether common, while the I
ONE OF THE FEATTJKES OF THE PAGEANT.
{Reproduced in the ofice of the "Call" by photo-telegraph.]
average stage Mikado was not in it for a
minute. The display was designed to tell
a bit of Chinese history in allegory, which
in a fashion is being repeated over the
water at this minute. It deals with two
legendary Kings, whose domains divided
the territory of China. The had been for
years engaged in a war, at wh ; ch neither
side seemed to be making permanent head
way. They concluded to end their squab
ble by compromise.
In view of this they met at a designated
place and signed a treaty. The place of
meeting was a wayside inn, and it is this
important diplomatic gathering that the
display represented. The two Kings were
seated in a float, which was gilded and
carved in oriental fashion, the nabobs in it
being dressed m gold, while courtiers and
officers of the court in wonderful hats and
feathers rode before and behind ; others on
foot bore golden banners and strange brass
weapons, and all the paraphernalia of
SAX FRANCISCO, SATURDAY MORXIXG, APRIL 20, 1895.
Chinese war and diplomacy that have re
cently been made to appear so ridiculous
for the ends they are intended to serve, but
which certainly must appeal to the artist
in colors.
The gong and ;um-tum and the treble
basoo were everywhere in the line, of
course, but they are old friends, if the ;
term may be allowed, where a mere men- !
tion suggests murder. The soldiers cf the
line, bearing great circular banners like
tents, held in the air by the center-pole, or •
other long banners borne by the ridge-pole j
on the shoulders of three or four, were all
dressed in cardinal colors, reds, yellows
and greens, with a great variety of head
gear, the whole making a splendid picture.
A second float of lfttle less magnificence :
than the first presented the eight mytho- j
logical genii of China — good spirits of air
who perform good offices in time of need.
The genii were represented by a galaxy of !
Chinese children fancifully dressed. Two
other rioats were devoted to alleged musi
cians and their gongs.
The fourth division was led by Marshal
Perry Howard and was composed of the
Fire Department. The engines and hose
carts and wagons of the entire department
were in line, all trimmed with flowers,
making a beautiful showing, all under the
charge of Chief Walter S. Moore. Mayor
Roder. the Fire Commissioners and visit
ing chiefs rode in carriages and tallyhos.
Following in the next division came the
ever-dashing caballeros, the Examiners
golden locomotive, and the floats that hare
appeared before as representing the sur
rounding young cities.
Riverside appeared for the first time at
the end of the procession, but attracting
much attention with a float full of oranges,
which she threw with a prodigal hand to
the crowd. A character in the costume of
Uncle Sam took a large basket and pre
sented it to the queen, while his wagon
waited.
FOE THE WHOLE STATE.
One Feature of the Fiesta In the Meet
ing of the Half-Million Clab With
the Merchant*.
LOS ANGELES. Cal.. April 19.— 1n ac
cordance with the invitation of the Half-
million Ciub delegation a meeting was
held this morning at the Chamber of Com
merce, attended by representatives from
surrounding towns. There were about
sixty present. Chairman Bunker of the
Half -million Club delegation on calling
the meeting to order said:
'•We may thank Los Angeles again and
again and repeat the thanks the year
around and still be in her debt. She has
lifted our spirits to ecstacy, touched our
pride and clinched our friendship."
His speech, which was of some length,
was heartily applauded, after which
Director-General May berg of the tiesta
spoke briny, expressing a hearty approval
or the movement to bring the various por
tions of the State into closer unity. F. W.
Dohrmann of San Francisco was called
upon, and he spoke along the same line.
Albert Castle, secretary of the Half-mil
lion Club delegation, rose and remarked
that there was present a man who pur
chased a newspaper in San Francisco and
conducted it with so much energy that he
made the proprietors of the other news
papers "rustle." The gentleman referred
to was C. M. Shortridge of the San Fran
cisco Call, and be believed the people
present would like to hear him.
Responding to the invitation to speak.
Mr. Shortridge addressed the meeting at
first slowly, but he vrarmed to the subject
with increasing rapidity. His speech was
eloquent, and his remarks were delivered
with so much earnestness as to attract the
closest attention.
He, as well as others, he said, had come
from the north bearinar the olive branch of
peace. There was no geography in him
by which to divide the State of California.
He had come to this State without
means, and through the generosity of the
State he had been provided with at least
the foundation of an education. It was
not the north nor the south that had done
this, but the whole State. He felt grateful
for what the State had done for him.
The speaker went on to refer to the de
velopment of other portions of the State,
and using the term "3ilurian," said that
the individual known by that term is the
clog in the wheels of progress.
The silurian cries out for the dollar
limit of taxation and generally lives in a
palace with magnificent furniture costing
thousands of dollars. He will, however,
swear before the Assessor that the same
furniture is worth only $350. Such mdi
vidusTs. Mr. Shortridge remarked, are op
posed to such improvements as are pro
posed to be made in the near future by the
iame of bonds for park and other improve
ments.
The bonds should be voted and the parks
improved. Perhaps it might be said, he
continued. that he (Shortridge) had no busi
ness to make such remarks or suggestions
as f o what should be done. To such a
statement he would reply that he claimed
the right to do ?o as a citizen of the jrlori
ous State of California. Thirty years ago
brave men of the nation fought to save the
union.
The same injunction that rested on them
to preserve the unity of the North and
South now rest? on the people of this State
to tight for united California.
Before concluding the speaker remarked
that it is the rich tax-shirker? that want
waking up. There was vigorous applause
as he resumed his seat.
Mr. Shortridge was followed by Presi
dent Patterson of the Los Angeles Cham
ber of Commerce, who warmly echoed
back the eloquent words of Shortridge.
Chairman Bunker alluded to the society
of Native Sons as having worked in favor
of United California, and asked ex-Senator
Del Valle, as a member of that organiza
tion, to speak. Mr. Del Valle said in re
gard to State division that nine-tenths of
the people are opposed to it. There are,
however, a few people, he said, who have
little to do and they are, to a greater or
less extent, harping on the question.
The following resolution was presented
and adopted unanimously:
"Resolved, That the interests of Cali
fornia demand united and concerted action
for State development, and that we, the
representatives of the various sections of
the State here assembled, hereby pledge
ourselves to work for new united and pro
gressive California."
On motion it was decided to have a com
mittee, consisting of fifteen members, ap
pointed by the chair for the purpose of
securing a permanent organization to work
for the unity of California. The meeting
thereupon adjourned.
ALL AEE ASTONISHED.
Telegraphic Pictures as Published In
••The Call" Are Watched With
Great Interest.
LOS ANGELES. Cal.. April 19.-The
Call of Thursday morning came to Los
Angeles to-day. It contained the picture
of the Fresno float, the big steamer laden
with fruit, illuminated with her own elec
tric lights and otherwise np to date. The
float did not arrive in Los Angeles until
Wednesday afternoon and appeared to the
public for the first time in the illuminated
parade Wednesday night.
It would therefore have been impossible
to have gotten even an idea of it to San
Francisco by mail. This fact was patent
to everybody, and therefore when the Call
of Thursday morning, the morning after
the float had made its public appearance,
came to Los Angeles with a perfect picture
of it as it appeared in the night parade in
the park, with the setting of fireworks in
which it figured, the fact that the Call
had done the thing that only a few years
ago would have seemed impossible, accom
plished that which no other journal in the
world has before attempted, was recognized
as absolutely proven.
For everybody in Los Angeles raw the
thing in fact that was portrayed in the
picture and doubt had no chance. Inter
est in the Call's experiment, which is no
longer an experiment, is quickened and
the result oi each day's work in iilustrat
ing the Call's story of the fiesta by the
photograph system is growing. A sketch
of the scene in to-day's parade, the mo
ment of peculiar interest, where the fire
man ran up the ladder before the Queen
and called out the excited piaudita of the
multitude, is sent to-day. This occurred
at 2 o'clock this afternoon. A sketch also
of one of the striking figures in the Chi
nese demonstration, the figure with the
trailing Chinese pheasant feathers, is also
sent by telegraph.
SAXTA BOSA'S BEAUTY COXTEST,
Miss Belle Spottsxcood Still Bemains a
Fete Votes in the Lead.
SANTA ROSA, Cal.. April 19.— The re
sult of the voting for Queen to-day was as
follows :
I— Mi=s Spotswood. 760.
2 — Miss Donovan, 726.
a— Miss Matthews. 632.
4— Miss Bishop. 263.
s—Miss5 — Miss Solomon, 260.
6— Miss Denman, 255.
7— Miss Byington, 252.
B— Miss Stites, 164.
9— Miss Booey, 130.
10— Mrs. Byington, 101.
11— Miss Yost.
BED BLVFV A* 'C ID EXT.
Shocking Death of a Car-Repairer in the
Jinilroad lards.
RED BLUFF.CaI.. April 19.— Bert Wag
gott, a young car-repairer, was killed in
an accident in the railroad yards to-day.
His head was crushed between a freight
car and the caboose while ne was in the
act of coupling them. The freightcar was
loaded with lumber and the ends pro
jected over the end of the car a foot or
more. Waggott's body was taken in
charge by the Coroner.
GLENWOOD IN MOURNING.
Colonel Robb Stricken by
Death at His Country
Home.
He Was One of General Grant's
Staff and the First Mayor of
Sacramento.
SANTA CRUZ. Cal., April 19.— Colonel
Thomas P. Robb, died this afternoon at j
his country home, near Glenwood, from
the effects of the grippe.
Colonel Robb came to this county from
Chicago. During the war he was a mem
ber of General Grant's staff. After the
war he was appo.nted to take charge of
the custom-house, postoffice and other
public buildings at Atlanta, Ga. During i
Grant's administration he was sent to j
Mexico to arbitrate claims which that j
country had against the United States. I
This mission he successfully performed.
He was an intimate friend of Grant. Sher
man, Lincoln, Logan and other heroes of
the late war.
I Jr«-<? deceased was the first Mayor of
Sacramento. In Chicago, where he went
in the fifties, he owned much land, which
increased in value as the city grew. He
I came to this county for his health five
years ago. selecting a place on the moun
tain tops. He was in the best of health
until recently.
Colonel Robb was 71 years old. Mrs.
Robb is now in Chicago, being too ill to
travel. She was prominently identified
with sanitary work among the soldiers
during the war. The colonel leaves a
widow, son and daughter.
FUTILE SEABCH FOB Ay HEIB.
It Is Thought Ansel White Was Mur
dered Ytar* Ago in San Francisco.
BAJTTA CRUZ, Cal., April 19.— The
search for Ansel White, the early day
pioneer, who has fallen heir to a $4,000,000
estate in New York, has so far been
barren of results. Pioneers who know
> White say that thirty years ago he sold
his place near this city for $2000 and with
the money went to San Francisco, where
he stopped at the St. Louis House, a
sailers" boarding-house on the water front.
At that time his friends believed he met
with foul play, as he had money with
him. A friend who was on intimate
terms says that White would have surely
written to him years ago were he alive.
SHBIXEBS AT SAM A CBVZ.
Pilgrims of the Des*rt Arranging for
Ihoir Annual Outing.
SANTA CRUZ, Cal., April 19.-The
Mystic a Masonic body, will have
their annual outing in this city, commenc
! ing June 8 and continuing several days.
The Nobles on this visit will be accompa
nied by their wives and families, and the
features will be a banquet, drives and a
general jollification.
FOB A BOSE CABXITAX.
A Project Which Santa Crus Women
Will Carry Out.
SANTA CRUZ, Cal.. April 19.— The
ladies of this city are quite enthusiastic
and are taking in hand the carrying out of
a rose carnival, which will be given the
middle of June. Their plans are to have it
on a very grand scale, and to include a
fair, grand parades of children, floats, etc.,
with a regatta on the riTer.
Insurance Agents Organise.
SANTA CRUZ, Cal., April 19.— The
insurance agents formed a local board to
day, which ends the rate war here. The
officers are E. S. West, chairman, and J.
M. Green secretary. A. J. Hinds. E. L.
Williams and O. L. Tuttle were appointed
to draft by-laws. The board will abide by
the rates of the underwriters. An applica
tion is to be made to have a reduction of
20 per cent on risks where there is good
fixe protection.
Fatally Injured on a Xapa Baurh.
NAPA, Cal., April 19.— Thomas Odin,
an employe at the A. B. Spreckels stock
rancb, near here, fell from the second
story window of a barn on the ranch last
night and struck on the top of his head.
He is not expected to live.
Death of a Weaverrille Merchant.
WEAVERVILLE. Cal., April 19.— J. R.
Balch. a prominent merchant, dropped
dead in his store at 8 o'clock last night of
apoplexy. Balch was a native of Maine.
63 years of age. He leaves a widow and
three children.
The Thetis at San Diego.
SAN DIEGO, Cal., April 19.— The coast
survey steamer Thetis arrived this noon
from the Lower California coast, and will
remain in port about two weeks before pro
ceeding to Mare Island.
PRETTY AS FLOWERS.
Posies Rivaled by the
Beauties at the
Ball.
SANTA BARBARA'S PRIDE
Fitting Close of the Most Suc
cessful Carnival Ever
Held.
SOME VEEY QUAINT COSTUMES.
From the Stately Minuet the
Dancers Glide Into the En
chanting Waltz.
SANTA BARBARA, Cal.. April
19.— The floral festival here wound
up to-night in a blaze of giory
with a brilliant ball. The Cali
fornia Press Association and the
! Half-million Club were obliged to return
to Los Angeles after witnessing the grand
battle of roses. Other visitor? staved for
the ball, and spent the morning driving
through Mission Canyon, Montecito Val
ley, sight-seeing generally and collecting
souvenirs.
The pavilion and dining-room at the
Arlington for the bait guests were elab
orately decorated. The colors in both are
chiefly white and gold, against which are
arranged thousands of pink roses. The
floor were covered throughout with can
vas, and a promenade 700 feet in length
was lined with 7000 potted plants. T:.*
circular ballroom was illuminated with
electric lights, showing to advantage the
handsome toilets and arrangement of
roses.
The latter were caught in white fi-h
--nets suspended on the wall? and round the
center pole, from which ropes of roses
curved to the side, 30,000 roses being used.
A brilliant company wa3 present, com
prising over 1000 prominent residents and
n. Tickets were $10 each. An elab
orate supper was served in the dining hall,
which was made to represent a tent. The
walls were covered with 5000 yards of
lemon-colored cloth and the tent roof
with fishnet 48x280 feet, studded with pink
roses. Potted plant 3 stood on the tables
banked with moss. The scene, lighted
by 100 incandesccnts, was softened with
yellow shades. The gueste began to ar- j
rive at 8:30 o'clock, and shortly after 9
nearly all were assembled.
A3 the guests Grove up they were struck
•with the appearance of the Arlinston
| ground?, which had been transform e<l by
j stringing Chinese lanterns and fairy lamps
i from the roof of the house to the surround
! ing fence. All the verandas had been
I decorated with white cloth and hung with
branches of oranges. Arrangements for
uncloaking and assigning places had com
menced.
The opening minuet was given to enthu
siastic applause. Under the direction of
Henry J. Kramer twenty couples, attired
in Louis XIV costumes, the men with
cocked hats, powdered hair and knee
breeches, the women powdered andpatched,
advanced to their places.
There were five group?, the central one
white in color and the others at regular
distances, their exact place being marked
with tall pedestals bearing vases full of
roses of yellow, pink, green and blue. They
came in to the music of Steffano's gavotte,
and after dancing the minuet to Mozart "?
'•Don Juan I ' changed places to the music
of the Bocherini minuet. In this way the
colors were interchanged with indescriba
bly pretty effect; so much so that the
spectators insisted on an encore, and again
the courtly dance was treaded, the dancers
finally forming a full circle round the hall,
courtesying to partners and retiring to the
gavotte step again. A more perfect dance
had never been given. The dancer 3 were
the same who participated in the prelimi- !
nary minuet in the Hazard Villa Wednes
day.
After the minuet general dancing was
indulged in until a late hour. The dan
cers were costumed in colors by quartets !
The white quartet which took the center
of the floor, consisted of Mr. "Whitney and
Miss Panchita Dibblee, Mr. Worthington
and Miss Colby, Mr. Burton and IBh
Douton, Mr. Summers and Miss Everhart.
The ladies wore pompadour gowns of
white satin with watteau trains, and wore
their hair dressed in pompadour style and
powdered, white black patches adorning
their fair faces.
The gentleman wore Louis XIV coats of
white satin finished in gold lace and em
broidered knee-breeches and high-heeled
pumps. Arranged on the opposite sides of
the latter were the green and blue quartet*?.
The green quartet was organized of the
following: Dr. Harald Sidebotham and
Miss Miriam More, Mr. Cameron and Miss
Grace Harrison, Carl Stoddard and Mi-*
Fairbanks, Frank Bliss and Miss Sarah
Boyce.
The ladies wore pale green satin petti
coats and watteau gowns of brocaded silk
, falling over them. The gentlemen wore
pale green satin coats and breeches, with
1 doublets of white satin and trimmings of
| gold lace. Opposite the green quartet was
ranged the blue, the ladies with satin pet-
I ticoats of the palest blue satin and bro
caded watteau overdresses, with alternat
ing stripes of pale blue and pink with a
small figure.
The gentlemen were costumed in corre
sponding colors. The yellow quartette was
composed of Dr. Thaw and Mrs. Thaw,
Samuel Isley and Miss Sidebotham. Mr.
Evans and Mrs. Sidebotham. Carl Howard
and Miss Ynez Dibblee. The yellow and
white costumes were dazzling in effect
and the ladies' toilets were heightened by
the pearls they wore.
Opposite was the pink quartet, the
ladies' gowns being of the palest apple
j blossom tint and the gentiemen'scostumes
' the same delicate shade. The blue quar
tet was composed of Will Alexander and
Miss Stoddard, Mr. Hayne and Mrs. Mar
tin. Mr. Vail and Miss Nickerson, Mr.
Vance and Miss Gaty.
The dancers costumed in pink were Mr.
Dreyfus and Miss Wheeler, Mr. Greenleaf
and Mrs. Dreyfus, Mr. Rogers and Ifiaa
Fernald, Herman Eddy and Miss Double
day.
The ladies taking part in the minuet |
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were, without exception, beautiful young
women, graceful in figure and movement.
So sweeping an assertion conld scarcely be
made with regard to the gentlemen. But
there were many handsome faces and
rigv.res among them, and all were finished
dancers, so that not a single break or
gaucherie occurred to mar the poetry of
the scene. The effect produced as these
various groups moved through the dig
nified measures of the ancient dance, or
mingled together upon the floor, was ex
tremely beautiful and called forth the
warmest applause from the spectators.
W hen the appointed programme was fin
ished and the waltz began the floor wa3
still left to the ancient perukes and shep
herdesses, for no one seemed inclined to
mar the break npon the charming picture
they made. After a short pause in the
music the restraint melted away and the
floor thenceforth thronged with dancers.
Among the ladies were noticed Mrs. Bar
rett Fithian, attired in a gown of lavender
silk, sprigged with a darker shade and with
short puffed sleeves of heliotrope velvet.
Mrs. Fithian the elder was'also present, a
dignified presence, in a rich Paris toilet of
dark brocade, with diamond ornaments.
Miss Caroline Hazard wore a gown of
changeable silk, turquoise blue and pink;
her ornaments turquoise and diamond*.
Mrs. James Otis was attired in figured
gray and white silk, with black velvet
trimmings.
Mrs. Thomas Dibblee wo re a rich robe of
pale ashes of roses silk of a crepey texture,
and richly embroidered in pale blue and
old rose, with diamond ornaments.
Ua Rogers of Buffalo, X. V.. wore a
soft flowing silk of white, without any
ornaments.
Mrs. Lawton was attired in heavy white
satin, simply made.
- Baxter wore a charming costume of
■ and white figured silk, with deep
ruffles of point d'Alencon lace; her orna
ments were red roses.
Mrs. Price Phillips, the gifted singer, a
lovely demi-blonde, was attired in black
satin, with an overdress of Brussels net.
spangled with jet. Mrs. W. S. Low wore
a handsome pink and white brocaded
satin, with rich point laces and diamond
ornaments.
This was an exceedingly democratic as
sembly. Side by side with the million
aire's wife, who, it must be confessed, was
in the ascendent, both as regards numbers
and prominence, sat the pretty school
teacher, the petty tradesman's wife, the
music teacher, the governe??.
A charming feature of the company was
the number of pretty little girls, appropri
ately dressed in pale pink, light blue and
white, wearing no ornaments but flowers.
These little foiks were as gay as the gayest,
and eagerly took places on the floor when
they saw the opportunity.
Mrs. Colby, the wife of the president of
the Wisconsin Central Railroad, who is
spending the winter in Santa Barbara, and
whose eldest daughter took part in the
minuet, was present with her two young
daughters, the older wearing a dainty pink
crepe gown and the younger simply dressed
in sprigged white muslin. The three little
daughters of another railroad president,
Mr. Green of Philadelphia, wore white
dotted - -.
The belle among the little folks, and who
sharply contested her place with some
older ladies, was the dainty seven-year-old
daughter of Dr. Thaw of if ontecito, who
was charmingly dressed in a loose gown of
pale pink crepe with arbutus blossoms
about her neck and forming a wreath in
her flowing brown hair. This little woman
was an accomplished dancer.
A noticeable and prevailing characteris
tic of the toilets was their simplicity.
While there were many costly fabrics —
and all the famous dressmakers of the
world were represented in the costumes
worn — there was little extravagance of
style, and the coloring was for the most
part light evening snades.
Many jewels of dazzling splendor were
seen, but more than one lady who boasts
of a casket filled with jewels appeared
without ornaments or adorned herself
with natural flowers in keeping with the
spirit of this springtime festival. More
than one millionaires daughter appeared
in simple white mulle or in expensive
crepe.
The staff of the Oiympia was present in
fuli force, and the navy vied with the
laity in capturing the pretty girls for the
dances. A very large number of people
thronged the entrances to the pavilion,
and remained to watch the elegantly at
tired ladies and gentlemen as they alighted
from their carriages.
Even after they had disappeared from
view the throngs remained, getting as close
as possible to the illuminated pavilion and
standing on the dismantled tribunes,
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