| Show Work ofle WQm i1 llubs I l Tlio Biennial I I The announcement of tho provisional I programme of tlio biennial convention of the General Federation nt Los Angeles An-geles 1ms been made The convention will bp opened by tv general session on h r afiursday afternoon May 1st when addresses ad-dresses of welcome will be made on behalf i L be-half o tile State by Clov Henry T J Gage on behalf of the city by Mayor i Snyder of Los Angeles and of the J clubwomen oC California by Mrs Kate < Bulkelcy president of the California State federation In the evening the ti Woman clubhouse will be thrown open for reception tendered to the delegates by the clubwomen of Los Angeles f Speakers nndchairmeh of the various sessions have i been assigned as follows fol-lows 4 f i Art season Mrs J BRockwny chairman chair-man speakers Irs Herman Hall of Chl 1 caffo and women from tio local clubs k > Session on The Value of Subordinate > Federations Mrs A E Thompson of Topcka Kan cluUrmun Mra AY W Stlllson of Los 4ng1Cs t slSlant chair man Educational fsosalon MIs3 Ellen C Sa bin ofLDownor college Milwaukee chair f man i apcakirfs Miss Mabel Clare CraftS Craft-S liaa editor of tho San Fnrndlsco Chronicle President Daniel Starr Jordan on Stanford university mid Mrs Neville OB Wisconsin j I c Literature scoslon Speakers rr G Ma lc bcl Loon Todd and I John Fox Jr Press session Mrs i Ella AY Peattlc i chairman wpcakcrr Mrs Emma Payno i r Ersklna I Civil service session Mrs Dinilnles T S Dcnnisoif 6f New York city and first j vicepresident the federation chilrmiin i speaker Mrs Sarah PlutlDcckcr of Denver CIvlo session Mrs Anna D rest prosl h dent of the Stale Federation > of Massu r chuacttH j chairman speakers Mrs Cor ncllus Fairbanks of Washington D C presidentgeneral of the Daughters of the Amurlcan Revolution and Miss Abbio 0 iNvare of Topcka Lan Bird study scaslonMrs John Thuron I Illlck of Burlington la chairman sponkers Mrs May Riley Smith of Net Ne-t lark and Mrs Clmrlea Loblngbr of Omaha Neb J Other pr6mlncnt speaker who will ad dress tho convention nreMrs Charles J7 Rhodes Prof George Gnntpnof New I Iork and Miss Jane Addams of Hull t House Chicago j N II o I V The programme for La Fiesta this i year Is I much tho same as upon previOUS 1 previ-ous occasions but an entirely new fea ture will be Introduced Thursday Mdy 1st the opening day tl I the Elks who have a large membership member-ship in southern California will parade i en masque and their costumes will tax the ingenuity of those skilled In l pro duclng the fantastic and grotesque This amusing exhibition will be one or the first entertainments offered the visiting c1ubwomenThe I The floral pageant I 1 pa-geant will be given Friday morning and will Include the Chinese entry as r well which is scarcely second In in terest to the rioral display Itself It isnot only the spectacle afforded the eye hundreds of flowerdecked k conveyances from an English drag to f s a twowheeled burro cart which amazes but the reflection that every orieof the millions of blossoms used In f lavish ornamentation is fresh from the garden or field Nowhere even as a background is the paper substitute al lowed a place There Is I no laqk of flowers for wreathing festoOning > gar landing and entirely enveloping the vehicles of every description and as the processions pass sister blossoms JVtloxn every garden and wayside so that the myriads of roses geraniums carnations lilies violets acacias mar euerlt find innumerable blossoms i which uic disposedr artistic decora tion upon floats coaches and carriages often hIding them completely from J view are scarcely missed The display of Jlowort at last years Fiesta was little short of marvelous and the late 11lns this season insure I a repetition of the miracle but one can scarcely hope to see a duplicate In beauty or wealth of decoration of the landau which was occupied by thelatc President McKlhley the body of which vas entirely concealed beneath covering cov-ering of whltCcarnations Garlands of white Rosebuds and ferns added the finishing touches to the ornamenta tion S CO I The Biennial Guide of the General 0 or Federation which has been compiled by Mrs Frank Wiggins chairman of the hotel commlttce of the biennial local board Is a comprehensive guide book of sixtyfour pages and contains much valuable information for the f visitors to Los Angeles Twenty thousand thou-sand copies were printed The places > of Interest entertainment 0 and the pbjective points of several I excursions ex-cursions are also given The headquar tern of the hotel committee are to beat be-At the Westminster and there the committee will be found ready to give assistance to all who need it In secur inc hotel accommodations rooms and board i The guide boqk will be furnished free onappllcatlon to Mrs Wiggins at tho Chamber of Commoice e Twentyfive young men from the military schools of Los Angplcs will assist the hotel and trains committee In directing the visiting clubwomcn to hotels lodgingrooms and homes of entertainment |
