The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 95, Ed. 1 Friday, April 24, 1914 Page: 7 of 16
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SUGE IS SET
FOR BATTLE
OF FLOWERS
Crowning Event of Fiesta
Week Ready for Presenta-
tion to Throngs.
SUBJECTS TO SEE QUEEN
Court of Year to Appear in
Pageant—Beautiful Floats
Promised.
After months of preparation the
stage is all set for the Fiesta’s
crowning event the Battle of Flow-
ers parade a spectacle of Imposing
/nagnificence and rare beauty which
in former years many spectators
have acclaimed as being unrivaled
by any pageant in America. This
time the procession promises to be
even more wonderful than in years
gone bj forming a fitting climax to
a week of festivity that has given
the public much in the way of en-
tertainment.
The parade will begin Its trium-
phal round of the downtown district
at 4:30 o'clock. After the gorgeous
creations bearing Queen Catherine
of the House of Franklin duchesses
of the Court of the Year and visit-
ing duchesses who include some of
the fairest daughters of Texas have
passed before the admiring throngs
a return will be made to Alamo
Plaza. There the historic Battle of
the Alamo will be refought but this
time by beautiful girls and women
with flowers as ammunition.
Queen to Greet Public.
Thursday night Queen Catherine
was crowned sovereign of the realm
of festivity and beauty assumed her
royal throne and was paid homage
bv all of her subjects who could be
crowded into the Majestic Theater.
But this afternoon she will really
come into her own when she greets
the populace at large from her or;
nate throne-chariot.
In her wake will be the Princess
of the Seasons Princess Bodien of
the House of Martin; then the
duchesses of the various months all
mounted on floats beautifully em-
blematic of the months of the year.
Visiting duchesses will ride with
duchesses of the court and all will
be attended by their knights and
esquires mounted on horseback.
Governor Colquitt sent word Fri-
day morning that he would be un-
able to be present because of the
gravity of the Mexican situation and
delegated Mrs. Colquitt to represent
him in the procession. Grand Mar-
shal Col. Charles G. Treat was forced
to leave for El Paso Thursday night
in command of his troops and some
of the troops from the post intended
for appearance in the parade are
also ep route to the border.
Will Not Mar Success.
But this turn of affairs will not
mar the success of the parade to any
appreciable extent. Maj. Jesse M.
Carter of the Third cavalry will
marshal the procession in the ab-
sence of Colonel Treat and will have
with him two troops of the regiment.
The Third field artillery and Third
cavalry bands will also be in line.
The parade will move in eight di-
visions the first comprising the mil-
itary forces. In the next division
members of the governor's staff city
and county officials and directors of
the Fiesta Association will ride in
automobiles. The third is the queen’s
division the most Important of all.
The fourth division will comprise
decorated victorias In which will
ride Mrs. T. A. Coleman and Mrs.
George C. Elchlitz president and
vice president respectively of the
Battle of Flowers Association; Mrs.
O. B. Colquitt and her daughter.
Miss Mary’ Colquitt; Mrs. Rebecca
Fisher president of the Daughters
of the Republic and other promi-
nent women. The fifth division is
for decorated automobiles and the
sixth for electrics.
King to Hoad Division.
King Erhard will head the sev-
enth division which will include
decorated floats and tallyhos. Chil-
dren in pony carts and traps will
form the last division.
The parade will be of especial In-
terest because df the numerous val-
uable prizes which merchants have
offered for entries in the various
divisions. The prize 113 t is as fol-
lows:
Victories —First prize. Bell Jew-
elry Company cup; second prize
Hertzberg Jewelry Company cup.
Gasoline automobiles—First prize
Wolff & Marx Co. electrolier? sec-
ond prize Kray’s Jewelry Company
silver tea service; third prize Fisk
Company of Texas speedometer.
Electrics —First prize. Levy tan-
sky's silver cup.
Traps—First prize McNeel’s Jew-
elry Company'silver cup.
Chliaren’s division —First prize J.
R. Sprague silver cup.
Tallyhos and floats. —First prize
Joske Bros. Co. statuary: second
prize. Stowers Furniture Company
electrolier.
Famous Plays Parade.
But the Battle of Flowers proces-
sion is not the only treat the day-
holds in store for sightseers. At
night the "Famous Plays” parade
postponed from Wednesday night.
New Cadillac
1914 Model
$1950
Alamo Auto Sales Co.
Bedell Building
FRIDAY
will be given. The floats have been
built to portray sixteen plays of
world-wide fame and are truly won-
derful creations. The parade Is the
moat important night procession of
the week.
Major Buell has promised fair
weather for Friday afternoon and
THE PRINCESS AND THREE DUCHESSES OF THE COURT OF THE YEAR
x ” Home Portraits by Cones.
Her Highness Lady Bodien of the House of Martin; Princess of the Seasons (left) Lady Ruth Lipscomb Duchess of September; (upper right) Lady
Joanna Ganter Duchess of Kerrville; (lower right) Lady Katherine McGown Duchess of May.
iiight and if the prediction holds
good it is indicated a n< ' record
will be set for crowds in the down-
town section. Many Fiesta visitors
purposely waited until apl roach of
the Battle of Flowers and all trains
into the city Thursday night and
Friday morning were loaded to ca-
pacity with passengers.
The 1914 Fiesta will terminate
Saturday night with a spectacular
parade by traveling men Saturday
is Traveling Men's Day and "knights
of the grip" have prepped to Stake
the most of the occasion Members
of various travelers associations
will be her? from al’ parte of the
state. In the afternoon a dansant
will be given at the Monger Hotel
tor visiting women.
“Dare-devil" Schre'cr made his
thrilling bicycle dive at 2 30 o'clock
Friday afternoon and ’he perform-
ance will be repeated el 9:30 o clock
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
at night. The dog show was visited
by record crow’ds Friday and all
street shows did the best business of
the week.
TRADES PARADE ATTRACTIVE.
Fifty Floats in Unr Show Made in
Nut .Antonio product*.
Widi nearly fifty entries in line
representing as many local indus-
tries and business concerns. the
trades parade passed through the
I city at 4:46 o'clock Thursday after-
noon. There were many prettily
I decorated floats and various among
! these attracted the usual scores of
followers with the souvenirs and
'samples of foodstuffs that were dis-
। peraed liberally among the crowds
on the sidewalks.
[ Of special beauty was a float en-
tered by the Joske Bros Company.
It was .built in the form of a oat-
tieship । was decorated in pink
and wh flowers. Four pretty young
ladies wi occupied positions on the
float *i l anced its attractiveness.
These >* Misses Emma Walsh as
Misses Gia<i>s HU|
Emma Whittier and Clara Max as
duchess that was
novel a i attractive was representa-
tive of bread-baking Industry. It
was enieted by the -Soldier Steam
Baker? and represented a house
built eriircly of bread and colored
cakes.
Paul Drciss a* Marshal.
A ><i . 1 of mounted police pre-
ceded it* parade making right-of-
way f.u it. The parade was headed
by M. >1 Paul Dreiss who had us
his H nil Gy* Gayer
and ch-rhs E. Koehler. Following
came th’ Third Field Artillery band
and then the Joske Brothers float.
Next in HnF was a pink-trimmed
auto- vai entered by the Pancoust-
i Morgan Company. The Merrell-Souie
Company of Syracuse N—Y. had a
large factory demonstrating truck
' tor the "None-Such" food products
• representing the local W. E. Smith
j Wholesale Grocery Company.
The Fisk Company was in line
I with an electric delivery truck. F. A.
‘Cocke cat* red a string of horses
I mules ind wagons. The J. L. Steen-
j man Cabinet Company had in line a
large truck mounted with choice fur-
Initure. The Le Comte stables had a
choice turnout In the livery line.
I John Williams who deals in men s
furnishings entered a bicycle attrac-
tively gotten up to represent an aero
plane.
An automobile containing three
members of St. Mark s Troop No. 1.
represented the Boy Souls of Aipvr-
ica. A. F. Beyer typewriters had a
I decorated bicycle in line A truck
prettily decorated in purple and
’green represented the paper box iu-
।
dus try of the R. L. Burnett Com- ;
pany.
A large Hon duplicating its trade-
mark was the distinctive entry of I
the San Antonio Macaroni factory. ।
A wagon decorated in the national
colors from which papers wrapped
in cowr*. were distributed'
represented the Southern Messenger. :
Made in San Antonio PnKiucU.
| Then cume: A truck containing a
> । engine and two windmills.
/Heck Machinery Company. Three
I decorated Yale motorcycles. Rovai
i bicycle shop. Decorated delivery I
| wagon distributing pin trays. Luch-
chese Brothers. Th* Union Meal
Company ' nu a display
J wagons and trucks the trucks being ।
loaded with lard and other “U. M
IC.” products. The Alamo Iron Works}
| will) a Utelay ot lifting jack* well:
i pumps lyiindvrs and other machin-1
try. all being made In San Antonio
‘The Southern Macaroni Factory with |
APRIL 24 1914.
its “Capitol” brand products dis-
tributing boxes of vermicelli and
macaroni as samples. A huge five-ton
Whit? truck Fraser Auto Supply
Company. x
A huge sack of flour Inithe cen-
I ter of a prettily decorated float was
! the entry of the Pioneer Flour Mills.
I There were numberlen small size
making all together a most attrac-
tive display.
An automobile delivery wagon
decorated was entered by the Bexar
Auto Livery Company. The Alamo
Furniture Company had a float
decorated in green red white and
blue and containing articles of house
furnishing. The G. A. Duerler Manu-
facturing Company giving away
bags of candy had an attractive float
trimmed in yellow white and red.
Windmill of Btseults.
A monster Dutch windmill made
of Takotna biscuits and crackers was
a feature in the float of the Brown
Cracker & Candy Company. An en-
try of the Newton-Weiler & Wagner
। Company displayed various house-
hold furnishings. L. W. Culver had
two large moving vans in line. A
truck containing al) sorts of imple-
। ments was in line for the H. D. Neal
Company. The L. Frank Saddlery
[Company had a display of blankets
saddles and horsemen’s paraphema-
|Ma.
An attractive float decorated to
represent a summer porch was the
entry of the Household Furniture
Companv. The Royal Tea Company
had three delivery wagons in the
parade and all were decorated. The
Morrison Coffee Company and the
Pioneer Vinegar Work? were next in
line with decorated floats.
A pretty float decorated In red.
white and blue from which bags of
candy were generously distributed
was in line for the Jenner Manufac-
turing Company.
A float for the John Deer? Com-
pany was neatly decorated with
American flags. Th? Guarantee Mo-
tor Company had a big one-ton truck
in line. The Ssn Antonio Machine &
Supj ly Company bad two floats en-
tered. both featuring “Samsco” ma-
chln -ry. A motorcycle delivery’ caA
of the Manhattan Cafe decorated
wound iid the parade.
Tn addition to the music furnished
by the Third F1«ld Artillery band
there were two divisions of Smith's
band separated at intervals In the
parade.
DOG SHOW DRAWS CROWD.
Orphan* Pay Visit to Exhibit as
Guests <ff Kennel Club.
Friday was "orphans’ day" at
the San Antonio Kennel Club’s show
qnd many children atended by Sis-
ters of Charity and attendants were
given a chance to view the $20000
worth of dog-flesh that is on exhibi-
tion. .In addition the shdW rooms at
117 Mam avenue were crowded with
citizens and visitors who like good
dogs the show being pronounced the
best ever held in the south.
Probable the collies on which
Judge George W. Clayton passed
judgment Thursday afternoon are a
higher classed collection than have
been seen at many of the big eastern
kennel club shows while English
. bulldogg have attracted much atten-
-1 tion. Airedales arealso particularly
। strong and fox terriers of which
there ar- BOM than 60 on display
I including many noted winners of
* blue ribbons and prizes will be
judged during Friday afternoon and
evening. C. C. Leels puppy "Denver
Defiance.” won a blue ribbon and a
silver cup in Thursday's judging
and there is open competition be-
tween it and Professor Wesley Pea-
coek’s "Sabine Retained ’’ A. Self’s
bitch and T. A. Coleman's “Sport”
Judging was recommenced at 2
o’clock Friday and will be continued
far into the night with a recess for
supper.
Saturday will be the last day of
the show. It will be "society day."
and Mrs T. A. Coleman will award
the 30 silver cups to the winners
and a prize to the "cutest” dog in
the show. The king of the Fiesta. Er-
hard Guenther also will be present
to decide which is the "handsomest”
dog In the show and to tie & blue
ribbon around its neck.
WILL GIVE THE DANSANT.
TrgveNog Men Msk? Pbms for Their
Day of
A the danesnt to be held tn the
Gunter Hotel boHroora from 4 to 7
o’clock in the afternoon will be the
biggest feature the program for
Traveling Men's Day. Saturday. Ar-
rangements for the celebration that
day arc in the hands of a committee
of the Traveling Menu Association
of Texas end every traveling man
who is in the city has been extended
an Invitation to participate in the
I factivities.
Headquarters for traveling men
I will be maintained at the Gunter
Hotel during th? day and Secretary
H. V. Weise wPI ho on hand to dis-
fribute badges and credentials. The
parade will be flormed at the Gun-
ter Hotel a’ S o’c’ock. Costumes
will be supplied at the headquarters.
On the committee arranging the cel-
ebration arp T. N. Dechmann. chair-
man; F. Rennert and Russell Jen-
nett.
NEW UFE
Found in Change to Right baud.
After ope suffers for months from
acid dyspepsia sour stomach and
then finds the remedy is in getting
tke r ght kind of food it is some-
thing to speak about.
A N. Y. lady and her young son
had such an experience and she
wants others to know how to get re-
lief. She writes:
“For about fifteen months my lit-
tle boy and myself had suffered with
sour stomach. We were unable to
retain much of anything we ate.
After suffering in this way for so
| long I decided to consult a specialist
in stomach diseases. Instead of pre-
scribing drugs he put us both on
| Grape-Nuts and we began to im-
I prove immediately.
"It was the key to a new life. I
found w® had been eating too muth
' heavy food which v\e could not dl-
■ Scat In a few weeks after com-
mencing Grape-Nuts. I was able to
|do my house work. I wake In the
। morning with a clear head and feel
i rested and have no sour stomach. My
boy sleeps well and wulies wttft a
laugh
We have regained our loet weight
and continue to eat Grape-Nuts for
both the morning and evening meals.
We are well gnd happy and owe it to
Urape-NuU ‘
Name given b\ I’ostum Co. Battle
Creek. Mich. Read The Road to
WellvlUv M in packages. There’s a
Reason. '*
Ever read Iter ateow X arw
one appear?* from time io time. They
are gvuMiiic. irur. aud full of teumau
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Diehl, Charles S. & Beach, Harrison L. The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 95, Ed. 1 Friday, April 24, 1914, newspaper, April 24, 1914; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1596030/m1/7/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .