The festivities were all of a floral character, winding up with a flower
dance, in which forty-eight young ladies of the city took part, each
representing a different flower. Their dresses were fashioned and
colored like the flowers they represented, and were covered with bunches
of the real flowers.
After the young girls had danced for a few moments a number of young men
dressed as bees joined the dance, and a few moments later a score of
little children as butterflies.
This first carnival was such a success that it was decided to repeat it
and make it an annual affair.
Since then, not only Santa Barbara, but a number of other Californian
towns have held their annual flower festival.
People from the East are now making excursions to the Pacific Coast on
purpose to see the charming sight.
The carnival season that has just passed has been more beautiful than
usual, the favorable weather bringing the flowers out in great splendor.
In Los Angeles they had a parade of carriages decorated with flowers, a
prize being given for the most tastefully decked vehicle.
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