Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1901 — Flower Carriage For McKinley. [ARTICLE]

Flower Carriage For McKinley.

The carriage in which the President rode during the parade of flowers in Los Angeles was one of the most handsomely decorated vehicles in the procession. The decorations were white, with here and there a touch of yellow lending color to the beautiful display. Drawn by four white horses, it made a striking figure. The body of the carriage was solid white, save for a yellow effect about the sent of the driver, where yellow marguerites were arranged tastefully. The robe was of yellow satin. The wheels were disks of white carnations, centred by a few of the yello w-colored blooms. Inside the carriage was trimmed in yellow. Carnations were used exclusively in securing the white effect on the carriage. The white was set off by the green of smllax and asparagus.' The harness of the horses was drapped in yellow satin, and bouquets of white carnations and yellow bows of satin ribbon were placed on here ana there. Ten thousand white carnations were used In decorating the carriage. Four outriders, dressed in Spanish costume, emblematic of the early days of California, attended It; each of the outriders wore a yellow satin cap, and carried a white carnation.—Los Angeles Times.