The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-08-07
ISLAM-MECCA.
Pilgrimage to the Big Trees and
Beach at Santa Cruz.

For generous hosts and an enjoyable ex-
cursion, the Shriners Of Islam Temple and
a trip over the narrow-guage railroad TO
the Big Trees and Santa Cruz are worthy
of commentator. The pilgrims from Mecca
Temple. New York, were the guests of their
brothers of Islam yesterday on just such an
excursion. and how well they enjoyed their
days experience would be hard to eXag-
gerate.
The party, numbering just 400, left the
city on special train of eleven cars at 40
o'clock in the morning under the charge OF
District Passenger Agent w. Il. Fitzgerald
of the Southern Pacific Company, and ar
rived at the cool and interesting grove, near
FELTON,, at IL o'clock. Fully two-thirds of
the travellers were ladies. who, at San Jose,
were each provided with bouquet Of
fragrant blossoms by the th0ughtfulnesS Of
the entertaining Shrners.
Once in the grove the Eastern members of
the party were first introduced to the few
renal ming specimens of sequoia which
stand there, and then led to little fiat
along side the babbliDg brook to discuss the
bulls breakfast and barbecue which
awaited. The roasting meats were at once
uncovered from the pits and corps of at
tentive walters laid the juicy viands before
tue CulluuS GOMpdHy, luI tiltIo WtIt lew
there who had ever partaken of just such a
repast. Twenty bulls heads, four quarters
of beef, two sheep, four sacks of corn
roasted in the ear, and as many sacks of
potatoes formed the substantial part of the
feast. which was eked out with fruits of all
kinds and wines from the hills above.
1t was long after the noon hour before
the tables were deserted, and then the
party gathered around the giant General
Fremont" and Jumbo" where the enter
tainment was catered to by Miss Pearl
Noble in cornet solos, George L. Bromley
in flights of elocution and Messrs. Samuel
d. Mayer, Joseph Baston, William Daniels
and w. G. Campbell in vocal quartctS and
solos. Later several effective groups we're
photographed as mementoes of the occa-
sion and at 1 80 o'clock the special was
once more brought into use to whisk the
eXcursonists to Santa Cruz.
On arriving at the beach the entire party
'trod the lot sands" to the bathing estab-
liShment, and while many enjoyed plunge
in the surf, the timld ones either looked on
at the fun or took teams Tor the military
camp or q ride along shore. At o'clock
the footing of the engine warned the lag
CARDS that the hour for departure had come,
and the company faced toward home. En-
route they were entertained by the min
strelS of the order, headed by the urbane
passenger agent, and at times the DIyafat
went his rounds administering ZEN Fem
l
The direction of the excursion was in the
hands of the following committee, whose
members were worthy of all praise for the
excellence of their arrangements: Poten-
tate c. l.. Flood. Mobiles J. G. Wall, Charles
JoSt Jr., L. ID. de Witt, l.. q. Spear and G..
G. Kenyon Chairman
Tomorrow the visitors will be given a
drive through Golden Gate Park in the
afternoon, and in the evening they will at
tend the California TheaJer in a body, and
IGla 70
Post street. On Friday they will spend the
afternoon in Oakland and vicinity, and on
Saturday an excursion on the bay will be
the principal feature of the days pleasure.
For fear of seasickness the oce an trip has
been abandoned. and the excursion will be
confined to the smooth water of the harbor,
visiting the dry-dOcks, the Union Iron
Works, and by special permission Of Irving
NJ. Scott the Monterey and also the new
cruiser San Francisco.