The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-05-02

during the afternoon. An. immense crowd
: listened to the. music; - . -..-'. -
. rhfre was a n excursion of 1.-The ch lidren
:of: the. :Sund gy=scGools Of San Jose lat the
park dlif ing: the day The: little ones en-
iOyed their day. in.the. park immensely
WHhzthe.me rry= go-r round and the goats and
d0HkeYS Ito Tileisthe. s@ pgs and the bail.
grounds; there was plenty; OF fun: for all.
The clllidIen's playground presented an
ANNA ted scene .all:day log. - -. - -. =.
:. The Union AIetho dist* Sun daY.sch0ols of
tTie<eiiy held a picnic at Ell Campo, and
there " as. a Jam on the; ferry boats.Gn day.
1.-The Grand "Oper2-h0use was packed to
: its limits at two May-uay ALTERATIONS yes
:terdsy: the fact thatthe proceeds would ge
@foEthe benent OF the wIdo VS. and corphans:
fund of Garfield, Colonel .Csss and Meade
posts of the G. A. r. bffngin the friends
Of that organization outen. nlasse..
:: The occasion of the benefit was the joint
celebration fof Alayday and the opening of
: the Colum bian Exposition at Chicago. The
: affair was conducted en- irely by members
of The G. A. I:;:who acted as usheTs and
dGoTkeepers.: and arranged tho programme.
:: W. W. Stone: was the. superintendent, while
John J sck,: the".yeterrn; actor. looked out
for the stage management. - >:
= the fnplt is: Of the pubIic schools were the
principal perfofHiers- and all showed re-
mark able: de gre e., OF training :; 10 their
parts. The. SOqth CQsm0pOlital. Peabody.
Franklin. w as htngtlr;. Longfeflow,. South
Hearst :schn6Es ALI stnt#their quota. of
embryo :ac tors. and. actresses, and: each
sch. -ol WED, with: the OF her to*make their
SPECIAL. part ,+.ot+ the Gsramme tile best
Songs; DANCES, fills. aHd, :chOTuses. formed
: the.pFinc features, and-l be :Gendering:of
?: escha5llIbeF .@Rs:a great surprise, when the
aee:ot the hlldren Is take nintg: eonsTdera-
q tiGIi:..-:; -. IT -.
Fancy dances IN. costume were gfvensby
!. Enmaaay I1dttie Pr ad u. I'd tth Beers Tudy
2. Kent and. 1Fene> RADIO Yichi the: two latter
being little tots. under %: years old, who
!. brought q own TIE house. witt. their Spanish
and sernentshe DANCES -. :.
=, The Delsarie tsbleaux, given BY the pu-
pills Of the. Horace Mann school, were very
graceful and showed much practice.
= Ida; Wyatt gave skipping-rope dance.
sand Miss Sbean, a teacher of the South San
! Columbian Eornpipe, assisted by eight Of
: her pupils
= The feature of the evenings programme
;. was scene from the opera Columbus"
By. the Mission Grammar School, Alma
- Greenwich took the title role and sang it
very we'll.
:: The only professionals who took part
:: were John Jack and his wife (Annie Fir
NM and Ethel Brandon. Miss Brandon
:; read In the afternoon Joaquin Miller's
Shenandoah" and Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
presented the quarrel scene from Sheri-
Ing they gave a scene from Romeo and
Juliet" with Jack az Friar Lawrence and
Miss Firmin as Juliet.
Each performance concluded with q
a: tabeau. in which all the scholars took
: part. These represented the crOwning of
the May queen by ths leaders of the court
OF fairies, and was most prettiiy given.
Quite largo sum was raised for the
fund. and the G. A. X. men can congratu-
late themselves on successful Mayday.