The morning call., 1893-09-10
MISSION PARLOR.
Native Sons Dedicate a
Beautiful Home.
The Young Generation Pay Fitting
Tribute to the Heroic Deeds
of the Pioneers.

Amid waving flags and flying banners,
with strains of music and the voice of
oratory, Mission Parlor ofthe Native Sons
of the Golden West dedicated their new
home yesterday.
Fopi months ago the cornerstone was
laid in the presence of hundreds of the
order, and yesterday the completed struc-
ture was the admiration of thousands who
came to participate IN the ceremonies and
offer their congratulations to the members
OF this enterprising lodge.
On Seventeenth street, short distance
from Valencia, stands the new hall, the
first home of the order in San Francisco.
The facade is a clever combination of
two styles Of architecture-the old Eng
lish that prevailed during the Elizabeth
age, and the quaint Dutch. with its dormer
windows, caves and gables. Roman brick
is used in the front walls up to the win
dows; then it is carried upward into a
broad, low portico, which is supported on
each side by terra Gotta column. The
front portion of the half-basement is d.
vided into two stores, and in the rear is a
large supper-room. a broad vestibule
opens into two spacious lodgerooms, ante
rooms and libraries. From this point rise
two stairways to commodious concert
hall, parlors and dressing-rooms above:
continuing on. the stairway leads to the
gallery. Yet another winding stair car
ries one to the uppermost hall, made pos
sible by the hip roof.
The main hall has a handsomely deco
rated interior. and is finished in warm
tints of yellow, which shade off into gold,
and over 1t the silver and frescoing make
a most pleasing effect.
The procession started from Pioneer
Hall at 10 o'clock, and marched in three
divisions as follows:
The first division was composed of a
platoon OF police. followed by Grand Mar
shall j. S. FenDell and Chief Aid Robert
d. Duke. and Aids w. G. Miller, j. Flagg,
F. MantoD, G. w. Blum. j. Pagan. D. j.
Morrison and w. P. Gilbert; Alcalde Drill
Corps No 3, Mount Tamalpais Parlor No.
154 and Mount Eden Parlor No. 80
The second Division. led by J. c. Ohlandt,
comprised Observatory Parlor No. III,
Precita Parlor No. 1877 and the grand Off
GERS in carriages.
The third division consisted Of Mission
Parlor No. SO and Olympus Parlor No. 1s9.
An immense throng was gathered at the
building to welcome the procession, and
cheer after cheer rent the air as the gayly
uniformed line filed into the hail. AS
soon as the members were seated their
friends crowded in, filing the rest OF the
auditorium and gallery and the stage, until
not an inch of available space was left
unoccupied
The space back of the stage was a mass
of colors. effectively draped about life
sized portrait of General A. NJ Winn, who
ha a oF
the California Republic was prominently
displayed, and its folds were draped along
with the stars and stripes, and on the back
ground emblems OF the order were effee-
lively shown.
After music by the orchestra President
H. G. SchaertZ-r welcomed the visitors
and dedicated the new building In the
following words:
Ladies and gentlemen and brothers, on
behalf OF Mission Parlor No. 38, N. S. G.
W.. bid you welcome and extend to you
the freedom of our hall to-day.
We have Assem- bleo for the purpose of
dedlcatlng our hall, and have selected this
day Tor the reason that IL is the day upon
which all true sons of California love 10
assemble and recall the men and memories
OF the DAYS of old, the days of gold. the
days of 49, On this day the Native Sons
all over this grand and glorious State
gather at some convenient place and hold
exercises with view of perpetuating the
stories OF the struggles and bardships Of
onr pioneer fathers and mothers in their
efforts to make our State what she is to-
day. and to show the survivors of that
glorious band that we. their descendants,
honor and cherish the memory of their
deeds and appreciate all that they have &C
com plished in that behalf.
None OF US will ever know what they |
suffered and endured on their journey TO
the West, and 1t Is only proper and just |