The morning call., 1894-06-09

and Central California building has been
beautifully decorated with roses. sweet
peas, pausies, mareuerites and other
| flowers, a carload of blossoms having been
sent down from the Capital City for the
purpose. Several special trains will come
! from Sacramento to-day, and the Sacra-
mentO badges will be worn by thousands
of eXcursionists.
IRE Foresters will have their exercises
in Festival Hall at $50 P. NJ. The pro-
gramme will include addresses by Harry
| Ryan, P. G. c. R., by Lewis Thorne, S. G.
R., by c. II. Breper, by L. |. Wolfe, by {.
z. Rendon, G. c. r.. ard by DirectOr-Gen-
eral de Young. There will be vocal solo
by Nine. Coursen-RoecEel, Rotations by
Julius Kahn, Miss Annie de Woody and
Mrs. Fenetta Sargent Haskell. The Mex
lean band will furnish music. The FOres-
ters will also receive recognition in the
midst of the illuminatiOns IN the evening
by the display on the sides Of the electric
tower of the emblems OF their order and
pyrOtechnical portrait of Lewis Thorns of
Los Angeles. The Sacramentans will also
be recognized in a similar manner by the
display Of the word Sacramento" on the
face of the tower.
The chief feature OF both afternoon and
evening will be THE Day and Night in
Japan" Representatives of 1.-The Flowery
Kingdom" will have full sway and the
procession will be entirely under their
auspices. They promise that there shall
be more flowers In the parade and about
the central court than on the occasion OF
the floral festival.
The Japanese demonstration will include
an afternoon and an evening parade.
Twenty-siX decorated equipages will be in
line. There will be six floral floats, each
representing a japanese subject. There
will be twenty jinrikshas, each covered
with flowers and bearing girl in japanese
costume. Kongas will also be borne, as
are seen on the hills and on the plains Of
Japan.
One OF the floats will represent the vol
canO of Fusiyama, with snow at the peak
aud flowers at the base. There will DO
Japanese fighting men noun ted and actors
in burlesque costumes on foot.
In the evening the parade will be re-
peated, with illumination accessories.
Fireworks will be shown along the line OF
march. Long strings of Japanese Ian
terms will be festOoned about the court
and will hang from the galleries Of the
electric tower.
In connection with the International
Equestrian Festival meeting of all the
military organizations of San Francisco
will be held at Norman's Hall on Bush
street this evening TO discuss plans for the
festival. Four troops Of cavalry have been
organized. and are practiclng daily at the
Bay District Track.
These troops will illustrate French, Ger
lUdns Luslieu anu AluCllSau any Oft-
buttons.
On the 9th inst. the recreation grounds
will be transformed into an immense
camp. with tents for the Mexican bull
fighters. Arizona cowboys and cavalry
men. Two grand equestrian performances
viii be given daily for week. The prin-
cipal feature will be the pageant, in which
600 lady and gentlemen riders will appear
in fancy and military costumes, with
bull-fghters and cowboys in their own
unique attire. There will be sixteen speed
contests, including steeple-chasing. hurdle
racing and fat racing.
The time for the arrangement of Mon
tana day is so limited that Commissioner
7. G. Merrill finds himself a very busy
man getting everything In shape. THIS
fact makes il O matter of impossibility to
organize any very large special parties
from that State, but number are coming
anyway to participate in the event. One
of the features will be the giving away of
souvenir saBphires.
The exercises of Hawaiian day, which is
to be on Monday, will consist of a parade
around the grand court at 1 o'clock by the
HawaiIans at the fair and in the city,
headed by the Exposition band. to be fol-
lowed by Iug-of-war between the VOL
cano and village teams, swimming con-
test between the girls of the village, and
exhibitions OF diving, TOpe-walking and
spear-throwing by natives.
In the evening luau or feast, which
has been under preparation for a month,
viii be given 10 the attaches of the conces-
! sion in the exhibition hall OF the village.
1t will be conducted in strictly old Ha-
waiian style, with the guests seated on
mats at the table, less than a foot high.
The menu will include: Pigs, chickens
and dogs wrapped 10 q leaves and roasted
in the ground; breadfruit, taro, pine
apples, guayas. pomeRranateS, green
cocoanHts and several varieties of fish, in
Guiding sQuid. Poi will 90 with every
course,