The morning call., 1894-05-07

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discs in Festival Hall.
$3.50 P. M.-Concert by Cassasa's Mid
winter Exposition band.
p. M.-Evening chimes on the bells
by Professor Holt.
p. M.-Grand iIlumin nation OF CEN
trail court.
1880 p. M.-Concert by Cassasa's Mid
winter Exposition band.
and $50 p. M.-PlGying of the cleo
trio fountain.
Around Midwinter Fair headquarters
the chief topic of conversation yesterday
was the report of the committee of fifty
upon fair finances and management.
That the exposition is amassing money
was considered as pleasing surprise. and
il quite frequently prompted the question:
"What will be done with the cash ?'
The heads of departments and other en-
ployes would like to have their claims In
creased and believe that means would be
the most advisable to keep surplus
down.
II knew very WELL" remarked Colonel
T. 2. Robinson. director-general of amuse-
ments, "that when 1 took hold of the
amusement features 1 would put the fair
on sound financial basis"
"Deep wn l think" added head of a
department, "that the scheme has been to
pay back subscr iptions. or to offer the
money to those who subscribed AID, If
they agree. give 1t all to Golden Gate Park
for improvements"
The industrious spielers along the Mid
way had read the report and often turned
their knowledge to advantage with new
joke. One Of them succeeded In gathering
a crowd around his home of mysteries and
thought the time oppOrune to allude to
the report. ''The most mysterious place
on the grounds, ladies and gents, except
the DIrector-GeneTaFs 0thce, and is not
that we'll worth seeing?" he yelled, and
the spectators laughed.
Cassasa was happy in the afternoon, as
he played to a remarkably large audience
in the grand court His band never
played better. and those who heard the
music were delighted with it. knowing
there were only thirty-fve performers and
it was all local talent with a native son
leader. The audience was one Of the
largest that have yet gathered around the
band stand OF Sunday afternoon. The
Mex lean musicians are in town, but they
will not perform until Tuesday, when
their new uniforms will be ready. Their
first concert will be given tomorrow after
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and it is sure to draw large crowd.
When the band begins to play at 2 30
P. NJ. Jean WeitZman will give his first
hgh-wire performance on a rope stretched
from the tower 10 the Liberal Arts build
ing.
The executive committe will give an ex-
curslOn to-day to the foreign commission
ers and heads of departments. The party
will leave on the Tibur0n ferry at 40
a. NJ. for Santa Rosa in gayly decorated
special train over the San Francisco and
North Pacific Railroad. The train will
reach Santa Rosa at 9 80 A. NJ, stopping
there for few moments only, and then
going on to Corbels. where half an hour
will be spent at that famous winery.
Guerneville will be reached at II 80 A. NJ.
and the redwo0ds at noon. Three hours
will be spent among the big trees. the
homeward start being made at S:15 P. NJ.
Santa Rosa, De Turks vineyard aud San
Rafael will be taken in on the way back,
and the party will reach San Francisco by
special boat before P. NJ.
The order of B'nai Birth will celebrate
its day on May 10 at the fair. The follow
ing programme of sports to be held in the
recreation grounds has heen arranged:
Running races for boys over 10 years, for
girls over TO- for boys under 10, for girls
under 10: jumping contests. standing and
running; hop, skip and jump; 100-yard
IuuHtHR IdCct Opcu W duAlliaEJ HELL
walking match, 100 yards, open to auxil-
iary members; skiDping-rope race for
girls. The events will consist of base
ball match between the Jewish Orphan
Asylum and Free Religious School; tug
Of-war between teams from the same in
stitutions; also bicycle races, free 10 all.
and donkey race. The contests will be
for prizes, three of which are offered for
each event. Literary exercises will be
held in Festival Hall in the afternoon.
l. 0. =. b. day promises to be a splendid
event. The children will be admitted free
upon tickets furnished them by the execu-
tive committee and can ride free over the
Metropolitan Electric Railway to and from
the exposition. Six concessions will be
free to the young folks, to whom a lunch
will be served at noon In the grounds.
The following is programme of the ex-
ercis6s ar Festival Hall: Overture by Ex-
position Band; remarks by President S.
Enkle; introduction and welcome by Direc-
tor-General de Young; song by the chill
dren of the Religious School; Grafton by
Z. !. Wolfe; selection by Orphan Asylum
Band; song by the children of the Re-
ligious School; closing remarks by DR.. j.
NOOrsanger.
Imbued with a desire to gain some
knowledge of the traits of an ostrich while
being broken to saddle. Apache George,
the wild broncho-b breaker, WIN intends
corral yesterday and tried an experiment
with this big ferocious bird. 1t was found
a matter of impossibility to strap a saddle
to the bird, owing to its gyrations, but the
intrepid cowboy says he will ride Jim
Blaine anyway. The contest will take
place at the recreation grounds some day
this week. match is being arranged for
a battle between the big horse-killer. as
Jim Blaine has come to be known, and
three storks. The stakes are 500, ana
the matcn will take place privately, the
date remaining a secret until after the
fight has taken place.
1t doesn't look very hard TO paddle a
kayak or canoe and keep 1T right side up
when Northern native does il, at least so
thought Gus Fox. one of the barkers out
at the fair yesterday, and as it was Sunday
and the place was quiet he thought he
would try the experiment. He is thor
oughly satisfied now that it is not the
easiest thing In the world after all. for he
came very near drowning.
The kayak Is a covered arrangement that
confines the paddler's lower extremItles in
such a way that 1t is impossible to extri-
cate himself il ne capsizes. This Is just
what the cranky little vessel did, and
the fair spieler found himself head down
ir tour feet of water with a 100 to 1 shot
that be would have to cash in his checks.
Fortunately for him. however, Abraham