The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-19

sons, each exhibiting some novelty or
special attraction. Among them were:
Jacob Eckhart on a rooster composed of
dyed pampas plumes; Victor Kelton on
strange griffin made of Agrippina roses of
dark pink variety; G. d. Thurmond on
machine covered with brodiea, bearing on
1t an elaborate Maltese cross in buff roses;
Louis Wade, in an old Spanish costume, on
wheel trimmed in pinks.
Miss FANNIE Craddock and Miss Viola
Gilbert rode "soclable" decorated with
roses and marigolds. The ladies were
dressed progressively in nave-blue bloom
ers, white waists, pink sashes, black stock
ings and shoes and carried banners and
flowers. Lulu Blank was on a wheel
decorated with glazenwood roses arranged
in the form of an anchor, and wore dress
matching the color of the roses. L.
Spencer exhibited a wheel in the form of a
shoe, she herself being the old woman who
lived in the tabled shoe. The flowers were
duchess roses. Edith Shepard's wheel
was trimmed in marguerites and pink
roses her dress consisting of a white
waist and dark skirt. Ada Lesher was
companion piece to Thurmond, her ma
chine being decked with sea roses filled in
solid on the Wheels which bore crescents
on their hubs. Oran Harrison had decked
his wheel with all manner of roses Net
tie Railton rode in natty boomers on a
wheel decorated the same as that of Kel-
ton. Clarence Sawyer's wheel was trimmed
with yellow bankseas. Miss Bessie Kelton
displayed white bankseas, the rider wearing
a white waist, blue bloomers and blue cap.
Miss Mabel Fox was dressed the same, her
wheel looking we'll in marguerites, white
roses and smilax. Miss Nora Sawyer was
in pink dress on bicycle tricked out in
pink roses. Her companion was Harvey
Fox, on bicycle decorated in the same
manner. The whole exhibit was a striking
feature of the great procession.
One of the most comical exhibits of the
day was that representing four French
pierrots or clowns in rough mule cart.
So modest was the mule, whose name was
Violet, that she wore loose boomers and
had powdered her face. The mule cart
was covered with white cloth, ON which
great spots and moons had been painted in
yellow and read, ana over this were fes-
foons of brodiea. The pierrots were: Carl
Howard, Charles Fernald, Joseph Pierce,
Robert C. Rogers and their driver was
Frank Silva.
In one phaeton Mrs. Tapely and Mrs.
Kingsley were together. The single white
horse was beautifully trimmed with pink
duchess roses. The horses harness seemed
literally made of the roses Both ladies
wore pink crepe. Over 5000 roses were
| used in the pretty exhibit.
Antonio Gutierrez little fellow, ap-
peared in Mexican costume on pony with
brodina saddlecloth and decorated with
duchess roses.
The aids of the grand marshal we're:
Frank A. Conant, Hollister L. f. Lamb,
C. S. Sawyer, w. II. Maris and Carl Stod-
dard. The latter on handsome horse,
looked very striking. He had roll of
| Duchess roses; blankets and garlands of
the same. Conant was on bay horse,
wearing a black suit, hat with plume and
cream sash. His horse had beauty of
I glazenwood saddle and bride. Two extra
aids, Austin and Benjamin Hayne, had
respectively bay horse decorated with
pink blossoms and white horse trimmed
with carnations. H. G. Spence was in pale
| blue and silver, the decorations of his horse
being glazenwood roses.
| Miss Jennie Rutherford looked very
handsome on black horse, decorated with
duchess roses and maidenhalr fern.
Willie Rutherford appeared on decor
ated horse with many flowers.
| Miss Ellen Cooper of Elmwood exhibited
very effective farm-wagon drawn by six
mules. The wagon was decorated and
! filled with flowers, brodiea predominating.
The occupants were Mrs. Annie Moore
Rowens, Dora, Phoebe, Milton and Olive
Moore and Helen Cooper.
Among the ladies on horseback Miss
Lottie Allen, decorations yellow nastur-
tiums, and Miss Olive Bell, decorations red
geraniums, were conspicuous features of
the parade.
Edward Dowell was much applauded as
he rode on horseback, the decorations be-
ing beauty of glazenwood roses and gar
land of brodina
Peter Savage, seated on a saddle-cloth
made of pinks and banksias, looked very
striking in Spanish costume.
In living Gala lilies were five children
in the buggy class, their caps having been
made to represent that flower. They were
Josephine, Winifred, Genevieve, Charles
and David Crickelair. David drove Fan
ME, the mule. The vehicle was covered
with fresh-cut callas.
T. A. Crawford made a gallant eques-
trian on bay horse, with white mar
guerite saddle cloth, red fly net and yellow
marguerite head stall.
In the hght-wagon class was the party of
Lows Reed, which attracted much atten-
ton. 1t was composed of Mr.. Reed,
Misses Elsie Grant, Mamie Lane and Net