The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-12

Back OF them came the Swiss Guards,
escorting the Queen, their silver helmets
glittering in the sun. The guards are
young men of leading families. They were
Charles Wilson, Bailey Terrill, Frank Arm
strong, Frank McCann, N. Jones and Stan
ley Picknell. *'
The passing of the Queens great car was
applauded all along the line of march.
which was lined with people. The height
of the car made it difficult to get by the
electric wires, which in many places COM
PEELED a halt until they were lifted. Back
of the royal car was the phaeton OF the
Queen dowager and Director General J. P.
Smith. The phaeton was buried in grasses,
sprinkled with violets, and was very pretty
1t was trimmed to set off the beautiful
| costume of the dowager Queen-one of a
series of elegant robes, which were made
for her in Paris, and will be worn in Amer
lea for the first time. 1t was of palest
robinss-egg blue moire, the feet of the
skirt adorned with a fringe of violets set
in chiffon, and the front trimmed with
the same. Her directoire hat was of white,
with dainty white plumes and punches
of violets.
In this order the procession moved from
the pier round the lower road under the
hill below Sunshine Valley. The people,
expecting it to move up the hill, had
crowded the streets there, but the i'm
mensity of the Queens car made that route
impossible. Seeing the direction the line
was taking, there was a grand rush for
favorable positions along the crest of the
hill.
| The procession moved slowly into Pacific
avenue and under the arch, and between
the great lions of st. Marks, from where a
straight stretch Of mile of the avenue lay
under the eye, with its myriad of flying
banners and streamers of white and gold
white and gold without end. The long
stretches of the tribunes in the arena were
filling up now, and themselves presented
an enlivening picture in their glaring
whiteness, for they were covered with new
| muslin.
Roncovieri's band arrived and took up a
position opposite the Queens throne.
| They were escorted by two aids, L. Talbot
Ware and w. E. Mcguire.
| All the time salute was being fired from
| the guns of the Lurline at anchor in the
harbor. A herald announced the arrival
of the royal party at the gates of the
arena and Roncovieri swung his baton and
"Long Live the Queen" responded. The
wires in the arena for the night illumina-
! ton caused the progress to the throne to
be very slow, but at last the great car drove
up to the steps and the royal party de-
scended. The four little flower girls led
the way with the pages. The guards lined
up on each side at present and the Queen,
her long mantle and train being carried by
her maids, assembled to the throne.
The Queen responded graciously to the
plaudits of the people that greeted her.
The Doge and the Mayor and the Prime
Minister District Attorney Carl Lindsay
had also ascended to her side. The music
having ceased, the Doge came forward and
formally renounced in favor of Anita in
these words:
.sWelcome to the Queen of Carnival!
"By magic sway the majesty and beauty
of old Venice has been transported to our
shores. Here is the low lagoon and yonder
Venice-that proud queen of the Adriatic
which rises vision-like from the unsub-
stantial sea. Behind us lies the glory o1
fourteen centuries of Venetian pride, and
now after hundred years of slow decay
we feel our pulses quicken with new life
| and future stretches out before US which
promises to be as bright as Isis ever saw
To me, aproud old Doge, has been assigned