The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-21
JOLLY TARS RECEIVE.
Santa Barbara's Elite
Goes Aboard the
Olympia.
LANDSMEN HARDLY IN 1T
Officers of the Big Cruiser
Royalty Entertain Their
Admiring Guests.
GAY THE SCENE PRESENTED.
Seamen Fittingly Show Their Ap-
probation of the Charms of
the Flower City.

SANTA BARBARA, CAL, April 20.-No
set of people have enjoyed the past weeks
festivities with half the zest of the Olym-
pia's crew. 1t is always delight and a
privilege for Jack to get on dry land, but
when to the ordinary pleasures and novel
| ty Of life on terra frma are added the free
dom of charming little town, whose in
habitants vie with each other in extending
every courtesy and hospitality 10 the
stranger, and where great and beautiful
festival, affording a series OF enchanting
sights is in full blast, and where the mid
shipman, the naval officer and the sailor
are the heroes of the day in their respective
| social circles, the sailors cup OF Joy flows
over.
On the afternoon OF the Hazard recep-
! ton the officers were the honored guests
and the recipients Of homage from all sides.
On the day of the floral procession the boys
in blue travelled up and down the streets
dragging the floral Olympia behind them
| TO deafening accompaniment of cheers
and were cheered again when they were at
length relieved from their task and invited
to prominent seats on the tribunes opposite
the judges stand.
When the gay cavalcade had passed for
the last time and people were descending
from the tribunes and hasteRfng home
ward or hotelward the Olympia boys re-
mained until the last spectators had de-
parted, and then reluctantly descended
into the street and shouted, 'sHurrah for
Santa Barbara until they were hoarse,
4 oh = he
At twilight OF that day band OF citi-
zens slowly driving up the quiet lane that
winds past the old Mission witnessed an
extraordinary sight-a couple of marines
making a tour Of the sights of the place
emerged from the stately doorway of the
ancient church and stood upon the worn
stone platform.
| A sudden inspiration seized one and un-
conscious OF any spectators but his COM
rade his legs commenced to fly and he act
ually danced hornpipe on the revered
and time-honored steps OF the gray old
mission church, hornpipe born OF the
very exuberance Of happiness, hornpipe
at which the amiable old friars peacefully
slumbering in the itchen-grown tombs
but just around the corner would have
smiled indulgence could they have wit
messed it.
On Friday the town literally swarmed
with middies and marines They were
everywhere strolling along State street in
two and threes aud fours, patrolling the
| boulevard, patronizing the baths, gambol-
| ing with the waves, dashing up the streets
on horseback and riding up the canyons
| This afternoon the tables were turned
/ q nd RI 10 iryr 1Ylio &r-rr o1 -,l
scale. For three days past il had been
understood that between certain hours OF
| the day the cruiser would receive all visi-
tors who cared to go on board, and the
| lighter fsher-boats and the rowboats and
sailboats that fit about the channel were
| kept busily plying back and forth between
the battleshiD and wharf, reaping golden
harvest for their owners.
But there were people in Santa Barbara
who had not joined the general rush-peo-
| pie who had entertained the boys right
royally-charming young ladies, whom
they were 10th TO leave port without seeing
once again; and it was recognition of
these many courtesies as well as the
promptings of this latter consideration
which led to yesterdays reception to some
400 invited guests.
At little before a swift launch of the
Olympia, capable of making her fifteen
knots an hour, sped in the regular steamer
path through the kelp towing boat
The two together had a capacity of sew
enty-five passengers and were quickly
loaded to their full capacity with the
ladies and gentlemen who thronged the
wharf looking with interest at the snow
white cruiser floating like a swan on the
blue bosom of the channel These trips
were repeated at short intervals until the
big boat was peopled with a crowd OF gayly
dressed ladies and their escorts, who ex-
plored the cruiser from deck to keel. look
ing into the big guns, inspecting the op-
Grafton of the ammunition hoists, and
prowling through kitchens and dining
rooms, sailors and officers cabins.
Among those present were the following:
Mr.. and Mrs. s. P. Stow, Mr.. and Mrs
Kinton Stevens DR.. Moore, DR.. and Mrs.
Stambach, Captain and Mrs. Brice, J. J.
Perkins, W. W. Burton, Charles and Fran
els Lord, Mr.. Waterman, Mrs. Nixon, Miss
Mabel Nixon, Miss Blanche Nixon, Miss
| Nixon, Mr.. Bell. Misses Bell, three Misses
Lacy, Mrs. Frank Bliss, Hugh Vail Jr., J.
Barrett Fithian, Joel Fithian, Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Andrews, Miss Wheeler, Clifford
Moore, Miss Glasscock, Karl Howard, C.
Fernald, Mr.. and Mrs. PeYeril Meigs,
Martin Meigs, Miss r. Meigs, Mrs. Lacy,
r. Fernald, Joseph Pierce, Miss Elizalde,
Fred Poet, W. Bradbury. A. Hope Doeg,
the Misses Doeg, Mrs. Chauncey Mrs.
Dibblee, Miss Panchita Dibblee, Miss Ynez
Dibblee, Frank Whitney, Louis G.. Dreyfus
and wife, Mr.. Gunn (secretary OF the
Union Iron Works., DR.. Richard J. Hail,
Judge R. B. Garfield, ]. NJ. Whitney and
wife, Miss Doubleday, D. C. f. Spence,
Miss Everhart, Benjamin ]. Hayne,
Aston Hayne, C. B. Hale, Ad-
miral and Mrs. Harmony, Miss Mitchell,
| Miss EuanS Miss Rnnltnn Charles For.