The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-15

ANITA CRUZ, CAL, June 14.-The
~ event of this day was not on the
water. 1t was function. TIE
~ merry and beautiful young Queen
gathered her people about her and
gave the note to music and bade them
dance. To be sure the water carnival went
forward afternoon and night, according to
an elaborate programme, but the event
happened in the pavilion-the pavilion
that was built in six days.
And that is another thing that sets a
halo around the monumental respect that
every visitor to the carnival must from
this time cherish for Santa Cruz. Here,
in an immense building that rose from its
postholes to its weather-vane in six days,
was presented tonight fitting compli-
ment to that never-to-be-forgotten picture
under the stars on the San Lorenzo. A
ballroom that might easily represent the
artistic energy of months if the fact was
not known that sandlot here spread it
self away to the water few days ago, pre-
sented an interior of finished beauty and
brilliant illumination, to say nothing of
the goodly company in its ballroom finery.
The immense room is completely swathed
in yellow and gold. From the center of
the ceiling the carnival colors, in alternate
wide stripes, fall down in even festoons,
caught and held in place by an immense
fishnet that spreads over the whole ex-
panse. From the center of the building,
too, hang festoons of incandescent lamps,
extending the length of the building,
caught up, however, at frequent intervals.
Arc lights are swung from the ceiling,
twenty-one of them making the hall quite
as light as it would be with the roof off at
midday under cloudless sky.
At the further end of the room from the
entrance has been built the Queens throne
"a raised dais, with gilded chair under an
ample canopy of yellow satin ribbons
where swing another battery of incandes-
cent lights and four colored Venetian
lamps. Stations are fixed at the side OF
the Queens chair for her immediate attend
ants. and in front is broad area, also
raised above the floor, for the seating OF
the guests of honor.
1t is now $50 o'clock. Hastings band
has been entertaining a throng on the
river and the Illuminated floats are there,
but alas, the Queen is not, and those who
would be with her where she leads are here,
here in great numbers. The lights are all
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the balcony are all on the tiptoe of ex-
pectancy. At last the doors swing open
and a troop of flower girls enter with their
frocks full of roses. In their yellow dresses
they move down the white foor-i it is a
broad expanse of white canvas-over which
they strew the roses in the path in which
the Queen is to follow. She is coming in
the splendor of her royal ball robe and
with all her brilliant company, to the slow
measure of a march. AS they approach
the center of the room all the electric
Lights are suddenly turned out and four
calcium lights throw their color shafts full
upon the company. AS they move for
ward the color changes continually, max
ing very beautiful picture.
General Dimond conducted the Queen
and led her up to her throne. The royal
party took their places as indicated, and
then the grand march took place, still
under the changing colored calcium lights.
1t was all of that high order of spectacle
in keeping in each of the carnival events.
Roncovieri was at his best, and started
the ball with that spirit that only good
music can Ali through the evening the
most picturesque effects were secured by
the clever handling of the lights. All the
fancy dances were carried through under
the play of the four calciums. Credit for
all of this is, of course, due to the COM
mittees, and chiefly to Charles r. Tidball,
who superintended the decorations. It was