The San Francisco call., 1895-12-23

OF the children's quarters, "when we ha6
free day for the little ones, we made
prepar ations for greater number than
came, and we provided so literally sand
wiches, cookies, candies and the like that
we were forced todivide the surplus among
the orphans in the different asvlums.
This year we will make provision for 5000
children, and 1 believe that will be as
many as will attend. The school children
will be allowed to ride free on the merry
go-round. ride the donkeys and in the
goat-carts as long as the good-natured,
willing animals can stand it. The little
ones will have the use of the swings and
be permitted to amuse themselves to their
hearts content.
''There will be a baseball game and a
football game between team from one OF
the public schools and team calling it.
self the Nonpareil. There will be games
child. There will be milk for them to
drink, cookies, cake, sandwiches, candy
put up in neat little boxes which can be
kept as mementoes of the day."
The Com missioners are of the opinion
that should the day be cheerful one there
will be great sport for the little ones.
The bright clear day yesterday brought
L
in front of the band stand which the Sun
day previous was deserted was crowded by
an immense audience that listened with
pleasure to the several numbers of popular
music rendered by the band
The concert yesterday was the 994th.
Should the weather permit the one thou
sandth will fall on the I'd of February
next, but as there may be rainy Sundays
before that time Manager Coggln is hone
ms no
23d, the day following the anniversary of
the birth of Washington. On that occa-
sion an extraordinary concert will be
given, but the details have not yet been
arranged.
Charles P. Wilcomb, the custodian of the
park museum, left last Saturday for Chi
cago for the purpose of visiting the mu-
scum there. He will go to New York and
Washington and visit the museums there
so that he may learn something of the
manner in which they are conducted and
apply the knowledge thus gained to the
internal arrangement OF existing buildings
and the annex soon to be built. Mr. Will
comb is making the trip for information at
his own expense. During his absence Rae
Brown will be in charge Of the museum.
The site for the annex to the museum is
being graded and it will be ready this
week to enable the contractors to lay the
foundation for the new building.
M. I'll. de Young, who was the prime
mover in providing the museum for the
benefit of visitors to the park, is now in
Europe, where he will spend Christmas
with his children, who are being educated
IN Paris. 1t is said that he will on his re-
turn go by Ceylon, Calcutta, Hongkong
and Yokohama and collect some curios for
the museum.
One hundred men are at work on the
new music court and its surroundings, and
the advance made within the past two
weeks is now plainly visible. A gentle.
man who has an ear for music and is a
constant attendant when the band PLAYS
in the park, speaking of the proposed new
band stand yesterday, said that this should
be at least twenty-fv feet higher than the
present one, twenty feet wider and about
ten feet deeper, perfectly free from all OBJ
struction, so that all the sounds could
blend within the stand and avoid the clash
of sounds sometimes noticeable within the
shell in use.
A force of men are at work putting the
Seventh-avenue entrance into shape, and
| forty-eight men and six teams are puttlne
| the new bicycle track in order for the use
of cyclers. Those who think that the
| cycling season is over would have discoy.
cred their error had they seen the large
number of riders on wheels on the main
| drive yesterday afternoon.
| The site of the old '49 mining camp OF
Midwinter Fair days has been covered with