The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-05

of the train from San Francisco on the
morning of the 9Th. John P. Overton has
charge of the grand ball for the third and
last evening.
Major R. J. Pye is to be grand marshal.
The Major is gentleman of fine presence.
martial bearing, trained soldier and a
born horseman. He is the commander of
the Patriarchs Militant of the Odd Fellows
and is entitled to the credit of having
Santa Rosa Canton win the silver prize on
three occasions over the trained cantons of
the Pacific Coast.
The carnival will formally open in the
large Atheneum on Wednesday evening,
the 9Th, at 7:15 o'clock. The Hon. John
T. Campbell will preside and conduct the
exercises. The programme will be carried
out under the direction of the chairman,
who is to act as master of ceremonies.
The Atheneum, where the opening ex-
ercises are to be held, is large theater,
having galleries and a spacious audi
torium.
The programme for the opening evening,
briefly outlined, is as follows: At 7:15 the
bugle call will be sounded, calling the peo-
pie to the Atheneum. Then will follow
music by Parks Band; the opening adj
dress by A. G. Burnett; grand march led by
the orchestra; entry of children, the queen
and her retinue; reception of the queen
and the coronation by the Princess Santa
Rosa, Miss Georgia Stewart; flower dance
of children; grand vocal chorus of 100
voices.
The Queen will be welcomed by his
Honor, Mayor Woodward, who will pre-
sent her with the magic wand of Floras
realm. A waltz song, written and set to
music for the occasion will be sung by
Mrs. D. r. Gale. There will also be a
violin solo by Herbert Vanderhoof; vocal
solo by Mrs. Anita Fitch de Grant OF
Healdsburg.
Then follows the departure of the Queen
and her attendants, with a procession to
the Carnival Park, where the flower show
will be opened to the public. A cornet
duet by Professor Smith and Miss Smith
will here be rendered, and there will be an
open-air concert by the band for the re-
mainder of the evening.
The street pageant will be something
magnificent. The floats will constitute a
carriages and vehicles will be bright ar
ray. There will be tallyhos, buggies, tan
dems and horsemen, a company of young
lady equestriennes, dogcarts, and donkey
carts, all carrying out themes of floral
color. Decorated bicycles will line up in
numbers, and mounted on some of the
wheels will be a company of young girls.
Division after division will appear, each
telling its own story of floral beauty.
Besides the various floats made up in
this city for the parade, the neighboring
city of Petaluma will have float that will
be grand affair. 1t is in charge of enthu-
siastic young ladies of that progressive
| city. Ex-County Recorder Gil P. Hall of
Petaluma is theoretically assisting the
young ladies in the work. Cloverdale and
Fulton will each have an deliberately
decorated float. Chairman Keegan of the
parade is daily receiving entries of novel
features to form part of the line.
Immediately after the parade the battle
of flowers will take place, and at given
signal the boys and girls will engage in a
conflict from which spectators will not be
debarred. In the combat the deadly mis-
siles will be roses instead of bullets, and
laughter will substitute groans from the
wounded. The battle will be reviewed by
the Queen and her court.
On Thursday, the day of the big parade,
( the San Francisco and North Pacific Rail-
road and the Southern Pacific Company
will run trains from San Francisco and in
termediate points, returning the same
evening.
The grand floral ball on the last evening
promises to be brilliant affair. The com
mittee has been actively engaged in map
ping out programme to precede the gen.
eral dancing. The floral pageant viii be