The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-28
Society Preparing for a May
Day That Will Be Long
Remembered.
SOCIAL LEADERS INTERESTED.
nittees and Managers Of
Booths.

of the way by the time May day comes
around. There are three days intervening,
| though, so they are hopeful that that lapse
of time will be sufficient to enable the sun
shine to take possession again and make
| the Fabiola fete gigantic success.
Everything moves on merrily toward
a satisfactory conclusion of the labors of
the committee, and the encouragement
that is being sent from all classes of the
community shows that a general interest
| has been awakened 1t could not be other
| wise, though, in view of the fact that all
the social leaders of Oakland are person
ally conducting the affair, for they have a
knack of shaking things up that could not
otherwise be moved by horse power.
Mrs. John Yule, who with Mrs. Chabot
is looking after the handling of the booths,
has at last completed the selection of those
who are to be in charge. 1t will be seen
that the names include the best represen-
tatives of Athenian society. They are as
follows:
Reception eOmmittee-Mrs E. C. Selfridge,
Mrs. D. Z. Hayes, Mrs. r. w. Kirkham, Mrs W.
". Crane, Mrs. Sam Woods, Mrs Edwin Harris,
Cha1ncey Taylor, Mrs. Frances Blake, Mrs. H.
Hutchinson, Mrs Henry Bacon, Mrs. Alice
Bowman. Mrs. Q. A. Chase, Fred Delger, Hrs.
Z. Hayes, Captain Asa Simpson, Mrs. Wallace
Everson, Mrs. A. Kohler. Miss Beda Sperry,
Mrs. T. L. Barker, Mrs. L. NJ. Hickman, Mrs. P.
T. Watkins, Mrs. G. w. Kelley, Mrs. J. ]. Scotch
Mrs. J.; E. Nicholson, Mrs: Van L. Eastland:
Mrs. W. c. Little, Mrs. 1. L. Requa, Mrs.
George W.: McNear, Mrs: Austin Sperry,
Mrs. D. B. Huntley, Mrs. Oscar Shat
Mrs. D. S. Porter, Mrs. G. E. Grant, Mrs W. F.
Buck Mrs. Albert Brown, DR.: ]. NJ. Selfridge,
Mrs. THOMAS Crellin, Mrs. n. w. Wenton. Mrs.
Robert W Simpson, Mrs. A. B. Sargent, Mrs J.
r. Kendall, Mrs. Ii. Crocker-Alexander, Sena-
tor George c. Perkins, Mrs. Asa Simpson, Mrs.
T. c. Farnham, Mrs. E. Remillard, Mrs. Remi
Chabot, Mrs. W w. Standeford, Mrs. A. ]. Ste
vens, Mrs. II. E. Move, Mrs. Q. A. Chase Mrs.
]. IT, CarotherS, Mrs. George Hawley. Mrs.
James Hutchinson, Mrs; L. ]. Stevenson, Mrs.
Mercy Gray, Mrs. 7. F. Chaman, Mrs. Ida Cor
rell, Dr.. B. P. Wall, Mrs. P N. Remillard, Mrs
o. c. Wheeler, Mrs. J. NJ. Merrill, Mrs
J; A Benton, Captain R. R; Thompson,
Mrs. c. F. Forrest, Mrs. E. B. Sanborn, Mrs
Arthur Brown, Mrs. Frank Pierce. Mrs. S. b.
Boyce, Mrs. Horace Hussey, Mrs. W. s. Shook
Mrs. H. K. Belden, Mrs. E. B. Jerome, Mrs S. P
Channel, Mrs. T. f. Harrison Mrs. J. L. Will
L. II. Carey. Mrs. J. &. Kimble, Mrs. A. V.
Chamberlin. Mrs. Henry Ayers, Mrs. J. G. Ed
wards, Mrs: Pedar Sather, Mrs. G. Y. Loring,
Mrs; G. n. stolp, Mrs. A. schilling, Mrs. James
Mofitt, Mrs. Charles Deering, Miss May Dun
ham, Miss Anita Whitney, Mrs. A. E. Stevens,
Miss Grace Scotchler, Mrs. William Gruen-
IL. II.
cock, Mrs. Eli Denison, Mrs Giles Gray,
Mrs. r. w. Gorrill, Mrs. William Booth,
Mrs. J. n. Knowles, Mrs. Franklin Bangs, Mrs.
5: 7. Alexander, Mrs. G. w. Cook, Mrs. F. D.
Kinds, Mrs. W. NJ. Bunker, Mrs. Paul Lohse,
Mrs. Annie A. Barton, Mrs. A. w. Burrell Mrs.
]. NJ. Taylor, Mrs +. J. Kendall, Mrs. J. C. Will
William Cliff, Mrs. Jane Stitt, Mrs. W. E.
Sharon, Mrs: Wellman, Miss May Burnham,
Miss Janet Haight.
Candy and floral booth-Mrs. F. G. Harrison.
Mrs. William Gruenhagen, Miss May Burnham,
Miss A. A. Barton, Miss Lena Van der Zwiep,
Mrs. W. T. Pierce. Mrs A. W. Burrell.
Buffet booth-Mrs. Remi Chabot, Mrs. r. w
Gorrill. Miss Everson, Miss Lillian Everson, Mrs.
z. \. Remillard.
Refreshment Booth-Mrs. Wallace Everson,
E. B. Sanborn, Mrs. Arthur Brown, Mrs. Charles
Deering, Mrs. A. Z. Stevens, Mrs w. Booth Mrs.
W. Wilson. Mrs. S. T. Alexander, Mrs J. J.
Seotchler, Mrs. W. S. Shook. Robert McChesney,
Mrs. A. W: Burrel, Mrs: E. B. Jerome, Mrs.
George W. Cook, Mrs. F. D. Kinds, Mrs. P. N.
Remillard, Mrs. Eli Denison, Mrs. Kendall.
The handicapping in the bicycle races
has been met with general satisfaction
among the wheeimen, and as grievances
are few and far between the chances are
that there will not be many scratchings
from the original list of entries. Those
who know what the various contestants
are capable of say that the work of the
handiceppers has been done we'll, and it
will be hard matter to pick a winner in
any Of the contests.
Amid all the interest that is being CEN
tered on the races proper sight has not
been lost of the great parade which is to
take place through the streets of Oakland
the evening preceding Mayday. Over 1000
promises to be in line are already in the
hands of Secretary Pomroy. and as the I'M
attached riders had not yet been heard
from the total will far exceed that numb Der.
Two valuable prizes are to be given to the
club making the best appearance and the
club having the greatest number of men in
line. Thus stimulated, the rivalry be-
tween the various wheeling organizations
will become intense, and close competition
is expected, especially among the bay dis
trict clubs.
George F. Niece, president of the Acme
Club Wheelmen and chairman of the
bicycle committee, will be the grand
marshal of the parade, and will select aids
from the Acme Club, Reliance Club and
Oakland Y. NJ. 9. a. Cycling Club. The
line of march to be covered is as follows:
Starting from the Reliance Club building,
on Seventeenth street and San Pablo
avenue, down San Pablo to Broadway, to
Eighth, to Washington, to Sixth, to Broad
way, to Twelfth. to Jackson, to Lake, to
Madison, to Tenth, to Broadway, to Four
tenth, to Franklin, to Twelfth, to Broad
way, and disbanding in front of the Acme
Club on Twelfth street.
4AO <ASIllC SluD AuSll nave
agreed not to compete for the prize to be
given to the largest delegation, and this
will throw the throphy to an outside or
ganization. The parade will start promptly
at 8 o'clock, and participants are requested
to be in their places by 1880. All the town
will turn out to see the show and it will
be an appropriate way of ushering in the
great feature of the succeeding day.
Everything moves on swimmingly for
the programme to be observed at the trot-
ting park, and the efforts of the committee
are being centralized now on the proiec-
ton of the thousand and one necessary
preliminaries. Arthur Brown, the we'll
known bridgebuilder of the Southern Pa
cific, has taken charge of the testing of the
mammoth grand stand, and it is being
braced and Ordered in way that will in.
sure absolute safety to the 5000 who will be
seated on it.
Grand Marshal Captain w. r. Thomas
finds that he will have plenty to do in full
filing his new duties so he has about made
up his mind to devote his whole time from
now until the fiesta is over to getting his
part of it in shape. He will be ably assisted,
for his corps of aids-de-camp has been
chosen as follows:
j. H. Ames, John A. Adams, Bert Brayton. E.
II. BENJAMIN, Samuel Breck Jr., L. G. Burpee,
F. e. Brigham, A. II. Breed d. D. Barnard
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