The San Francisco call., 1896-03-22
An APPEAL FOR FAB|OLA.
President Davis of the Fete
Association Writes Of the
Main Features.
An Exhibition of Crack College Ath.
letes Will Be Added to the
Floral Display.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALL, |
9OS Broadway, March 81. {

OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALI
908 Broadway, March 81.
Ex-Mayor w. R. Davis has issued a call
to the people of this city to unite in max
ing the coming Fabiola Floral Fete an un-
precedented success. It reads as follows:
The Executive Com mittee of the Fabiola
Floral Fete are earnestly at work to make May
day next not only successful day for the Fa-
biola Hospital Zone of the worthiest and best
administered charities of California;, but also
an Oakland day worthy OF the city and. county.
The good name of our city is involved in this
undertaking as well as the benefit to charity.
Let us improve upon it this year. We have
that much added experience; let us add new
zeal to that which made last years success. A
city as well as an individual should grow every
now. During the past year our citizens have
learned to cooperate practically and success
fully on three or four different public matters.
in its bearings upon the city's good name.
Other places in the State are astir, and it be-
hooves our friends of the charity and OF the
city to contribute to the success OF Oaklands s
coming fete day A grand floral display,
worthy of Oakland and Alameda County, will
be the central event OF the festivities. Ar
rangements have been made to add most
attractive feature, an exhibition of college
athletic events by the athletic team OF the
University of California, the crack team of the
Western intercollegiate States. Their work at
(and their only exhibition day. before their
departure for the Eastern intercollegiate con-
tests. The wheel contests will surpasS in i'm
portance anything before seen here. Other
attractions of novelty and interest are to be
added.
The desire of the management is to render
service to splendid charity and to do credit
to our city, both in one. The committee be-
speak the assistance and the exhibit of every
exhibitor of last year and OF all other liberal
and progressive citizens who have pride In
their home city or interest In her benevolent
charities. The ladies of the Fabiola work year
in and year out without compensation or re-
ward except only that which arises from un
selfish acts. If they do this work by the year
all others ought to be willing to do their share
for the one day dedicated to such benevolent
purposes.
The headquarters are at rooms 2O1-202 Cen
trail Bank building, Fourteenth street and
Broadway, Oakland, where the secretary is in
daily attendance from 8 80 A. N. to P. NJ. AL
questions and correspondence will be courte-
to make floral displays will confer favor on
the committee by sending in their names
early, with statement of what the nature OF
the display Is to be. The pressure OF details
toward the last will be great, and early infor.
nation will be q favor 20 the committee as well
as stimulus to others. The committee rely
confidently upon the local pride and the sup
port of the people of Oakland to enable them
to make the fete great aid to worthy charity
and the day one memorable in the progressive
development of the city.
The executive committee Is constituted
as follows: William R. Davis, president
]. A. Colquhoun, secretary; P. II. Remil-
lard, H. O. Trowbridge, r. M. Fitzgerald,
P. E. Bowles, w. Frank Pierce, J. P. Tay.
lor, w. M. Rank, wv Witcher, George
T. Neece.