The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-03
Joaquin ParIor's Splendid Work
in Preparing for the
Festival
SOCIETY AT a MINSTREL SHOW
The Admission Day Fund Swelled by
an Enormous Sale of
Tickets.

STOCKTON, CAL, Sept. 2.-Stockton
was in gala attire tonight The long lines
OF electric lights that line Main street from
the railway depot to Ell Dorado street and
along that street to the Masonic TEN pie
were ablaze. They were red, white, blue
and gold, the golden color predominating.
thousands OF people witnessed the spec
tacle and none had aught but words of
praise for the committee on decoration
that had arranged the electrical display.
The dome of the Courthouse was also
lighted with Its 1000 incandescent globes
and the whole effect was wonderfully
beautiful.
Seldom have the streets of any city pre-
sented more pleasing spectacle than that
which met the eye of the promenader on
Main street tonight. Hundreds of pretty
women, all attired in light evening
dresses, all bound for the big performance
for the benefit of the carnival fund, were
passing. Beneath this blaze of many.
colored lights the procession of fair ones
looked exceptionally pretty.
All day long the decorators were at work
placing bunting on the fronts of the prin-
cipal Main-street stores. and tonight,
when the thousands of electric lights
were turned on, making the city bright as
day, the scene was decidedly an attractive
one and highly gratifying to those Native
Sons who have been urging the store
keepers to put their best foot forward"
during the coming three days of Admis-
sion day festivities.
The work of the various committees is
about ended, so far as planning is con-
cerned, and now the memb ers are seeing
that their schemes are properly carried
out. The Native Sons and Pioneers will
be admitted free of charge to the ball in
Agricultural pavilion on the night of Sep
TENDER 8, but others will be taxed 50 each.
every ticket emitting a lady and gentle
man to admittance. The Native DGugh-
tiers will be out in force on that night.
They have long been preparing for the
event, and Joaquin Parlor No. 5, now
nearly 100 strong, will be there in a body.
Mum bers have been added to the memb er-
ship roll at every meeting held recently.
AT that held last Friday night sixteen new
members were initiated and seven applica-
tons for admittance to the parlor were re-
celved.
Miss Ida Sperry, the president, has been
laboring hard for the success of the cele-
bration, and has been ably assisted by
Mrs. Mamie Manthey, Mrs. Lena Mills,
Mrs. Grace Willy, Mrs. Belle Stockwell,
Miss Hannah Gray, Miss Clara S.5ir, Miss
FloriIla Campbell, Miss Ida Safferhill,
Miss Zetta Kohlberg, Miss Louise Gallup
and Mrs. Rebecca Mcconnell. These have
been most prominent in performing the
work OF the various committees, but many
others in the parlor have lent helping
hands and will come in for their share Of
the praise when all is over.
Among these are: Miss Emma Hike
Miss Ida BiaisdeIl, Miss Annie Adams
Miss Jessie Harris, Miss Julia Weber, Miss
Minta Smith, Miss Lena Nevin, Miss
Eliza Watts Miss Belle Laogier, Miss An
ME Black, Miss Carrie Whiting Miss Jes-
sic Thrift, Miss Grace Loveland, Miss
Emma Adams, Miss Winnie Smith, Mrs.
Baker, Mrs. B. Weber Mrs. Mapes and
Mrs. NJ. Dorr. All will take part in enter.
tanning the visiting Natives at the head
quarters in the Courthouse on the 8th.
9Th and 10th. The headquarters will be
kept open until after midnight each night
during the festivities.
The fair ones who belong to joaquin
Parlor have done much to make the com
ing affair a great success. When they
participate in the street parade, with their
dude hats, white duck dresses and white
parasols, they will make splendid show
ing. The parlor is one of the oldest in
the organization of Native Daughters.
Its charter officers were: Past president
Mrs. Belle Stockwell; president, Miss
Hannah Gray first vice-president, Mrs
Althea Hickman-Dunlap; second vice
president, Miss Kate Abramsky; thru
vice president, Miss Nellie Austin; re-