The San Francisco call., 1896-04-10
SOCIETY PEOPLE PARADE
Floats and Carriages Tastefully.
Decorated in Flowers of
All HueS
BLUEJACKETS IN THE LINE.
Men From the Warships in Gorgeous
Array Increase the Splenlor
of the Scenes.

VALLEJO, CAL, April 9.-Mare Islands
rose carnival will long be remembered as
one of the bright epochs in the history of
the naval station. Most beautiful, were
the displays in the procession.
For the past few weeks arrangements
have been made under the direction OF
Mrs Captain III. L.. Howison and Mrs. Pay
master II. T. Shedding and other ladies at
the station to have at the close of the
Lenten season rose carnival. The one
to-day was the final elimination of much
labor and many day dreams. All day long
the sky was threatening and interspersed
with heavy showers of rain, but nothing
stands in the way of those Injured to rhili-
tary or naval life, and an order once pro-
mulgated is seldom countermanded
Promptly at o'clock the line of march
was taken up from the commandments
quarters and proceeded on out toward
the Naval Hospital. The Independence
band led the march, followed by platoon
OF marines clad as the first Roman soldiers,
their costume being green waistcoats,
scarlet breech and white leggings reach
ing from the hips down. Each gladiator
bore myrtle-trimmed, round shield in
one hand, and a long spear in the other.
Their heads were bound in wreaths of
myrtle; two little tots acted as standard
bearers. The leader rode a black charger.
Following came platoon of Roman
guards, clad in blue with scarlet shoulder
scarfs. They hauled a Gatling gun
trimmed in flowers of various hues. The
American flag in each OF the platoons
| formed conspicuous part in the display,
| as it did in the various squads of footmen.
| The gunboat Bennington sent a detach-
ment of bluejackets, dragging a large
| float, representing gig, trimmed in white
and green. They made creditable ap-
pearance in the line of march.
The monitor Monadnock, just from the
| lower coast, arrived in ample time to fit
up float, representing the monitor, with
her long guns pointing fore and aft. The
representation was good one, even to the
| arrangement of heavy smoke issuing
from the stack. This float was drawn by
fifty stalwart bluejackets.
The receiving ship Independence sent
three detachments, each one dragging
| howitzers appropriately decorated with
flowers. The first detachment was manned
by marines clad in red, the trimmings of
the gun carriage being composed of rich
posed of sailors in white uniforms, the
| trimmings of the guns being of white
roses. The third division was clothed in
| blue, with trimmings OF the carriages and
guns in violets.
| Following the footmen and led by Pay
master Stanton as field marshal astride of
a coal-black charger with wreath of red
roses about the horses neck the carriages
| Tha 1on
completely enveloped in myriads of snow
balls. The white harness and the black
horses were in marked contrast The oc-
cupants of this carriage, clothed in white,
were: Mrs. Captain Howison, Miss
Genevieve English, Miss Bostwick, Miss
Sewell and Miss Carmen. Each lady car
ried a white parasol enveloped in snow
balls. Baskets of flowers were carried,
| from which they were freely scattered to-
the host of admirers. Mrs. Lieutenant
Perkins followed, her horse ard cart being
beautifully trimmed with roses and vel
| low flowers and ribbons. The fair occu-
pant was accompanied by an orderly. A
canopy of the flowers added to the beauty
of the exhibit. Mrs. Perkins wore wrap
of yellow silk.
Paymaster Skelding's carriage was
|
bounded praise for its beauty, and was oc-
cupied by Miss Skelding and Miss La
| Count, dressed in white, which added
much beauty to the floral display.
The surry occupied by Chaplain and
Mrs. McAlister ana the Misses McCaIla
was trimmed in white and green and
looked rich in its decorations.
| Mrs. Major Pope and Miss McCalla oc,
/ IL Al
elaborstely trimmed with white roses.
! Mrs. Lieutenant-C Symonds
and Miss Barker rode in a carriage beauti-
fully trimmed in appropriate colors.
| The phaeton occupied by Miss Maud
| Burnap and Miss Isabel Pigman was
| driven by a. tandem team, the cart being
trim med in pink. with canopy of the
| same hue.
Miss Patty Palmer, Miss Macrae and
Miss Decker rode in q prettily decorated
carriage, the colors vieing with each otner
in their floral embellishments.
! Miss Cassie Clark and Miss McDougal
were greatly admired along the route for
the tasteful display of flowers in the deco
| rations on the horse and cart.
Mrs S. S. Robinson drove tandem of
three cream-colored horses led by two
bIuejacKets. The lady is an expert horse
woman and the horses were appropriately
festooned with yellow flowers.
The carriage of Medical Inspector Woods
was lavishly decorated and occupied by
Miss Woods and Miss Ashbury.
Mrs. Chief Engineer Kutz and daughter
drove in phaeton trimed in green and
white.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Lefavor had their
carriage completely enveloped in flowers
anG green trimmings.
The white horse and white harness at