The San Francisco call., 1897-02-28
FOR A CHILDREh'5 DAY.
A Magnificent Holiday Has Been
Prof cted Tor Carnival
Week.
Maypoie Dances, Hayrides, Picnic
Luncheons and o her Delights
for Juv nj es.

A movement was inaugurated yesterday
by large nun ber of charitably disposed
ladies and gentlemen to give the children
of San Francisco a magnificent hold ay
during carnival week. The idea Is 10 give
all the boys and girls who can be gathered
together at the Golden Gate Park or the
Presidio day of such sports as will most
delight their childish hearts. The move
ment has taken and the inaugurators OF
the suggestion are overwhelmed with
offers OF assistance of all kinds. The one
passport required to the sports that will
be presented will be youth.
The orphan asylums are to be emptied
OF their inmates on that day. The chill
dren in the hospitals are 10 be remem-
bered, and such of them as can be taken
out Will be brought along, while the sick
ones will be remembered in such q way
that their little burdens will be lightened
for many day. The school children of
both public and private schools or course
will come. There will be no keeping them
away, because the programme Will be so
very attractive that no child will give its
parent any peace until consent is obtained
for their participation in the festivities.
There will be a maypole dance, which will
be one OF the very prettlest features of the
day. Once upon time there was a may
pole with its pretty ribbons held by $50
children, but the maypole on children's
day out at the park is going to have its
tiuttering ribbons twined in dainty colors
by 500 dancing little ones. Another idea
OF the projectors of this great day is 10
ransack all the country for miles around
and secure big header wagons and farm
wagons and descend on the fields of the
farmers and get them filled with freshly
cut. sweet, new-mown hay, have them
drawn by spanking teams of big horses
MI them up with troops of merry children
and have real, ld-fas hioned hay ride
out 10 the green sward where the children
are to have their sports and games.
! Children of different nationalities will
! present the characteristic dances of their
! country, because there is a man connected
/ with the carnival who has travelled all
| over the world and seen all these attrac-
! tive features at other carnivals and is go-
! ing TO show them to the children of San
! Francisco. There will be Chinese babies
Japanese babies, Indian babies, in all
| their picturesque costumes, which go so
lar to make San Francisco so UNIQUE in
point OF color and variety of people.
There Will also be of course babies Of all
other nationalities, and above and beyond
| all California babies in all their wealth of
beauty. This is all to be part of a baby
! show-not one OF those ordinary BABY
| shows that you see at all country fairs.
! There Will be no preparation for this baby
| show on the part of am bilious mothers
who desire their offspring to show how
they can lisp the Carnival of the Golden
Gate" for prize spoon or some other
article, but it is going to be most unique
one In its features. Then there is going
to be luncheon for the children. This i3
! going to be one of the features that
! probably will appeal most to the youthful
contingent. This picnic luncheon spread
/ on the green grass is going To contain
every delicacy known to the juvenile
heart, including an abundance OF cream
| puffs and angel cake. Then there will be
music by juvenile bands, songs by the
children and other features that appeal
! particularly to childish hearts.
| The ladies and gentlemen who in
augurated this affair promise to make the
day the most notable one ever enjoyed by
the Chi dren of San Francisco.