The San Francisco call., 1899-08-31

house to see Paul Jones" as guests of
the executive committee and five hun
dred of the First California boys went
with them. 1t was a jolly navy crowd
at jolly navy play and although the
Staid officers of the cruisers We're seated
in a box with the members of the COM
mittee that made not one whit diff
ference to jackie.
All of the members of the executive
committee were there; Mr.. Martin, Mr..
de Young and Mr.. Lawrence. Mayor
Phelan was there, too, and he had some
nice words to say Of the gallant fight
ing men of the Boston and Newark.
In little speech before the curtain
was rung up he said it was an honor
to San Francisco to be visited by these
men who had fought for and won
laurels in both oceans and he assured
them that San Francisco appreciated
| ii all.
The Boston boys were seated in
conspicuous place down stairs where
the civilian end of the audience might
see them and cheer them, and the boys
from the Newark, under command OF
Naval Cadets Foreman and Courtney,
occupied the first balcony and were as
heartily received and cheered as were
the men Of the Boston.
The guests of the executive committee
were Lieutenant Commander Allen,
Chief Engineer Hall, Lieutenant Glib
son, Assistant Surgeon Chaffee and
Ensign Edward McCauley Jr.
It was gala night at the Columbia
Theater The air inside the playhouse
seemed surcharged with patciotism,
and every little while 1t would find
vent in the hearty cheering by the SOL
diers and civilians who crowded its
precincts Nearly 500 officers and men
Of the California and other regiments
occupied seats in the house and en-
toyed Clay Clements presentation of
THE New Dominion" Patriotic music
and beautiful decorations were
features of the evenings entertain
ment A beautiful souvenir programme
was presented to those who attended
| the performance. The cover was drawn
by Frank Keane and represented Lib
erty holding back the folds of a curtain
disclosing a soldier and sailor side by
side, and over them were the words,
Army and Navy Night"
The second act of the play gave the
/ audience a chance to grow enthusias-
tic The scene presented was the hall
in a mansion in Virginia on the Fourth
! Of July Flags were profusely used In
/ decorating it, and when the pretty he
roine came to the front with the stars
! and stripes the cheering grew loud and
/ long.
! Seated in the balcony Of the theater
,
/ godmother" Of the volunteers. Her
/ presence in the house was undiscov-
| cred. The applause throughout the
| play was generous and attested the
| appreciation of the soldiers and
! civilians for the efforts of the actors.
There was large representation of
| the First California Regiment at the
! Orpheum. Their presence at the popu-
! lar playhouse was the occasion Of all
kinds Of enthusiasm. A tremendous
! crowd filled the house and every oppor-
tunity was grasped to display patriotic
! fervor
| Seated in the boxes were Colonel Du-
boce and other officers of the organiza-
ton, Mayor Phelan, A. j. Lawrence
! and NJ H de Young, members of the
| executive committee. The beautiful
decorations and vari-colored lights
! heightened the effect of blue and khaki
uniforms and the handsome dresses Of
the ladies in the audience.
Manager Morrissey had special pro-
gramme printed in honor Of the Cali
fornia boys and the Orpheum orchestra
played patriotic music throughout the
! evening The Battle of Manila" ar
ranged by Harry Orndorf. the
stage director, was one of the
hits of the performance. Mingled
with the firing Of guns and musketry
were the bugle calls and melodies so
familiar to every American. When
Dixie" was played a wave of enthu-
siasm passed over the audience and
when the beautiful strains of the ma
tional anthem were heard the entire
audience and musicians arose to their
feet and listened reverently to the stir
ring music. At the conclusion of the
medley of patriotic melodies cheers
were given for General Jim Smith and
Colonel Duboce. The latter was invited
to deliver a speech, but declined with
bows to the cheering soldiers and
civilians.
Little Arnold Grazer and La Petite