The San Francisco call., 1899-08-26
THE IDEAL FETE CLIMATE.
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y pageants before, but none has halt equaieo inc
- variety and sumptuous spectacular quality Oh
this iete in honor OF our returned soldiers
It's ornate and majestic features have presented
everything that can please the eye stimulate the
imagination and make the heart beat faster.
On no other American water has appeared the equal
in beauty of the marine procession which escorted the
Sherman to her anchorage. Squadrons OF battieshps
have steamed in line New York Bay, and the
spectators have from either side viewed the scene
from the decks of all kinds o. craft but no procession
has moved upon the water that had the Impressive
beauty of decoration precision of formation and nl
pressive dignity that charmed every sense, as TINS
escort of banner-Ayng boats steamed from the Heads
down to the Golden Gate and into the center OF the
harbor. The professions in the city, marching be-
tween lofty pine and 2am and past walls OF the ma
tonal colors. arranged in the most tasteful OF pa
triotic devices gave to and took from the scene a
grace inexpressible.
The night scene on the water and in the streets
illuminated by myriads OF electric lights, has been
more than grand 1t has inspired feeling OF awe IN
man standing in the presence of the works wrought
by his genius.
And it has all been seen through day and night on
land and water, in perfect comfort by the hundreds
of thousands. The spectators have had neither to
sweter in the heat nor shver in the cold They have
passed readily and comfortably from the scene OF one
spectacle to another The facilities OF the city have
been SO ample that none have gone hungry for lack
of place to feed, nor tired for need OF place TO
rest.
No storms have disturbed the crowds and no gales
have tugged at the splendid decorations. The wide
streets and avenues have rendered jam and panic
impossible and good order, good temper and un-
bounded patriotic enjoyment have marked the great
junction from the beginning.
To our people it has been needed revelation
San Francisco is the metropolis of the frendest eli
mate in the world In no other great American city
could there have been such absolute guarantee Of
clemency in the clements such assurance of immun-
y from storm and tempest, such absolute equability
OF climate, as to make all these pleasures sure. In
no capital OF the Old World, not even in gay Paris
or Vienna or Rome can be found such certainty OF
the adaptation OF weather to such purpose
In a high sense these facts and the line of though.
they promote are of the greatest material importance
to San Francisco. They not only teach people TO
make more frequent in this way of their climatic
advantages, but they impress all with the need Of
making permanently the best use OF those advan-
tages They lead to a call for the best streets for the
more general joining OF the beauties with the utilities
OF architecture. Washington City has in Pennsyl-
vania avenue of the noblest thoroughfares in the
architecture of the buildings which line it. It's
straight stretch has at end the mighty Capitol
and the other the classical building of the Treasury
But between, with few exceptions only the cheap
est and meanest of buildings. Sordd fronts, windows
stnted in proportion roofs OF melancholy pitch, chill
the spirit that has been raised by the splendors OF the
Capitol, the gorgeous art OF the Congressional Ii
brary and the classic front of the Treasury San
Francisco has in Market street her grand thorough
fare 1t already far excels Pennsylvania avenue in
the excellence of its architecture Every year the
blunt-faced structures, snub-nose and lantern
jawed to meet the economy the haste of the
pioneer builders, pass away and are replaced by mod
buildings in which the architects sense OF ex-
terror beauty is given some scope and play.
AS the rebuilding of this street goes on let every
property -owner remember the pageantry that is now
passing Let him recall the perfect tone of the sky
the softness and lure of the weather. the bright
Kaleidoscope effect of the welldressed hundreds OF
thousands the charm OF the decorations-an remem-
Der how art come to the aid of nature in pro-
ducng these effects, which worth crossing the
continent see and when he builds see to it that he
adds to the attractions of this great street. which is
the first travelled by the thousands who come here to
this part of the highway around the world