The San Francisco call., 1899-08-30
PREPARING FOR
ADMISSION DAY
Plans of the Natives at
Santa Cruz.
BIG PARADE EXPECTED
MANY PARLORS WILL TURN
OUT IN UNIFORM.
Naval Reserve Will Give Grand
Ball on the Evening That
the Delegates Ar
rive.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SANTA CRUZ, Aug. 29.-The time for
| the Admission Day celebration ap-
proaches and the activities increase In
making arrangements for this grand
| event and the Venetian Carnival, to be
! held at the same time. The Native sons
| and the Native Daughters of this city
are busy people.
William Lemos, who has charge Of the
decorations, is very busy. He has sub
mitted plans for the queens barge which
have not yet been adopted, but it prom
ises to be something rich and novel and
! will be a surprise. At his studio all is
hustle. He has about finished the thirty
| two large bear flags which are to float
from f1agstaffs in the rear of the carnival
! tribunes.
He is busy painting the design to be
! placed on the Laurel street arch. 1t IS
to be a large scene. the center painting
! of the seal of California. On one side
is representative of 1S49, an old-fashioned
prairie schooner crossing the plains,
drawn by oxen: on the other side is
! representation of 1899. In this picture in
stead of the prairie schooner is the 10
| comotiVe which takes its place and is
crossing the plains.
Above this scene on the arch are to be
placed the national and bear flags; below
are to be graceful folds and festoons of
bunting and lines of Japanese lanterns,
which are to be extended a distance of
about six hundred feet from the arch to
lilS ilItlCO Ol the carnival GROUNDS.
Sheriff Besse, the grand marshal, is
daily receiving answers to the communi-
cations he has sent to the various parlors
throughout the State, and from the an
sWers received the celebration is to be
a big success.
Among the parlors to attend in a body
are the three parlorS from San JOse-the
Palo Alto, Observatory and San Jose
parlors of Native Sons and the Vendome
and San Jose parlors Of Native Daugh-
ters. The Sons are to wear uniforms and
the Daughters are to march with them.
Piedmont of Oakland will turn out 100
strong with a band. and the most elegant
be striking. One-third of the members will
wear red, another white and the other
third blue hats; white duck coat, vest and
trousers, a soft shirt and red, white and
blue ties. They will all carry Japanese
parasols. Their headquarters is to be at
the Court House. The Oakland Parlor
Will also appear in uniform and with
band.
FL Dorado Parlor of San Francisco
will be in uniform and be accompanied by
a drum corps. Its headquarters will be in
the Pacific Ocean House.
Precita No. 1S7 of San Francisco is to
hold forth at. the Knights of Pythias hall
and will be in uniform and in the parade.
The Nationals are to be here with their
celebrated drum corps.
Headquarters at Old De Lamater Hall.
Bay City No. 1O4 of San Francisco in
Aicaide No. 154 in uniform. Headouar
tiers are at the Arion Hail.
Mantle Parlor in uniform. Headquar-
ters at the Duncan House.
Yerba Buena at st. George Hotel.
Stanford Parlor of San Francisco, with
band. Headquarters at the ST. George.
The members of California No. of San
Francisco are to wear duck trousers, a
leather belt and sraw hat. Their head
quarters will be at the lower Masonic
Hall.
Alameda No. At. in uniform. as will be
Halcyon No 146 of the same city.
Olympus No 1S9 of San Francisco
South San Francisco No. 157, in uniform.
Brooklyn No. 151 of Oakland, in uniform.
Hesperian No. 137, in uniform. 1t will
be accompanied by it's own special band
of fifteen pieces. Headquarters are in the
Pease building.
Rincon Parior No. 72 of San Francisco,
in uniform. Headquarters In Young Mems
| Institute hall.
Pacific Parlor No. 10. Headquarters at
Pacific Ocean House.
Watsonville Parlor will attend in body
In uniform, accompanied by full brass
band.
Athens No. 1876 of San Francisco. Head
quarters at the Pacific Ocean House.
Golden Gate of San Francisco, in uni
form. Headquarters at Neary's Hall.
| AlcatraZ No AS, in uniform. HeadQuar-
ters at the Pacific Ocean House.
| Marshall No. 202, the baby parlor, will
all be here with nursing bottles. Head
| quarters in the Staff1er building.
! Preside Parlor of San Francisco. Head
quarters at III Pacific avenue.
Mount Tamalpais Parlor of San Rafael.
The foregoing parlOrS Will attend in
body and the following promise to be rep
resented by individual members: Sacra-
mento. Livermore, Calaveras, Glen Ellen
and Mount Eden of Haywards.
The Santa Cruz Native Daughters are
to have a great novelty in the parade in
! the shape of float. All the members of
! the parlor, dressed in white, will be in 1t.
The work on damming the river for the
carnival will be commenced on Septem-
Der 8.
All the mail from this city at present is
being sent out in special Admission Day
| and carnival envelopes, in red, white and
blue.
The Naval Reserves will participate in
the parade and will give a ball on the
night of the arrival of the delegations.