The San Francisco call., 1899-07-05

bunting contained about fifty little chli,
dren too young to walk ana VINO derived
enjoyment waving their Ilags al a me 3 So a.
ing thousands. The little ones were also
atIired in their gymnasium SUITS anu pre-
sented a pleasing appearance. NedIl$ d
thousand uniformed men and half that
number of citizens bearing the national
emblem composed the DIVISION
The ninth division, headed by Marsna1
AdOlph Becker and his aids, Antoine
Klein. Thomas Meyer, John Kndner'
Fred Kautz and J. Letter. came next va
rious additional sections OF the EeIeiI
Eintracht constituting the buIk OF TINS
First came A Diteau's band and the
drum corps of the Eereln Elntracnt, T.
gray and green uniforms, with black
plumes in their hats, under L1eutenants
Schmidt and Won Hardwlck. Ihe ! urnsr s
section, under Commander Stahl, red
belted in neat uniforms Of light gray, was
followed by the junior memoers OF tho
Verein Eintracht. The Mission Turn
Eerein. known by its immense straw hats,
preceded the handsome ttoat OF the tln-
tracht. which represented Germania ana
Liberty.
Novel Features of the Parade.
Next came one of the unique features
of the parade, the Columbia Park Boys
Club. led by its drum corps. All were
dressed in natty black and white and
numbered fourteen sets Of fourS. They
received hearty applause all along the
lire Of march. The youngsters did not
to the very end. In their footsteps came
the small boys VINO form the Lodge OF
the Golden Links, under the command OF
their captain, Roy Douglas.
Between the ninth and tenth divisions
were three prettily decorated carts, one,
a fancy little dog cart, was driven by Miss
unique in its smallness and beauty, pro
ceeded by its side. Miss May Pettee Pet d.
EGfifa 5m@rIy ShG haTnesSed % aIr Meyer, in PM his
automobile, patriotically bedecked, at
tracted much attention and interest
Marshal Dalzen, with Guido Almagia
and Frank Mignet as aids, led the tenth
division. Captain Olmo, with martial
tread and carrying a destructive looking
Garibaldi Guards. The red shirts of the
guards which tell the story Of italian
liberty, formed a striking contrast with
the black of their uniforms. The officers
and veterans Of the Garibaldi Benevolent
Association followed in carriages.
The Scavengers Protective, Union: all
of whom are Italians, turned out fully
300 of it's members. Each man carried the
stars and stripes, and they entered into
the spirit of the occasion with as much
enthusiasm as full born Americans. Fol-
lowing the SCaVengers' Protective Union
boys was the Ranchers' Association. The
officers Of the RanChers' Association rode
in three carriages, and Immediately after
them came one of the prettiest floats IN
the procession. The first float, a veritahle
vegetable garden, was drawn by six mag
nif1cent white horses. The sides of the
float were constructed with sacks of DO
tatoes, punches of beets, turnips and car
rots. Two hundred and fifty members of
the F1shermen's Association followed the
Ranchers' Association. They wore blue
shirts and white straw hats encrcled with
blue ribbons. Their float, a thirty-foot
boat with its white sail thrown to the
breeze, attracted considerable attention
The Royal italian Guards, under com
mand Of Captain Zita. came next in the
line of march. They wore bright red shirts
and red caps Following the italian
Guards the automobile, drawing two pas
sengers, glided along the pavement as
Gorgeous Chinese Display.
Next came the gorgeous display Of the
Chinese the splendor of which can be de-
scribed in the ancient, but in this case
strictly appropriate, phrase as truly
Oriental" The Celestials outdd them
selYes In nrena ration and In axeciltion-