The San Francisco call., 1899-10-20

cession and, rain or shine. they purposed
to do it, and they We're kept busy getting
the different divisions into formation.
The people Of San Francisco, whose in
ordinate appetite for street pageants mas
passed into a proverb, were as unmindful
of the weather as the chiefs of the
parade. They were out early and lined
the sidewalks along the entire line of
march. Market and Kearny streets, es-
pecially, were packed with humanity
waiting impatiently In the drizzle for the
passing of the parade.
Eleven o'clock came and with 1t the
signal to move. AS the platoon Of
mounted police in front moved out and
the drum major in a gorgeous bearskin
twirled his baton for the opening march,
The Calls cannon doomed out from the
tower of the Claus Spreckels building,
notifying the waiting thousands down
town that the procession was headed
their way.
And It really was a parade Of which
any organization might be proud. It was
full Of color and life and music. 1t was
vibrant with variety and there seemed to
be in it men and women and flags and
fluttering banners without end. Not In a
number Of years has any single order
turned out in San Francisco any such
number of representatives, and apparent
ly, in no order in the State is there more
opportunity for brilliant street display.
Ten divisions made up the parade, and
each offered something different from the
preceding one. Following the platoon of
police and the band Of the San Francisco
Lodge Of Odd Fellows rode Grand Marshal
NJ. NJ. Estee and his thirty red-sashed
aids. Following came the khaki-uniformed
band Of the First Regiment. California
volunteers, and after them passed divis-
Ion after division Of all that is beautiful
in Odd Fellowship allowable to the un-
initiate eye.
Plaudits for this feature and that were
plentiful all along the route, but no show
ing in the big procession made such
a pleasurable impression as the ladies of
the Rebekah drill corps. AS they marched
along in the grand marshaIs escort, look
ing good enough to eat in their natty uni
forms, the crowds on the sidewalk
cheered and Handicapped their approval
| Handkerchiefs and hats and flags were
waved at them, and on the counter-march
! they were applauded again and again by
their brothers in Odd Fellowship march.
| ing the other way.
The ladies of the drill corps were not
many, but they We're pretty nearly tn,
whole thing. Three corps marched OF
bekah lodges, in cream-colored ridin,
habits, rode as aids to the marshals of di
visions. The marching ladies represented
Stockton, this city and San Jose, TIL
Stockton girls leading the way. in. the nat
test kind of uniforms of dark blue, witt
hussar Jackets barred with white The,
were under the command of Captain En-
ma Lambert, and aside from their genera
appearance in the line. individually the.
were fattering types of feminine lowell
ness, for which California is famous Ger
tainly in this regard at least Stockton ha
made commendable progress in the State.
fifty years Of Odd Fellowship.
The San Francisco Rebekah Drill Corps
was no whit behind the feminine ARA,
from up the San Joaquin in appearance
Miss Allie Parker was in command. TIL,
uniform of black, corded with white, wa.
something worth going miles to see, sit
ting 50 perfectly on such prettily movins
| figures
It would take a book, and big one a
that, to enumerate all the features Of tn,
big parade It took more than an houl