The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-08-28
List of Delegates to Inter-
parliamentary Conference
Is Made Up of Noted Men
MAY VISIT THE COAST
Foreigners May Be Induced
to Pay a Visit to Western
Shore of the United States
BY PAUL EDWARDS,
Special staff Correspondent OF The Call.

parliamentary conference to be held
at the fair grounds next month
and which it is hoped to induce to visit
California, are the Archbishop of Can
terbury and Lord Stanhope of Great
Britain, Baron Estournelles Constant
and Senator La Biche of France, Bar
ons Won Plener and Pirquet of Austria.
Count Apponyi of Hungary, DR.. Max
Hirsch and P. Haupmann of Germany.
J. w. Lund of Norway, Baron Knabbe
of Sweden and DR.. Gobatz of SwitZer-
land.
The matter of securing a visit from
these notables is now in the hands of
the public bodies of California. having
been referred to them by the State
commission. All of the South and Cen
trail American republics will send repre-
sentatiyes. A visit from these latter
would probably be of particular benefit
to California.
Another one of the big registers sent
on by the San Francisco committee has
been filled, and temporary one has
been supplied by j. w. Erwin, the COM
mittee's representative. 1t contains
space at the margin for remarks, and
most Of the visitors who register do not
overlook the opportunity to unload their
sentiments Some mistake the purpose
for which their remarks are desired and
apply them to themselves or existing
conditions utterly exTaneous to San
Francisco Such marginal notes as
I'm tired" It's hot and Raining
appear at intervals.
All the remarks" bearing on San
Francisco are extremely compliment
tary, save two Miss Katherine F.
O'Connell of Chicago gaZed about the
building, saw no gilded shoats' heads
on the frescoes and cruelty and calmly
wrote in the remarks column, Poor"
This is one of the preliminary rum
blings of the thunderous acknowledge
ment Of San Francisco's greatness that
must come from the East. No city or
individual can be truly great until it
or he is knocked" and this faint be-
ginning of the good work by a weak
woman, Insignificant as il is in itself,
is portentous Of the great things COM
ing to the great city beside the Golden
Gate. 1t is premonitory of a storm
that is to burst and glorify the West
ern metropolis. Only when she is we'll
hammered by the other great centers
of trade can San Francisco feel that
she is indeed one of the leading ones
of earth.
lady from Pasadena takes occasion
TO write after her name, All good but
the climate" San Diego is more gen
erous, for four of her citizens write,
mo place like California, and San
Francisco is its center"
People from every part Of the globe
have written something about the San
Francisco exhibit. Many content
themselves with one adjective, and
such words as Good" "UnexceIled,"
Lovely" Fine Delightful" Won
derful," Sublime" and Splendid" ap-
pear in the remarks column with great
frequency. Some of the interesting
marginal notes are as follows:
Most instructive" Hector Won Aug
tenberg, Colombo, Ceylon; Splendid"
Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Goodrich, Grand
Rapids, Mich; Viva! San Francisco"
Esteban Dugue Estrada, Havana,
Cuba, "hospitable as Baltimore" Will
liam Baker and wife, Baltimore, Md;
great is Frisco" Frank Lemont, En-
sely, Ala the City of Bohemians,'
Louis Brown, New York; fine and
dandy" Miss Lizzie Kelley, Pittsburg;
out of sight" Minnie Ingersou.
Pittsburg; up TO the standard of the
Golden State" L. Langfelder, Fort
Smith, Ark; exhibit fine" L. II.
Schnackenberg. Cornwall, n. Y; per
fectly lovely" Sara Dargo, Cloves.
Ohio; best on the grounds" L. Brink
man. New York; incest exhibit on
the fair grounds" Hugh Bates, Belle
Vernon, Pa; sublime" L. w. Hodg-
man, Red Wing; splendid" L. w.
Alderman, Raleigh, n. c.; the
goods" Harold D. -Cowan, Buffalo, N
Y; finest on the grounds" Elsie w.
Webbing, Bellevue, Pa; best yet" S.
c. Hendricks, Marion, Ind; "it's fine"
George Pendexter and wife, Austin.
Tex.
To put in all the names of those
writing sublime" fine" excellent"
and so forth after their names would
take several columns. Some are used
merely to extend the range of locality.
1t will be observed from the express
sions used that some among the low
ly were inspired to express their adj
miration of San Francisco. Who these
were it will be left for the reader to
determine. At any rate they all had
enough money to travel quite a dis
lance to st. Louis. Where Red Wing
is unfortunately is not stated by the
citizen from that place, but 1t will fit
in any locality not covered.
T. G. Hartman of Tacoma cannot
forget the changing of the name of
Mount Tacoma to Mount Rainier. He
looked at the art display and the
pictures of big buildings and shipping
and then wrote after his name on the
register, Where is Seattle ?" After
! this the Tacomaite's enjoyment Of the
/ fair was probably 100 per cent greater.
The signature y. henderson and
family, Cincinnati" is followed by the
statement, "Will be there in July"
which is an illustration of how the
exhibit impresses the people.
The visitors to the San Francisco
building are largely of the wealthy
class. and the entire State Of Cali
fornia is benefited through their being
attracted to the place. They do not
| asl, about San Francisco ONLY hut