The San Francisco call., 1904-09-08
Brilliant Function
at Mechanics
Pavilion.
Fair Women Lend
Beauty to the
Scene.
BY Sally Sharp.


California Commandery. here's to
Won" such were the toasts tossed of
az the Pavilion last night. when Cali
fornia No. ! threw out its collective
arms 10 welcome the knights errant
and their women fair in such fashion
as beftted the name 1t bears; and let
il be known that il discharged its duty
nobly-at least so say the Louisvillians,
the conquerors-and they OF the hos
pitable South should know
Never IN its whole career was the
pavilion graced with such beauty-ani-
mate and. inanimate- Lovely women,
fair maids. brave men, q fun seven
thousand Of them. passed in review.
with a good seventh hinging defiance
In the face OF the weather by dancing
Vigorously-and apparently enjoyed it.
Apropos Of dancing, the announce
ment was publicly made that as the
affair was in the nature OF a full-dress
ball, ali who were not properly attired
Including ladies wearing hats-should
retire from the floor Well, some did,
and more didn't. whereupon Sir Carroll
Cook with fine judicial dignity and
and repeated The original announce
Tnent- But he did more-he brayely
expz-ia1ed upon what constitutes full
dress even going SO far into details as
70 bar tuxe6os-sIl % which was very
clever OF the Judge but. what viii the
visitors think OF San Frencisco's pro-
rincialsms2
But the genial Judge was right He
and others didn't
IN the upper gallery where q hr
forest had sprcng up IN a day, the
ladies Of the California Commandery
stood in receiving line. all gowned in
smart evening robes, white and violet
prevailing And such pretty women,
Here the conQuering Louisvillians
called en- nasse, and right royalty were
they welcomed And II eyes deceived
one not those Louisvillians squeezed
many a fair hand-but 'tis the way Of
gallant SoOherners- Among the
visitors were twenty-five ladies OF
LouisviIe-fsir women all and not
whit different from CaIfornians in
frank manners and speech
All this. by the way. Sir Carroll Cook
framed IN poetic fashion, paying high
tribute 10 the charm Of the fair South
erners- And in their behalf Charles P.
Weaver responded, telling some very
pretty things about California. and
thus the score was even
on the right promenade OF the main
floor cooling drinks and ices were dis
pensed. with the commanderies of
Northern California acting as the
hosts
IL H.-Ea -1-T-
the knights from the central and
southern parts Of the State held forth.
likewise refreshing the weary and
warm But II remained for California
Commandery, the famous host, to en-
terrain in its refreshment booth thou
sands of visitors with ices and cooling
drinks
BY n o'clock the ball was in full
swing With the brilliance Of the blaz-
ing decorations, pine forests stretch
ing away to the booths, flags flying
from the galleries. and a thousand
dancers gliding through the mazes Of
the waltz. Il was sight never before
beheld in Sen Frsncisco-nor perhaps
surpassed elsewhere in the United
States
But with aH the glitter and ponp.
human intersst rose above il all-it wa
essentially ? study CT people from the
East, North, South and from over the
waters And above al rose 2 maxnif-
cent demonstration OF the vanity of
men-men who were sweltsriny. but
who looked brave and handsome in
thei- silvered nantes, and wore them,
aye, until the gong sounded taps
al, ali for vanity And henceforth, let
al men forever hold their peace about
the vanity Of women.