The San Francisco call., 1904-04-10

arranged by Golden Gate Chapter Of the
order OF the Eastern Star and taken
on the evening OF Monday. April 4.
Golden Gate Hall was for the time
transformed into a passenger depot for
the "Absurdity Transcontinental and
Transatlantic Railway and Steamship
Company" with placards of trips to
the Worlds Fair. trips TO all points
and an Office with bulletins. maps. fold
ers. news stand, peanut butchers, con-
ductors. porters, train dispatcher, pas
senger agents and ticket sellers. Rows
Of chairs, dOs-a-dOs, were in position,
and on the stage was an imitation Of
modern high-pressure locomotive num-
bered 1.000, 600 and bearing the name Of
the company. As the people entered the
depot they were each furnished by DR..
Amy Florence Temple, L. chief ticket
agent with a regulation ticket printed
after the manner Of frst-class detach-
able coupon tickets, which was good
for a trip from the Union depot to
China, from China TO Germany, from
Germany TO Dixie Land and from Dixie
Land TO Egypt. Each ticket was punch
ed at Identification marks, and had TO
bear the signature of the holder. These
granted stopover privileges and were
good for a trip If you are on time,
IF you are in line IF you have paid
your fine" If you don't get off before
the 5. S. stops" and Provided you
patronize the lunch counter" There
were four regular trains and a special,
each having a special conductor. These
and the past patrons and matrOns Of
the chapter. who constituted the COM
rr7srfaa of arm ne erorarn1
manager. Grand Secretary Kate J. Will
lifts, and Assistant Manager DR.. Tenn
pie. matron of the chapter, and the
train dispatcher, George /. Darling.
p. G. p. were the only ones who knew
where the trains were TO go. Each
regular train was made UP OF about
seventy-flve passengers and designated
by the color Of the cape worn by the
lady who acted as conductor, the
brakemen" and ''trainmen," and these
were sent out at intervals Of ten min
utes each TO prevent rear-end collisions
Each train was provided with regula-
ton red and white lanterns and regu-
lation red, white and green signal flags.
The first -~oin sent out by the dis
patcher was the green one under Con
ductor" Miss /. Stevenson. This was
followed in turn by the blue, under
Conductor Emma Dinniger: the white
under Conductor Eta Huer, and the
yellow under Conductor Mrs. c. Ogels-
by. After that came the special" un-
der the conductOrship Of the assistant
manager. In this there We're as pas
sengers Superior Judge Kerrigan, Cap
tain Of Police Duke and prominent
Eastern Starites. The first train headed
for China, which was located in an
near Larkin, and TO this the passengers
rode on shanks mare accompanied by
the train boys selling their wares. AS
the passengers who did not know the
points OF destination, but were out for
a good time and sightseeing, enlivened
the trip by blowing fish horns and set
ting the people along the route TO
thinking that New Year had come in
ahead Of time. The several train loads
were welcomed by Josiah E Locke and
shown to the apartments of DR.. Cath
rine Dali KnucOlls, which were ar
ranged as a Chinese temple with a joss,
punk and there was Chinese music fur
nished by two genuine heather Chinee.
Besides these there We're Chinese songs
cleverly rendered by Louis Steiger, who
was dressed as mandarin in flowing
robes. DR.. KaucOlls, the hostess, was
attired in Chinese robes with her hair
dressed with fish glue and decorated
with tinsel and flowers. After the pas
sengers had seen the sights OF China
they returned TO the train TO make
room for the others; the train then
moved TO the residence Of Mrs. George
Hass on Ellis street, near Lar
kin, where the passengers saw
Germany. Germania was imper-
sonted By Miss Beatrice Kelly. In
this place the spacious parlors were
turned into a German home with bur
gomeister smoking a long pipe while
extending the hand of friendship to the
tourists and telling them "ihr sind will
kommen." For the entertainment Of
the visitors there were songs by young
ladies attired as German peasants, and
there was a peasant dance by four
ladies and the same number Of gentle
men in the costume Of Hell
delberg. under the direction Of
Mrs Stromboni. who spent sew
eraI days teaching them the dance.
From Germany the tourists went to
Dixie Land, in the apartments of Mrs.
Charles Swazey, in the Strathmore,
which were gorgeously decorated in i'm
itation OF a Southern forest. embel-
lished with American flags. There the
tourists were treated to old and new
negro melodies by members of the
chapter. whose identity was concealed
by the use Of burned cork. From there
they were conducted TO Egypt in one
of the parlors of Golden Gate Hall,
where Miss Daisy Pabst was the hos
tess. and introduced the sightseers to
representatives of the Oriental races,
who told them their fortunes for the
crossing of the palm with small piece
Of silver. When the last train had re-
turned, the depot, which in the mean
time had been converted into a dance
hall, was crowded with dancers who en-
5oyed themselves until midnight. II
--ns-ne-snovel- affair and Golden Gate