The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01
CELEBRATION
WILL Be QUIET
Plans Are Completed for
a NoiseleSs Fourth
of July.
Interesting Exercises Ar
ranged for Golden
Gate Park. +.

Preparations for the Fourth OF July
celebration next Wednesday. at Golden
Gate Park are nearly. completed. The
affair viii be unparalleled in the history
OF our country; as il is to be what is
termed 8 ..Noiseless~ Fourth, That is
the giant cracker and the cannon. with
their countless. fiery <acconpanirnents
have given way to the literary and mu-
sical programme g. and the outdoor
sports. The parade. is. to- be held, as
usual The National, Guard. and the
various civic. organizations that have
turned out on former occasions VIII not
figure IN this years. march The regu-
+ lars of Uncle sam gathered from the
Presidio. Goat Island. the navy yard
and the vessels on the bay, will march
alone, and never will their presence
have been so royalty appreciated as to-
day, while their splendid service is still
fresh IN the minds of the people.
The troops will form on Baker street,
near the Panhandle. and viii. march
westward through the Panhandle and
along the main driveway until they
reach the stadium beyond the refugee
camp on the speedway. Here the cere-
mony Of flag raising. in which the mill
tary and the children participate. will
be held. The seYenry-foot hagpole has
been. erected in the center OF the athletic
field Around tslis-the. .20.0e0 school. chill
dren viii take their places and about
them VIII be grouped the soldiers and
sailors. 80. - "
BAND CONCERT AT PARK. --...
This ceremony. ended. a band concert
given by the Golden Gate Park band,
under the. direction of Paul .Steindorff,
viii begin. This serves as an introdu uc-
m ~ q of q
morning. The voices Of the children
will 5oin in THE Star Spangled Ban
-ner and then an Invocation will be
. pronounced by the Most Rev. Arch
bishop Montgomery The address OF
the day is TO be given by James. d.
Phelan. = The benedjction VIII be pro-
nounced by the Right Rev. Bishop
Nichols One of the. most attractive
- features OF. the days exercises will be
the singing by thousands of school
children OF famous patriotic hymns
An order has been sent out: to the
teachers of. the various public schools
that they report at the stadium at
.Lv.$0 o'clock on Tuesday morning and
the parents are requested to cooper
ate with the teachers and committee in
the effort 10 have as many as possible
of the $4,000 pupils. of the schools as
semble at that time TO Erehearse. the
songs that are TO be sung on the
Fourth. The committee has. arranged
with the United Railroads that the
children may use their half rate school
tickets going TO and coming from the
park In addition TO these some 10000
free tickets viii be given to the chill
dren when they assemble on Tuesday
morning, entitling- all who come to. the
rehearsal 10 attend the celebration free.
- Special trolley parties will be carried
from various parts OF the city on the
morning Of the Fourth of July. Cars
viii leave certain. desi gnated points and
will carry any. children who may: wish
10 ride 10 the park free of charge;
There VIII be special officers a abeard to
F. preserve order ard ser that adults~do
not abuse the privilege extended 10 the
children These cars Will display ban
ners prominently and will stop at any
street corner to take on children They
leave the starting points at the hours
of $50 and 10 a m. The points of de-
parture Of the special cars are. as fol-
lows ..->-. -. -. ....s- : ~. ~. -.
Twentyzsixth and Mission streets
wenty-ninfb. and. Noe streets, Ocean
View, Sixteenth avenue and Kentucky
street Twenty fourth street: and. Hoff-
man avenue. Eighteenth and Castro
streets. DeVrsadero% between Sacramen-
10 and Jackson. streets. Fillmore street
and Broadway. Jefferson Square, La
guna and EDDY streets. Church and
Market streets. and the foot of Chenery
street r.. - -. ~ s.. Fl,
When the celebration is over these
special cars viii return the children TO
the points from w which the trolley rides
started -. -: r..