The San Francisco call., 1908-05-14

flag. Ten thousand little hands were
raised to 10000 little brows, and then
10000 childish voices gave the pledge:
I'VE pledge allegiance to our flag
and to the republic for which ii
stands-one people, one language, one
flag
The Star Spangled Banner" fol-
lowed. and after that there was sue
cession of old fashioned melodies that
went straight to the hearts of those
hundreds of bluejackets. The patriotic
songs had aroused cheers. created en-
thusiasm and had been the reason for
deafening shouts but "Old Folks at
Home" "Old Black Joe" Dixie =
'Tenting on the Old Camp Ground
and Annie Laurie were listened to
in almost reverentiaI silence.
The children were repeating softly
the refrain OF old Folks at Home
when a small boy of the Adams school
at home" The sailors responded with
a will.
JOLLY BoOLA SONG
The jolly .BooIa" song and the al
ways popular My Own United States"
brought the singing to a close. From
II o'clock until 2 o'clock the youthful
vocalists had poured forth their songs
They had sung in all 81 songs; a com
pliment to the head of the nation; a
song, as 1t were, for each presidential
salute.
But the children were not content with
simply singing. Each school had its
improyised yell. much to the amuse-
ment and delight of the sailors. For
the navy they shouted:
american navy,
Yankee fleet,
Full of heroes,
Can't be beat
Always welcome,
Always true,
Three cheers and tiger
For the red, white and blue"
In the field near the children's music
stand the women of the California club
and other volunteers pitched their pie
camp. Pie and cake were rather
small part of the menu given the lads
from the battleships. but as they were
the trimmings of the feast they were
the more conspicuous, and as the pies
and cakes were personal donations from
the San Francisco housewives they
We're the realstrophies of the day A
caterer had been engaged by the fleet
RECEPTION committe 10 provide the sub
stantials-the sandwiches of ham and
cheese and other filings. the potato
salad and the coffee by the 100 gallons.
During the feast an ambulance from
the emergency hospital circled omi-
nously about the field but, as predicted
by all, there was not even case of
dyspepsia reported by Hospital Steward
Mccarthy.
Never did feasted sailors have more
winsome attendants than did the blue
Jackets who celebrated yesterday. The
girls high school had a coterie of maid
ems in the field aiding the clubwomen,
and other schools were also represented
by girls. Among the girls who served
the sailors were:
Misses Gwendolyn Pow Nina Noise
ers Blanche Curran
Dorothy Duncomb Dagmar Games
Marguerite Coffin Zela HarreIl
Adele Henry Ruth Nathan
Helen Hughson Madeline eastman
Edna McCord Jeannette Grunauer
Grace Edwards Edna Joseph Shaw
Dorothy Crawford Vira Limbaugh
Louise Everett
The members of the county Women's
Christian temperance union served
lemohade and oranges to the boys. At
the unions stand were:
Mrs. Alice Bradley, Mrs Mary T. Ci1lev
state superintendent Mrs. H. NJ. Purley
OF soldiers and sailorsl Mrs. A. Z. Norton
work Mrs. George W. Brown
Mrs. +. B. Clark Mrs. s. J. McCov
Mrs Z. X. Hartel Mrs. A. W. Bra4nard
Mrs d. McCroskey Mrs. Anna E. Chase
Walter Macarthur and Robert A. Roos
of the fleet reception committee were
prominent in working for the success
OF the day, as were the members of
the board Of education, President
Thomas Boyle, Aaron Altman, David
Oliver and Professor O'Connor. Police
Captain Anderson had so policemen. in
the field. Order was perfect.
The clubwomen who are chiefly re-
sponsible for the success OF the day
are: