The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-01
MANYCOSTIY FLOATS
MADE FOR CARNIVAL
Thousands Expended in Prepar-
ing for Parade at Los Gatos
May Day Festival
Miss Ynez Richardson, the
Queen. and Pretty Girls to
Dance Around Pole
Especial Dispatch to The Cali

I0PCctut DtSPdtCH 10 HS Nat1
Los GATOs, April s0.-The shade Of
Don Gaspar de Portola. materialized in
San Francisco. made a sweeping bow
to the wrath of the queen of May here
this afternoon. In return Don Gaspar
received q dainty courtesy and a flow
cry compliment. Here is the message
Don Gaspar sent the queen of the May:
r.. P. Doolan, Director General May
Day Festival: Portola festival greets
Los Gatos May day floral carnival and
wishes it success anG compliments of
the season. You are doing splendid
thing tina twill rebound not only to
your credit, but to the credit of the
entire state.
"Porola Festival,
HOMER BOUSHEY, Secretary"
And this is what the happy May
queen who is to be crowned here to-
morrow at the greatest floral carnival
in the history of Santa Clara county
penned and flashed back over the wires
TO her admirer in San Francisco:
GREETING TO PORTOLA
Homer Boushey, Secretary Portoia
Festival: Los Gatos May day carnival
and feast of lanterns bids return greet
ing to Portola festival. San Francisco
is doing and has been doing what re-
bounds to the credit OF the entire ma
ton. The queen city OF the Pacific, she
is the pride of California
'R. p. DooLAN,
Director General Los Gatos May Day
Carnival
Final entries for the big floats were
made yesterday. Great secrecy has
been maintained as to who would pa
rade owing to the many rich prizes
offered. In some cases thousands of
dollars have been spent on the decora-
tion Of the floats.
WATER WAGON AsFLOAT
The Good Templars VIII enter floral
water wagon. Prominent in the Good
Templar feature of the parade will be
Miss Mabel Snyder, past chief templar,
and Rev. c. E. Irons. grand chief tenn
plar Of California, who is q resident of
Los Gatos.
TIE Woodmen of the World will enter
a float in the design of huge saw
mill with waterwheel operated by
running water. Flots will be entered
also by the Women's Christian Temper
aroe Union. The local lodge OF Odd Eel
lows, the Knights of Pythias. the Order
of the Ee astern Star and the Red
Men. The merchants association of
San Jose has promised a big float
HuGHE BALLOT BOX EXPECTED
There is great speculation as to what
will be the design of the float of the
equal suffrage association of Santa
Clara county. Some say it will be a
huge ballot box.
The Women of Woodcraft of Los Ga
tos and San Jose will have floats loaded
with pretty girls.
The dance around the May pole will
be one of the prettiest features OF the
carnival. Miss Ynez Richardson will
be queen of the May
A musical comedy will be staged in
the open air during the evening. The
costumes and the lighting effects will
be reminiscent of the land of the mi
kado. Three hundred school children
will form q chorus in the rear of the
stage and two dozen of the prettiest
girls in Los Batos have been selected to
play the principal comedy parts
TWN>GU AND PRETTY GIRLS
Guy Tully and Guy Drury, known az
s'the two Guys" are in charge of the
production and will take leading COM
edy character parts Ray Griffith, a
professional actor, will also take part.
The two dozen girls who will be the
fan chorus in the operetta are:
Mar orie Lord Adelaide Harrison
Ruth Weyman Alice Conklin
Roma Beach Ola Campbell
Jeanfe Lord Eta Baldwin
Frances Briggs Gertrude Moore
Faith French Hattie McGiu
Gladys French Dora Doyle
Irene Hewitt Etts Mally
Evalyn Wallace Ethel Greenley
Edna Roberts Mabel Scott