The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-01
Raisin Day in This City

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success IN every hotel club, cottage.
fat and in every charitable institution
rsfsins occupied the place OF honor on
he menu OF breakfast. luncheon and
dinner
There was no escaping the rsisia
YESTERDAY The visitor coming down
from his bedroom IN the hotel in the
morning saw raisin decorations in the
I9bbies and IN the dining rooms. At
brea kfast rafsins were served as an
* ira Iuthe bar there were heaps
Il all kinds OF raisins. and on the cigar
stands and in the shops there were
open packages Of raisins- II he had
missed the delectable sweets at all the
other meals in the principal hotels he
was fairly caught 1T dinner, for there
were raisins IN every item Of the bill
q fare
RAISIN DAY LUNCHEON
At the Fairmout yesterday the Cali
fornia Promotion committee gave
rsisin day luncheon. at which several
OF those prominent IN the Raisin day
movement at Fresno were present The
menu consisted entirely Of dishes IN
which rsisins in some form or another
had been incorporated. even the soup
containing raisins cunninsly concealed
in noodles. The dishes were named
after well known raisin growing CON-
munities-
Zeeth s. Eldridge. chairman Of the
reception committee OF the California
Promotion committee. presided and
many prominent citizens Of this city
and Fresno. besides others interested
m the rsfsin industry were invited
guests. James L Horsburg. general
passen ger agent OF the Southern Pa
cffcC who is responsible for the idea
of Raisin day, was unable 70 attend
because Of q previous engagement TO
attend festivities Of the farmers union
at KfnEsburz. He was 10 have been
the guest OF honor at the luncheon.
ADDRESSES ABOUT RAISINS
Chester RoweH. mayor elect of Fres-
no. and prominent journalist and au-
thority on advertising, spoke In an en-
tertaining and witty way OF the his
tory OF the rafsin. tracing IL back into
biblical times and giving interesting
data on the raisin- J. K Armsby OF
the packing firm made some pointed
remarks regarding the marketing Of
rsisins. advocating the organization Of
the growers and the packing Of their
product under brands which could be
guaranteed. and the standardizing OF
prices.
John A Fox. special director OF the
National rivers and harbors congress.
spoke OF the great benefit which would
accrue to the farmers and fruit grow
ers Of California as well as other states
by the utilizing Of the rivers as a means
Of Transporting their products. and out
lined the work which he would do in
the city among business men by point
ing out the value OF the rivers and har-
-bors being gut into good condition He
STAGED tina the object OF the congress
was 70 agftate the spending Of $780,
100000 IN the Improvement Of rivers
and hsrbors in the next ten years.
A. J. LeBreton read Raisin day
uoen. written for the occasion by o.
y Saunders. and made a humorous
speech in which he said that much as
he had enjoyed the dishes which had
all contained rsisins variously dis
guised, he expected 20 see the time
when as many raisins would be eaten
bv every one without their being dis
zgised.
SYMBOL or CIVILIZATION
Chester Roweu in advocating the
continuing Of Raisfn DAY said that the
raisin had been the symbol OF cfvfliza-
ton throughout the world and was the
most widespread food. with the excep-
tion OF bread and beef, and without
any exception the most nourisllfng- He
said that rafsIns. figs and honey were
the only sweets known 10 the ancients.
that David was a great lover Of raisins
and that the Greeks prepared jelly of
smoked rsizins-
Ghs guests were presented with q