The San Francisco call., 1909-05-08
ROSES EVERYWHERE
AND REV[LRY RULES
Santa Rosa Festival GayetieS
Begin With Growing
of the Queen
Day Ends in Dancing, With
Battle of R0sebuds in
Ballroom
Special Dispatch 10 The CALI

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SANTA ROSA. May Gay revelry
prevails in the beautiful City of Roses. 4
for the mayor has turned over the
KEYS Of the city TO Queen Clara.
WELDING her scepter with pleasing
grace. she has received the adulations
Of her loyal subjects and directed them
to make merry for two days with dan
cling. rose battles, gay parades. music (
snd the mad racing of automobiles.
The city is in holiday mood for its
annual fete The rose carnival is dis
tinctly q santa Rosa carnival. and
. the mandates Of the rose queen to make
merry are always gladly received. 1
There are roses everywhere. The beau 1
tiful gardens Of the city have been
robbed Of thousands of buds for in
terror decorations but so plentiful are
the buds that it is impossible TO see
where the ruthless shears have been
50 active.
The streets are gay with red. green
and yellow. the carnival eoIors. There
are gayly decorated concessions with 4
their industrious spielers entertaining
me thousands VINO nave already ar 4
rived for the rose carnival. The peo-
PIE are in quest Of harmless fun and
-nerrIment and are making sure OF
finding it.
QUEEN CLARA CROWNED
The crowniug OF Miss Clara Einhorn /
as queen of the carnival occurred in /
the pavilion in A street at $50 o'clock 1
tonight With a fanfare OF trumpets 4
the royal party entered the spacious !
hal and proceeded TO the throne. a 4
bower Of white roses and date palms I
1vith shell as a background, all stud /
ded with incandesCent globes Miss
Geraldine Grace was the crown bearer,
while Miss Helen Kearns carried the
, KEYS Of the city. The flower girls. led
by Miss Marian Belden. We're Virginia
Gregory and May Andrews, Mildred I
Wright and Janet Smith. Olivia Smith
and Marie Rosenberg, Beth Yeager and
Zelma Caruthers. Miss Margaret For {
syth was the robe bearer and Miss Dora /
Pierson and Miss Katherine Comstock .
the ladies in waiting. Miss May Nc
Means onhciated as the maid Of honor I
while Ralph Mitchell and William
Wright were the pa ages.
The appearance Of Queen Clara was
the signal for cheers from her loyal
subjects Miss Einhorn is a handsome
brunette, and made 4 charming picture
iu her regal raiment. Her gown was
rich creation OF white messaiine over
white silk empire style en- train over
dress OF white chiffon trimmed with
small white roses.
As the royal party arrived in front
Of the throne. Director General John
p Overton affixed the crown OF white
rosebuds. making few happy remarks
= he placed the emblem Of authority
on The head OF Queen clara Mayor
James II. Cray welcomed Queen Clara
Ier cd 20 u~ffi1
the keys Of the city. At the conclu-
ion OF the simple ceremonies. Queen
clara ascended the throne and bade
Ter subjects make merry with the
dance.
BATTLE OF ROSEBUDS
gay scene marked the finale of
the evenings festivities. The dancers
armed themselves with countless rose
buds and engaged in lively battle in
the ballroom. Blossoms were soon
piled high on the floor. and the merry
makers continued the pelting Of roses
until they had 10 quit Of sheer ex
haUsrion.
Tomorrow is to be the big day Of the
rose carnival with the great floral 4
parade in the forenoon as the big event
Of the day. The local committee has
offered 81 SOC IN prizes for those enter
ing the parade. and some artistic vehi-
cles are promised for the occasion. The
queen and ner court VIII ride IN an
a1trs ctiVe float decorated entirely in
white. Glen Ellen, SOnoma, Kenwood, 4
Boyes Springs, Aqua caliente Springs
Dunbar school district Rincon valley
Bennett valley Todd district Windsor
Heal ldsburg GuerneviIle. Cloverdaie,
Grafton. Petalums and other towns and
school districts OF the vicinity will have
floats in line. as will also the improve
ment clubs and most OF the lodges of
this city. The entries are twice as
great as for any preceding carnival in
this city.
PARADE THIS EVENING
Tomorrow afternoon there viii be
band concerts and an opportunity OF
enjoying the concessions In the even
ing there viii be an illumina ted parade
IN which most of the floats and car
riages pa articips ting IN the morning pa
rsde viii also take part with their
decorations frightened with lanterns
The queens float viii be Illuminated
= with electric lights and should present
u q pretty picture
Great interest is being manifested in
the automobile race Sunday morning
beginning al 3 O'Clock. There are IA
entries The. cars viii race over a
course OF % miles. going through
Healdshurg and Geyserville, and re-
turning over practically the same
roads.
The general committee. to which is II
due the credit OF the successful rose
carnival. is composed of Mrs. Joseph p.
Berry chairman of the coronation COM
mittee; Mrs L ". Burr5s. chairman of
committee on entries for the main
division Of parade; Mrs. g L. Kopf, Il
chairman OF the committee Of entries
for the Juvenile division Of the parade;
J. p OveFton, president and director
general; J. II. EinhOrD, street decora-