The San Francisco call., 1909-10-22

cafe bulging with hungry merry
makers.
of yesterday without referring time
and again to the parade.
On the program it was called the
Civic, Industrial and Fraternal Pa
rade.' That was a matter of fact de-
scription of the most variegated mani
festation of the cosmopolitan character
of San Francisco and California life
that ever flowed as a strong. living
stream down a canal of humanity IA
stories high.
Tuesdays parade had a jaunty touch
of mightiness about it that was de-
lightful 1t was fine to have the naval
heroes of six nations, bearing their
flags and their arms, parade the streets
as a gallant escort for a governor. 1t
was splendid that San Francisco could
send an appeal to the world that
would bring steaming to our harbor
the many craft. There was touch of
sauciness in the fact that debonair
governor OF Imagination could gather
further flung battle line than could
our esteemed James n. Gillett.
THE MAGIC TOUCH
Yesterdays parade was a volunteer
assemblage of citizens of San Fran
cisco and California, here TO do honor
to the fact that San Francisco bay was
discovered and that San Francisco was
built up by the magic touch of San
Francisco energy and ability. No one
will deny that people enjoy taking part
in pageants. Adam and Eve, probably.
on the anniversary of the settlement Of
Eden, put vine leaves in their hair and
walked one behind the other, to the
delight of the pendant anthropoid apes,
countermarching for mutual graft
fication. and ever since then man and
woman have enjoyed the swinging step
of a march, saved possibly the Gauls
chained in compulsory divisions at the
lea Sousa, ''the march king" is ou-
favorite musician.
But for all that Ii takes an immense
amount of cooperation TO gather
$4,000 men, scattered from Fort Bragg
to Los Angeles and from Fishermans
wharf to Stockton, and have them har-
nfoniously drill over 10 miles or SO Of
city streets. 1t was the longest line
of march ever laid out in this city, for
the invasion of the Mission district was
a novel feature of the scheme and one
that was highly appreciated by the
folk of the Mission district. who
climbed, aye, to chimney tops, to see
great Gaspar march the streets of San
Francisco.
The fact should not be lost sight of.
either, that the entire body OF the
fishermen's protective association was
in line-and yesterday was Thursday.
THREE HOURS TO PASS
The parade started shortly before II
o'clock and took three hours to pass
given point. The line of march was
up Market street to Van Ness avenue,
to Golden Gate, countermarching In
Van Ness to Market. out Market to
Valencia, to Fifteenth. to Dolores. to
Seventeenth, to Valencia, and back to
Market SO long was the parade that
the head was near the foot of Market
street before the final divisions had
left their starting points.
Paul T. Carroll, in a white flannel
suit, was the grand marshal of the
parade and was the actual leader OF
the biggest line that ever stepped In
San Francisco. He had coterie of
mounted aids and following them came
band.
Then flashed the cuirassiers. As the
lettering clouds were swept away by
the indomitable Portola spirit and the
sun came into his own. the brightness
of the corseleted body of horse was
tffe brightness OF FURNISHED mirror.
1t was a happy idea to have the dra-
goons. Their green and yellow and
scarlet costumes, tnelT culFdSSeS ana
their glittering and bright halberds
gave a medieval dash to the process
sion-a sparkle, touch of the circus
quality which underlays. and not very
deeply, the entire Portola festival
Portola and Queen Vergilia, on their
mettIesome horses, with their gorgeous
brown and golden costumes. followed.
There then came the Fourteenth cav
airy. with the clink of sabers, and
the lads of the League OF the Cross
Cadets, the California Grays and other
organizations of youths skilled in the
movements of war
THE GREAT AMERICAN FLAG
The great patriotic feature of the
parade was-the huge AnsGican flag.
largest in the world, carried by the
Spanish war veterans, a banner 65 by
$50 feet and containing $4,000 stitches.
1t was best seen by the animated ard
humanized gargoyles on the pinnacles
on high. who could get the aeroplane
view OF the stars and stripes. Gov
erner General James Smith, who had
helped carry she flag to victory, led
the division
Five thousand Native Sons and Ma
tive Daughters of the Golden West
marched. There, too, were innumer-