The San Francisco call., 1909-10-20

and topped with red and yellow flags.
There Governor Gillett. Mayor Taylor
and the members of the Portola festi-
val committee awaited the coming of
Portola- From tall staffs f1oated the
Japanese banners of carp, symbols of
the valiant city.
.Gayety in Union Square
Union square was the punchbowJ in
which the joy of the city was mixad
IT was gorgeous punchbowI at that
Every window of the massive strrr-
lures facing on the square was peopIed
Every roof ledge had it's full comnIa-
hent- The top of the st. Francis hotel
was gay with lines of people. They
We're joyous lot and from their nercb
on nigh showered thin streamers of
red and yellow paper of Incredible
length on. the less fortunate folk in
the streets. The Union square hotel
was filled to the window sills. Never
did greater or a merrier crowd con-
gfegate at any one spot in the city to
witness festival. The peril of sight
seeing was utterly forgotten. Every
Sill and ledge held its enthusiast.
There~was- nothing like it during the
president Taft parade On the corner
OF Post and Powell streets was the Of
ticial grandstand, jammed with peoplei
Ihe four sides Of the square were the
rims or this punchbowi of San Fran
clsco's JOY, the green grass of the
square was the bottom of the dish and
the Dewey monument was the stirring
stick. The ingredients were a dash
of Portola colors. The good humor and
graceful wit of Mayor Taylor, the pro-
found interest OF Governor Gillett in
the welfare of his chiefest city, the
stately dignity of Don Gaspar and the
rich beauty of Queen Vergilia. There
was potion, mixed which is to keep
the city in a rare state of exultation
until Saturday night or Sunday morn
ing-whichever time the city goes
home to rest.
:. The greeting between Mayor Taylor
and Don Gaspar de Portola was as for
mai as If 1T had been between a mayor
of a. city and real conquering hero.
The mayor made light speech, with
several delicate turns.
Z Don Gaspar replied first in fluent
Spanish and then in English. For a
Spanish governor he did nobly with
the English tongue.
Given Keys to City
The keys of the city were presented
to him and the newspaper photog
raphers clicked their cameras in way.
which the governor on his first trip
Then the queen came, escorted by the
-euirassiers, sriding at their head on
true sorrel horse, a mount with white
name and tail.
There could not have been more
radiant queen selected had Belasco,
Frohman and the spirit of Henry
Irving collaborated in the task. Queen
sVergilia came in her royal robes of
brown velvet, with a velvet hat tipped
with wondrous brown plume. When
the gracious Queen Elizabeth went to
sKenilworth to accept the hospitality
of the lord of Leicester she could not
have been more radiant queen nor
her robes more regal. The brown of
the costume had a golden luster which
radiated glow that matched the girls
hair and the sheen of her ivory COM
pIetion. She spoke to the don in
Spanish. And them all was more than
merry. The ingredients of the punch
bowl were bestirring themselves.
With the queen was her father and
mother, Virgil and Mrs. Bogue. The
mother of the royal lady contributed
strikingly to the color Of the day, with
her plum covered cape and gown.
The soldiers paraded past the stand
and saiuted as they passed. while the
retinue cheered and cheered each flag.
Between half past IL and half past