The San Francisco call., 1909-03-26
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world TO be witness TO the achieve
ments OF these times 1t is Well
TOO. that we, the participants in the
epochal events of the present and
recent past, shall join hands in do
ing fitting honor to the occasion,
and especially an demonstrating
that the spirit or brotherhood
which united and actuateG us IN
the hour Of dread and disaster still
survives in the hour of our victory
ia the task OF rehabilitation.
IN all that San Francisco was
and is an elements OF our people
share and share alike. The mind
that cOnceiVes and the hand that
executes are alike necessary 10
the fruition of any plan for the
advancement of our common inter
ests and equally entitled 10 credit
for the accomplishment OF those
plans
In that spirit Of common inter
est and common goodwin let us
join I'm the coming festival BY so
doing we shall honor the early ira
ditions of our city mad state, and
at the same time honor that spirit
upon which the city must depend
Tor IFS future growth and great
ness-tbe spirit Of community in
uerest upon the part of all citizens.
JOSEPH ID. REDDING'S ADDRESS
Joseph D. Redding made the con-
GLIDING speech of the evening. He
began with a tribute to the Spanish
and traced the marks Of Latin civiliza-
tIon upon the people Of California. He
said:
This is an occasion when the
entity OF the individual is sunk into
the civic spirit. Some one has said
that every city has its individual
ity. We speak of the perfume Of
Rome. Of the scent of Paris. II I
were asked to define san Francisco,
I should say, nervous san Fran
az Of
The wind sweeps up the peninsula
and brings Us the bracing oxygen
and carries the dolce far niente"
over TO Berkeley. san Francisco is
really city Of nerves. This ac-
counts for the vitality for the
ViTility. we possess. 1t accounts
also for the criticism we accord
each other, like the criticism Of the
family.
Then we have been through ire
mendous trials. ] DO not say that
we have more gumptiOn than other
people but environment produces
the man. Environment produced
san Francisco. and that is why we
are what we are.
think the wisest thing this
town can do is TO plunge into n yor-
tex OF wholesome pleasure next Oc-
tober. Forget for a day OF an
hour the Ills we are heir to and
we win add 20 years to our lives.
I do not think the outside world
has given credit TO what has been
accomplished in this city through
its officers. I am delighted TO find
in the municipal offices the best set
Of men that has ever occupied those
places in san Francisco. am de-
ighted TO see the harmony and ap-
proval with which they meet this
carnival idea.
LTNE PORTOLA TYPE
General Portola portrays a type
that has come TO be our own The
sparse details show at least that
be reached here. The name that
lie has given to the bay, the name
that has been given the city, alone
enttle him 10 our regard.
In a recent conversation with
Frohman he told me that more
money was spent per capita for
amuserent-for the theater-in San
Francisco than in any other city
in the country. He asked me II I
could give the explanation It oc-
CURED TO me that IL might be due
10 welding Of the various nation
alities here. Nowhere in the
country has there been such an
extraordiaRry melting of all ma
tiOnaities into a component whole.
If this plan is carried out as il
has been begun IT viii pave the
way for the rest 0f the cO71rr--z- n