The daily sentinel., 1909-10-05

+ world to come to the Golden =
+ Gate in mid-October and see the r
+ results OF her handiwork and be T.
+ her guests at the big festival +
+ that is to celebrate the rehabili- !
+ tation of the city. :
+ The festival. to be held Oc =
I. tober 19 to 23, will also com +
+ memorate the discovery in 1869 +
+ of the Bay of San Francisco by !
+ Don Gaspar de Portola. first ;.
+ Spanish governor of California. +
+ From this the celebration has T.
+ taken its name and is known as +
+ the Portola festival. +
Z + r IT - + + +
In the latter part of April, 1906,
the greater part of San Francisco eN-
listed but as a memory Three thou
sand acres, comprising the heart of
the city. had been devastated by fire
in the greatest disaster of modern
times. More than 5000 buildings
had been converted into piles of
smoking ruins and the loss reached
the appalling total Of 800 million
dollars.
Within 40 months San Francisco
has built herself out of herself. \
modern city of marble and granite,
far more beautiful and substantial
than the old city, has been reared.
and but scar here and there re-
mains as evidence of the great fire,
The new buildings rected exceed in
value by many millions those de
stroyed
The invitation to the powers to in
spect the result of San Franciscos
labo,s and to participate in the re-
Ia
ally accepted. England will send her
North Pacific feet to San Francisco
bay. Warships will come from Ger
many. Holland and Italy.
Delegations of diplomats from
France and Spain will participate in
the jubilee. \ cruiser bearing a
prince of the royal blood is on its
way from Japan. From China will
come two cruisers escorting Prince
Tsai Flu, cousin of the emperor Many
thousands of visitors will come from
all parts of the United States and the
world
To fittingly entertain the nations
of the world and to be in accord with
the task of rebuilding the city the
Portola festival has been planned to
eclipse anything of its kind ever be-
fore undertaken i'm this country. The
revels of the modern giants who re-
builded the city will be titanic
For queen of the festival, Hiss Vir-
ginia Bogue, declared by judges to
be the most beautiful woman in Cali
fornia. has been chosen. She is the
daughter of Virgil S. Bogue, vice
president and chief engineer OF the
Western Pacific the new transconti-
mental line that is rapidly nearing
completion,
Miss Bogue is truly western girl
of the highest type, an accomplished
athlete, "a magnificent horsewoman
and a splendid swimmer. Though
moving in the most exclusive society
in this country and Europe, she Is
a devotee OF literature and a recent
book by her. The Strength to Yield, %
has attracted considerable attention
BY some The Strength to Yield
has been characterized as torrid and
risque. But to her critics Miss Bogue
has replied that the book is true
story of modern life and that there
are only three kisses in the entire
volume.
To impersonate Don Gaspar de PoT
tola, whose discovery of the Bay OF
San Francisco the festival is to com
lutlllbl ave lpOI 4NltHDldS "a \ bNdIIu-
bias of Santa Maria, Cal, has been
selected. He is famous throughout
California. and it has been said that
he was a delicious combination of
vaquero and foreign ambassador such
as only the west-the Spanish west
could produce.
Expert horseman, former sheriff
and United States marshal, Covarru-
bias is one of the most picturesque
characters of the west Though past
the allotted three score years and
ten. he bears his feet of sturdy
manhood as proudly as when, dare
devil in the years gone by. his ex-
ploits took away the breath of his
more sedate neighbors.
All the delightful features of the
old Spanish fiesta with its music mad
revelry are to be incorporated in the
Portola festival
A half million dollars will be spent
by San Francisco in entertaining its
guests. The illuminations and decor
ations will be the most elaborate ever
attempted in this country Spectacu-
lar pageants and parades will follow
one another closely during the FIVE
days of the celebration.
An airship tournament with a
flight across the Golden Gate. big
athletic meet. naval review. an
open-air concert by 5000 school chill
dren will be among the modern feat
uers of the fete State balls and ban
quets for the diplomats and foreign
naval officers Will crowd one another
during the Portola week
The Inauguration of the Portold
festival at noon, October 10. will be
observed throughout the world. Pres
ident Taft is to propose a toast to
San Francisco that will be echoed
around the world Portola day, Octo-
ber l9, will be observed with receL-
tions at all the embassys. legations
and American clubs in Europe. and
at noon, San Francisco time, every
one Will drink the Taft toast.