The San Francisco call., 1909-10-05
THESPIANS AID
IN RAISING THE
FUNDS FOR F[TE
Benefit VIII Be Given at the
Garrick Theater for POr=
tOIa Carnival
Saturdays Receipts This Week
at the Chutes Will Aid
the Big Festival


toIa fund-one in the Garrick theater
Friday afternoon. october s. and the
other at the Chutes the afternoon and
evening Of Saturday, october g.
Reserved seats for the Garrick bene-
ft are on sale at the Van Ness, the AL
oazar. the orpheum and the Garrick,
the prices being 81 and 81. But three
days remain in which to procure the
tickets for this big event and no time
should be lost by the theater lovers,
for the bin arranged by the theatrical
managers is one of the finest ever Of
fered. Il is indeed an unusual thing
10 be able to enjoy in q single after
noon the talent of the most noted and
popular theatrical stars and scenes and
acts from some OF the favorite musical
comedies. When such celebrities as
Billie Burke. Evelyn Vaughan and Koib
and Din are on the program in their
individually popular roles one can not
but realize what a treat is in store
Friday next. The vaudeville features,
too. are some of the Orpheums big
gest hits-Edna Aug, the attractive
comedienne; Henry Give and his com
pany. the Big City -Four. a splendid
male quartet, and Pilu. the dog mind
reader.
Frank harrington and Louise Bru-
nellie Will appear in one of the most
fetching scenes from the gay little
musical comedy, Mile Mischief, and
an act from George NJ. Cohan's play,
Fifty Miles From Boston" will COM
plete the progrom.
The Chutes management has also de-
cided to help swell the fund for the
Portols celebration and viii donate the
proceeds netted during next Saturday
afternoon and evening. For this oc-
casion the Chutes viii be gayly dec.
GRATED with Portola flags and streamers
and specially Illuminated by number
less lights.
In addition to the usual number of
attractions there viii be on this oc-
casion a band concert both afternoon
and evening. Spanish and Mexican airs
will form the main part of the pro-
gram, which will be rendered by the
California State band under the leader
ship Of George Bennett.
family OF twenty trick monkeys
has been brought TO the Chutes this
week. and their queer antics are par
ticularly interesting to the children.
There is also upon the grounds free
theater. where one may see moving pic
lures and hear illustrated songs. The
North Pole Expedition" is one which
is CT great interest at the present time,
and upon the day Of the benefit all who
journey to the frozen north will find
the pole surmounted with a Portola flag
in honor Of the occasion.
Vast Army of Visitors
The present indications are that the
number of visitors who will attend the
Portola festival will exceed even the
expectations Of the railway officials,
and every mail brings to Portola in
formation bureau a food of letters
asking that accommodations be re-
served for parties during Portola week.
These letters are from every quarter
of the country and in themselves form
the basis of computation for the hotel
keepers and railroad companies.
The Alaska a-Yukon-Pacifc exposition
closes October Is, four days before the
opening of the Portola festival, and the
vast crowds who will attend the clos
fng. ceremonies sof the fair will tax the
capacity of the coaches and Pullmans
at present on the coast. Thousands Of
the pleasure seekers who have come to
the coast with the intention Of visiting
both the Seattle exposition and the
Portola festival have tickets which
read to San Francisco, and in few
days this great throng will begin to
arrive here.
COMING FROM THE NORTH
The closing day VIII see thousands
more boarding the trains for the south,
and the officials of the California build
ing at Seattle are endeavoring to pre-
vent disappointment to the many who
would see the opening pageant at the
festival here by arranging to have them
leave in advance of the closing of the
fair. This will obviate much of con-
gestiOn the 18th and 18th and will get
the crowds here in plenty of time
The ST. Louis centennial celebration
viii close October 9 and many thou
sands of foreign visitors who will stop
there for a few days on their way west
viii crowd the trains on the two or
three days following the closing. Many
inquiries for accommodations have been
rsceived for ST. Louis and the Portola
festival information bureau expects
that some difficulty will be experienced
in securing rooms for those who fail to
make reservations in advance.
The various committees in charge of
the preparation of the attractions for
the Portola program are anxiously
awaiting the result of the contributing
which viii be done this week so that
they may add various finishing touches
TO the schedules already prepared.
Should the donations be as numerous
and as liberal as they have been during
the last two weeks il is safe to say
that many surprises will be forthcom-
ing Portola week With but two weeks
remaining until the actual opening of
The festival there as yet remains a vast
amount Of work to be completed, and
more can not be undertaken until the
contributions warrant it, but should
the giving be liberal this week there
are various novel ideas in view which
VIII be carried out.
ELABORATE ILLUMINATIoNS
The illuminations are nearly com
pieted and lamps viii be installed in a
few days. The city will be a blaze of
light. 10000, 900 candle power having
been arranged for during the five days
Of the festival. This is a greater dis
play than that of the Hudson Fulton
celebration in New York and the most
elaborate system OF lighting ever seen
in this country.
The decorations for the day time will
be placed IN few days. At all the
street intersections on the line of march
viii be arches of silken flags, those at
the crown being the colors OF Don Gas
par de Portola and the stars and
stripes and the others representing
the nationalities of the various coun-
tries who will be hire to do official
honor to the king and queen of the