The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-20
DESIGNS SHOWN
FOR PORTOLA'S
PRIZE POSTER
Miss VergiIia BOgue Enjoys
Exhibition of Drawings Based
on Her Portrait
Ninety-One Different COnrpoS.
lions May Be Seen at
St. Francis Hotel

e1aS u ms 81 FIzdlc1Sy and no one had
n bsEteT right 10 be entertained In
s1ue zpss-y roon M ths St Francis Is
SsnE held ths poster exhibition Of the
tFO-tnlz festival competition and on
f9zsels at the north end ars Szrsuxed
81 drawings and paintings, from which
She Official PorDO4a poster is 10 be
Selected
The one condition under which the
artists entered was that the face Of
Hiss Neng111a Bogle, drawn from q
photograph, must be Incorporated in
0he picture Miss Bogzs's photogra phi
hat been selected By the executive com
xaitdes Of ths Portoza festival as that
most typical Of a beautiful California
WonE1-
So Miss Bogue had the best right in
1hs world TO view the exhibit Accom-
panied b. q friend she stroiled be-
'<-esa the double rows Of easels-
ONE SHE LIKES BEST
! like this one best she said, point
ing 10 a water color drawing Of a
merry ''Vergilia Bogue" pelting red
roses at the spectator The red rose
gil was gowned in a carnival costume
OF black. with golden embroidery, and
IN her black hair were red and golden
roses The hair Of the poster girl was
much darker than the golden brown
locks Of the original but otherwise the
portrait was accurate and interesting
Behind the merry poster girl stood the
Terry tower. with the clock showing It
was 1915.
Miss Bogue was not alone in her ad-
nliration OF the poster Tt was gener-
ally conceded 70 be among the three or
four pre-eminent drawings at the show.
But whether it VIII win or not remains
with the executive committee Of the
fol
that important point nor award the
800 prize until Wednesday. Who the
artist IS can not be announced until
then, either.
y like that one In the moonlight
second best" said Miss Bogue, turning
70 a more somber drawing over the
mantel
mental Casper de Portola, with a dab
of beard and dressed in Spanish mall
with his helmet beside him, sitting by
p HIS campfire. while approaching him
out OF the mist comes a slim ''vergflia
Bogue" IN some sort OF blue gown
GAsPAR AS A POET
GaSpar seems to be composing SON
net on the pallid moon (Which is in the
picture only by the proxy Of its wan
rays)- II is a very pretty picture. Miss
.13ogue's taste is excellent; the drawing
tE good ana the composition interesting,
but II is rather lunar for poster which
IS to serve as the magnet to draw the
navies Of the world and the president
of the United States to San Francisco.
Ny third choice" said Miss Bogue
ais this one" and the inspiration of all
the show pointed to an entirely diver
gent type OF picture carnival group
og a girl and some young ra.kish Span
iards making the night merry under a
shower Of confetti
And my fourth choice is the girl
with the eagle"
MERRY GIRL WITH EAGLE
The girl with the eagle is a merry
maid, gowned in her high school COM
rnencement dress, swinging along TO
Hitting measures IN the society of a full
grown American eagle. They are a very
Jolly group. the girl and her friend the
eagle, and should the picture be select
ed II would stir enthusiasm for old
Gaspar and his show from Tibet 70
-Cnalasks. and in other localities where
much vim helps out infelicity of line.
There is infinite variety in the COM
petftors' conception OF their model
There are brunette Portola beauties and
blonde; there are Pocahont ladies and
Josns of Arc; there are girls with
Teddy bears and girls with life sized
grizzlies. Some wear red and some
wear white and some are decolette
The exhibition will be open today and
tomorrow IN the tapestry room. The
public is invited TO attend.
zPortaIa" on Lick Monument
when the shade OF Portola hovers
benignly over our fair city next au-
funln. may its ghostly glance not fall
upon the Lick Pioneer monument in
city Hall avenue until mallet and
chssel have righted the wrong done
the great explorers name upon the
pedestal OF that work Of art.
For the gallant Spaniard's name
the name OF the POrtola-is thereon
spelled P-o-r-t-a-l-a- Yes, "Portala, "
and no voice has yet been raised in
protest
when the veil fell from the Dewey
monument in Union square the multi
and McCulloch spelled PHILIPPINES"
and NcCulioch spelled philippines
and "McC ullough, respectively. and
the horror was not abated until popu-
lar clamor effected a correction.
Yet for Is long years, since Novem-
her g. 1898 to be exact that awful
..Portala" has stared IN the face Of the
.populsce. In the galaxy OF names OF
ne early empire builders that name
clone was singled out for outrage. The
names Of Cabriilo. Larkin. Sloat. Mar
shall vallejo, Castro. Stockton. Sierra
SITTER. Fremont. Drake. and OF course
lanes Lick. are correctly chiseled upon
fbe uedesfaL Portola. the man we are
about to honor as no pioneer OF old has
vet been honored. is the only victim.
who is to blame? Was IL Sculptor
7srank. FIappersberger. who sculpted the
thinZ2 Or a committee Of learned art
rritics2 Or a delegation of promi-
neut citizens2 Or an humble stone
c,+fer7 Who did IT. Who read the
oopy2- who passed upon it,
t~-how. no matter who is respon-
siblA for the initial offense. the San
Francisco public has II passed right W
10 IL. What IS the matter with our
sculpturaI photography. anyway
II the error is not corrected before
October ~. 1903. there promises 70 be
,,lot~,.pon the procession unless it casts
fts glance S-SW as il moves up Market
street