The San Francisco call., 1909-02-22
NEWS OF THE FOUR COUNTIES BORDERING. SAN FRANCISCO BAY
OAKLAND WILL
OBSERVE TIE DAY
Various Organizations Arrange
Affairs on Birthday of
Washington

OAKLAND, Feb. 21.-Washington' S
birthday will be observed tomorrow as
holiday by the business houses, pub
lie offices and schools of the city. Sew
eral fetes and entertainments will be
held, two of the notable ones planned
being the first annual minstrel show by
the local branch of the knights of CO.
lumbus DIT Idora park, and the thir-
teenth annual ball by Piedmont parlor,
Native Daughters of the Golden West.
The cast of performers at the Knights
Oh Columbus minstrel show has been
chosen from the members of the lodge
and from women we'll known in musical
circles in the county. The committee of
arrangements is composed of Vincent
Dodge, +. Cerini, DR.. j. F. Slavich, II. j.
Leonard and j. A. Kennedy. The pro-
gram committee is made up of ]. j.
Reaney, Harry Smith and M. r. Bron-
ner. The ushers will be J. ]. Reaney. F..
Cerini, Doctor Slavich, D. T. Reynolds,
w alter Martinez and j. j. Quinn.
Vincent o. Dodd will be the inter-
locutor. The bones will be ratified by
X. r. Renton, Warren Shannon and
George p. Clark. and the tamborines
VIII be carried by j. F. Kearney, l..
Plerotte and William r. Geary.
PROGRAM OF MINSTRELSY
The program is as follows:
Overture .......... Metropolitan orchestra
o.., St Elmo Powell. director.
Song. rm n0fSs strong for yop,; Th9 eGR%pang Rantn
Song, The Witching Hour Miss Laura Colburn
Song. "A Little Bit More ..........L. Pierotte
Song "some Day When You Are Mine"
Song, II Used to Be Afraid to Go Home in
the DARK ..................W Warren Shannon
Song. ''The Green Is on the Grass" .........
Song '.The Glorious Hlghbalr James T P. Martin ti
song, My Own United States .......
,........................W William X. Geary
Sketch, '.rhe Country School. >. Johnnie Hail
J. Halloran: Tommy Hit. Al Mulvaney; Joe
,.,Gi, Dugan, Irving Magil: Hyalmar Petersen.
stephen; Maggie Wright. Mrs. Irene Smith;
Winnie Nye. Miss Marie Ross; Ida Claw,
Miss L. Colburn.
The boy juggler. ler......... Lester Boce
Solo, The Jewel Song Miss o. SchumSn
solo, "A Deserted Bride. Frank J. White
Comedy. 'The Vaudeville Kings .
.;;.,:...... Frank Cerini and George Clark
Specialtles Byron and Langdon
The chorus Of 80 voices will be di-
rected by A. T. Slaeicher of San Fran.
cisco.
The Native Daughters ball by Pied
tf4oHl pdT1oF Will De heid at Maple hall.
Fourteenth and Webster streets The
committee of arrangements is as fol-
lows: Hattie Britton. chairman; Jen-
ME Brasher, Minnie Bankhead, Hazel
Cohn, Lottie Dunlap, Jennie Jordan,
Beda Pacheco, Lena Kleigel, Lillian
Murden. Susie Martin, Helen Tusher;
reception committee, Anna Knabbe.
Irene Germaine, Eva Ingerson Cert
rude Bfbber, Minnie Nedderman, Lii
liam Boody; floor committee, Jennie
Brasher, floor manager, Lottie Dunlap,
Carrie Engelhardt, Lena Kleigle, Ma
mie James, Clara Seigler. Margaret
Hyde, Susie Martin, Margaret Robin
son, Hazel Cohn, Beda Pacheco, Min
ME Bankhead. Carrie Witterson, Alice
Tasset, Jennie Jordan, Lillian Murden,
Annie Pereira and Winnie Buckingham
TO ADDRESS MOTHERS
Mayor Frank K. Mott will speak at
the bazaar and festival to be held by
the Mothers club at the Washington
school, Shattuck avenue and Sixtieth
street. The entertainment will begin
with a flag raising at $3.50 o'clock in
the morning, and after the mayors
speech songs by pupils chorus will be
rendered.
The minuet will be danced by youths
and maidens in colonial costume, and
the primary school children will per-
form flag drill. Athletic exercises
will take place on the playground.
The Santa Fe and North Adeline i'm
provement clubs have affiliated with
the Mothers club in the bazaar. and
the proceeds will be expended in fitting
the Washington school playground.