The San Francisco call., 1909-09-10
ARTISTIC REGALIAS
FEATURE PARADE
Parlors Vie With Each Other in
Providing Attractive Spec
tacles for Throngs
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white, blue and gold, the colors OF the
Native Sons, mingling with old glory
in the general scheme of decoration. A
sea of faces greeted the paraders from
sidewalks, windows and verandas.
In the advance of the parade were
Chief of Police Edward Haley, Grand
Marshal James f. Fitzgerald and his
aids and platoons of San Jose and San
Francisco police. A large calvacade of
horsemen served as honorary aids to
the grand marshal. Then followed
Companies b and NJ of the Fifth regi-
ment, \. G. C. The supervisors of
Santa Clara county, the mayor and the
members of the common council. Of
ficers of the day, grand officers of the
Native Sons and the Native Daughters
and California Pioneers of Santa Clara
county rode in carriages
The grizzled pioneers won rounds of
applause, for the spectators appre-
ciated the fact that. the wonderful ad-
vancement of this state was due In a
great measure to the hardihood of these
men whose ranks are fast thinning
out, but who are leaving their achieve
ments as heritage to the young men
and the young women with whom they
paraded today.
California Parlor Leads
California parlor No. /, headed by
its own drum corps, led the first di-
vision, the San Franciscans making a
natty appearance. Las Lomas parlor
of Native Daughters was represented
by members in carriages. As the pa
rade advanced, parlor succeeding par
lor, the music of the drum and fife Civ
ing way to the crash of brass only
again to gain the ascendancy in the
merry din Pacific, Golden Gate and
Alameda parlors of the Native Sons and
Aleli and San Francisco parlors of the
Native Daughters completed the first
division.
Stanford, Mission, San Francisco Ell
Dorado, Oakland and Watsonvflle par
lors of Native Sons and Sans Souci and
Las Estrella. parlors of the Native
Daughters constituted the second di-
vision 1t mattered not to the women
of Sans Souci parior that the letter
m was inverted in the lettering of
the name of their parlor on their blue
and white uniforms.
The boys drum corps, in elaborate
Mexican costumes. heading the Mon
terey parlor, attracted much attention
in the third division. The girls drum
corps of Gabrielle parlor of Native
Daughters was also a feature of this
division. Rincon. Piedmont, Yerba
Buena. Santa Cruz and Santa Clara
parlors of Native Sons and Junipero,
Orinda, Piedmont and Santa Cruz par
lors of Native Daughters We're also as
signed to positions in this division.
Many Attractive Features
Yosemite parlor of Native Daughters
won attention in the fourth division
with two members riding in a buggy
artistically decorated with white doves
and poppies There was also applause
for the members of Ell Vespro parlor
of Native Daughters, who marched in
a pretty maze of ribbon confetti Hes
perian, Bay City, Mantle. National AL
catraz, Halcyon and Alcalde parlors of
Native Sons were also in this division
Niles, Los Positas, Eden, Wistaria
Washington, Pleasanton, South San
Francisco, Santa Lucia. Brooklyn and
Sequoia parlors of Native Sons and
Genevieve and Brooklyn parldrs of Ma
tive Daughters constituted the fifth di-
vision.
San Mateo, Precita, Menlo, Redwood
Olympus. Presidio, Athens and Mar
shall parlors of Native Sons, Company
E, League of the Cross Cadets of Menlo
Park, and Presidio and Aloha parlors
Of Native Daughters were in the sixth
division. A poppy covered rig car
ried members of Aloha parlor
Miss Agnes Luhr was the attractive
little mascot with the drum corps of
Berkeley parlor. A strong campaign is
being waged by Berkeley parlor for
fhe~grand parlor ins1911. Dolores, Twin
Peaks, Mountain View. Palo Alto, Rich
mond, Ell CAPTAIN. Russian Hill and
Castro parlors of Native Sons and Do
lores, FL Camino Richmond and Por-
tela parlors of Native Daughters com
pleted the seventh division.
Two little girls in dresses of the