The San Francisco call., 1909-10-07
SHOW TO RAISE
FUNDS TO AID
PORTOLA FETE
Benefit Performance Will Be
Given at Garrick Theater
Tomorrow Afternoon
Managers of Local PlayhOuses
and Leading Performers TO
Furnish Program

can help being enthusiastic over the
splendid program which the theatri-
cal managers have arranged for the
the PortoIa benefit. to be given tomor-
row afternoon in the Garrick theater.
The first number on the program viii
be an overture, Fiesta de Portola,'
by Else Pardo Roma, rendered by the
Garrick orchestra. Then will follow
the Smillette trio in a comedy bar
act. and Henry Give, the smart enter
tziner. cleverly assisted by Miss Mai
Sturgis Walker. Miss Evelyn Vaughan
viii appear as the winsome widow in
Sweet Kitty Bellairs," the Bath com
edy, and with her will be all the
principal members of the Alcazar
csst-Augustus Phillips. Z. l. Benni-
son. VIII Walling, Howard Hickman,
Andrew Bennison, Charles. Clark, Har-
rfson Ford, Charles Trowbridge,
George Baldwin, Il. Cavanaugh. Roy
Neiu and Bessie Barriscale.
BILLIE BURKE AND OTHERS
The fifth number on the program is
the Big City quartet-Rover, Emerson,
Bates and Reed. Following this musi-
cal act will come Pilu, the dog mind
reader one Of the Orpheum's star fea-
lures.
Miss Louise Bruneue viii then ap-
pear in some fascinating musical
scenes from Mile. Mischief" Edna
Aug, of the Orpheum circuit viii
inlpersonate society types, and Kolb
and Din viii give some Of their in
imitable Dutch dialect comedy.
Miss Billie Burke, who has de-
lighted her audiences at the Van Ness
in Love Watches" and who made her
nrst tremendous hit in MY Wife,
with John Drew, has agreed TO sing
a number Of selections.
The last feature of the program will
be the second act Of George Cohan's
nelodramatic musical comedy, Fifty
Miles From Boston"
MORE MONEY Is NEEDED
Contributions continue to pour ints
the Portola fund and the committee
expresses decided satisfaction at the
hearty and generous manner In which
the citizens are responding to the call
Ter funds.
Nsuv merchants and manufacturers
who subscribed only nominal sums at
irst. realizing the Importance OF the
festival have contributed a second and
more substantial sum. There are others,
however, who have not as yet lent
their aid. and the committee has is
10 contribute to the success of the
monster festival to send whatever
sums they feel in a position TO give
CARNIVAL DAY PARADE
With thousands of comic characters
attired in grotesQue costumes bringing
40 the rear Of the monster historical
section, the glittering pageant which
VIII mark the last day of the Portola
festival promises TO be of as much in
terest a any of the novel features so
far suggested The parade committee
has arranged for many of the burlesque
characters, but. in order TO swell the
ranks Of the revelers, it has invited
all the clubs of the city and state, as
well as private citizens, to attend the
fiesta in costume on Saturday, Oc-
tober %, in order that they may partici-
pate in the big pageant. Those desir-
ing TO join in the reyelry viii be as
signed TO position in the parade upon
application at PSI Van Ness avenue.
Saturday, October %, viii be carnival
day, and merry making Will prevail
throughout the day and last all night.
The carnival section Of the parade
viii be preceded by a monster float
representing a large confetti volcano,
which viii belch forth a continuous
stream of VaricoIored confetti. This
will be followed by squad Of soldiery
in exaggerated costumes in burlesque
of Don Gaspar's Spanish dragons,
mounted upon miniature hobby horses.
CLOWNS AND "RUBE. BANDS
It is intended to have a number of
clowns and "rube" bands at regular in
tervsls in a long line of "horribles"
The full number-Of bands has not been
arranged for, and any musical organ
izstion that desires to take part in
the pageant should apply TO the parade
committee at once.
In addition TO the large number of
floats that win make up the historical
pageant, there viii be seven stationary
floats at various points along Market
street, each with an orchestra that will
dispense music fer the dancing revelers.
These floats viii represent various
scenes and historical objects in Cali
fornia and viii be illumined by electric
lights. These floats. which will be
of even greater size than the largest
built for the Hudson-Fulton celebra-
tion, viii be located at the ferry build
Ing and in Market street at First, Third
Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Eighth
streets.
MISSION BELL AND FLOATS
Probably the most pretentious of all
Of the decoration schemes evolved is
the gigantic mission bell which will
overhang Third and Market streets
This bell will be 10 feet high and $50
Illumination scheme 100000 candle
power Of electric lights viii be en-
ployed.
OF the floats the first viii be the
Yosemite valley float, weighing more
than so tons. On one end will be To-
Gated a miniature Yosemite falls and
on the other Nernal and Nevada falls
over which water Will flow at the rate
Of 800 gallons a minute, converging
in the center and forming the Merced
river. This float wifi require a 20
horsepower motor TO do the pumping
Two rowboats viii ride the waters of
Meroed river, each containing five
musicians.
The second viii be a mission float,
typical OF CALIFORNIA; s early history.
On one end viii be erected an exact
reproduction Of Santa Barbara mission
with a Spanish grape arbor, in the CEN
ter Of which an electrical fountain will
play, pumping 500 gallons of water a
minute. At the other end viii be con-
structed a modern residence on top of
which there viii be places for u musi-
clans Under the grape arbor will be
seated J 6 Mexicans.
The third float viii represent the
famous Shasta springs at one end and
Moss Brae springs at the other The
water viii descend over these falls at