The San Francisco call., 1909-05-09
Beautifully Decorated Floats
and Autos Delight ThrOEgS
of Spectators
Queen Clara on Floral Throne
Gladly Acclaimed by
Proud Subjects
So 80 . ~ CaIIl

wholesome NliAe lLAt1-AA "a III eN-''-NNe-
rose festival With two elaborate fo-
ral pageants today. the people Of this
rich nrincipalty treated their thou
sands OF visitors to festive sights that
win long be remembered The bios
SONS of the city Of Roses were every
where in evidence and helped trans
foru, this beautiful Sonoma city into
huge flower Of rarest charm
Excursion trains, motor cars and We
hioles in general. early in the day
added thousands TO the crowds that
had already gathered for the festival
an6 witnessed the coronation Of Miss
Clara Einhorn last night a queen Of
the festivities, which ended in gay
confetti battle tonight after the very
effective Illuminated parade
Grand Marshal Charles .. Dunbar
and Chief Aids Chief Of Police Fred
:. Rushmore and Sherif J. K Smith
headed the grand day parade, which
moved through the principal streets OF
The city shortly before noon. Five
bands added musical gayety TO the
nagesnt q In the first division We're
the automobile entries, and many
dainty conceptions. showing a bevy of
beautiful women and thousands of
rosebuds delighted the thousands OF
spectators
CARS PRETTILT DECORATED
In the Isis club car, a creation in
red. were Miss Berthleen Caldwell,
Eleanor Smith, Jean Ross and Georgia
Purcell, with Obed Peterson at the
wheel Director General and Mrs. John
p Overton, Mayor and Mrs James
u Gray and Mrs L. W. Burris, presi
dent OF frhe Women's Improvement
club. rode in Mayor Gray's prettily
decorated car with Donald Gray at
The wheel
Miss Helen Thurston and Miss Ruth
Snlyth rode in a runabout trimmed in
red and white roses. Mrs Doris D.
lincoln used pink effectively in deco
rating her car, IN which she had with
her Mrs. Milton Wasse1man, Miss Susie
NILS and Miss Matte Adams In a
car covered with white roses Edward
Kearns carried the Misses A6ah Cline,
Engelina Ward and Dorothy Westrup
and Masters Don Geary and Berton
Cochrane Little George LeppO rode
aloft as a cupid
JAPANESE COLORs SHOWN
Mrs. Herman Pohlmann had her
White steamer decorated with Japa-
nese effects. Mrs E. H Crawford
drove the car and the others in it were
Mrs. T Boone Miller, Mrs. Raford W.
Peterson, Mrs Fred Bartlett, Miss
Sallie OvertOn and Miss Camille Craw-
ford.
In a dainty car driven by Mrs. o. L.
Houts were Mrs. Charles o. Dunbar
and Miss Harriet Parish. In Mrs. r.
". Peterson's car. prettily decorated in
pink. were Miss Ruby Peterson, Miss
Stella Jones, Miss Nellie Neep and
Jesse Ward.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Bacon had with
them, IN a car attractively decorated
IN white, Miss Helen Wadsworth, Mrs.
0L c. Bacon and T. D. Wheeler of San
Jose. Mr.. and Mrs. George B. Saun-
ders, In car covered with pink and
white roses, carried Mrs. Alma Hopkins
and Mrs. Julia Sholtz, with Master
Donald Saunders and his little sister,
Ida May.
PRESENT PRETTY PICTURE
The most elaborate automobile fea-
ture was the large car OF the X Y C,
which was a delightful creation of
white and yellow. A party OF Santa
Rosa's most charming young women,
dressed IN yellow and white, offered
a pretty picture. They were the Misses
Norma Britain Madeline COffey. Mad
cline COwan, Grace Dougherty. Nan
could Violet Marcille. Ruth Overton
esther Scott, Luella Sibbald, Gertrude
Weir and Ruth Luttrell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wylie Coughran had
with them in their touring car Mrs.
Mrs. n. c. Hunter and Mrs. Alice Lane
Of San Francisco. In the car of the
SOnoma valley Women's Improvement
club were Mrs F. n. Stofen Mrs G. H
HOltz, Mrs. Burlingame, executive Off
GERS Of the club while Robert Potter
Jill was at the wheel Wilma Hocher.
Zoletta Bates, Dorillis Breienbach.
Florence Green, Harold Holtz and Joe
McMullen acted as ribbon bearers. The
Aqua Caliente Springs car was entered
by Mr.. apd Mrs. Theodore Richards.
IN FLORAL GONDOLA
Preceding the queens float were the
flower girls in a beautiful floral gon-
dola. They were the Misses Janet and
olivia Smith, Marian Belden, May An
dreWs, Mildred Wright, Marie Rosen-
berg, Ruth Yeager, Helen Kearns, Ger
sldine Grace, Margaret Forsyth and
Zelma Carithers. Master Carithers was
with the party. The flower girls paved
the way Of their queen with rose
petals.
The queens float was prettily de-
signed. white roses being used most ef-
fectively. Queen Clara bowed gracious
" from her throne Of roses and was
received with glad acclaim by her
proud subjects. Six white horses drew
the float, and they were attended by
grooms in white.
Miss Luffin, Mrs. Morris and Herbert
Amesbury rode in the floral gondola
representing Healdsburg. A novel fea-
ture was the float of the Cloverdale
high school representing the scales Of
sustice. with Arcadia Williams and
Bernice Haskell balancing the floral
plates Of the scales. Eleanor Wilson
and Edna Cooley rode as fairies of
sioWerland.
MANY NOVEL FEATURES
The Guerneyville womens improve
ment club had a float representing a
camping party consisting Of Ina Eli
son, Gladys Bagley, Jack Cameron
Clarence Carr and Emerson McPeak
The Dunbar district school had a float
decorated with California poppies rep
resenting a Navajo Indian camp scene
Miss ~. NOrvella Davidson, the teacher.
was accompanied by several of her
pupils The Santa Rosa Axomen's i'm
provement club won applause with
its floral dirigible balloon. IN the
basket was Miss Virginia Gregory.
Among the attractive carriages were
those driven by Mrs. Martha Hahalan
Mrs ". A Nichols, Misses Dorothy
Fits and Mildred Matthew'S Miss
Blanche Eurner. Mrs. Jack Sarrahl
Mrs Joseph L Grace, Mrs. James w
Clarence erbor7DSon ATisSee