The San Francisco call., 1909-10-20

protesting governor up to Don Gaspar
and said:
|GovERNoR sALUTEs GOVERNOR
Governor Gillett, l present to you
California's. first governor To which
the smiling chief executive of the state
replied in courtly manner: Gas present
governor of California / salute you,
Don Gaspar de Portola, first governor
of this fair commonwealth
Here there was a blare of trumpets.
the ringing music of a. brass band, and
a cheer that rolled along the street
from the onlookers. Don Gaspar
paused in the act OF greeting those on
the platform with a few informal
words, during which time he himself.
governor though he was, was heard to
be addressed as plain Nick and
Mayor Taylor and P. T. Clay advanced
to the front of the stand.
QUEEN vERGILIA APPROACHES
Queen yergilia, mounted on a horse
given her for the occasion by Don
Nicolas. was approaching, surrounded
by her devoted Portofa dragons. She
came like a queen AS she mounted her
horse before the st. Francis hotel.
where she had been awaiting the ar
rival of Don Gaspar at the stand, the
magnificent animal she was riding
pranced and threatened mischief. but
sured hand. and he quietd to the easy
prance that carried his mistress to the
space lined out by the police before
the court stand. Dressed in her rich
riding robes the queen was resplendent,
and her attitude and address was all
that royalty could be heir to.
Colonel j. K. Ritter assisted the fair
ruler to alight, and Clay conducted her
to the platform where Don /Gaspar
awaited her arrival.
Don Gaspar de PortoIa," Clay said,
including Mayor Taylor in his address,
ION this, your-reincarnation after the
lapse of 40 years since your first dis
covery of the bay. the citizens of San
Francisco have arranged a fitting cele-
bration to herald your return. The
most beautiful daughter of California
has been chosen to reign queen of our
festival. Don Gaspar de Portola, and
Mayor Edward Robeson Taylor. I pre-
sent to you Queen yergilia, fairest of
Caiifornia's daughters"
HER MOST GRACIOUS GREETING
Queen vergilia bowed low in response
to Don Gaspar's words of greeting, and
responded:
and the city of San Francisco, and as
queen of the Portola festival, / well
come You and hope that your reign will
he a merry one"
Mayor Taylor advanced to the front
of the platform and. hushing the vo-
ciferous throng, read then the toast to
San Francisco written by President
Taft. to which men and women all
over the world were drinking at that
moment, and inspired by which school
children in dozen of Americas larg-
est cities at that moment were sing
ing in~honor of San Francisco.
The Portola committeeman, cheered
by the bright skies that followed the
lowering morning. grew SO boisterous
at this juncture that they could con-
troll themselves no longer.
Three cheers for Don Gaspar and
Queen vergilia," proposed Andrew Nc
Carthy, and the huzzas were given with
a will. Then three hearty cheers--and
there was no half hearted effort in
those cheers either--were given for
Charles c. Moore, who painted the
world with "Portola' in big letters, so
that all could see, and three more for
Mayor Taylor, and three again for Gov
ernor Gillett, and then some one got
excited and proposed another salvo for
Charles c. Moore, and they were given
with redoubled vim.
YELLs GIVEN WITH GUSTO
Here. herew Gavin McNab chided
the Portola commissioner, you've got
some one planted to propose these
yells," and Gavin himself proposed
three for San Francisco. at which the
yells drowned all other sounds, and
made the previous shrieks seem faint
and without merit.
Virgil Bogue and Mrs. Bogue. pa