The San Francisco call., 1910-09-11
Youth and Confetti Reign Supreme
on Final Night Of Admission
Day Celebration
"Californiia Becomes Religion of Flilarions
Ihrong Which Dances Under Canopy
Of Electricity Until Dawn

their hands. But they wrestIed peace
with nature and some sort Of a truce
with lawlessness.
And now. so years after the cards OF
American civilization were frst dealt
over the rough pine tables, the jackpot
of plenty and Organization could be
opened and it must have been opened
last night. Nothing but prosperity and
civil peace could stand for such riots
of merriment and disorder as swept
last night over Market street
The last day of the celebration start
ed calmly. There were aquatic feats
on the program-not to throw cold wa
ter on the celebration. but to give Cal
ifornia Drawn and vigor a chance
Brawn and vigor had another chance
in the afternoon at the Golden Gate
park stadium. where brilliant athletes
competed for trophies. There also the
San Francisco driving club had a trot-
ting and pacing meet which was hon
ored by the presence of Queen Cali
fornia, who. with the sweetest of her
attractive smiles, stood in the judges
stand, the sun matching the brown
gold of her heaps of hair. and awarded
prizes to the successful drivers and
eheered. the ieetest horses
Motion Pictures of Queen
motion picture man was on the
Espot and took the moving picture of
the queen as she surveyed the field.
The motion pictures of the celebration
are to be exhibited in this city next
week for the benefit of the carnival.
fund II viii be great game for folks
to go TO the show and pick themselves
out of Jthe multitude of marching men
and women and throngs of sishtseers.
Particularly significant was the act
of Queen California in taking the first
step in the work of preparing for the
new class A Native Sons hall which is
to be erected by the order in Mason
street, between Geary and Post. on the
site Of the building that was destroyed
by the fire. Grand President Daniel A.
Ryan, Past Grand Presidents Lewis F.
Byington Charles BeIshaw and Joseph
r. Knowland, and other men prominent
in, the order. oficiated at the work
which gave the impetus to the construc-
tion of the new building. but it was
Queen California. pesonifying her gIori-
Gus state. who turned the first shovel
of earth that broke the way through
the debris for the foundations Of the
splendid structure. Queen California.
gave the states benedietion to the en-
terprise.
At the county line Orc Fino parIor,
Native Daughters of the Golden West.
erected one of the picturesque mission
bells which mark the path of the padres
over FL Canine Real
THRILLING AQUATIC FEATs
Then in the afternoon there were
more thrilling events on the program.
At Bakers beach the United States life
saving station crews showed how thew
risked their lives to save the men who
go down TO the sea in ships. And along
the water front the fire. tugs exploited
their worth by casting their mighty
streams of water, stronger than the
terrific flow of the old hydraulic mine
pipes, which contributed more or less
to the wealth of the state While those
events were attended largely by the
many visitors from out OF the city. stfll
they were unique to the city dweller
and attracted thousands TO beach and
wharf to- see the unusual exhibition
But it was at night when the dancing
worship of California exhibited itself
In its widest and most devOut form
Then the spirit of California enthused
the world of San Francisco. Overhead
were the golden lights, under foot the
ever deepning carpet of confetti The
sidewalks early proved inadequate to
the strain OF holding the worshippers
within bounds. Vehicles were prOhib-
tied in the street. and the swelling.
merry thrOngs crammed the highway
from curb to curb. The parade OF
floats started in Fillmore street The
line of march included Fillmore from
Suffer 20 MeAllister. TO Van Ness, to
Market and down Market with counter
marching.
The parade entered a shower OF con-
fetti when it struck Market street
The police succeeded in Keeping the
way fairly clear for the floats and the
maskers. but the carnival spirit could
not be denied. No one was content
merely to be spectator Every one OF
the 100000 on the street and sidewalks
demanded that he be part OF the show.
If he could not be a float or ride on
one he could throw confetti. he could
shout He could catch the helmet of a
futile policeman with a bright colored
streamer and all the law and order
committees of 40 mining camps would
have been unable to say him nay. The
only folks who would have been out
casts of Poker Flat last =s$ht would