The San Francisco call., 1910-08-21
IN
CLOSING HOURS
OF The VOTING
Fair Candidates for Regent OF
Admission Day Festival
Watch the Count
Scene at the St. Francis Is
One of the. Utmost
Interest

MafKed with the keeneSt rivalry and
| intense excitement was the final count
| in the contest for queen of the Adrnis-
| sion day festival, and. though the ball
loting had not closed up to shortly be-
fore midnight last night, the expecta-
! tions were that Miss Grace Smith
would ultimately win and be proclaimed
queen of California. She had a big
/ lead, but Miss Lillian Jordan, her closest
rival, was known to be holding back
her votes for the day, and there was
belief at the last moment she would
| turn the scale for victory for herself.
| The voting took place in the tapestry
room of the st. Francis hotel, which
was packed from end to end. The even
| ing was one of intense excitement
! None knew until the very last moment
who would be declared the winner, and
| the uncertainty added zest to the pro-
! eeedings. Fifteen pretty young women
with wrinkled brows shot constant
| glances at their respective managers,
! inquiring as to the next best step to be
| taken, and as the voting proceeded and
| the contest began to be limited to
! few the wrinkles of some changed to
! looks of regret and disappointment and
! in others to half smiles Of expectancy.
| Each of the candidates was accom-
| panied by her manager and a coterie of
| young men and women who, at oppor
tune times, went forth and scurried up
votes Balloting lasted all during the
evening Every now and them some
candidate would come .in with few
| thousand votes, which would be the in
stant signal for the others to use every
endeavor to make up the lost ground.
Though Miss Jordan was the leader
on the board, Miss Smith was regarded
as possible victor. The reason for
this lay in the fact that Miss Jordan
turned in the greater part of her vote
for the evening. at the beginning of
the balloting, while Miss Smith held
back. The sole questf1h tiienpsnas as
to whether the latter had enough of her
secret votes to beat Miss Jordan's big
majority. Opinion on the subject was
divided, and as the hours went by the
interest centered on these two.
Holding Back Votes
1t became palpably evident before
long that many of the candidates were
holding back their votes, ready to
throw them forward at the last mo-
ment. Until 1890 o'clock in the even
ing Miss Jordan was far and away in
the lead. She started with it, but as
the hours progressed Miss Grace Smith
oIn -
that any one of the candidates was
likely to make a radical change in the
situation gave to the proceedings an
interest and excitement which straight
voting would have failed to produce
This was exemplified shortly after
10 o'clock, when Miss Grace Schultz
leaped to second place with vote of
5o,444 Despite the large crowd the
excitement was SO keen that, in the
main, the hall was swept by a great
silence. In the center of the room was
a large blackboard on which the votes
were displayed.
Fifteen Contestants
The contestants, Is in number, were:
Miss E. Johnson, Miss j. Bolger. Miss
j. Shultz, Miss A. Gallagher, Miss H.
Landers, Miss e. Marsky, Miss A. Don
nelly, Miss ]. Mantor, Miss L. Peterson.
Mrs j. Weeks, Miss L. Jordan, Miss A.
Gil1llan and Miss l.. Ballard
Miss Jordan, with 96.761, led the
board and at 1870 p m. increased her
lead to 1896. At that time her nearest
competitor was Miss Schultz, with Miss
Peterson third Despite Miss Jordan,s
f1uctuated left an impression that the
others were. holding back and were
likely to outdistance her at any time.
National Parlor Headquarters
National parlor No. 11S of the Native
Sons of the Golden West, which dur-
ing the celebration of the golden an
niversary of the admission of the state
had its headquarters in the Techau
auditorium and broke all records at
that time for entertaining, has secured
and the ballroom of the Fairmont,
where it proposes to entertain in
manner that will excel any previous
effort.
The parlor will parade $50 members
in a new uniform being made for per-
manent use by local tailoring estab-
lishment 1t is OF dark green, military
cut, with military cap of the same
color set off with gold braid Each
member will wear beautiful badge.
The following program for headquar-
ters has been adopted:
Thursday. September s-Night at home ban
suet for members and ladies.
Friday-General reception to the public after
the parade; evening, reception to friends, ad-
mission by card only.
Saturday-Afternoon at 2 o'clock reception
to visiting members and others Evening invi-
rational ball. At each reception there will he
music and refreshments.
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MILK INSPECTOR CAUSES ARREsT-AIa.
media Aug. 20---Mrs. Mary Paulson, proprie-
tor of store at e20 Central avenue was ar
rested this morning by Detective G. Fl. Brown
on complaint sworn to by DR.. Tom Carpen-
ter, city milk inspector. Mrs. Paulson is
charged with having offered impure milk for
sale.