The San Francisco call., 1910-02-03
FLOWER OF SOCIETY
APPEARS IN FESTIVAL
Great Audience Gives Enthus=
iastic Approval to Splen=
didly Staged Play
Especial Dispatch TO The CALI

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OAKLAND, Feb 2.-Fifteen hundred
devotees of society journeyed to the
Piedmont pavilion tonight TO witness
the opening of the kirmess. And So
ciety placed the stamp of its approval
upon the brilliant spectacle, filling the
gigantic auditorium with storms OF
plaudits as the gay scenes, verita BILE
kaleidoscopes OF light and color, We're
unfolded in quick succession before its
delighted eyes.
The kirmess was predestined TO sue
cess, for its participants were the
flower OF Oakland's society; but the
great production won an added measure
of appreciation through its intrinsic
merit, and from the rise of the curtain
upon the mammoth inaugural tableaux
the applause kept sweeping across the
pavilion in such tremendous volumes
that there was never the slightest
doubt OF it's sincerity.
BEAUTIFUL SCENIC EFFECTS
The staging and scenic effects were
a revelation to the audience, which had
come prepared 20 overlook defects
which might naturally have been eX-
pected TO occur in an initial produc-
tion of such magnitude, and those who
had come with a determination to be
ahliged TO discard thei Notwithstanding
attitude at once and renIace it with
wondering approval.
The choruses too, were. we'll nigh
thou sands o feyes entranced with their
rhythmical harmony.
Soon after o'clock the big orches-
ira undsr the direction of. Paul Stein
dorh struck up the strains of the open
ing overture and while the music was
1<s
disclosing the entire cast OF coo at,
tired in all the colors of the speeter
and rising tier upon tier to the rear
most extremity OF the huge incline.
MAYOR MOTT WELCOMES
Mayor Frank X Mott, who well
coined the audience TO the kirmess and
summoned King Joseph Rosborough to
receive the royal crown. In the hands
of the king the mayor placed the
great key 10 the city and proclaimed
the beginning of the kirmess reign.
In his address Mayor Mott said:
This is an inspiring scene, 1t
seems almost out Of place for one
70 be here in anything like an
official capacity for dignity and
the thought which runs with 1t Is
not in harmony with such a pic
ture OF gayety. anticipated mirth
and jollity as we have before us.
The committee was so thought
tuI As TO send me very delight
fnl invitation to be here this even
ing. 1t came TO me as mayor of
the city, but in order that ] may
be in closer touch with the spirit
of the occasion I shall cast aside
the distinction and mingle in the
carnival as a plain citizen to enjoy
all that is to be given here. For
the kind beckoning to this festival
which the committee gave l must
express my thanks. 1t is no mean
honor 10 be asked 10 such a splen-
did entertainment In such splen-
did cause.
This kirmess has been under
taken for the raising OF funds to
further the work of the Alameda
County Society for the Study and
Prevention of tuberculosis. Let US
pause for a moment and fix clearly
in our minds the real Importance
of that title. Let US remember
that today the medical science of
the world is aiming 10 prevent the
ravages Of t4e white plague In
every laboratory, in every college
of medicine, in every hospital in
every center OF civilization there
are being worked out, by day and
by night. observations, tests and
Investigations by profound stu
dents bent upon solving this tre-
mendous problem.