Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-01
PLAN ADMISSION
DAY FESTIVITIES
San Francisco viii Be Turned
Into FairyIand for Holi-
day Celebration
MASKERS TO HOLD REvEL
Governor GiIIett and a Brilliant
staff Will Take Part in
Gala Affair
TO HOLD REvEL
Especial to The Herald

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 31.-That
Governor Gillett and his staff in their
brilliant uniforms will be in the great
Admission day parade September
practically is assured in the accept
ance by the governor of Chairman
James Rolph, jr's invitation to attend
the festivities in celebration of Cali
fornia's natal day.
The governors letter is full of en-
thusiastic utterances regarding Cali
fornia and the people of the state,
whom he characterizes as true repre-
sentatives of the best that is in the
nation, and typify the energy and life
of the American people. He predicts
that when the Panama canal is COM
pleted and the two great oceans of the
world shall wed that San Francisco
shall place the ring.
Chairman James Rolph's invitation
to the governor was equally enthusias-
tic and he expresses confidence that
the celebration of Admission day will
be one of the greatest events ever
held in the west. That this confidence
is we'll grounded is shown by the fact
that in the great Admission day par
ade there will be more floats and more
uniformed and costumed people in line
than on any similar occasion in the
history of the west. The illumina-
tions and decorations are much more
elaborate than those of the Portola
festival, and there will be twice the
candlepower used.
Arrangements for the festival are
now being rapidly pushed to compile
tion, and when the morning of Sep
tember dawns San Francisco will be
a veritable fairyland with the green
and gold decorations.
The three prizes of $3.50, $3.50 and $100
for the best decorations are expected
to bring out the artistic talent of
e. 70 md 70
showing will undoubtedly be made. The
illuminations are in charge of William
H. Urmy, chief of the department of
electricity of the city, and he promises
an unusually fine electric service dur
ing the festival.
MASKERS TO HOLD REVEL
The great masquerade ball at the au-
ditorium on the last night of the fes-
tival is to be the most elaborate af-
fair of it's kind ever held in San Fran
cisco, and everybody attending will be
in costume. At the close of the carn1-
val parade there will be hundreds of
maskers filing into the great hall ana
from that time on the fun will be fast
and furious. The bands engaged for
this affair will be kept busy all night
and there will be plenty of entertain
ment.
The great parade on September will
color and an unending source of in
terest to the thousands of visitors who
will flock the streets. Many of the
parlors are spending hundreds of dol
lars in preparing floats, and these are
outside of the floats of the festival
committee.
With a float representing Rincon
HILL after which the parlOr was named,
Rincon parlor No. 72 intends to give
some historic interest to the process
sion. Rincon Hill, when the early day
ships swung their mOorings in san
Francisco harbor, marked the southern
limits of the blight that was soon filled
with ships, whose crews had deserted
for the gold fields. Later, in 1872, 1t
was cut along the line of Second street,
but for many years it was the chosen
site of the finest and most hospitable
of the poineer homes.
Headed by st. Vincents Orphan Asy-
lum band of thirty-f-Ve pieces, with
the Rincon drum corp of twenty-five
men, the parlor will parade behind the
float. The $50 members will wear a
uniform consisting of cream colored
flannel of military cut, and all will
bear on their breasts a badge of heavy
bullion entwined with the carnival col
ors, green and gold, and with small
gilt bear and American flags. This
parlor has secured Veterans hall for
headquarters and has arranged a pro-
gram for the entire three days of the
festivities.