The San Francisco call., 1910-06-19
initial Dinner
ATTENDED BY 600
Fireworks on Long Pier lllumi=
nate HarbOr and the Many
Ships at Anchor
No Detail Neglected by Manager
SwantOn, Who Has Charge
of Entertainment
{ IScec'al Dispoich 70 The Call


the brilliant carnival riot dinner and
baIl. which marked the formal opening
of the Casinos seventh season If it's
premier be prophetic. the season of
1910 viii fairly eclipse anything in the
history OF this pretty and popular
beach
All Of central California and the bay
counties were represented by the 500
fortunate enough TO secure reserva-
tIons for the formal dinner which pre-
ceded the bah and the fireworks dis
play on the long pier. The opening
OF The Casino has become the years
event or the local social calendar.
Some idea of the interest all Santa
Cruz takes in the launching of the
Casino season may be gathered from
the fact thar the children Of this city
furnished the wealth The flowers with
which the gr timing room was so
beautifully decorated
Before 5 o'cro-- this morning the
a. udreu % Santa CrGz began their
march To the beach laden with sweet
peas They preserved that line Of
march until mid3fternOOn. The chill
dreu claimed the right TO furnish the
flowers. but they were unable TO fur
nisl an al Se limit defining the bounda-
ries of childhood. The youngest
flower girl proudly iisped her claim to
. wears. The oldest flower boy cheer
fully confessed that be had celebrated
his eiehty-ffth birthday.
Not The slightest detail that could
contribute TO thc comfort or enjoyment
Of the Casinos guests was overlooked
10y General Manager Fred W Swanton
and Assistant Mana ser Edgar NJ VIII
hanson. For days an army Of work
men had been driven al a record break
ing pace AT o'clock tonight every
thing was finished and approved. Not
a detail of decoration or service was
missing when SwantOn gave the signal
that opened the Casinos new year.
DINNER LIST CLOSES
The only fault was the manage
ment's Inability TO meet demand for
places in the dining room. On Friday
the limits of the dining room proper
had been reached and several large
parties assigned places in the roof
gardens. At 10 o'clock this morning
the dinner lists were closed unwillingly
enough by the management and to the
disappointment Of scores Of belated ap-
plicants The arrangement of the
seating in the great dining room and
the service reflected as much credit on
Daniel OLeary, mana ger Of the grill,
as did the dinner itself upon Chef
Thomas Moran. The 20 tables in the
diners had excellent views OF the ball
room on one side and the beach and
fireworks on the pier on the other
side.
The dining room decorations We're
strikinglv beautiful Sweet peas pre-
dominated in a wealth Of soft color
and dainty fragrance. Every table was
laden with blossoms.
Colored ribbons hanging from chan
deliers and ceiling produced the effect
Of nEing confetti Three hours later
the confetti actually flew from the
hands Of handsomely gowned women
and merry men. The dining room was
opened at $50 o'clock. The diners
found their places to the strains of
concert music rendered by the
Dobronyi Hungarian orchestra.
RARBOR ILLUMINATED
At 8 o'clock the beach companv's
military hand. under the direction Of
Lou Williams, gave the signal for the
opening Of the outdoor fun and for the
splendid display Of fireworks on the
long pier on that signal The wide
sweep of beach the yachts and naval
vessels Fin the bay We're brought to the
startling relief by the laundering of
hundreds of pounds of fireworks The
eject was as strikingly beautiful as it
WAS startling
Both the rose gardens were filed
The main grill room. In the north
garden. were several larger parties
notably one Of 80 members Of the Fam
lily club Of San ancisco and another
Of T. representatives Of a commercial
travellers organization. The beach and
the great board walk stretching to the
san Lorenzo river where masses of
merrymaking humanity Out OF doors
no restraint was placed on the car
nival spirit
A confetti battle ragged for hours
from the Casino down the entire
length Of the board walk and the
beach.
At $50 the serpentine confetti began
10 fy in the dining room and the ball
room was thrown open from that time
until morning All was merry mad
ness The Casino was opened as never
before. Fred W. Swanton had achieved
another characteristic success.
GUESTS AT TABLES
Among those who were fortunate
enough to secure tables were:
George Anderson ana party San Jose
Mr- ana Mrs Frank G Ballantine. Mrs Prude
g LesNltt, Mr. and Ms. Roy y. Bishop. f. 4
HogseWortl. San Francisco.
Mr and Ms. C. +. Homer. Mrs Henry Crosby,
Mr. and Mrs ". H. Donohue. Mr. and Mrs.
Decoto. Mr. and Mrs D. Crowell. Judge
and Mrs T. W Harris, Oakland
Nr. and Mrs A. May Alvarado
Mr. and Mrs A. Lawrence san Mateo
Mr and Mrs J. Coleman. San Francisco
NJ. and Mrs George Starr. Mr.. and Mrs II
W Lake. Mr. and Mrs Levy Mr. and Mrs Gar
DeF, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Heelman. Mr. and
Mrs a. Rosenstein, Mrs. James Mcneil. Santa
Cruz.
Mr- and Mrs Ferd W Swanton Mr.. and Mrs
n r Anderson, Mr.. and Mrs. H. r. Irish. Mr.
and Mrs John Scott, Santa Cruz.
Mrs !. O. Mlckcrshaln. Miss Agnes Sargent
Joseph No.an George Tourney. San Francisco
Mr. and Mrs C. u. Dalton. Mr. and Mrs CLAY
Peters Mrs Lucille Mofttf Miss AIaude Uoltcr-
beck. @ T. SeVere. r. n. Wilson Santa Cruz
Mrs Earl Morgan and party. san Francisco
Mr. ana Mrs c. ". H0rnick Mr.. and Mrs
George A. Van Smith. Miss NJ. Kelly. +. p Cos
ling san Francisco
Dr. r. T. Morgan and party Santa Cruz.
r Whiting and party. San Francisco
Fred KONG and party. San Francisco
% IT Turner. San Francisco.
Mr. and Mrs. T. 4. Young. san Francisco
Charles Naldron aud party. Santa Cruz
Ar. and Mrs. Clarence Pagan Santa Cr7lz
Waiter Martin aud party. san Francisco
Miss Edna Dawson, Miss Egan San Fran
cisco.
Charles Moerz and party. San Francisco.
Bruce sharp and party san Francisco
Mrs 4. +. French san Francisco.
Adn Britain ana party. san Francisco
ar and Mrs II. /. Trowbrdge and party.
San Francisco.
= ! Dunno and party. San Francisco.
g. IT. Hclmau. SaH Francisco.
George s.. Brewster. Oakland.
Nfs. d. u. Cover salt Lake
p liliam l-anee and party. San Francisco
Frank T. Brown and party san Francisco
s Brown and party. San francisco
Nr and Nirs. Robert Barton. a w Goodfel-
.Y" , AcC0oS. Nh and Mrs. Parker lyons
Fresno