The San Francisco call., 1910-09-06
CALIFORNIA is
A FROLICSOME
SEXAGENARIAN
Sixty Years Young the State
Feels as Its Birthday
Approaches
Admission Day Celebration TO
Be Gay With Merriment
and Mirth

81 candles on her birthday cake on next
Friday. September :. but she will have
many thousand more than that during
the three days OF festival which the
Native Sons and Native Daughters of
The golden West are planning for the
celebration Of CaIifornia's admission
into the union. The sons and daugh-
ters Of the golden state are planning
clabOrately for the three days of mer-
riment - California's birthday party.
While the preparations are largely in
the hands OF the san Francisco parlors
Of The two orders the celebration itself
viii be participated in by loyal Cali
foruisns throughout the state, and
daylight parade and night time pageant
viii attract thousands of visitors to
the city Ten thousand members OF the
order Of Native Sons Of the Golden
West and 1000 members of the sister
order are pledged to appear in the
parade on Friday. and during the other
periods OF festiVity there viii be thou
sands and thousands of native sons and
native daughters a the front stimulat-
ing the fun and frolic of the festival.
The streets are already decorated with
evergreens and flags for the celebra-
tion.
CALIFORNIA HOME OF FROLIC
California was a hard state to win,
but the winning is easy to celebrate
A. There were wars and instructions be-
fore the golden slopes of the Sierra
and the golden flower valleys of the
rivers were part Of the United States.
The admission OF California into that
union of states must therefore be
celebrated with frolic and cheer.
Under the Spanish and Mexican regime
california was a place Of frolic and
fandango. Under the American life Of
today California has not lost her pro-
pensity TO frolic, and while the fan
- dango has given way TO the twostep
there is stin dance music in the air.
That dance music viii be the feature
OF the celebration. The celebrat ton will
open Thursday with royalty and close
Saturday with jollity. AS royalty will
stay with the celebration to the end, so
jollity viii be with it from the begin
ming.
From the time Queen California, who
is now Miss Grace Smith, a popular
member of the order of Native Daugh-
ters OF the Golden West, enters into
her reign al Union square, at 2:S0
o'clock. on Thursday, September 8.
until the orchestra at the mask ball
at the Auditorium plays its last note
so late Saturday night that it will be
Sunday morning, there viii be no cess
alton OF the fun.
The Official program for the three
days celebration was issued yesterday.
But the official program is but a skele-
ton Of the festival, which must be ami
mated with the flesh and blood of
celebration and garbed with the raj
ment and motley of carnival before
il can approach the real spirit of the
siXtieth birthday party of old Cali
fornia.
The fun starts at 1870 o'clock Thurs
day afternoon at the ferry, when the
reception committee Of the celebration
meets Queen California and her court.
The maids Of honor who will attend
Queen California are: Esther Johnson,
Emily Marsky. Aileen DonnelIy, Jennie
Schultz, Mrs John F. Weeks, Lillian
Jordan, Anna Dunn, Julia Mantor, Lille
Peterson. katherine Guilfoy, Agnes
Gallagher, Mrs. Luke Bolger, Laura NJ.
Lsnders. LOrita Ballard.
The queen and her suite viii march
Up Market street TO Powell and thence
10 Union square, where the coronation
OF the queen will occur. The escort of
the queen will consist of Grand Mar
shall Angelo J. Rossi and staff, the
League Of the Cross cadets, the Cali
fornia Grays, the Nationals, and g num-
Der Of parlors OF the Native Sons and
Daughters of the Golden West
Pending the arrival of Queen Cali
fornia and her escort at Union SQUARE
q chorus Of 5000 school children, under
the direction ef Miss Estelle Carpenter
supervisor Of music in the San Fran
cisco school department. will give q
concert.
At 2.30 the coronation of the queen
Will occur at Union square. The
queen viii be received at the royal
stand by Grand President Daniel A.
Ryan Of the Native Sons of the Golden
West. Governor James y. Gillett and
Ma yor P. H Mccarthy.
RECEPTION TO QUEEN
After the coronation the joint com
mittee Of the Native Daughters of the
Golden West will give a reception in
the St Francis hotel to the queen and
her court and specially invited guests.
musical program will be rendered
at the evening reception. Mrs. G. D.
Harper Jr. will sing, as will the Alta
parlor quartet, which is composed of
Mrs. abelle Andrews Miss Evelyn
Bond Mrs. NJ. Kelly and Mrs. G. D.
Harper Jr.
there viii be a band concert in Union
square and in the evening there will
be z band concert there and fireworks
In the evening there will also be band
concerts along Market street and
bright inuminations. II will be then
that California viii have many more
than so candles on her birthday cake
Moderation might call for so, but cele-
bration will call for $4,000, 900
The dance music that is TO be such
an important feature of the celebration
will start UP at the nave of the ferry
building on Thursday night. George
F. Welch will be floor manager and
Mrs. Ella Wehe will be assistant floor
manager
Friday viii be Admission day and
that viii be the great state day of the
celebration, with the mighty parade
and the literary and patriotic exercises
The parade will start at 10 o'clock in
the morning from Mission and Twenty
fourth streets. The line of march viii
be as follows: From Mission and
Twenty fourth on Mission to Sixteenth
TO Valencia, to Market, to ferry build
ing. counter marching on Market to
Montgomery, TO Bush, to Kearny. tc
Market. TO Van Ness avenue to HAYES
where parade will be reviewed by Gov
ernor Giuett and the grand marshal
FEATURES OF PARADE
The parade will be a splendid dem
onstration of the strength of the two
orders of Sons and Daughters Of the
Golden West but Will not be confined
10 them alone. There will be military
features, the federal troops. national
guard and other military organizations
will appear in the line, and organiza
- al mill f0f, L.