The San Francisco call., 1910-04-09
PARADE AND BALL
T TO END BOYS WEEK
Ninety=seven Babies, Six Sets
of Twins and One of Trip
lets at Prize Show
School Children Will March to
Ocean Shore Grounds for
Afternoon Games

Babies to left of us, babies to right
of US, babies in front, of us''-that is
how the grounds of the Columbia Park
Boys club looked yesterday afternoon.
There were babies in arms, in carriages
and on foot; babies who ran and
shouted as well behaved and polite an
assemblage altogether as their young
hosts have so far encountered in their
weeks campaign.
Before l o'clock the babies began to
arrive, in charge of their parents or
relatives. Forty or fifty were expected
at most. Ninety seven appeared. not
counting six sets of twins and one of
tripIets.
Only two of the eight babies offered
for adoption appeared at the critical
moment. They became mere spectators
like the rest, no satisfactory arrange
ment having been made for their future
welfare They were Philip Gregson and
Mont gomery O'Farrell.
Before o'clock the grounds were
swamped with babies and the entries
could not be made quickly enough.
Each yOungster was tagged and turned
loose to await the awarding of the
prizes. And then the judges balked
PRIZES AWARDED BY LOT
Beauty prizes We're to have been
given. with five consolation prizes, to
be decided by vote, but the superabun-
dance of beauty that appeared made it
hard to draw the line. There were the
babies with big, brown melting eyes,
and the babies with blue; the babies
with golden hair or crowned with glo-
rious bronze; there were little bru-
nettes, alert, charming and lovable. and
not the least pretty of the number were
nine or ten little Chinese babies, clad
in vivid colors.
1t was impossible to choose between
them all so little Irving Hahn was
pressed into service and drew the lots
for the various prizes. Judge Sander
son called out the numbers and each
child who drew the lucky number
carried away a handsome souvenir of
boy week, while every youngster in
the place was made happy by the gift
of toy.
The prize winners were Harry Coster.
Mont gomery O'Farrell, Seward Bogert
Putnam. julius Jaegeling, Edwin Nolan.
Robert Francis Hilton, Ernest Keller.
John Fenwick Trotter, Theodore How
ard, Harold Cross, Ignatius Alfred Ga
Undo and Philip Gregson
Extra prizes awarded for children
under 10 were won by Orrin Clifford
Johnson and Dudley Lawn. Jack and
Thomas Hardy and Clarence and Ber-
hold Conlin won the prizes for the
twins, while Virgil, Charles and Theo-
dore Roosevelt Shields won the triplets'
prizes. The consolation prizes were
awarded to Charles Troyer, Walter
Roster. Yung Fl, Lloyd Ferris Kraymer
and Jack Sidderley.
PARADE OF SCHOoLBOYs
The final day of boy week will begin
today with the parade of all of the
grammar school boys in this city, which
I
Market streets at . o'clock The parade
will march up Market street to Eleventh
and over to Mission to the Ocean Shore
grounds, where a burlesque game of
football between two teams dressed in
Chinese and Japanese costumes will
ensue.
At 4 o'clock burlesque baseball
game will take place between the Aus
tralian boys with one team dressed a.
girls, and Enthusiastically garbed men and
boys will entertain the crowds by their
antics on the side lines.
Following is the line of march in to-
days parade:
Squadron of mounted police
ST. Mary's orphanage band
Grand Marshal Benjamin katz. boy mayor and
his aids-walter Burke. Herman Kurtzmann,
John Libby. George Mann. Hillmann Campbell.
Columbia Park boys band No 1
Military of Columbia Park boys club
Company
Columbia Park boys band No.
School boys of San Francisco, led by
Fremont school
Chinese boys drum and bugIe corps
Battalion of Chinese boys
Boys and Girls Aid society drum and bugle
corps
Company of military
Columbia Park boys drum and bugle corps
Protestant orphan asylum boys
The line of march will be formed in
the New Montgomery street side of the
Palace hotel promptly at 1870 o'clock,
and will proceed up Market to Kearny
north in Kearny to Clay, thence west
ward to Grant avenue, thence south to
Market and west to Twelfth
BALL AT THE FAIRMONT
The ball at the Fairmont tomorrow
mis- ght win be the climax to the week of
fun, with the doors open to every one.
Boy Mayor Katz will entertain Mayor
and Mrs. Mccarthy in his box. Ned"
ball, with the following committee of
patronesses:
Mrs. Joseph D. Grant Mrs. Walter Martin
Mrs. Eleanor Martin Mrs. A. W. Scott
Mrs. George A. Newhalli Mrs. Francis Carolan
Mrs. Sigmund Stern Mrs w. K. Wander
Mrs. Peter Martin bilt Jr.
Mrs. George Pope Mrs. James f. Jordan
Mrs. l. N Walter Mrs. California Newton
Mrs. Thomas Fl. Barry
The tickets are on sale at the Palace,
the Fairmont and the ST Francis and
at the White House. They are SIS a
couple. which will cover the price of
admission and supper.
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