The San Francisco call., 1910-05-28

their necks, the women in bright cali
Goes; the men, indolent and curious
add to the picturesqueness of the scene.
Chinese in colored blouses, and Japa-
nese, shorn of native costume, but still
oriental in their chatter and activity,
contribute their strangeness to the
street.
But it is. the group of tentfolk that
most lavishly add to the tinsel Of the
scene.
TENTS ARE ALLURING
Along Market and Fifth streets their
colored. canvases stretch to charm and
allure the nickel and dime of the coun-
try people All the contrivances of
the fair and the faker are to be had.
1t is somewhat the same story of all
fairs, but cast in a country community
and under the summer sky of Colusa
the riot Of mountebanks appeals more
to the gination-seems more fitting.
The sky of the Sacramento valley is
the sky of the Arabian corners of the
orient and under such a prodigal sun
the furor of the show people seems in
digenous. The streets are like those
of an oriental bazaar. The shows
themselves are what they usually are,
somewhat a tax on the credulity and
amiability of the people, but they seem
in place in the bright sunlight or the
warm night, with it's Immediate canopy
of electric lights and It's more remote
arch Of stars
CHILDREN WILL SING
All is now ready for tomorrow. At
the public school the final rehearsal
has been held for the 200 children who
will sing an anthem to the queen The
little ones will appear in bright white
dresses and will be grouped on the
lawn in front of the courthouse, around
the coronation throne. Each child will
carry tiny flag to wave in fealty to
her majesty. The American flag was
invented largely as sign that there
would be no more queens in this coun-
try, but the founders of the United
States did not realize that the romance
of California would demand queens of
flowers and of rivers and of carniva1s.
The thirst for frolic would go unslaked
If common councils and boards OF trade
would adopt chairwomen of carnivals
or lady presidents of festas.
The furor of celebration demands a
queen, demands all the life and vivacity
and color of majesty.
That is why the streets of Colusa
are bright tonight with thousands of
electric lights and are filed with the
laughter of girls and the glide OF
automobiles.
AUTOS TO BE DECORATED
Tomorrow the automobiles are to be
decorated in their best to compete for
the splendid cups which are offered as
prizes for the best decorated cars, but
tonight they are. filled with laughing
groups of friends. Over the level
plains of the county, from the rich
dairy districts, from the ever busy al
falfa fields, from the prune orchards
and the orange groves and the barley
acres of the countryside, from both
sides of the river, from Williams
Princeton. Meridian, Marysville and
from all the rich sections that lie be-
tween the townsman and farmer ran
into Colusa tonight in his fast machine
IN give his family an early glimpse of
the festival that is being prepared
Tomorrow they will come back. the
women folks In fluffler dresses and with
wide and ribbony parasols and men In
white duck and straw hats, and give
themselves over to the fun and frolic
of the carnival.
Late hours will be the rule, But late
hours are no longer the deterrent to
the farmer. who can glide home In his