The San Francisco call., 1910-09-07
ACCOMMODATIONS
VANISHING


Of fun and frolic exceeds 10000
Special trains have been arrenged to
bring crowds from all the principal cit
les. Some of these will make several
direct runs TO this city. A special con-
sisting of several sections viii leave
Los Angeles this morning bringing
hundreds of members of parlors in the
vicinity of that city and their friends.
San Francisco is not enjoying the
festival period alone. Seldom in the
history of similar celebrations has the
desire for frolic and fun been so con-
tagious and widespread.
On this glorious three day carnival
California will spend more than $3.50
600. It will be a historic event in the
annals Of festal gatherings. When the
diadem of JOY crowns the brow of
Queen California staid conventional lism
will hide in the shadow and revelry be-
come rampant. The carnival then will
be on for three days of unrestrained
merriment.
OPEN HOUSE EVERYWHERE
Each of the visiting parlors will
spend 1000 in celebrating and there
viii be ESQ parlors. This means $780,
600 to flow from the joint orders of the
sons and daughters of this state during
the festival. Parlors will vie with
each other In hospitality. open house"
viii decorate the portals Of every par
lor and day and night visitors may
enter as guests of the native born.
Dancing and entertainment are on the
daily programs of each. while refresh
ments will be served continuously
California as the state of plenty will
play the bountifui hostess.
Chinatown will present one of the
most interesting sights. The Chinese
have fallen into the spirit of the cele-
bration and contributed literally to the
general carnival effect. Decora tions
began taking shape yesterday and the
work is going ahead rapidly. The sec
ton viii present blaze of light Pri
vate buildings will have fantastic and
unique designs of festal garb. The
merchants Of the district have contrib
uted s25,000 to the decoration fund.
The effect will be gorgeously oriental
with enough modern touches to en-
hance the splendor and brilliance of
display.
CORONATION TOMORROW
The program will begin tomorrow
with a reception to Queen California at
to the scene of the coronation at Union
square. Here chorus of 5000 school
children will sing a glad anthem of
welcome to the states gentle SOW
ereign. reception that afternoon and
dancing in the night will close the first
day
Friday will be the greatest day of
the festival for this is Admission day.
Attended by gallant courtiers and the
dragons. who, dressed as early Span
ish soldiers, marched with Don Gaspar
de Portola, the queen will lead a royal
pageant through lanes Of thousands of
persons in the great daylight parade.
Twenty thousand men and women
will march in line. while 20 bands and
100 floats will pass IN review. The
floats are gorgeous affairs, depicting
the progress and development of Cali
fornia life.
BIG NIGHT PARADE
The great night parade planned for
Saturday will be the feature of the
celebration. All the ma-vels of cleo
trical contrivance will shine on the
marching hosts. Fireworks will shoot
into the sky and music win crash and
all the weird fascinating tableaus of
Chinese ingenuity will be seen.
The monster Chinese dragon, splitting
fire and lighted UP by wonderful cleo
trical schemes will be borne on the
shoulders of 80 Chinese native sons.
This will not be the same monster that
excited wonder and admiration during
the Portola celebration, but new and
vigorous creation
An attack on Queen California by the
fiery dragon will be one of the con-
stant features or the parade. Even and
anon the dragon. rushed by its $50 feet
will charge Queen California and her
gallant escort, only to be repulsed by
the California grays at the point of
bayonets.
SYMBOL OF EVIL
A dragon has beer used from time
immemorial in state professions. 1t
symbolizes the forces of evil that.
menace the dynasty and the usual
overthrow is taken to indicate a happy
and untroubled reign.
An ancient Chinese ceremony which
has been repeated for thousands of
years and which represents the rescue
of a princess Of the dynasty from the