The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-10
GAY PANORAMA
!. OF PAGEANTRY
RIOT OF COLOR
Q1e Hundred Bands Chant for
The March and City Teens
With Sound
Habits of Many Nations Pass
IN Review and Contrasts
Are Bewildering
By HARRY DAVIDS


or the morning hours yesterday, found
2 echo In a crash and thunder Of a vol
.-.pme OF sound which hurtled through
= the streets Of the city the livelong day
.,-and which for more than seven hours
marked the tramp and heralded the ad-
>-&ent Of 10000 marchers in the Adnlis-
-.~sion DAY parade The trumpet call un-
:: leashed the long line OF color and sent
slt winding its way over the sunlit
streets; it was the opening note for
. .the music OF nearly 100 bands il gave
= .the signal for the gigantic roar and
= -r-m5le which rocketed from street to
'rooftop and back again, which gath
- cred IN immensely and strength the
:Gay advanced and which eventually cul-
80 IN mated In 2 ponderous note, vibrant,
sleaEE and glceasing.
As dominating the noise was the
= yenGerful Col0ring Of il all. the con-
= ttsnt succession of brilliant contrasts,
which passed. repassed and kept on
passing. the white. the gold, the green.
1.-the blue against the background OF
Z purple. the scarlet outlined against the
gray. the black agsinst the yellow.
--FaVe on wave of il leaped out from
.:r- distance. danced and glittered and
-glistened in the sunlight and. inter
nliuElinE with others as hamboyantIy
30 rroIous as itself was lost ia the whole.
= :Aud- this was maintained the day long,
.':frQm 10 q. IN. 10 80 p. m.
GATHERING COUNTERMARCH
L Meeting on the countermarch the eff
fe-t in both cOlOrs and sound was in
.-Iensifed q hundred fold. TrSmpet blare
+ - - trumpet blare- and the reverberat-
|r-g beat OF drum was cut short by the
rk.s0unding peal Of an approaching
.tGvDs At first glance il was confusion
= ahSoluue- but the ranks Of color held
.t.lIe and the two Zines went their way,
Swinging in step to their own respec-
..J.te bands.
s.. The parade contained s. divisions.
and seated on the pinnacle OF
.*bfg float in the twenty-sixth was
-.2ueeu Grace Of California. Around her
-<u-ere clustered her maids of honor
:-Tsllln ediateIy ahead rode troop of the
PartoIa Dragons in their quaint uni
:~f0rms Of green and yellow, being the
= same body OF men who last year, es-
..orted Nergilia, queen Of beauty,
*.f5r0ugh the ranks Of the thousands
'.tlen assembled. The Nationals, uni
: FORMED ia purple, blue and red Of the
.aoEave. and the Grays. in gray and
:. white. preceded the Dragons, and dur
tgz- the entire line OF march went
-gugh a series OF marching evolu-
:.i.uA As before, their marching and
" IriTifug won them continued applause
= BEWILDERING PARADE
- Before and after the royal float
stretched the rocession-California
fn the extreme Floats there were by
:: fi1e dozen. Indians. cowboys, mummers
= .trv the score and hundred. Leading 1t
J. we're the solid marching bodies of the
.~5len Of the army. navy and militia, and
lzl- their heels followed battalions Of
american boy scouts. cadets of every
description and every uniform. native
:=<sonS in regalia Of every possible hue,
.-ra-ive daughters Of every possible
- type Of beauty And everywhere there
[.v'ere bands. The music was incessant,
.<ard at all times there was squeal Of
: ffe bIare OF brass and throaty call of
: .bggles.
IT, From the Mission to the ferry and
along Van Ness avenue the crowd was
.:.hanked. on account Of the length of
= The line Of march there was at least
-.-65 bow room. but none too much TO
SPARE. The parade left its starting
c-roiht at Twenty fourth and Valencia.
:. streets shortly after 10 a m. but it was
an hour later before the three battal-
!. -fens Of the coast artillery corps. COM
; banded BY Lieutenant Colonel John G.
Nv Brooks, United States army. which
. led the first division. swung into Mar
sSet street
CROWD ROARs WELCOME
- The crowd. patiently waiting in the
q
w as carried down the line. Far up. to-
award Market and Valencia streets,
"-there could be caught the CLINT of the
= Fcc0Et, srments and rife barrels and into
.+sfiie cheering came the sound Of distant
-@Lusic AS the procession drew nearer
the cheers began TO break out With
@he band smashing out lively march
20 The men Of the coast artillery corps
swung by and were followed by the
: .vhite capped, blue jacketed sailors
IRON Coat island. The detachment
:. went down Market street close locked.
> 1sYth rifles At the port. the sight bring
Ing from the crowd an extraordinary
.fi;rst Of applause A troop Of the First
l-hifed States cavalry clattered in their
grain and. with Company Of the
lnilitia signal corps, mounted, escorted
Z be dignitaries in carriages, who fol-
:. lowed behind.
/: -: These included Governor GilIett.
Afayor Mccarthy and officers of the
3. army and navy. The rear OF the first
division like the lead, was military.
:being composed Of coast artillery corps
of the National guard and the Fifth
/: l5Qlonel D. A Smith. The Fifth was
: out IN force and put up an extremely
4-cTeditsble showing.
CADETS MARCH TOGETHER
The second division consisted of the
2: lea que Of the Cross cadets and the
: Sierra cadets. together with their
:: bands. followed by the Hibernia rifles
.of California, whose uniforms Of green
= arted the wave and confusion of
bright colorings The Hibernians
escorted a beautiful float depicting an
old Irish castle and other symbols Of
.-ths'grish nation.
Black plumed and in uniforms Of
hunting green the San Francisco
Scnuetzen verein headed the third
division. The shooters. many Of. them
old men. hung close together in their
p march. walking erect and stifly after
the -continSutal fashion. The Austrian