Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-03
San Francisco Plans Gay Carni-
val to Finish Its Admis-
sion Day Festival
ORIENTAL PAGEANT A FEATURE
Pioneers and Veterans of Mexi-
can War to Have Places
of Honor
Especial to The Herald)

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waving color and which will be lined
| by thousands of spectators, Queen Cal
ifornia will wend her way, escorted by
her army of military and retainers to
| Union Square there to be crowned as
monarch of the three days festivities
to be held in celebration of the six
! tieth anniversary of the admission Of
| California to the Union Of states. This
will be the inaugural procession of the
Admission day festival which begins
September 8 and lasts until Septem-
ber 10.
For three days the spirit of carnival
will rule. The days will be filled with
parades, entertainments and receptions
and a thousand other attractions, and
the nights will be brilliant with Hum
nations such as have never before
been seen in the west. There will be
balls and receptions by the various par
lors, concerts and entertainments Of
all kinds. The opening parade and the
great Admission day parade September
8, as well as the monster electric and
carnival parade on the night Of Sep
tember 10, will be the most elaborate
of their kind ever devised in San
Francisco. The celebration will wind
| up In a blaze of glory with the mag
nif1cent masquerade ball at the Aud
itorium on the last day of the festival.
The coronation ceremonies to be held
in Union Square at o'clock in the aft
ernoon of the opening day will SYM
boiize the bestowing Of the crown of
statehood upon California and the re-
joicing which follows an event of such
import.
Queen California and her maids OF
honor will board the government
steamer at the Powell street wharf, ar
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1:30 o'clock, where the queen and her
suit will be met by Col. Frank w. Mar
ston, chairman of the reception COM
mlttee. Then will follow the parade to
Union Square, where the arrival OF the
queen will be the signal for chorus
of greeting from 5000 school children
under the direction of Miss Estelle Car
penter.
The coronation ceremonies will be
conducted by James Rolph, jr., chair
man of the festival committee. The
parade from the wharf to the square
will be under the direction Of Angelo
]. Rossi, grand marshal; j. Emmett
Hayden, chief of staff, and 7. B. w. Le-
land, chief aid. The escort will consist
of the California Grays, the Nationals,
the League of the Cross cadets and the
military.
THE PARADE
| The great parade, which will be the
| feature of Admission day, September
8, and the most impressive event In the
entire three days program during the
festival, will be the most elaborate and
colorful procession ever seen in San
Francisco. With more than 10000 per-
! sons in costume marching to the In
spring strains of seVenty-five military
| bands, and with more than 100 floats
and features in line, the parade will be
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| have seen the former celebrations OF
California's natal day, but to the bulk
of those who declared that the Portola
pageant would never be outdone as
spectacle
But beneath the waving Of the flags,
the futtering of the colors and the
blare of the scores of crashing bands,
There lies deeper significance, ana IN
| this riot of music and color many Will
not see the dramatic side Of this parade,
which can never be repeated In some
| of its phases. The veterans of the Mex
| lean war by which California was ac-
oulred, will be seen in line for the last
time in an Admission day celebration
| in San Francisco. There will be nine
of these grand old warriors In the
parade, and the average age will be "a
years. In striking contrast to this little
band, riding in their carriages in the
place of honor, will be the companies
of Boy Scouts and Columbia Park boys,
both in military formation and with
their own bands. Their average age
will be 10 years.
BREATH OF ROMANCE.
With the letter of Maj. A. Sherman
accepting the invitation of the Admis-
sion day festival committee. to partici-
pate In the parade there comes breath
of romance from the days of the
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period of ''the splendid idle '40s," but
rather the swashbuckling days of the
| fighting frontier, when the boundaries
of the United States were marked out
of blood and iron and the destiny of
the Pacific lay in the hands of men
who gambled with their lives.
| On the letterhead of the, Associated
Veterans Of the Mexican war, which
the acceptance of Major Sherman, on
behalf of his organization, the majesty
of history is conveyed by the black
| lines that crosscut the roll of distin-
| guished dead
William N. Hilton, secretary; Fer
dinand Meyers, treasurer; L. Sellinger,
marshal; Isaac M. Baker and Col. John
L. Bromley have all been mustered
out sinte that letterhead was printed.
Only fifteen members of the associa-
| tion of veterans now exist, and nine of
those will be present In the great
parade on Admission day. They will
ride in carriages and will be given the
place of high honor.
ATHLETIC EVENTS
Saturday there will be athletic events
at the Golden Gate stadium and aqua
tic-swimming and rowing-at the foot
of Vas Ness avenue at which valuable
prizes will be competed for by famous
champions.
The torchlight and electric parade
will represent "a Phantasy of Future
Ages" in which something entirely
new in the way of electric mechanical
| floats will be shown. Following this
will be the carnival section with thou
sands of comic burlesque characters,
and some startling mechanical effects
in confetti artillery never before at
! tempted. This section of the parade
will end at the Auditorium, where the
great masquerade ball will take place.
When 10000 people throng into the
Auditorium on the night of September
10 to join in the fun of the brilliant
masquerade that will be the climax Of
the Admission day festival.
San Francisco will show the world
| that she restored something more than
mere architectural individuality. This
colorful night will be an expression of
the jolly, care-free spirit which, more
than anything else, has made this the
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