The San Francisco call., 1910-05-08
laugh and TOSS
OF ROSE OPENS
A new CHAPTER
Perfumed Pageant Flows Along
the Streets of Santa Rosa
the Restored
Forgotten Is the Anguish of
1900 in Lovely Spectacle
Witnessed by Thousands
By RUFUS STEELE
FSpeoial Dispqich 10 The Call

SANTA ROSA. May IA peerless
perfumed pageant flowed through the
streets today and showed to one of
the largest crowds the city has ever
contained what nature and Luther Bur
bank have done for Santa Rosa. Vehi-
eles and floats Of all descriptions, pro-
PEELED by gasoline, horse and man
power, were the hidden frames for in
genious displays. Roses dipped in near
q every color Of the spectrum, brodeias.
sweet peas and ferns-these showed the
laVishness of nature
-- Brobdignagian Shasta 6aisies. giant
flaming amaryllis cardinal poppies as
large as saucers-these never grew in
sny garden until Burbank set them
there. 1T was plain that only a Bur
bank could add to the natural blossom
ing Of this Edenvale.
SIXTEEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
Today's procession of beauty was the
ortgrowth of Is years Of experience in
cpnjuring spectacles of this kind. The
bellies who rode among the flowers, and
gaze them meaning with their smiles
srcre the daughters of those bellies and
young matrOns who graced the first IA
NOUS paEeants Of the middle '90s.
There is no doubt that the show was
little finer than any of its predeces-
s0rs. Residents and visitors feel to-
night that the city has fttingly cele-
-bratcd its complete restora tion. Santa
Rose suffered more than any other
city. compa ratiVelv speaking, in the
great disaster of 1906.
s CITY RESTORED
Visitors Of today found a replace
lneut so effective commercially. so ef-
fectve architecturaIly that they were
prone 10 forget that the city had ever
suffered at all Closed is the chapter
that was not without its anguish; the
new chapter begins with a laugh and
the finging Of a rose.
The radiant professional which Grand
Marshal Charles oliver Dunbar led
Through the main thoroughfares this
morning was as novel as il was beau
tifuI The Santa Rosa rose carnival
never ceases TO be original. The uneX-
pected was constantly unfolded before
The eye. Queen Lillian sat upon a trim
throne Of blossoms that was capable of
making so miles an hour.
MANY NOVEL FEATURES
From a great nest Of grain stalks
peered huge white chicks, who were
really city bellies clad a la Chanticleer.
The lads and lassies of George Wash
ingtons day held a husking bee upon
an arbOred float and kept "a sharp
lookout for Indians. The old oaken
bucket drew sparkling Adams ale from
well beneath a moving rose tree
Children were swinging merrily in
half a dozen swings in a garden on
wheels. A jersey COW stalked in her
place, nibbling at the rose garlands
hung upon her horns and turned to
right or left at the behest of the
farmers lad who strode her back Au-
romObiles never moved under more ef-
fective or more ingenious draperies.
THOUSANDS OF VISITORS
Special trains doubled the usual
service and brought thousands of peo-
pie from all the bay and valley cities
and towns. The countryside sent in
the farming population with their
hampers. The unfenceJ lawns were
thrown open TO the picknickers The
big crowd was fed and entertained to
perfection. The concessions of the
rose path" did big business. The new
courthouse was the stately center of
the show. It cost half a million and
the general opinion held that it looked
the money. Externally and internally
il is the most beautiful county court
house in California.
a NIGHT PAGEANT
The three days of fiesta closed with
night pageant that showed the soft
ened beauty of roses under thousands
of glazed lamps. 4 am satisfied" said
Director General J. p. OVerton, and he
and his committees had set out ia
outdO any previous celebra ton which
Santa Rosa had ever known.