The San Francisco call., 1910-09-09
HOSTS THUNDER
GREAT WELCOME
TOQUEEN GRACE
5000 Children Burst Into Song
and ThrOngs Cheer as
Ruler Is Crowned
City Bounds Into Period of
Festive Gayefy Vigorously
and Enthusiastically
By HARRY DAVIDS


music and cheering, with all the tin
seled glory OF festive mummery.
Grace. queen of California, entered her
dominion yesterday and received the
crown which made her the reigning
monarch of the Admission day fiesta
Thousands of spectators. packing
Union square, watched her ascend the
throne, and, catching sight Of the gilt
tering diadem on her mead. burst into
spontaneous shouts. Her march into
the city was given setting regany
beautiful Armed escorts preceded her,
bands crashed. crowds cheered. It was
playtime for the city and the citizens
played with all the ardor and laughing
enthusiasm OF its peculiar kind.
SERIOUS MAKE BELIEVE
II was make believe from the time
she stepped into her royal carriage at
.the foot Of Mission street wharf to the
moment when the crown was placed on
1.}er head, but it was make believe Of a
serious kind. All the details were
there; no symbol was lacking. There
. were bows and fourishes, salutes and
counter sa1utes, anthems Of honor and
trumpet calls Of proclamation. The
game was played from first TO last
. with infinite care for detail, and this.
with the riot Of color and sheer beauty
b. or it all swept the watching tbrongs
of their feet and in the cheers and
volume Of sound was the ring of sin
.cerity.
The official entrance Of the oueen into
The city was made at 1880 2. m. when
she stepped into her royal carriage.
Long prior TO that time the crowds had
formed, lining the sidewalks from Mis-
sion wharf TO Union square, growing
IN density around the latter place.
- reception committee composed of Colo
Hel frank ". MaTston, James RoInb
.F-, Joseph B. keenan,, John R Aitlen
- rank Jewell Fred H. Jung Louis r
I'D ANGELO ]. Rossi J. Emmet FTavden
Dr- T. B. ". Leland and DR.. A. n Gfan-
-lni was on hand TO lead her Ia the
royal carriage. There was little cere-
mony AZ Mission street wharf and
once seated in her carriage. the nro-
cession started.
MOUNTED POLICE LEAD
Leading the parade was a platoon
"I mounted police. followed immediate
J.
j. Emmett Hayden. the chief Of STAFF
and DR.. T. B. W. Leland. chief aid
beslde these were a group of speciaI
ADS on horseback composed of Judge
homas Ora ham, J. +. Fitzgerald. VIII
nam H. Hopro Jr-. G. F. Manning B. J
Flood- Dr Frank I. Gonzales. Robert
r. Cochrane, Webster RandoIph K
Daggett r. r Neale, Louis W. Schmidt
g r. Corrlgan, Frank Barnett, W. s G
schmidt, Frank Marini. D. d ToWria1-
\. D. Williams, Max LIGHT Frank J
Monahan, Fred Staule, A J. Falvev
y ;, Curran, George Welch, T. A Lane.
y N- Flppln- Henry J. Dahl and Frank
Mordecai- These aids, uniformed in
regalis resplendent in the extreme
gave 10 the forefront of the parade =
splash Of coloring indicative of what
was 10 follow Following them were
the League Of the Cross cadets: the
Nationals, brave in zouave uniforms of
red, purple and blue; the California
Grays. In gray and white. and a host
or Native Sons in the uniforms of their
respective orders.
FLOWER COVERED CARRIAGE
The royal carriage was bedizened
and beoecked with flowers, and was
drawn by four horses. The cheering
started the moment il emerged from
heneath the roof Of the Mission street
wharf and was kept up all along the
line until the last of the ceremonies
was concluded.
The queen. wearing her royal robes.
PLAYED her part in the game with as
much fun and jollity as did the rest
She bowed TO right and left at the
cheers. smiled and nodded, and when
me moment came TO speak she went
through her speech with the skill and
polish of an accomplished orator.
The cheering was not reserved for
- her alone. The Nationals. with their
excellent drilling and fine showing. re-
celVed large part Of it, There was
only small detachment of this or
gsnizstion out yesterday. Just enough
10 act as an escort; but in the nsrade
today the company, and also the Cali
fornia Grays. viii be out in full force
CxOwDs CHEER EvOLUTIoNs
The Nationals and the Grays imme-
distely preceded the queens carriage
The original intention was to 90
through simple march. but as the
rheerlng grew and the reception from
the crowd became so spontaneous and
hearty both companies responded by
series Of marching evolutions The Ma
uonals opened the fun by forming q
cross and the sudden shout of delight
which rose from both sides Of The
street AZ the skillful manner in which
.ine movement was executed led the
Grays to follow the example From
that tifae on to the end there was not
moment when one of the two com
panies was not going through some
evolution
At Union square il was discovered
that the waiting crowds had snapped
- The police lines and were crowding
about the throne. placed at the base of
the monument Of victory. They packed
the sidewalks, streets and park till II
became sheer impossibility for any
10 pass through. The police aided bv
the marshals Of the parsd< and the
soldierT. swung their way through
after dint Of great effort, and then
lined UP in two lanes, stretching from
the entrance Of the park to the throne
The Zouaves were on one side and the
Grays on the other, the contrast of
the colorings Of their uniforms giving
10 the whole q unique touch Of beauty.
5000 CHILDREN SING
{ Opposite the park, seated in a grand
stand. were 5000 school children. to-
gether with 500 school teachers. who
though IL was holiday for them
volunteered to take charge OF the little
ones and aid Miss Estelle Carpenter in
the singing This sacrifice on their
part proved eminently welcome as
otherwise the chorus would have been