The San Francisco call., 1910-11-27
COURT JESTER TO
GET ROYAL CROWN
Final Ceremony of Thanksgiving
Festival to Be Performed
at St. Francis Hotel

When the sun sets tonight its long
shadows will fall across the tottering
throne of King Angelo I and his queen
Erminia I, the happy monarchs of q
play kingdom at North beach, which
for three days has been the theater of
the merriest carnival in the history of
the city's north side. No rulers have
been more absolute, no despots so
benevolent and no state so firmly nXed
in the affectionate memory of the sub
jects. The royal court has been at
tended by the princess of pleasure and
the edicts of the crown solemnly SUD-
scribed and sworn by the court Jester.
The North beach Thanksgiving car
nival will end tonight in a brilliant
ball at the st. Francis hotel, where the
king and his consort will crown the
court fool and give their royal robes
to history.
Perhaps the prettiest features Of
the carnival were those of yesterday
which was devoted to the children of
the district, with a ball and electric
| parade in the evening. From noon
until midnight Washington square was
the great center of activities and fol
three hours the tots from the public
! schools and homes of the north side
contributed with dance and song to
| the gayety of the carnival.
CHILDREN DANCE IN PARK
Fully 5000 persons elbowed each
| other in the park to catch a view of
! the dancing youngsters on the huge
stage. Boys and girls from to 15
! years of age, brightly costumed in
| the dress of various countries, skipped
and hoped across the boards to the
| measures of a brass band.
The program was under the auspices
f1< CnIa i3I or
ganization of the mothers of the dis
trict, and included tableaux, national
! flag dances, clog dances and singing
Many of the numbers had to be re-
peated to satisfy the applauding crowd
and as soon as the last little figure had
| tripped off the stage the loud voice of
the spieler was heard again on the
midway" The leap for life and tight
rope walking were repeated, and just
| before dusk sthe entire district was
ablaze with thousands of electric lights.
FIREWORKS AND PARADE
The most spectacular feature of the
program was the electric parade and
| fireworks Washington square was
transformed into a series of batteries,
each exploding into the sky its series
of bombs, skyrockets and clusters,
while at the east end of the square
there were a number of patriotic set
/ pieces.
When all outdoor activities ceased
| the royal pavilion was jammed to over
| flowing with the dancing subjects of
King Angelo and Queen Ermnia.
YOUNG ACTORS APPLAUDED
| A touch of the cosmopolitan atmos-
| phere of the city was afforded in the
| dancing program during the afternoon.
| italian tarante1las, Danish dances of
| greeting, Norwegian step dances. Irish
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| marches contributed to the scene of
| life, color and music. Elaborate cos
tunes had been prepared for the young
| actors and each number was greeted
with enthusiastic applause. The king
and queen were seated on the stage,
and after each number a courtesy was
made to the royal box.
drill by the girls from the Ham
cock, Parker and Garfield schools, IL
lustrating the school calisthenics was
vigorously applauded.
Norma Brownell and Ivy Lyons.
clever professional performers, rem
| dered a number of popular fancy drills
and dances together.
SOME TINY PERFORMERS
Tiny Grace voerath in a Spanish
dance and Baby Helen Santacruz in a
hornpipe proved the midget sensations
of the afternoon. Neither youngster
was more than 5 years of age.
Mrs. John S. Phillips of the Vittoria
Colonna society was in charge of the
drills and contributed much to the
success of the affair. Fully 500 chill
dren took part in the performance and
were accompanied by the band OF IL
musicians.
Irene Bacigalupi and Edna Crocker.
in the Italian tarantella, We're the un-
doubted favorites of the day Pretty
and graceful, they stepped through the
figures with admirable skill and were
loudly applauded.
PROGRAM FOR TODAY
The banquet to be held at noon to-
day will be an official reunion of the
trustees and committees in charge of
the carnival. The tables Will be