The San Francisco call., 1910-09-12
CONFETTI SWEPT
UP; memory
Queen California Abdicates
Throne and Becomes Just
a Native Daughter
Echoes of ReveIry Die Away in
Sermon on Destiny of
California

California's confetti was swept up
yesterday and the admission festivities
was slowed away in memory. Queen
California addicted her throne and be-
came Miss Grace Smith again. after
three days of majesty. The owl cars
and the early morning cars took the
last of revelers home and by night time
. the only echo of the celebration was
a sermon on the Native Son. His Op-
portunity and Responsibility"
The confetti was not swept away
without a suggestion of disaster. The
manager of q restaurant at. the corner
Of Geary and Kearny streets put his
sweeping of confetti in the kitchen
range. the mass of paper clogged the
chimney and caused a volume Of smoke
10 come fro apertures in the mortar
This unusual emission led to stin
alarm being turned in and hook and
ladder truck and chemical engine drove
over TO the place and fire company put
the chimney back into normal condi-
tion again.
BIG BILL FOR MUSIC
On account Of the delay in Fridays
parade the joint committee OF San
Francisco native sons parlors may
have to pay 81, 400 additional for music
for the pageant. That is not to meet
the debt Of wear and tear on the pa
thence of the spectators of the parade,
but 10 renumerate the musicians for
the extra time they had TO put in.
There were 1900 musicians in the
parade and their full bill was to have
been $4,000 for a certain period of
playing.
The union rates for musicians pro-
vide for charge or 81 for every half
hour of over time on any occasion.
Owing to the delay in the parade the
musicians had 10 play an hour longer
than they had contracted for. and so
their extra bill would be 81, 400. Wal
ter y. Brunt. member Of the general
committee. said yesterday that he un-
derstOOd that the musicians union
would consider renting the extra
charge But the bill stands at the
present and there may be a hat passing
TO raise the fund.
The grand masquerade ball at the
Auditorium, which started on Saturday
- night and ended the following morning,
~ was the closing ceremonial of the three
days celebration Of Californias birth
j
midnight Prizes were offered by the
committee for the dancers and the fol-
lowing awarded:
For handsomest cOstume-First prize, Mrs.
e.. ". Fisher. Arabian woman; men, first prize
Best sustained character-Airs sigma ORC.
Chinese woman; men, first prize, L. J. Berth,
Most original group-Divided twin babies
Miss A. johnson and Mrs. J. Boudie; men, G. L
Fox. fisherman.
Laura Dusold and Miss Minnie Dusold, and
John Dusold; second prize, Miss los Munson
George MuusOn, John MellOtt and Leo Tscharner
The committee appointed by Chair
man James Rolph Jr. Of the joint festi-
val committee to award prizes for the
best decorated buildings announced its
decision yesterday. On the committee
were. Joseph B. keenan,, chairman; J.
p r Jewell and Andrew J. Gallagher
The awards were as follows:
FIRST prize. $3.50, O'Connor. Monatt Co
second prize. $50. Newman & Levinson; third
urize 500 Alfred Ltlianthal & Co
prize, silver cup, Sing Chons 4 Cos second
prize. silver cup, Sing Fat Co.
The committee wished expressly to
> commend the handsome street decora-
tions in the Mission district, and il
reviewing the buildings Of the city
gave special mention TO the following
buildings: Monadnock building, Elan
temple. Marston building, San Fran
cisco gas and electric building, Hiber-
MIA bank building and the Delgel
building.
SERMON ON NATIVITY
The Native Son, His Opportunity
?. and Responsibility" was the subject
of q sermon delieverd last night bs
Rev. r. Logan at the Lebanon Presby-
ferian church. 1019 Sanchez street.
In part he said;
Almost every section Of the globe
has its attractions and its drawbacks
In some places the latter so far over
shadow the former that life becomes
: q drlldgery instead Of 3. JOY. All things
considered. there is perhaps no section
of the globe which offers greater ad
vsntages than California It ap
: proaches very nearly the ideal in 81
far as the endowments Of nature ar
concerned.
esThe Creator with lavish hand ha:
. bestowed his gifts upon the state o.
;. California Sixty years ago this EN-
nire was added to the number of states
% in the union and a new star appeared
in Old Glory. 1t was star Of th'
first magnitude.
=. TT was appropriate that the queer
of the recent festival should have beer
: named Grace Grace means favor
= and il there is any state in the uniol
:. highly favored by Providence, tha
+. state is California.
. MORALITY A NECESSITY
THAT which is most valuable to |
state is her sons and daughters An'
= that which gives value TO them is no
their bank account or education, bu
their moral ideas
:. no state can ever become grea
which does not recognize that mora
- government Of Jesus Christ. Lest w
forget should be written on the door
most Of every California home.
There was one part Of the parad
that had a tinge Of pathos about il
and that was the section Of pionee
men and women and the veterans o
the Mexican war. It was these me-
and women that faced the dangers an
oardships of frontier life. They suf
F.. fered and sacrificed, as all must d
= Who beoueath anything worth Will
:. "a those who come after. They lai
foundations