The San Francisco call., 1910-09-10
Watchers Serve Good Cause


wv demonstrations of an Franciseos S
and Californias carnival spirit
Watchers Serve Good Cause
Patient and loyal and pleasure seek
ing, the masses assembled early in the
morning. The vanguard of the prudent
were at the wire ropes along the curb
before 9 o'clock. BY 10 the paveme a.
were closely set with the durable shoes
of the watchers. In an Admission day
celebration, as in holier causes, they
also serve who only stand and wait
But up aloft, among tthe modern cliff
dwellers, were the comfortable and the
nice line wore the drapery OF humanity.
Every Office building in the city was
decorated in honor of the three days
of festival Every off1ce building win
dow along the line yesterday had its
additional decoration of bright faced
girlhood and daring young manhood.
At every angle of incidence and refrac-
tion that focused on the line of march
was a pair of eyes.
Spectators Near Skyline
If the pageant were one of aero
planes. people could not have perched
higher. On the dome Of the Claus
Spreckels building were adventurous
spirits who scared to get a real birds
protruding balconies of the Palace
hotel girls and youths hung between
street and sky. Along the remote sky
line of the Phelan building legs dan
gled perilously over the marching
thousands. Through the streets of the
Mission, where the parade formed and
started fresh on its way. the house
tops and the fence tops were bright
with the gay frosting or sightseers
raI
birthday cake. and IL was decorated
with brighter and a warmer icing
than ever was devised by a French
pastry cook.
Facades of Flags and Faces
All the way to the ferry Market
street was merry with the willing
watchers and the Office buildings were
lively facades of flags and faces. over
Montgomery street. through the com
mercial district, the tall buildings and
the short buildings were points Of van
tase for the tall fnanciers and the
short financiers.
The oilmen forgot their guehers and
their gushing to watch the heroes and
the heroines of California's birthday
party The offices were turned over to
sightseers.
Route Has Historic Interest \
There was historical interest in the
route of the parade. IT formed an al.
most perfect human chain connecting
Mission Dolores. the first point OF set
tlement on the San Francisco PENN
sula- with Portsmouth square. the cen
ter Of the historic town of Yerba
Buena. In the first days of the old
pioneers Mission Dolores and Ports
mouth square were separated by drearv
stretches of dunes, dismal and lonely
TO the infrequent traveller, houseless
and hutless. bleak moors of wind and
sand Geographically. church and state
were widely separated at the time Cali
fornia was born.
But the pioneers. from the carriages
yesterday, saw a sight panorama
different from the one that used ~
lay before their eyes as they iourn;e6
so years ago from mission to custom
house They saw a different sight
too, from the desolate one that would
have greeted them four years ago had
they made the journey.
March Near Historic Spots
The exigencies Of routing the paraaA
did not permit of passing the old
Mission at Dolores and sixteenth
streets, nor old Portsmouth SQUARE in
Kearny. between Clay and washington
streets, but the line passed within
oielb u Doeii oi THESE historic spots.
The men who could vividly remem-
Der that almost legendary time when
the bay came up to MONTGOMERY
street" went far east of that old water
mark yesterday and were driven along
what was once the site of wharf and
landing. That was vital feature OF
the development of San Francisco dur
ing the span of life Of those aged men
and women who rode gayly in the
parade yesterday. waving their hats
and their handkerchiefs TO the 10o. 900
enthusiasts who stood where so years
ago not l,eo0 could have been mar
shaled for a barbecue
There was the unprecedented story