The San Francisco call., 1910-09-07
Queen California Miss Grace Smith, pho mill reign oyer festival

attack of a lion will be portrayed in a
realistic tableau. The rescuers are
warriors clad in the ancient armor and
armed with the weapons of the period
The part of the lion Will be enacted by
two men trained in the work since
childhood
Many notables from Chinatown will
be in the Chinese division. The consul
general and all the principal merchants
of Chinatown will ride in carriages
Chinese school children in costume will
parade and float will be shown on a
white gasoline automobile. especially
constructed for floats. This is the first
machine of it's kind in the city. All the
floats of the Chinese are importations
from China and represent great labor
expense.
A committee consisting of ]. Emmet
Hayden. chief of staff; Colonel Frank
]. Marston, chairman of the reception
committee, Frank j. Monohan, and l.. j.
McMann made formal call on Com
modore Richardson of the vessels Of
the torpedo hotilla now in the bay and
extended an invitation to the officers
and men to celebrate with California
the anniversary of admission into the
the Union. They were received on the
flagship Princeton, Commander c. H.
Hayes. Twenty nine of the officers ac-
cepted the invitation to be guests of
the parlors. Commodore Richardson
told the committee that the 74o men
who would have shore leave would be
paid off today so as to give them a
chance to celebrate more freely. The
pay roll will amount to more than
$4,000.
REvELRY EN- MASQUE
The big masquerade ball that will
cap the climax on Saturday night in
the Auditorium at Page and Fillmore
streets promises to be the most elab-
crate affair in the history of the city
A large amount of the money voted
by the parlors to the celebration will
be used on costumes for the masquer-
ade. Yesterday many members of the
Native Daughters spent time at head
quarters trying on especially beautiful
costumes that will be shown
The carnival committee, has placed
an order for 10000 costumes with the
official costumer to be provided for the
Auditorium masquerade. Hundreds of
operators are busily employed filing
the order and many establishments are
working to capacity.
RIVALRY OF NATIONS
The scene of revelry that will be pre-
sented is the result of months of prepa-
ration by artists who have precipitated
in traditional fetes the world over
Features that have made Nice, Paris
and other European cities famous will
be included. Every foreign colony in
the city has been levied upon for car
nival ideas and friendly rivalry has
| been started to see what nationality
makes the best showing. At midnight
Queen California will distribute prizes
The official reviewing stands will be
in Market street between Ninth and
Tenth streets. Tickets are on sale for
entrance to these points of vanta ge
at headquarters in the Phelan building
and at the information bureau, 237
Powell street
The rivalry for the prizes for the
best decorated building promises to be
one of the features of the fete Man
ager Woods of the Hotel St Francis
has spent $4,000 in dressing the hotel
front. In Chinatown the Sing Fat
company leads with a $500 decoration
along highly attractive lines.
EMERGENCY HOSPITAL
A relief bureau, with doctors and
nurses in attendance all day and night
during the festival, is only one of the
measures taken by the Admission day
| festival committee for the comfort and
| convenience of the thousands of Wis
itors who are pouring into the city on
every train for the celebration.
Manager James Woods of the st.
Francis hotel has placed rooms in his
hotel at the disposal of the bureau. as
has Manager Rich of the Palace. and a
corps of volunteer surgeons and nurses
will be ready at all times to take care
of the sick or injured during the three
days Of the festival. The committee
which has taken up this work was
! established by DIR. T. B. w. Leland and
is under DR.. B. F, Allen. 1t consists of
Dr. John Gallagher, Dr. D. A. Mardis.
Dr. W. B. Coffey and DR.. John Graves.
PACIFIC PARLOR's PLANS
The committee of Pacific parlor No.
10, N. S. G. w. has completed its plans
for the Admission day festival The
parlor will parade 200 strong in natty