The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-10

ers, and Olympus parlor No. 1873 came
upon view as a human flag, with girls
and men in blue and white, carrying a
flag with stripes of red. IL VesperO
parlor No. 11S struck out with the orig
inal scheme of having an aeroplane
float. on which was placarded a general
warning for the spectators to take the
next car.
South San Francisco parlors went
through the parade mounted and at
times broke into feats of fancy riding.
which while not as spectacular as the
wild rusheS of their brethren from
Monterey county were fully as difficult
In these divisions there were red
dresses, yellow dresses, blue dresses,
gowns of white, pink and tan; gar
ments of every color. with parasols of
every color. The effect was indescrib-
ably beautiful. The marching was good
and the respective parlors made every
effort not to spoil it by losing their
formations. They followed each other
in rapid succession and though the day
was long and weary, never tagged.
"DIxIE. ROUsEs CROWD
This mass of color and beauty pre-
pared the way for the royal float. The
band of the Nationals, which led the
twenty fifth division, swung right
across the street and, with full knowl-
edge that they hera1ded the coming of
the main feature, played with every
ounce of energy in them. The instant
the brasses would cease the bugles
would give tongue. At Third and Mar
ket streets. where the crowd was the
most dense, it drove through the din
and noise with the strains of Dixie. -
The shouting which had gone before
was as nothing to the roar upon roar
which broke from the sidewalks from
the housetops and from the windows.
Here and there, above the hoarse roll
of voices could be heard the piercing
southern yell. The marchers in the
lead of the procession. who by this
time had countermarched and were
making their way back along Market,
joined in the Juror.
SPECTACULAR EyOLUTIONs
To add to the enthusiasm the Ma
tionals snapped through a series of
evolutions in quick time, and close on
their heels the Grays doubled and
formed and reformed. This feature of
the procession seemed to catch the
particular enthusiasm of the crowds
They cheered, shouted and waved hand
kerchiefs and hats and the royal float
passed on its way through the half
frenzied ranks From the rooftops and
the windows and the sidewalks came
showers of flowers and coIored stream
ers. The paraders countermarching
threw their bouquets to the maids of
honor. And Queen Grace bowed stead
lily from right to left, flushed, happy
and smiling, very much of a queen, but
every inch of her delighted girlhood.
The enthusiasm caused by the APP
pearance of the queen spread to- greet
the youngsters of ST. Vincents orphan
asylum band, which led the seventh d.
vision. In fact, all the boys clubs
and bands were well received. This
was particularly so with the band of
the Pacific Hebrew orphanage. These
youngsters had been the first to take
up their position in the parade and had
been playing from 8 o'clock in the
morning. Yet, at o'clock D. M, as
they banked their tiny way down Mar
ket street, they played as Justify as
ever One little fellow, probably the
smallest chap in the whole parade.
made a horribly brave effort to keep
with the longer legs, but the marching
and waiting had proved too much. He
could not march, but he could trot, and
trot he did, while the crowd cheered
and the women gave him a chorus Of
sympathy.
COUNTERMARCH EFFECTIVE
The royal float was followed by still
another long detachment of native sons
and daughters. dressed with the same
striking effect as those who had pre-
ceded them. Every parlor had band
or drum corps, and toward the last,
when the countermarch was under full
swing. when they crossed each -Sther in
Market street the din and crash
drowned all words of command and
made cheering superiority.
The interest did not die down until