The San Francisco call., 1910-09-11
UNSTINTED JOY
Brings FIESTA
MERRY CLOSE
Queen Grace Abdicates Throne
While a City at Play Gives
Her Acclaim
Magnificent Night Pageant Is
the Herald of Carnival With
FrOIic and Folly
By HARRY pAvIDS

With the ripple of laughter in her
wake, and round and about her the
sights and the sounds of carnival
Queen Grace Of California passed along
her lustrous pathway and into history
last night. when she ruled supreme as
monarch Of a vast electrical pageant
and received the last acclaim from the
subjects OF her dying domain.
This morning she is a memory The
Hsirylano OF fiesta spirit vanished with
the coming Of the dawn. The pretty
pictures OF make believe were dis
PEELED by the rough hand Of a practical
and Workaoay world Gone is the
sparkle from the dainty crown, and her
mace IS but souvenir. But last night,
with a canopy of myriad lights re-
Necting its glory down upon her, with
The music in the air, and the carefree,
Joyous shout behind. she and her make
believe world with its tinsel and gaudy
glitter lived-and 10 the utmost
CHEERS FROM LOYAL SUBJECTS
Her subjects werembanked six deep
along her route all tfN way from Suffer
and Steiner streets, where the process
sion started, 10 the ferry building and
.snummers. who brought up the rear,
eapered and joked and sang their way
past the thrOng turned and followed.
Noeiferous were their shoutings, long
Nheir cheers. While the lights twinkled
end the boom Of the drum reEerberated
slong the streets and the lilt OF the
music led them onward the happy go
lucky world Of ina gination was kept
alive
All the noise and tumult which had
marked the previous events Of the fiesta
were as nothing TO that OF the time
when the electric parade wormed its
slow way through the streets. 1t was
nighttime and the spectators were
warmed and enthused with the reckless
sentiment OF the night hours. The soft
1i ghts OF the colOred illuminations
which festoOned the streets gave a
kindly simmer to the tinsel softening
the garish points, smoothing ont the
defects, which in the harsher light of
cay would have been palpably evident.
SPIRIT OF CARNIVAL
Abroad was the spirit of the night
which was the spirit Of carnival There
was a continued reckless abandonment
20 pleasure The morrow was a holi-
day and greater holiday was the pres
enC Confetti they threw, and flowers.
Streamers Of all colOTs were sent whip
ping out from the masses of humanity
packed on the sidewalks. across the
procession A warm night-warmed their
hearts and the sheer charm and mag
nidcence unlOosed their pentup acclaim.
So vast was the crowd that almost
the entire police force was detailed
along the route. Early in the day
Chief Martin saw that there would be
necessity for stern measures and held
long conferences with the officials of
The parade TO arrange plans TO meet
ahe difficulties
Some began 20 wait before the sun
had set They brought camp stools or
fmproVised sea Is from boxes and bar
rels. The roar OF welcome and greet
ing began as the procession turned the
corner Of Sutter street and began its
march toward McAllister, beneath the
lighted arches of Fillmore street From
thence 1t rippled along the streets IN
III it reached the ferry building and
was sent Numbering back again along
The line Of the cOuntermarch.
LAUGHTER AND FOLLY
Beauty marked the forefront of the
procession and laughter and folly the
end. Leading il was the coloring of
scarlet and blue OF zouaye and the gray
OF the California Greys. Followed then
the floats. the first containing the queen
and her maids of honor, and after them
nine others Of fanciful design and fan
tastic thought In the rear were the
mummers and maskers. scores and hun
creds Of them Their strange garbs
shot in and out Of the line, their songs
and choruses rose above the cheers
Groups of men and women, grasping
hands, would pass down the street
laughing and singing, at times form
snga riotous circle around some hapless
pedestrian strsyed out of the protec-
zion Of the police lines and carrying
him along in their mad, happy rush.
5aughing down his protests, singing
s5own his outcry.
ARTISTIC FLOATS
The floats were Of nature which
lent themselves 10 exceptionally artfs-
sic effects They depicted such scenes
as "a battle in the Clouds deep sea
sports" a visit to the MOON "the
phantasies Of future ages" The only
one which ssvored Of the material was
she one entitled pulling for San Fran
cisco" and this through its wonderful
beauty became part and parcel of the
fairy scene.
The procession was led by. the Cali
sornia Grays. They swept along the
dine Of march executing evolution after
evolution, breaking and reforming
times without number Ahead OF
them q band smashed its way Later
on IN the procession was the scarlet
blue and yellow Of the Nationals in
their zouave uniforms. who likewise
went through a series of fancifu
marching drills. Details of this or.
gsnization had been with Queen Grace
The whole afternoon, escorting her L
the stadium and acting as heralds and
trumpeters for her, but they were as
keen as ever IN the evening. Once
again the excellence of their drilling
won them the cheers of the spectators
many Of whom turned with the pro
cession as they passed and marched
with them to the end.
THE ROYAL FLOAT
Immediately following the Grays wa!
the royal float. Queen Grace wa.
perched high on her throne and a.
her feet were grouped her maids o
honor and pages. The float was Lighted
from end TO end and the picture forme,
was one of exceptional beauty, not tn
least part of it being the color of tn
gorgeous regal robes. AS she passes
the crowd cheered- From one end t
the other they cheered. She bowed re
Deatedly and at times when the ac
claim was more than usually tremend
Gus in its outpour she rose 10 her fee
and with bent head acknowledged tn
salute.
As her float turned from Van Mes
avenue into Market street, a perfee
thunder of shouts greeted her. An
from that time down to the ferry build
ing and back again until she descende
from, her lofty. nOsitfOn. at the conclu