The San Francisco call., 1913-10-22
WOMEN PLAY BIG
PART IN P0RT0[A
Committee AIIots Fair Citizens
Many Leading Roles in
Weeks Fete

Women are playing an important
part in the great festival of Don Gas
par de Portola which opens with such
merriment, such extravaganza Of dec
oration and such abundance Of true
carnival spirit today.
To prove that mankind was not
merely extending an idle courtesy in
It's tender of equal rights to Cali
fornia women, the Portola commit
tee gave equal joys and privileges to
the fair citizens, and perhaps just
trifie the best of 1t, In the leading
roles of the weeks festivities.
Queen Conchita is doubly worthy
of the honor bestowed upon her be-
cause, first OF all. of her beauty,
charm and graciousness; and last
but by no means the least. on the
score OF her Spanish ancestry.
FROM PROUDEST FAMILY
From the proudest old families of
early California. with their heritage
of the best blood OF Spain, she is de-
scended, and she brings a right royal
grace of demeanor to her reign as
second queen of the Portola dynasty.
AS her four ladies in waiting she
has chosen Miss Amy Bassett Miss
Eugenia Burns. Miss Hazel Whitmire
and Miss Katherine Redding.
All are endowed with unusual
beauty and all are native Califor-
mans.
Surely California can find no bet
ter exponents Of its marvels than
this quartet of its daughters.
They will serve the queen through
the four days of her reign, attend
her today in Union square. tonight
at the splendid ball at the Fairmont,
and upon each occasion of her ap-
pearance the dainty maids in their
peach colored and silver gowns will
bring yet another touch of beauty
to the festival
MISS TIETJEN PAGEANT RULER
AS ruler of pageanty will come
Miss Avia Tietjen. who has already
made her initial appearance, having
graced the Portola baseball parade
last Saturday and won a host of ad
mirers. Her ladies in waiting will
be Miss Stella Christensen. Miss Vic
toria Zillig Miss Rhoda Tietjen and
Miss Ethel de Roos, descendant also
of California's early Spanish families.
is Miss San Francisco. and has taken
part in the preliminary entertain
ments of the festival She has all
the dark eyed beauty to which her
lineage entities her.
AS train bearers for Queen Con-
chita. two small sisters have been Sc
lected, Miss Lillian Levitt and Miss
Dorothy Levitt, native Californians,
and quite up to the requisite Portola
standard of pulchritude.
BALBOA'S KINFOLD HERE
Three tiny sisters-Ruth, Claire
and Grace Soper-will act as attend
ants also.
AS pages. San Francisco high school
girls will act, those having been
chosen as follows: Misses Kate Pim-
ley. Regina Moffitt, Elfreda King,
Leonie Thiebaut, Mabel Nelson. Lu-
ellie Thiebaut. Mildred Cook, Ger
trude Lawrence, Lillian Tresize, Ada
Swanstrom. Anna Carroll and Grace
Carroll
AS a romantic touch for the Span
ish festival come two lineal descend
ants OF Vasco Nunez de Balboa-Miss
Elena Balboa of Yuma, who has been
elected queen of the Arizona maid
ems, and her sister. Miss Pauline Bal
boa, who will be maid of honor
A congress of delegates from the
counties of California and Arizona
will be held as one OF the features
of Portola and it is expected that IT'S
of these attractive maiden representa-
tives will gather here during the
next few days.