The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 19, 1896, Page 1

VOLUME LXXX.—NO. 9. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 19, 1 896—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. JOY REIGNED SUPREME IN THE VALLEY OF THE OLD MILL. Merry Smiles Chased Away the Threatening Frown of Mo :urit}'l’amalpais, the Pride of Marin. Cavernous Abysses Were Radiantly [llumined in Mimicey of an Active Kilauea. HAPPY MEN AND WOMEN ENJOYED THE PAGEANT. & Down the Scenic Railway Roared‘and Blazed a L.ava-Laden Train. { The orchestra below was inside a division | of blue, Aloftin the trees and in frontiof | the stage perched a platform for the cal- | cium lights, with a ladder leading up to | it as to Joaquin Miiler’s home among the | trees. The ground was_the floor. of this natural theater, and it sloped down gently toward the stage. Little nooks . hidden away among the trees inyited to'whispered tefe-i-tetes in.v :fic ‘seuts, £0d there were i'other rustil seats out in. the op: . lofig | enough to_seat twenty persons. - Around | the whole was a high board fencs octa- gonal in shape. The evening programme at the theater was as beautiful and romantic as a night The 0id Mil! Was Transformed by Pyrotechniics. The Ancient Water-Wheet ‘Has +Fallen Into! Decay, but o' Massive Wheel'of Five Suppited the Loss . in the forest could be. Though the moon- [ picture, “Cupid on the Watch,” Georgie Leslle; | Katzenbach and Miss Bessis Katzen- light was lacking in the sky, it was sup- | music, Press Club.Quartet; living picture, | bach, all of San Francisco. plied on the stage. Added to it were the accessory chorus of soft music and a large, and enthusiastic audience under the trees. | Those who were able to - secure the rustic seats founa themselves unable to occupy them owing to the great crowd and jam in the theater of the trees. 5 Toe entire audience stood up during the whole performance. In order to gain ad- ditional yantage ground some of the ladies stood upon the backs of the rustic seats. Though the sky was shut. out by the foliage an empyrean effect was furnished by the stereopticon ‘on the large white curtain of -the stage which .served as.a screen. . Here there were clouds, forests, water, moonlight and castles, and across their sky floated visions of angels cdrrying cher- ubs in their arms, angele scattering roses upon the earth| angels with harps, singing anthems, twinkling stars and all the deep blue mysteries of space. » From these the programme took a turn to things ‘more of the world worldly. There was the dancing-girl, in_hér lam- bent ;Tobes; . the living picture against a background of black, with,a.calcium-light thrown on it; Noble Mercury, the messen- ger .of the’ gods on -high Olympus, flying’ on wings swift - as: light through the vdult”of the sky; brave Phil - Sheridaft riding * to ' Winchester, “twenty miles' away'’; the pathetic song, “Only Me,” which seldom fails to tounch| the sympathy -and . stir . the, pulse of the ' most apathetic. and cynical; . an excellent quartet, which sang - touch- ing ballads ' and “plantation songs; numerous mechanical ' slides,” which defighted the ‘small boy and brought forth numerous ‘‘ahs” from the older specta- tors, invisible. draitsmen in, chalk, water- falls, balloon ascensions, castles in the air aud on-the moun'tains,. Romeo: making a passionate apoeal to Juliet in -the same old'story ever'new, and”fhe wliole- inter- spersed with exclamations of surprise'and delight.” OVer the whole audience 'and all over flashed brilliant calcium lights in various colors. 4 The, theatrical .entertainment, was pe- culiarly vaudeviile, and the programme in detail was as follows: 1ace ‘Hotel band; stereopticon, (b) Mechanical slides; (¢) Flight of Mérciry; 1fving “pféture, Mercury, Emily Hoftmén; song’ ‘and ‘dance, Flora Bris- tol; uiusie, Press Club quartet: livixg picture, Springtime of Love; serpentine dance, Irene Cook; stereopticon, (a) Mule upon ‘the deck; () ‘Ship of 'Faith;' ‘(c) ' Rubin-| stein; living picture, “Troe Love" ; butterfly dance, Irene Cook and ‘Flora'Bristol; living *The Fates”; stereopticon, (a) Mechanical | slides,~ (b) Dissolving .Views, (¢) Invisible Draughtsman, $ Miss Bristol, in her singing and dancing specialties, and the. Press Club quartet | met with prolonged encores. Nearly every number on the programme was encored. i | GUESTS AT .COTTAGES. | List of People Who Accepted Invi- tations .to View the | Carnival. | The cottages at Eastland were all gayly ‘ decorated with lanterns and some had ad- ditional decorations of ferns and ever- greens. Windmiller cottage on Throckmorton | avenue—Occupied by Mr. and Mrs. G. H. | Walker, who entertained Mr. and Mrs. | J.. A. Perry ‘of Petalums, Mrs. J. A. Wright, Miss Tottie Wright, Miss Artie Wright, Miss Lizzie Wright, Pearl Walker | and: Willie Wallker, all of San Francisco. Magee. cottage—Occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Roger Magee and family, who enter- tained Mrs. James Devine and Mrs. F. Bronson of San Francisco. | Cottage—Occupied by Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Graham and family of 8an Francisco, | who entertained Mrs. Bergevin, Miss Ber- gevin, Miss Dillon, Miss Hanna Augus- tine and Miss Louisa Chubb. | Camp Chili Pepper—Occupied by P. W. Nahl and family, W. H. Hinchman, Mrs. A/ M. Baker, Miss Mary K. Wood, Am- brose Snow, R. W. Mastick and family, J. B. Gill'and Miss Bird Ellsworth, who en- tertained Jobm ' Rosseter, Jobn Halton, Charles . Egbert. W. B. Miller, W. D. | Howe, A.’D. Panser, James Geary, Clar- ence Howland.. George Longergan, Dan O’Connell, Andrew Griffin, W. H. Merri- | son and Henry Raschen, all of San Fran- Madrona * cottage—Oeccupied by the fol- lowing San Francisco boys, who call them- selves Madrones: : W. J..Q'Brien, J. C. Muhe, George J. Knox, Charles A. Doury, | George A, Christiansen, C. E. L. Hilde- brecht, George Devine, George W. Elias, Fred Kroger and E. Knox, who enter- tained GeorgeT. S. Wight, William Kelly, David Lane, Mr. Kmg, Mr. Lewis, Miss Milton and Miss Meyer of Sausalito; Mr. Kellogg of Alameda; Miss Harrisse, Miss ,Gearon and Miss Mullen of Millwood ; Mr. and Mrs. Hoffen of Mill Valley, and John Avondate cottage—Occupied by E. Ward aud family, who entertained Miss Mar- guerite Reardin and Mrs. Firman Nepirt and family, of San Francisco. Two-story cottage—Occupied by Mr. and | Mrs. Ben Newman and family of San Francisco. Hazelcroft cottage — Occupied by the Misse atterson, Edward Kerr and Miss Sally Kerr. Newton cottage — Occupied by G. N. Folker and family, who entertained Mrs, Van Meter of Alameda, Mrs. M. Kraker and Mr. and Mrs. A. Eldridge of San Francisco. S Nil Desperandum cottage—Oceupied by Mrs. W. Jeannicke and: famiiy of San Francisco. Cottage—Occupied by Mr. and Mrs. W. Sperry and family and Mr. and Mrs, T, O’Connor and family of San Francisco. Rev. Mr. Ray’s cottage—Occupied by Mr. and Mrs. E. Kaufmann and Miss Til- lie Gilfilian. Good E. One cottage—Occupied by Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Wehe, Mr. and Mrs! Charles Goodwin and family, of San Fran- cisco, who entertained Miss Nellie Gil- lespie, the Misses Donohue, Will Gooa- win, Miss Addie Stewart, James Leven- seler, Henry Buswell, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jordan, James Tyler, Mr. Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Eckert, Mrs. Tessie McFarland, Charles Waring, Miss Aimee Wene and Mrs. Sum Birney, all of San Francisco, who concluded the evening’s entertainmant with a dance in their cot- tage. Breezy Hill cottage—Occupied by Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Runyon, Miss Runyon, Mrs. 8. M. Runyon, Fred Runyon and Dr. E. G. Bennett. Edgemont cottage—Occupied by F. W. Marvin and family, who entertained Mr. and Mrs. Louis I. Cowgill, Mr. and Mrs. H. A, Marvin, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Peters, Miss Sophia Sievers and Miss Matie Leon- ard. Blink Bonny cottage—Occupied by F. F: Bostwick and family, who entertained H. R. Bostwick of Yokohama; H. E. Bost- wick, Mrs. C. G. Brinsmaid, Mrs. lda Somers, F. A. Somers, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Forsyth, C. 8. Marshall, all of San Fran- cisco; J. Allan Parsons and C. ¥. How- land of Belyedere and Dr. and Mrs. 8.8, Bogele of Monterey. Cooney ana William, Hallet of San Frans | Hillside Cottage—Ocoupied by Mr. and ecisco. Evaron cottage—Occupied by Mr. and | Mrs. H.J. Katzenbach and family, who | entertained Mrs. Long and family, Mr. and. Mrs. C. A. Janssen-and family, F. Mrs. Li 1. Snow and family of Alameds, who entertained Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Allyne, Miss Edith. Aliyne, Miss Lucy Allyne, R. Levensaler and Miss Levensaler of San Francisco; Miss Lucy Snow, An- drew. Griffin, Miss Edson, Dr. Stevens, ILL VALLEY night; a night among the redwoodsin the val- ley of the mill. Yesterday evening as the shadows herald- ing the setting of the sun’and the approach of darkness stole gently over | the picturesque coast of Marin an old miil which had Jain silent, crumbling and ng for decades in a httle deserted revine awoke from its long slumber and once more the wheel turned round snd round. Round and round it went. It wasnot the same wheel that was placed beneath the now decaying roof by the handsof sturdy pioneers nearly sixiy years ago; furihermore the millrace was dry. Thé siream of water which used to dash and | fjoam against the heavy paddles,in the days when & waste of barren sand dunes marked the location on which S8an Fran- cisco now. stands, has been turned forever ent source. But what matter | ? It was Mill Valley's gala | days were forgotten and to hter of meaids, the jesting of men and the merrymaking .of thousands of cues:s the old mill spent its last hours of activity, ast moments of usefulness. Promptly at 8 o’clock the booming of cannon marked the arrival of the first spevial train. | Suddenly, asif the satanic forces of a mighty eruption haa rent the earth, red tlumes, apparently emanating from the top- most peak of oid Tamalpais, lit up the | festal scene. It was an inspiring sight. A second boom of the cannon echoed and re-echoed, and the cozy valley surrounded by gentle hills was bathed in crimson rays of fire. Far up onthe hill stood the | director, A.' A. Martin, a veritable Me- | phisto. He wasanxious that the illumina- tion should be a success, and a success 1t was. Mount Tamalpais flamed and belched forth a faithful reproduetion of Sicily’s borror, Xtna. A train, con- smisting of an engine and several cars, was sent scorching down the scenic | railway. Red fire was burned along the | entire distance of the trip, and appeared to be a stream of lava flowing down the mountain sides from the active volcano above. The little valley looked not un- like a blooa-red sea. Hale-mau-mau’s live mass of molten lava, bubbling craters and hissing steam are the mighty, thesublime in nature, and one could aimost scent its sulphuric- vapors and imagine that he was standing on the brink of that boiling caldron. Ravines widened in the glare of red and assumed the proportions of yawning chasms. Sprightly young women in gowns of snowy white moved hither and thither | smong the trees and down the wooded lanes, acgompanied by devotea gallants in _hohd-y attire, and in'the light of the burn- ing Vesuvius appeared like spectral things, uneasy and unearthly. Butthere wasnoth- ing supernaturai hovering in or around the | the reputation it bad gamned many years carnival ecene. How different was the spectacle when the imagination was im- D ded in its riotous course, These ap- parent waves of fire and crimson lava were only the work of Mill Valley ingenuity. These changing lights of varied hues were hn_ternu gracefully suspended from green- foliaged redwoods and fragrant pines, which, as the zephyrs swayed them, nod- ded and beckoned to the merry guests. Preparations for the illumination of the mill were concluded and the early comers waited patiently for the opening of Mill Valley's festival. Crowds burried toward the old'mill. Full:well they knew that with the close of the carnival Marin’s treasured land- | mark, the little brown log structure, after which“had been named notonty a little city, but an entire valley, would forever remain silent, until the action of winter | rains and summer winds had erumbled it | into atoms. | It was not long before two other special trains packed with passengers came toa standstill at. Mill Valley, and then noth- ing was necessary to inaugurate the fete but the nod of the director. They had not long to wait, however, as promptly at 6:30 p. M. the swish of rockets and the bursting of star bombs high above the lofty redwoods marked the opening | scene of the carnival. Every one was contented ; every one was pleased. The good-natured crowd jostled and skurried past one another in their dnxiety to see all that was- happening and all that was to happen. A slight rumbling notified the visitors that the mill had made its first turn for many years. ‘It turned and creaked mer- | rily, but the buzz of the saw, the shouts of | the woodmen and the sound of the ax were all absent. It was making a heroic effort to uphold ago, but appeared to almost feel thatall was not as it should be. At last a torch was applied to'the fuse leading to tne fireworks attached to the wheel., It buzzed faster and faster. Red, green, blue and white flame sizzled and bombs exploded. The powder had done its work in a few minutes, and the mill was doomed to everlasting inactivity. Eo L A WOODLAND THEATER.. Something About the Picturesque Entertainment by the Miil Val- ley Country Club. The Mill Valley Country.Club could not have chosen a more picturesque spot for a theatrical performance. It was a natural theater among the trees. For gallery posts there were the tall, straight trunks of slender redwoods, for a proscenium arch curved branches and for a roof- lofty boughs, frescoed, in the afternoon, with spots of sunshine darting back and forth across the undulating dome. There was a weirdness, too, abont this theater of nature not possessed by any other place in the vicinity. It could be both seen and feit. The thick trees and foliage shut out the light of day. It was as gloomy there almost as any cavern of old Mount Tamalpais. Fancy ranto “Rip Van Winkle” and hobgobling. One almost expected to see the littie dwarfs with balis and pins spring ont from behind the trees and start a- game of tenpins. The only thing lacking was the light of the moon, the will-o’-the-wisp and the echoing langhter. Instinctively one looked around for the sleeping Rip and his faithful dog. But however strong Fancy's wings may be and to whatever heights she soars she must return’ to earth and things that are real. In this instance Fancy had her underpinning knocked out by the carpen- ter's hammer busy in the construction of a stage between a group of redwoods at one side, and by exclamations of delight from the many spectators. The prospective of the stage was black, and in the center a curtain.that. was per- fectly white made a pleasing contrast. In the Sylvan Theater There Were - Pleasure’'s Wand. S Mahy Brilliant Scenes and All Obeyed the Sway of WEs: LEVI STRAUSS & CO. | Mr. .and Mrs. Oliver Hazlett. and Mra. | Kruger, all of Alameda. Cottage—Occupied by Mrs. V. T. King~ | well and family of San Francisco, who en- tertained John Kingwell, Frank King- | well, Vincent Kingwell; Miss May King- well, Miss Farren, John Farren, Frank Farren, Mrs. J. J. Mone, Miss Mone, George Downey, Reginald - Mone, George Christensen, George Knox, Hiller Allen, Miss Louise Hickey, Mr. and Mrs. Ponton de Arce and James Craig, all of San Fran- cisco, and Miss Gertie Beckatt of New York. 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