The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 4, 1897, Page 18

18 THE SA y Society and pleasure have joined hands to the days of the Venetian carnival. We This fete will take place the first week helping out what has promised tobe a THE WATER CARNIVAL AS AN INDEPENDENCE DAY RECREATION) with the water gods, and the combination promises to result in the most unique series of entertainments which have char- acterized any summer season. They will | be called water jetes, and even now hosts | of busy men and women are preparing to | | execute the plans already made, which it is believed wiil result in delightful suc- cess. What, with the late spring and all, the fasnionables and others who devote their brains to finding new ways for people to enjoy tiemselves have had plenty of time tc think matters over, and the water fetes, planned on a scale of gorgeousness that will surely make people open their eyes, have resulted or will result when time and the ther permit. The beauty of this ides is that every section of the i country which possesses a navigable | stream can benefit by it. It has often | been said that tco much thought was| given to the seaside crowd and too little to the inland, but now that complaint must | fall flat. It really looks as if we were going back ' even have the gondolas, for the fashion set by tne Worla’s Ffair has been quietly followed by a number of persons, and the result 1s that we can produce a very re- spectable Venetian imitation. There will be all the gorgeousness of costume en- hanced by the attractions of countless pretty girls, fully as beautiful as any of which Venice could ever boast. In point of costume the Roman and Grecian siyles will be preferred us a rule, but there will be the usual sprinkling of the same sort of gowns and furbelows that have dawned on the world in succeeding centuries. The first of these fads announced will take place on the Hudson River, and the vehicle of marine sort which will carry the gay party of society foik is one of the Pennsylvania ferry-boats which ordinarily verforms the prosaic task of conveying passengers to and fro between New York and Jersey Citv. This ferry-boat is known as a double-decker—that is, it has a hurri- cane deck, which is a very pleasant place to be when the boat is out in the river and the weather is warm. in July, and 250 invitations have been issued. The reason for issuing them so far in advance is that it is to be a costume affair, and the host and hostess cf the occasion have given the guests every op- portunity to prepare themselves in elabo- rate degree. Although on a ferry-boat, and necessarily on the water as well, this will be one of the most notable costume affairs New York society has ever wit- nessed. A number of orders have been given the costumers by persons who pro- pose to attend, and in the majority of in- stances the orders have been of the carte blanche variety, meaning that elegance and good tasie will be combined regard- less of cost. It half the talk one hears is true New York will have earned for itself the title of “The American Venice” by the time the teason is over. Plars are being talked over for water fetes on the Hud- son, the Bast River and the Harlem. These are all the rivers, except the little Bronx, to which New Yorkers have easy access, and so it looks as if every one had failen down ana worshiped this newest of fads. Each year tne stay-at-home popu- lation of New Yerk bhas grown greater, until now the contingent has a decided social importance. So the water fetes in this city the coming summer will not be second-rate affairs. ‘Weather permitting, and always by the advice and consent of Father Neptune, new variety of festivities. The hotel managers see in the fad a possibility of ruinous season. Therefore there will be a boom in seashore water fetes if anything they can do will bring it abont. Several of the leading hotels along the Jersey coast have statea in their advertisements that ‘‘one of the attractions of this house will be a series of magnificent water fetes.” There is no linait to the styles of water crait which can be used. Everything from a steamboat to a wherry is in fashion. One very charming plan is for a series of naphtha launches, in the center of which is to bea floating platform. The launches will be arranged arcund this platform so that it will be possible to step from the launches directly thereon. The platform is to be 60 by 120 feet in size, and it is de- clared by those who have planned the en- terprise that twelve naphtha launches will move it at any desired rate of speea within reasonable limits and will also be possessed of sufficient power to resist any unpleasant action of tne current or the tides. On this platform the members of the party may dance, take luncheon or prome- nade. The flooring will be four feet above the suriace of the water, and a rail, which will support heavy steel netting, will act as a guard against any one falling over- board. This netiing will consist of a series of doors which can be opened and admit the passage of persons from the boats to the pratform. The platform will rest on the seashore resorts will take partin the | a bargelike foundation and will be in no cdanger of collap:inyg or sinking. Where the water fete idea orizinated no S 4 0 L1 one seems to know. Last year at several of the inland summer resorts parties of young people went out in rowboats and enjoyed what they called “‘Kola Juggers,” which in reality were water picnic parties. 1t may have been tnis that suggested the elaborate water-fete idea to some genius, and that the thought given birth by him has almost in a day assumed the import- ance of a genuine society fad, with all that the term 1mplies, and that is saying Succinct Word Map for the Endeavor The United States census of 1890 gives the population of San Francisco as 290,000 persons. This census was taken in June when a great many people were out of the City at the different health resorts of Cali- fornia. There is said to be a population now of 350,000. There are estimated 10 be 152,370 names in the City Directory of 1897, and that number multiplied by 217 gives 350,925 as the estimated whole population. As the neighboring portions of Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda and their suburbs now contain a population far in excess of 100,- 000, what might be termed Greater San Francisco has reached the half-million mark., What the actual populstion is will be known the first year of the coming cen- tury, at which time the Government cen- sus will again be taken. The Golden City, as it is sometimes called, is the largest on the Pacific Coast from Alaska down to Cape Horn, nor has it auy rivals. Itstands eighth in the list of the largest cities of the United States and fourth in business transactions and facilities. The City is about fifty-one or two years old. Its growth from 1849 up to the time of the Civil War was very rapid, In 1869 the Central and Union Pacific railroads were completed, and as a resuit the a great deal. VICTORIA’S JUBILEE AT SEA How the Event Was Celebrated on the New Steamer Could Queen Victoria bave been en-| dowed with some occult power that would 1 have enabled her to bave seen through | space on her jubilee day and then looked to | a spot far out on the blue waters of the Pa- | cific she would have beheld asight very | vleasing 1o herself. She would bave seen | the most unique of all the celebrations of | ee duy and in all probability as | ight as it has been the fortune of | mortals to see. The news of this celebration hes just | been received in this country with the ar- | Moana. took ends of it to the masthead, from where it was carried in all directions. All of the flogs and pennants were brought out and flung to what little breeze there was. The motion of the steamer, how- ever, wasenonzh to keep them waving gracefully. Whenall was finished the ves- sel was a glow of color and a mass of gen- tly fluttering buating. This is, I think, the first occazion on which such an elab- | orate display of decoration was ever at- tempted on a steamer in midocean, “For a place 10 hold our exercises we rival of the steamer Moana, on which it | fixed ap the poop deck, and it looked took place, and from all accounts it must | beautitul. The lady passengers did a have been a most interesting affair. | large amount of this work. A framework Georpe Fenwick, president of the New Zealand Press Association, was a passen- | ger on the steamer and took a prominent | part in the ceremonies, which, he says, | will mark an epoch in bis life and in the | lives of all others who took part in them. | To Captain Carey is due a large amount of | credit for the successiul termination of the undertaking. “Before we left New Zealand,” said Mr. Fenwick to a CALL writer, “we knew that we would be at sea on the day of the Queen’s jubilee, and began to make plans for its proper celebration. Captain Carey | bad calculated about where we would be, and we all looked forward to the time with the greatest interest. Of course, everybody on board did not know there ‘was to be a celebration, so it was a pleas- ant surprise to some, and one which they will remember for the rest of their lives. “On the 20th of June when the sun rose we were gliding over an ocean as smooth as glass and the color of | amethyst. Not a wave nor a ripple | rumpled the surface of the water, but | there was e long, deep swell, such as rolls 10 only the south seas, that gave a dreamy | motion to the good boat, and in nsumy,’ was just what was needed to make theday | a verfect one in every respect. “By 10 o’clock our vessel was in a state | of commotion. All the people, as soon as they heard of the plans, entered into them in the most hearty manner. Bunting was brought out, and all lent a hand in the draping of it. Some of the more daring was fitted up that completely covered the deck and over this canvas was stretched. The American and British flags were in- tertwined at the after end of the deck and bunting was hung from every available place. The plants from the cabin were brought up and when all was finished the deck looked like a ballroom. “At exactly 4 o'clock we commenced our exercises by singing the National | anthem. At this time we were in latitude 608 north and longitude 163.41 west, and the ship was plowing through the water at her best speed. Everybody on board the vessei joined in the singing of the anthem, and it was rendered with genuine feeling if nothing else. The other exer- cises consisted of songs from different passengers, music and speeches, Nearly everybody had something to say in refer- ence to the occasion and the utmost gooa feeling prevailed. “Later in the day thers wasa banguet on the deck ana the ¢ remonies took a most important turn., At this hour the ocean seemed like a dream of paradise. It was as calm as it had been in the morning, but the soft glow of the declin- ing sun shed a purple radiance over all that was simply entrancing.”’ Although there were a number of speeches made on this occasion it is only possible to give an idea of the two most important ones—those by P. G. Hamil- ton Carvill, M. P., and Mr. George Fen- wick. Mr. Carvill was called to the chair and presided all through the exercises, Anything uttered by a memberof the English Pariiament is of the greatest im- portance to the political world, and those of such men as Hamilton Carviil doubly 80 when the vigorous policy that he has carried to such victorious ends is taken into consideration. Mr. Carvill has long been considered a man who knows what he is talking about on any and every oc- casion. Mr. Carvill on being called upon to take the chair said that they wera all assem- bled to do honor to the Empress Queen POOP DECK OF THE MOANA DECORATED FOR THE CEREMONIES, THE NEW STEAMER MOANA Queen City of the Pacific was increased and to offer loyal and sincere congratula- tions on her having reirned longer than any of her royal predecessors, and he be- lieved their American cousins on board, as well as their German cousins, to whom ber Majesty had given a grandson for their Kaiser, were with the Britishers on that occasion. As for himself he supposed the committee in asking him to preside this afternoon, in asking him, a discontented Irishman, meant a huge joke. But Irishmen had no quarrel with the Queen; it was with her Ministers and the misgovernment of their country that dis- content so righteously prevailed. How- ever, they were not there for political speeches and he would say, speaking for himself, that what he most valuea in her Majesty’s reign was the spread of educa- tion and the enlightenment that came through the circulation of ably conducted newspapers. His friend, Mr. Fenwick, a distinguished ornament of the colonial press, was among them and would, he hoped, supplemens his own short ad- dress. For his own part, Mr., Carvill re- garded that spread of education and the enlightenment referred to from an inde- pendent press as teaching the people to better appreciate the advantages of re- ligious freedom and a proper toleration of the views of their neighbors. It is a spirit of this kind that is calculated to consoli- date the various peoples of this vast em- pire, and with equal laws, justly admin- istered, will make of them an invingible brotherhood, whose very strength wiil be the greatest guarantee of peace and pros- perity to all mankind. After the conclusion of Mr. Carvill's speech there was some discussion of it among those present, but the general drift of the remarks tended to show the strong position of the Quneen. - The speech of George Fenwick was short but to the point, ard his remarks found a ready respouse in the hearts of his listen- ers, ie eaid that he was glad to ob-erve the patriotic spirit that had sprung up in all parts of the Queen’s deminions. He hoped that it wou.d last and constantly grow; that it would expand so as to in- clude the Greater Britain of the South Seas, The feeling was growing and the bonds of the many colonies becoming tighter and tighter in union to the mother country. All were glad to do homage to the good Queen, at that moment so far away but at the same time so near that her influence was felt in the keenest and | cadero. ON HER MAIDEN VOYAGE DECORATED most patriotic sense. The fervent spirit of loyalty is growing and growingand that is one reascn that the empire of Eng- 1and is growing also. A Picturesque Road. One of the most beautiful and pictur- esque roads in all California is the one that leads from San Mateo to Pescadero. In all it is about twenty-eight miles long, but it contains in that length many differ- ent varieties of scenery. It isall interest- ing, and after a person has been over the road once there is sure to be a desire o go again, The road in question leaves San Mateo by passing the beautiful groundsof the big hotel, and from there winds slowly up- ward and westward. One of the first points of interest to be seen is a balanced rock. This natnral curio stands by the wayside about three miles out of San Mateo, and close to the left-hand side of the road. It rises about a hundred feet into the air, and like all other freaks of the same kind makes one wonder why it does not fall. This freak is not mentioned in any guidebook, but it is well worth go- ing a few miles to look at. For a time the road winds upward along the sides of a creek that is tumbling on its way to the sea, then makes a sud- den sweep around a bluff and commences aclimb that does not cease until one of the highest points of the Coast Range is reached. To tell all about this road would be a long story. It is enough to say that it is picturesque and beaatiful and that ina journey over it one passes some of as bright bits of nature as can be seen on the 1ace of the earth. The ride down the val- ley just before Halfmoon Bay is reached is particularly beautiful and pleasing. After leaving Halfmoon Bay the roads passes through Purissima, S8an Gregorio and other preity hamlets. On the route there may be seen the ruins of Alexander Gordon’s old grain chute, which must be conceded to have been one of the greatest feats®f engineering ever attempted in California. Near the same place is all that is left of the famous redwood tree bridge. In nearly all seasons of the year the trip over this road in the stage is most enjoyable. There issomething to interest on every foot of it from the time you pass from beneath the oaks at 8an Mateo until the salt air strikes your nostrils at Pes- IN HONOR OF THE in population by emigration from the Eas: and foreign countries. In 1881 the population was about 230,000. For the past six een years there has been asteady growth, but no boom. This great metropolis is built on a peninsula composed mostly of sand. A great portion of the eastern partis made ground and occupied by wholesale houses and wharves, which face San Francisco Bay, in reality a great inland sea. The southern part of the City is level land, and it manufacturing is largely extended itis likely that every inch of ground in this section will be utilized. The extreme western part is sparsely settled and is a fair sample of what San Francisco was in the early days of shift- ing hills of sand. Golden Gate Park, which belongs to the City, the Cliff House, Sutro’s Baths, the finest in the world, and Sutro Heights are all concen- trated in this Western Addition, and form the greatest attraction of San Francisco. Off in the northern portion we find some old attractive landmarks like the Presidio Reservation, Fort Scott and Telegraph Hill. The Golden Gate Btrait, about five miles long, is the entrance from the Pacific Ocean to San Francisco Bav, which ex- tends past the City about forty miles. The City is cosmopolitan in character, picturesque and beautiful in appearance, and one of the evidences of man’s energy and ingenuity in conaition. It contains 100 places of worship, nearly 100 schools, with an expenditure of over $1,000,000 a year; also several collegesand a university with an endowment of $3 800,- 000. The publicand private buildings are on a magnificent scale. Hotels are nu- merous, and the parks, with their orna- mental shrubs, exotic plants and beauti- ful flowers, cannot be surpassed anywhere in the world. One of the sichts for visi- tors is ti.e Chinese quarter near the Golden Gate, with its josshouses, temples and theaters, similar to those in Chinese cities. San Francisco will compare favorably with other older cities 1n .the matter of improvements, as it has everything that science can provide for health or pleasure, and its 1200 miles of streets are well paved and remarkably clean. The island of Alcatraz lies to the north and Goat Island to the northeast. Both &re naval stations, and are passed on the way irom the City to Oakland. A visit | hore will well repay our yisitors, THE CITY AT A GLANCE Guidance of Our Christian Visitors. The harbor of San Francisco is consid- ered one of the best in the world, and it has been remarked that if all the navies - and merchant ships in the world could be put into San Francisco Bay there would still be room to spare. Our water facili- . ties are such as to proudly vie with other countries in this respect. Market street is our center. It runs. from northeast to southwest, and with Kearny street is the leading business vein of the City. Most of the travel radi- ates from Marketr street, and the street- cars run across it and along it 1n all direc- tions. Golden Gate Park is fifty-two blocks long and four blocks wide. The part that is improved lies near the City, but the en- tire property makes a clean sweep to the ocean. To say that it is beautifal isto utter only a mild expression. Here one sees the deft fingers of art striving to beautify the rugged edges of wnature. There are flowers rare and exquisite that seem to thrive with only our air and sun- shine, and any one coming here from the intense heat of the Kastern cities, where all nature seems parched and dry, will feel the one instinctive quality of us all, to get there is out of a zood thing. There are in the City three grammar sohools for girlsexclusively—the Denman, QUEEN'S JUBILEE. Lincoln and Broadway. In these the sew- ing department is quite a featureand a decided success, The university extension classes of San Francisco are under the supervision of the University of California at Berkeley. The admission is free. The Golden Gate Chau- tauqua Union has seven circlesin San Francisco. The annual meetings are held every summer in different paris of the State. Our libraries are easy of access. The Free Public Library, new City Hall, has 70, 000 volumes and 50,000 pamphlets. There are three branches. There are also the First Baptist Church Library, Eddy near Jones, containing 2500 volumes; the Me- chanics’, 31 Post street, 58,000 volumes; the Pioneers’, 24 Fourth st.; St. Luke's Workingmen Free Reading-room, 2012 Poik street; Young Men's Christian Asso- ciation and Young Women’s Christian : Association, 1221 O’Farrell street; Mer- cantile, Van Ne:s and Golden Gate, 60,- 000 volumas, and the Polyclinic Library, 315 Ellis street. ¥ We bave also many art galleries, valuable collections of minerals and art, both public and private, which are well worth a visit. Our gymnasiums and turn- vereins cannot be excelled. There are the California Athletic Association, 156 New Montgomery; Oiympic, San Francisco Athletie, Y. M. C. A., corner Mason and Ellis, and oranch, 2319 Mission, where ladies’ and children’s classes are attached, The main Postoffice is at the junction of Washington and Battery streets. There are forty-eight stamp agencies in various parts of the City. Our new Postoffice will soon be built at Mission and Seventh streets. The branch stations are as follows: 8ta ion A, Polk and Sacramento; station B, 1610 Market, near Larkin; station C, Twentieth and Mission; station D, foot of Market; station E, Third and Townsend ; station F, Sacramento and Filimore; station G, Seventeenth, near the junction of Castro; station H, 602 Hayes; sta- tion J, Montgomery avenue, near Green and Stockton streets; station K, 30 New Montgomery; station L, Ocean View; station M, Sixth avenue and Clement street. 7 THE CaLL concludes this brief outline of the City s features with a hope that all ourvisitors may supply whatever missing link there may be by just having a good time, remem bering ihat the latch-string is ever out on these Western shores,