The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 28, 1898, Page 12

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALIL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1898. NE of the most creditable of the series of Golden Jubilee att tions of this Jubilee week w: the gymnast exhibition given at Woodward's Pavilion last night by the combined Turner so- cletles of San Francisco and Oakland. The p ne was one which appeal- ed s to the taste of all who admire manly strength and feats of 1, and it was atly enjoyed by a crowd of tors he even- ing’s exercises were opened by the tree of fifty of the San Fran- , who were given an ched with stately ron, German tongue, zed the Tur- nt of manly alty citi- zens and the Germ s in general for their noble contr! n to the material interests of the comm wealth The dumb-bell ¢ 1 vy thirty mem- o Turn Verein, ney calisthen- the creation of sor Barth, instructor of physical . of this organization, and they ecuted to perfection, winning bar exercise, by eight of the Mission Turn Verein, included many difficult feats, all per- formed in faultless style, several of the performers showing grace and agility BRIGHT FLOWERS AND PRETTY GIRLS TAKE POSSESSION OF UNION SQUARE PARK. e e e e et EATS SIRENCT seldom found outside the professional ranks. thrilling exhibitions in given—with folls, by and Stahl of the Ein- tion; with raplers, by and Rosenberg of the rn Verein, and with s. Hetzel and Hoff- o T man of the all of whom s proficient in the use of weapo ; Very creditable work w done on the Yy a d class of eight men from the different club: What we dered by many spec- tators the star event of the evening was the heavy-weight wrestling match between ( ¥ bran pion of the Pacific and J. Will of the Oakland Turn Verein, Turner champion of the s territary. A very exciting bout, catch-as-catch-can, 1 g seventeen minutes, won by Hi brand, with hold. This was f« weight bout by H liam Oeschle of the Eintracht Turners, which was won by the former in two minutes. Vaulting on the horse, by a mixed class of eight men, showed some very pretty work at lightning speed. The running high jump, by another mixed class of eight, excited great en- thusiasm among the onlookers, and drew forth many a cheer for the agile me an arm leapers. The high men were Krause and Snow of the San Francisco Turn Verein, who cleared the bar at 5 feer 11 inches. This is only half an inch be- low the Pacific Coast championship record. . The pyramids by members of the Eintracht Turn Section were admira- bly executed and loudly applauded. The evening’s entertainment conclud- ed with a various gymnastic exhibi- tion by members of the different clubs, and each feature was excellent of kind. All in all, it was a great night for the Turners, and in this event they fully sustained their enviable reputation in matters of this kind. BRIGHT WITH BLOSSOMS. The Floral Festival in Union Square a Scene of Rare Loveliness. Union square presented a gala scene yesterday and last night. The occa- sion was the opening of the floral mar- ket, and it may be said that this event of the Jubilee programme was attended with the most gratifying ccess. The ladies of the State Floral Society and the members of the California Club have a right to feel satisfied with the result of their efforts, for they have contributed their just proportion to the success of the Jubilee. Union square in its transformed e presented a scene of rare loveli- From the tall flag pole in the center to the corner of the square drooped a long line of waving flags, while in smaller lines were suspended loops of beautiful Japanese lanterns, and these were lighted at night by in- candescent bulbs. The effect of the variegated lights produced an exquisite harmony of colors. The large tent, in which the market was held, represented the acme of floral decoration. Miss Mary Bates, to whom had been intrust- ed its beautifying, had hidden its ex- ALXIOTYRY, jf ||||unuflH_‘—-—E[ T y 17 R il 10559445 = ™ JUBILEE. | terior beneath a wealth of redwood boughs, ferns and palms, producing a novel arboreal design. The exhibits upon the interior of the tent, from an artistic point of view, pre- sented a rare and entrancing sight. The exhibitors were: Samuel C. Hammond, exhibit of various cacti; Frank Peli- cano & Co., cut flowers, gorgeous Ame: ican Beautles in a natural vase of flow- € and twe immense Kinitia B-ohinor ana palms' Gustave Gague, exhibit of prunroses and palms; Charles Ab a- ham, exhibit of ho huge Platycenum Granda fern; Pouyal, palms and flowering Cypress Lawn Cemetery beautiful exhibit of cinerarias; man’s Exchange, forest wild flower: and the McLellan Company, flowe: blossom and shrubbery. Therée was also an exhibit from the park, while beautiful cut flowers had been contri- buted by General Shafter, Mrs. Alvinza Hayward, Ross Valley, Haywards and San Quentin. Mrs. pheus Bull also sent from San Mateo a lot of bamboo palms and a John cuttings. When the doors cf the tent were opened at 1 o'clock there was a gr rush of visitors to see the exhibit. Tt crush at first was awful, and not a few of the plants were injured. Later in the evening and at nlght society, en ma3 came to see and comment, and there was nothing but praise for the exhibition. The event wa still fur- ther enlivened by the \veras County Band of Miners, who kept the excite- ment keyed up and the pulses quick- ened by the lively and martial strains that they rendered. Soume of the vis- itors gathered around upon the green sward and chatted me while oth- ers patronized the canc booth, the tamale tent, the trained birds and the Punch and Judy show The market will continue to-day and to-night and all of to-morrow and to- morrow night. The Native Sons’ Band. under the leadership of Director Bar- ton, Colonel Sulllvan’s Band, and the band of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum will play to-day and to-morrow. The Calaveras County Band will also play again during the continuation of the market. There will be four prizes awarded to the different exhibitors in the respect- ive order of the exceilence of their dis- play. It was the general, and indeed the universal, opinion of those who vis- ited the floral show yesterday that it eclipsed anything of its kind ever seen in this city at: this season of the year. - CUT OUT SOME FEATURES. The Humane Society Curtailed the Wild\WesL Perform- ance. The Wild West Show was a great at- traction to yesterday’'s Jubilee merry- makers. Central Park, where the per- formance took place, was crowded, but the show was somewhat of a disap- pointment. 1t was announced that the cowbo; and vaqueros would show their skill in roping and handling wild steers and riding bucking broncos. The performers were ready to carry out their part of the show, but early in the afternoon the officers of the Society for the Prevention of Crueity to Animals cautioned the managers of the per- formance that should the cowboys and vaqueros use spurs on the horses they rode or strike them except with the open palm of their hands the show would be stopped. On no consideration would they allow the steers to be roped and thrown. In vain the cow- ted that they would not hurt or cause them pain, but s were obdurate, and the main feature of the show had to be removed from the programme. Later in the afternoon Mayor Phelan made an appeal to the officers of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani- mals, and a permit was given to run the programme of the show in its en- tirety. When it was given, however, it too late to include the features in The cowboys day. Then again the bucking broncos re- PIONEER BELLS WILL CHIME Mining Fair to Open When Mec- Kinley Presses the Button. Fire Whistles and Clanging Bells ‘Will Announce the Opening Ceremony. Arrangements for the opening night of the Mining Fair are progressing with marvelous rapidity. Invitations have been extended to some 10,000 people to assist in the celebration, and they will represent every interest concerned. Marshall’s four companions, who are at present in the city, have been special- 1y invited by the management, in addi- tion to Governor John Bidwell of Chico. They will be given the seats of honor on the grand stand. In addition to these, Governor Budd, Lieutenant- Governor Jeter and all the State offi- cials, who have signified their intention of being present, will make a galaxy seldom seen in San Francisco in a fair | of this kind. Mayor Phelan is endeavoring to se- cure the assistance of the San Fran- cisco Fire Department to have a signal sounded from every engine house in the @ity at 8 o’clock on Saturday night, immediately following the ringing of the Jubilee bell by President McKin- ley, who will push a button in the White House which will start the fair. When this announcement by the fire- bells and fire whistles is made it is expected that every whistle and bell in San Francisco will sound the news that the first Mining Exposition ever held in the State of California has been opened. A parade will immediately precede the opening exercises. This will start from a point in the neighborhood of the Mechanics” Pavilion, and will pro- ceed through the principal streets of the city, not lower than Sixth street. There will be the addresses of wel- come and exchanges of greetings be- tween President McKinley and Mayor Phelan, the youngest and only Native Son Mayor of San Francisco. ————— Stop that cough with Low’s Horehound Cough Syrup; price 10c. 417 Sansome st. * ANOTHER GOOD SYMPHONY CONCERT | No Novelty to Speak Of, but Familiar Modern Works Well Played. James Hamilton Howe's Annotated Programme Causes Considera- ble Confusion. The programme of yesterday’s sym. up of familiar modern works, the one novelty and exception being “A He- brew Melody” arranged as an orches- tral piece by Robert Franz. It is a strgug but rather mournful tune, and the®only attempt at relieving a mo- notony that is even emphasized by the denseness of the score is the introduc- tion of jingling bells in the repetitions; this, no doubt, is intended as a bit of local description—the text of the orig- inal song, 1 believe, deals with “the phony concert at the Tivoli was made | | | ? bewailing of the mourners in the streets of Babel,” and the tempo suggests a slow procession—but it seems to me to be a flippant and trivial device, as un- convincing as any of the hardware ef- fects employed by Salvation Army | bandmasters. The others of the smaller pieces were Goldmark’'s overture, “In Springtime,” and a portion of Delibes’ ballet, “‘Cop- pelia”; the symphony was Dvorak's “From the New World,” which we have heard twice before, once from Mr. Scheel and once from Mr. Hinrichs. Bar the absence of that secure pian- issimo. which more than anything else is lacking in Mr. Scheel's band, every- thing was played with fluency and ju- dicious enthusiasm. 1 heard both of he former performances of the Dvorak ymphony, and am willing to trust my memory so far as to say that this one was the best. For once the slow move- ment was just slow enough, the Eng- lish horn was wonderfully in tune and the tremendous finish was played with unwavering power and the right chop- Py emphasis. As usual, the comic relief was fur- nished by James Hamilton Howe and the audience. Copious annotations of the overture and symphony were printed in the programme (they have been published several times in every newspaper in the town), but there was not the slightest clew ‘to the history or significance of the Hebrew tune, and | the various movements of every plece on the programme were omitted. So an audience, two-thirds of which— to re-use an expression of my own— does not know Schumann from Sousa without a guide book, applauded Scheel for his very good playing of the “Fes- tival Dance and Waltz" of the ballet | suite, and, upon his repeating the movement, promptly turned to a new page in the programme and settled down to deep appreciation of the sym- phony. Of course the symphony came | in time, but more than half the per- sons present were quite convinced that the second movement of the ballet, “the dance of the automatons,” was | the first of the symphony. It is| humbly submitted, as Herr Bosworth would say, whether Mr. Howe would | better number his programme and | have corresponding numbers exhibited | on the stage at proper intervals or | make a speech every time the band comes to a full stop. | ASHTON STEVENS. | —_—— A Song Recltai. | Willis E. Bacheller wiil give a song re- | cital this afternoon at his home, 1417 | Clay street. The aftalr will be strictly invitational. The programme will = con. | sist chiefly of works by Boston composers and an enjoyable time is looked forward to by those fortunate enough ealvoyd an invitation. 55 2 Sevre- fused to buck steed that driven to a breaking cart went to sleép when the h and he trotted W ful and trusted street-car horse he was hitched up. The feats of lasso- ing by the vaqueros and the fancy rid- ing of the cowboys were particularly good, and applause from t feats, George S Miller & Lux’'s range e of the bandits and his rescue by sweetheart, and the pony expres exciting features of the show. - THE REVIEW TO-DAY. United States Troops to Enter- tain the Public at the Thereviewof theUnited States troo, at the Presidio at 2 o'clock this afte noon promises to be one of the most i sting events of Jubilee we ibition is to be the first of which he infantry, the cavalry and the artillery. Following the review will be an illu and the wild, untamed to be harnessed and tration of an attack made by a battal- jon of infantry. Such a maneuver should not be misconstrued and sur posed to be a sham battle, since th defense is mer imaginary and represented by a line of hurdles and signal flags. Jlutions of such a na- ture usually > place on a piece of ground -ds in length, but since was being put on him yund the grounds with ion and spirit of a faith- after the performers won much but 500 yards in length the movement e spectators. In th will be divided into three phases. At lankard, the the end of each phase the battalion head ? will march back to its starting point and will begin the next pha t the James Childs, Frank Rojas and Frank Steves movement had been continuo Spe showed exceptional skill. tators must not be misled into believ- The stage hold-up, the capture of one ing that this ne ching back the battalion forms part of the stem of attack. The third and last e will conclude with a rapid fire i , a rallying of the ault, and the firing aginary enemy, his of wera g of a volley supposed to be The third t of the exhibition will consist of a drill of the light batteries Presidio. of the Third Artille The men will move at a rapid gait, illustrating the different methods of firing while in ac- tion. The final part will consist of a drill by the four troops of cava illustrat ing the manner of training the men and horses and of handling cavalry in action. The programme will last about two hours. No admission fee will be charg- ed to the ground: . The four divided into NEW TO-DAY. MINERS AND THOSE OUTFITTING FOR THE KLONDIKE! The Columbian Woolen Mills have now on exhibition the most practical and outfits for the Yukon and Northern G id Fields :—blankets — underwear — specially ‘made every article complete overwear—and guaranteed. 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