The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 17, 1899, Page 11

P+ TEEE IR I F LI I I L L 44 @l iPagestio2: AR AR SR LR R R R R R P PGP Pages Il to 20} R R R e Y CLEYTTEY WATERS OF BEAUTIFUL BELVEDERE COVE SPARKLED I i “ UNDER GLOWING LIGHTS OF A GLITTERING PAGEANT + +4 ~~HE night was h a o 3 use was outlined in a hundred | of spar and rigging was outlined against | the escort which should conduct him to | on time and not one single item was over- | that were to.take part in the performance “ with electric lights. S nd post had | the :lear background of the night by the | his nautical nuptials. looked. When the piece had been enacted | were assembled near Wheeler's Point and | Noticeable among the craft fitting i ening lights with which they were| As soon as the procession reached the |and the stage was thrown open for all to| proceeded slowly in double line up the | about the cove was the launch Imp, which | strung. Just outside this line lay the [ Doge formal salutations were exchanged, | caper on they capered with right good| channel toward the Hotel Belvedere, | had a line of electric from stem I erent steamers and pleasure craft|and then the gorgeous flotilla, with the | will. But they itly, dec-| where they were joined by the Doge's | to stern and a windmlill revolving in her a come from the several points | stately Bucentaur in its center, passed | orously, and the searchlights which from | barge, which was crowded with an array | bow. 1d the bay to witness the celebration. | out to the middle of the cove, where, |the Marblehead and the top of Valentine | of senators and other officials in brilliant | Among the yachts drawn up in tripl though to lend the | amid the booming of cannon and the | Hill played upon until the| robes of scarlet. | line_acress the cove were the following: k its protection to the happiness | cheers of the thousands on the hillsides, | dawning of another day dimmed their| mpe searchlight on the top of Valentines | The schooners Lurline, Aggie, Azalene, ascended | within, the shapely ularblehead, a | the espousals were consummated and the | brightr discovered nothing which one | 1¢jand was kept fixed on the Doge's barge | Bonita, White glowing | huge luminous star, fitting symbol of the | ring dropped in the water, while rockets | would have wished to omit from “A|guring the ceremony, at the close of which | the yawls ,Tramo glory of our arms upon the sea, flashing | with their lurid splendor il inated the ight in Venice. the Doge wedded the sea by casting a | Phyllis, Ripple, Arcturus. the water | Its promises of hope from between the | dark sky, carrying in their wild flight ring into the waters. The espousal of the | ced, Seven Bells, = | two tall smokestacks. heavenward thousands of brilliant stars, | G aolete andithe chorus “Tove: | It tiss ke | \ts had been erected on the hill over | Which, bursting, showered down upon the | YACHTS AND LAUNCHES e belng) compie . Kittiwake, it ds of heads of th ho, clusterin 1 Iy Night,” having been sung, the boats | Speedwell, ndred yards of | the Corinthian Club, and these, together | heads of those who, clustering around Iy Night,* having been suns. (e boats | Spcgdwell, Rover, THarn , which for the nonce had b with the private houses, the arks, hote] | the Doge, awoke the echoes with the mel- VIE WITH WARSHIPS | Q : 2 prize committee, consisting of Mayor J. | Amigo, Mignon, Wawon nsformed into & transluce and yachts, provided ample accommoda- | ©d¥ of their voices. D. Phelan, Irving M. Scott, J. A. Stanton | Emelie, Cupid, -May, Down in the cove and al o it g the scene was the ce agleam with dec e fires, tion for the crowds that arrived to par-| AS Soon as the actual ceremony had | = and Vanderlynn Stow. The prize for the | tral, Venture, Dart., 2 trung themselves out along the ticipate in the celebration. been brought to a conclusion the llne was | Nover has a larger number of yachts | most beautifully illuminated ark was|wing, Phoenic pageant | Belevedere shore. ; | Beginning early in the morning they | Proken and in a ininute g e ¥as | been gathered In one spot on the Bay of | awarded to F. Bushnell's Cuckoo; for the | Folly, Dawn . h owner had tried to outdo his|commenced to arrive In numbers just [ COvered with all sorts and conditions of | oo o nciseo than were moored in Bel- | most beautifully illuminated yacht to E. | Cygnus, The Sty daics great enough to comfortably fill the seat. | Poats, which hurried in and out among neighbor in the be vedere Cove. Every yacht club around | F. Sagar's sloop Edna, for rowboats to'sie, Pactolus, of his decorations, and the T n|ing capacity of the regular boats, and | the drks. exchanging greetings with | g “ G0 ) Coniibuted nearly its en- | Mr. Dohrman and for the best house to 8 vhich was as-uni | 2 =t PR | their owners, and then hurrying away on | -2 - < Among tk ensemble which was as unique then the rush gradually increased unti] | 'P€ ’ o | tire fleet, and, besides yachts, the Unit J. M. Mattoon. Gazelle, At ing to the eye. No two house-bouts ; swarmed In in such crowds toward | S0me errand of pleasure, only to Ieturn | gi;ies crujser Marblehead, the torpedo-| The sloop Edna had an electric plant on | FaZ¢7ie, 4110 . the same, and none exhibited any- later hours that there was not a| iR @ short time and again accept of the | ot G V0 o bt arks, launches, | board, which served to illuminate trans- | thY H ing but a lavishment of adornment, | square mvt;] of st;]mdh\g room to spare :1:]” h was only limited by delicacy and | efther on the regular boats or the extra | Sides- s % rachts were moved in a triple good taste. | ones which were specially run for the oc.| _The scene on land was much the same. l“‘;le:ebel:\'zsnx B e mo: and. the Gos| dnto’ brillfant " rellef: thel {letters “of ihiex | rowboats on gihis Swatary searchily Through this glittering maze small | casion, Yet such Was the excellence of | Every house was open, wide open, and | yninjan Yacht Club house, and presented | name. J. M. Mattcon's house was nota- | from the 1 —‘Mubmhl}' fhe cou ":fle- : launches, Towboats and other small craft | the management that all were attended | mirth was the watchword of the night. |, pretty sight as they lay at the moor- | ble for the dome which had been erected | head and the hill a ey Uatfuihian i s : comber | darted hither and thither, conveying vis-| to, each one was made comfortable and | The roads were fllled with laughing men | jngg in the bright light of day. But, as|above it in imitation of the dome of the | Club hob‘*»‘e- “;“0»‘»‘3”“1'05“ ik nt up ¢ colors un- | itors this way and that, or, filled with a | accommodated In every particular, and|and happy women. The l‘"‘“'e scene was | darkness fell, strings of Chinese lanterns | new City Hall. ,rmr;r-;x :qlg’ehl(ed d S le cave ne dazzied | gay crowd of residents, they simply drift- | among the 7000 visitors who, It is esti- | one of carnival. Carnival partaking of all | anq of fairy lamps lent a fantastic beauty A few rowboats carrying no lanterns | ”rf’ {;:«n’; n s or confused | 5q idly about, serenading any one they | mated, were received, not one serlous | the joyousness of the Jfi‘"‘ nation and | to the spactacle. managed to get within the incloseq space, | made brig | ehanced to meet with a light song or a lot | secident, complaint or altercation was re- | yet so dignified and frée from the stain | The arks were lined from end to end | but on the whole the patrol was st ef- | WAVeS: i - ¢ good-natured badinage. ported. of anything approaching license that | with lighted lanterns, the most conspicu- | fectively kept, and the whole perform-| The following are the principal arks and 1 and shone | ¥ g“m‘,,,,h.m.'re Point to the end of m@‘ Precisely at the hour set—9 o'clock—the | When one left one left nothing to regret. |ous among them being F. Bushnell’s | ance passed off without a hitch or a mis- | their owners or charterers: Jenkins and | Corinthian Club_wharf the yachts had | wedding ceremonies commenced. At a sig-| From incoption to conception Belve- | Cuckoo and the large ark of George Wel- | hap. The United States cruiser Marble- | McGregor's Edra M \»\_»){_ “II'MMS Co- | anchored in a long chain fencing with a | nal from a cannon on the hill a long pro. | dere’s third “Night In Venice” was an un- | lington, the former having festoons of | head kept her searchlight In constant op- | lumbla, F. Bushnell's Cuckoo. Bromwell's iream of light the outer waters of the | cession of gayly decorated barges started | qualified success. Nothing was left un- | varicolored falry lamps above and all | eration and displayed a beautitul electric | Minnehaha, John F. Lowell's La Boheme, 1 from the little cove in which the | from Belvedere Point, and moving in|done and yet nothing was overdone. It |around it, and the latter being illumin- | star. The Farragut anchored consid- | Hazzard’s Belvedere, Bishop's Crystal stately procession passed into the cove| was as it was and that was exactly as it | ated entirely with red lanterns. The {llum- | erably farther out than the cruiser, but | Palace, Percy L. Burr's La Fiesta, and up to the Olympic Club boathouse, | should be. ination was complete by about §:30 p. m. | was even more prettily decorated, her | Charles G. Yale's Bl Pizo, H. D. Hawks' where the Doge's barge was walting for| The programme was carried out exactly | The flluminated launches and rowboats | sides, funnels and masts belng outlined | Atlantis, McNeill's Noah's Ark, Stahl- pitality which was lavished on all | /0 "F TG fies lent varlety to the | parencies Tepresenting the stars and | Besides the fllumination of houses tripes and the Union jack, and to throw | the shore, of arks, yach s splashes of color on the charm 18 lengths | bay | lost amid | puptial ceremonies were to be performed. ¢ met them at | Each yacht had decorated itself in honor iat the occasion and the delicate tracery the water's edge