The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 4, 1904, Page 37

_—— Pages 37t0 46 -3 SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1904. BRILLIANT ILLUMINATIONS INSPIRE UISITORS AND CITIZENS AND CARNIUVAL SPIRIT PREVAILS ON EVE OF THE CONCLAUE - RANCISCO’S hospitality, initiative, energy and originality have been well demonstrated to the Knights Templar now within the city’s gates. Famed for her electrical displays, the city surpassed herself last «t had admiration to express after viewing the brilliant spectacle. Far into the wight crowds surged through the streets and the carnival spirit reigned. Services at the First Congregational Church this mors grand officers of the order and at 3 o’clock in the afternoon California Commandery will hold sacred exercises in Mechanics’ Pavilion. In the evening at Mechanics’ Eavilion the Knights will pay iribute tothe mem- g . S e ant T Y Yo ayign ot i v ¥R idha s eaunet £ A PO S0 oy Teadt i ige ¥ vl ® g PO Von wroew 5 7 SRy ® -y o [ R PO B LY EC T nfit) i ’ e 4 - e 23 Tnws > : Pl 26 TF4 7T oy i -t . SR Siiree - SCENE AT THE COLONNADE ON MARKET STREET, NEAR SIXTH, LAST EVENING WHILE MERRY CROWDS WERE ENJOYING THE BRILLIANT ILLUMINATION f housands Gaze in Admara-|T"g " B Dy btk oition Progrupinis McKnley Memorial Services tion at City’'s Iluminations. S to Close To-Day's Events. il e Special asrvioos a6 AroRs Siches: Besldes the other services to-day th 1l hold a S ‘servi 3 ar T esides the other s ces to-day there | w old a Sunddy ‘service at 2:3 Grand Encampment of the United States will attend services at the First Congregational Church, will be a great memorial service in|o’clock. corner of Post and Mason streets, at 11 o'clock a. m. Specjal escort to and from church, Golden Gate Com- commemoration of Sir William McKin-| The California Conmmandery choir, mandery No. 16. ley, given at the Mechanics’ Pavilion | under the direction of A. A. Batkin, di- | rector, and coamsisting of D. M. Law- rence, C. T. Wende foot { : Day. a1 n the appropriate Nor was the | arships ere i the white r searchlights crossed the | | California Commandery No. 1, in full Templar uniform, will attend religious services in the main under the auspices of California Com- 1. A. C. Lawrem - || aunditorium of the Mechanics’ Pavilion at 3 o'clock p. m., Rev. Frederick W. Clampett officiating. mandery No. 1, at 7:30 o'clock this | R. W. Smith, E. C. Boysen, R. D. Buz : COLONNADE OF COLUMNS. | Evening. evening. Sir Reuben P. Hurlbut will | ness, H. W. Patrick, L. A. Larsen. W. At the beginning of the lane of lights, | | 2 3 have direction of the exercises, while| C. Campbell, A. Mennie and E. G. Ma¢- ght thelr first impression ”"ml wh Steuart street enters Market, is | McKinley memorial sacred concert, under the auspices of California Commandery No. 1, at Mechan- Sir George W. Bennett will be the mu- | Bain, will be joined by the Trinity rrv t would be that the city ja colonnade of double columns, pat-| ics’ Pavilion, from 8 to 9:30 o'clock. . sical director. One of the great fea- | 'I_;?urch cbflfr,~0mpr>_f’-°*l ‘*rfh»\hsi-‘ a st a g apon the sky | On each side of the street and sus- of 500 volces under the direction of Pro- | ;0= Rrane 280 % SEr 5o reE as aused only by great con- | pended between the columns shone the | web. At its outer edge, suspended [the center of the colonnade is a three-|side, are lights and Chinese lanterns |fessor John W. McKenzie. Processional hymn, readings and re- N l:»;aw‘“ er"n;: ‘rz“"orflng}-l'upcrgmml"}r;‘ from the huge ring that has taken | column trimmphal arch, from which is|entwined among the greens and flow-| The following is the programme of 'h"spnnses, the Lord's Prayer, reading and for two miles, much thought and work to accomplish, | suspended the cross of the most emi- | ers, making a fairy representation of a | services: responses, hymn, declaration of f were suspended at intervals other em- | nent grand master, which is embossed | Hongkong tea garden. In the upper| Dirge (Chopin); overture, “Tann-| the A"ms les' Creed, the first and s i ' 3 | At Post and New Montgomery streets | blems of the order, all richly illumin- | with lights, and, together with the| balcony is a representation of the Sier- » > 2 et e Gounod’s thems, pr: 2 £ bulbs, was the sight | the Masonic Temple was ablaze with |ated. The nearby bulldings, including | loops of lights strung from curb to cuth | ra scenery, and among the forest or‘}‘““; (f;“']‘"‘;‘ ‘"‘°°a‘r‘°"'::;:"“*" B e x iscans last| lights and all the insignia and emblems | the Palace Hotel and the Call bullding, |and = Halés’ ~ illumination, attracted | evergreens are strung rows of lights. niess s the . Al CENtG e be & seymon by ; lay stretched | cf the Templars hung illuminated on its | were outlined with lights and hung | crowds to the colonnade. From the col- | Blazing emblems appear on every side. | Commandery No. 1, assisted by the| - %% & "€ = "Cr at the head | walls. The Union Trust building, op- | with mottoes and insignia. The thou- | onnade the strings of lights continue at| Those who come down town in the|vested choir of Trinity Churech—(a) =, 2 x h street, and | PoSite the Masonic Temple and partly | sa~~- of lights concentrated in this | regular intervals to the.intersection of | evening by way of the Haight, Valen- | “Lead, Kindly Light,” (b) “The Lord's| Those entering the M facing Market street, was also outlined | court made that part of Market strget | Tenth, Fell and Market streets, cia or Castro street cars will see the ” i ion to attend th ocop that reached | o o, | % b _ Kj: $ - 1€ | Prayer” (musie by John Hendon Pratt), | ;.4 the subsequ v - gare’ Bosides | with lights. From this point streamers | as light as day. The City Hall, which has always in|illumination in its glory, and to those ! ¢c; Onward Christiam Soldiers" G- e e i =t and flags are strung down Montgomersy EARY STRE HTED past illuminations. been a feature of the| Who do not it will well repay them' to | . -7.¢ gt : h sinations | street for ome block and greens and| _ GEARY STREET 16l 3 celebration, was more gorgeously deco- | ride out beyond Tenth street and then | tus’” from mass “Sollenelle” (Gounod); | building. The entire place resembles a that | electric lights are strung at intervals Both sides of Geary street were light- | .21 4 than ever before. The main build- ride -into the maelstrom of blazing | oration, Sir Knight Samuel M. Short-| forest of redwoods, while the cedar | glory. | along Post street as far as Powell. ed with arcs as'rur ';u tkliae‘lfloiel‘ St ing was outlined in light, while the|light. ridge; "l:egd Thou Me On,” Templar| trimming on the roof Enan*w and cross- flagh Bustered on’ polen The court of honér at the interseg- | Francis, which was also brilllantlv il-| gome was ablaze. Some idea of the cost of the illumi- | choir gf California Commandery; para- | trees adds to the effect Siapended ‘Bt f tion of Market, Kearny, Geary and |luminated and decorated. UPTOWN ILLUMIN. N nation during conclave week may be | Phrage on “Nearer, My God. to Thee” The main floor has been converted suspended strings of | qyirq streets, over which much| Union square is surrounded by white PTOWX MINATION. gained when it is known that the low- | (Reéves); soprano solo, “The Holy | into a California forest of tall redwood e bl scene thought and care have been expended, | masts that support girdles of liguts,| The uptown illumination was par-|est bid for the plant was $53,000 and the | City,” Miss Millie Flynn; transcription | trees. On all sides rise the high tops while the city was doing her | proved to be the grandest display that | While conrecting the masts are strings | ticularly beautiful at the Mechanics’ | cost for the current $25,000. Over 150,000 | on Schubert's “Serenade” (Liszt); | of these trees, their heads reaching far to dazzle the visitors the State | has ever been given in San Francisco. | of lights and Japanese lanterns. At the | Pavilion, which was outlined in lights| electric lights and 10,000 Chinese and |grand chorus of 500 voices, under direc- | above the galleries and their boughs From stout cables stretching from tall | four corners of the square are sus-|and had the insignia of the order hung | Japanese lanterns of all colors are used. | tion of Professor John W. McKenzie— | forming a canopy overhead. The zal- umination. At the ferry | PWIdings on each side of Market street | pended large Japanese lanterns, with upon its walls. A huge sign that|in the grand court of honor alone 20,000 | (a) “The Lost Chord” (Sullivan), (b)|leries are covered with green. forming ina s € TerTy | was suspended a glittering bell-shaped | clusters of electric lights inside. crosses Larkin street . blazed forth|lamps are used, while at the colonnade | “Rock of Ages” (the audience will|a continuation of the trees rising from Harbor Commissioners | mass, with a rim forty feet in diame-| On Market street, after leaving the | “Headquarters California Commander-| 7500 is the total. San Francisco has |please rise and join in singing the last|the floor and the forest appears 1o ght in the place working | ter, with strings tapering to the top |grand ccurt of honor, the canopy of|ies.” Inside the Pavilion the illumina- | realized that this is her opportunity to | number); “Angelus” from “Suite Scenes| reach from the floor to the ceiling. a the great nave, with its band of | lights, while in the center of the web, | lights continues to the grand colon-|tions continue qn a more compact but|show the visiting Knights from all | Pittoresque” (Massenett); “The Star-| Upon ascending to the gallery the vis- well worth visiting, Out- | Dlazing like jewels, was seen the sign | nade, that extends midway between equally as elaborate a scale. In the va- | parts of the country what she can do, | Spangled Banner,” Miss Millle FIynn: | itor encounters a group of three fig- s the building was ontlined in fai | of the order. A huge passion cross|Fifth and Sixth streets. The approach | rious headquarters of the commander- | and if they do not return to their homes | “Tenting To-night,” Templdr choir of | ures, representing two nymphs tempt- . SNy . ‘ryl and crown and the motto “In Hoc |to both sides of the colonnade is made |ies from all parts of California are|full of memories of San Francisco it|California Commandery; ‘‘Ameriea."”, ing Pan to drink from a lily, which is in giving her contribu- tracery against the sky and directly | Signo Vinces” all thickly incrusted|between Corinthian columns twined|novel ideas in light arrangements. In| will not be through lack of hard and| This afternoon at the Mechanics’ Pa- under the large clock was a twenty-| with lights, lay in the center of the'! with strings of frosted lights, wkile in | the banquet hall, on the Hayes street! willing work on the part of her citizens. ! vilion California Commandery No. 1 Continued on Page 39, Column 3.