The San Francisco Examiner from San Francisco, California • 126

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIMIIIIIIMIII Stanton Delaplane's Postcard I i 'r' V'l-. 'i i 'If lf i 1 xn it, IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIMIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIMIIIIIMIIIIIIIMIII Look for the Shepherdess London THIS IS one of those fint' London days when the BBC weather announi't'r says: 'Occasional blight periods iWc'd say. Occasional showers." But the English radio men are cheerful blokes. Anyway, it's fine this morning. The lemony sun falls on the sidewalks of fashionable Mayfair.

When these were preen fields, it was the site of the May Fair. And s. 5 i .1 shepherds and shepherdesses cavorted in such a way that one of Un-English Kings put a stop to it The early Kings were no prudes. So it must have been a ball. I had a beer in Shepherds Market.

This little area of narrow streets and flowing shops is tucked away behind bustling Pic cadilly. Shepherd's is a lead- tifcMi-s mi miim 11 umi mi tiy John Storvy Lake Merritt in Oakland lies beyond the tunnel from Oakland Auditorium, which can be reached on many bus lines Am easy LisGGEiipe windowed pub. They had the doors open to let the sun come streaming in. A few of the market's shepherdesses of today vere up and about the day's shopping. "I.ydies of easy virtue.

said the barman virtuously. For this is. indeed, the section. The lydies. The elegant shops.

The stvlish gaming houses. The clubs of England's noble names. lro I'tittvrnon Doss lly AKLA.ND LAKE Merritt. phi' 15-acre tidal slough which was transformed San Antonio, a small wharf stood at El Embarcadero ailed Castro Landing. It was here that hide droghers from New England came to trade their "Boston goods" for tallow, lumber and cowhides.

Many a rancher bought back his own hides in the form of boots and shoes. 110 years ago from a tidetimer marsh into the smellv r.D4N0AVt INE KNOLL Park is the large tending that you are President Rutherford B. Hayes, or his wife, "Lemonade Ludy," visiting for a weekend on the Lake, retrace your steps to the tunnel, and. pamphlet in hand, overshoot it to Adams Point. The sculpture on it is painted steel, done in 1974 by Jan Evans, point 54 on the tour, point 53 is a Christian Science church whose classic architecture mirrors the Scottish Rite Temple (point visible across the lake.

Both of these buildings were built after the "City Beautiful" concept was adopted by Oakland for the lake perimeter. To make ihe architectural side trip, from the church leave the lake and take 14th street to Second avenue. An eastern shingle cottage, a larger "brownie." the Lakeside Baptist church designed in the Mission Revival stvle bv Julia IN' EUROPE, jammed with tourists. Britain is a contrast of courtesy and manners to the surliness of the Continent. The hall porter answers questions as gravely as if he were hearing them for the first time instead of the millionth The room waiter is just as solicitous about your breakfast Announces the state of the weathir Inquires if it's your first time.

Advise any helpful information two-acre greensward that you soon reach. A city park since 1908. il has rest rooms Ihe small walkers in vour Lake Merritt has plenty to offer those ud for a stroll I WAS ASLEEP the other afternoon when my suit came from pressing. I phoned the valet service and said if the man would come up. I like to pay the tip.

"Why that not necessary at ail. sir. he said. "The Dert tune if you wish. But it's not necessary.

Not at all Bay Area at Your Feet city's greatest asset, offers without doubt the most urbane walking in the East Bay. One could stage the New York musical comedy "Up in Central Park'' there anytime without having to import a single prop. Indeed. Oakland could provide some diversions that Manhattan's park lacks. Originally the north arm of San Antonio Creek, as the Oakland Estuar was tir-t known, it was dammed in thanks to Dr Samuel Merritt.

then mayor, who personally financed the protect and named it Lake Peralta. When it was renamed, a local daily called it "a most Merrittorious project." Ten years later Lake Merritt became the first state game refuge on the North American continent, and more than 4000 migratory birds still check in annually for a visit. There are also bandstands, boathouss. benches, civic buildings, a college, colonnades. hurt hes.

a hildren Fairyland, excursion boats, fishing piers, gardens lawnbowline greens holt Is. (nate homes. Mnjarv and trees to mention just a handf ul of the diwrsjoris visible in the 18 mile in umambulation of the Iake. For the walker who has never essayed this totally civilicd stroll, there is now available a new historical pamphlet about the lake entitled The Heart of Oakland. Recently published under a National Endowment for the Humane ties grant to Camron Stanford House Preservation Association, it is free upon request from the association at 1418 lakeside drive.

Oakland, One of the best illustrated little publications to ionic to my attention in a long time, it offers many early pictures of Oakland, as well as a map and three walking tours. INCIDENTAL knowledge from Kent Mr. John Play-foot of Lamberhurst. Kent requests the postman to leave mail in 'an old safe the front gate of the farm Blue tils are nesting in the letter box Sunny frorr, Stafford-shire- Disabled patient1- the rehabilitation center wii: get fret beer on th National Health Flan It set-ms the nearest pub is two-and-a-half Kiii-v awa And ou can get well without beer, now an you. Incident from recent travel: You can't realize what have done to American scenery until you drive- through Britain Each turn in the road a mast-rpi to the eve without a single sign to disturb it party.

California bungalows. Pro vincial-style homes and farmhouse-style box homes are all ranged along the shore behind the park. Next large expanse of land is point 43, Cleveland Cascade park, a strip of open land connecting Lake-shore and Merritt avenues to provide access for residents of the Park boulevard area. At one time a 17-tier waterfall ran the full length to give the park its name. Now dry.

the Cascade for those game to climb it has a great view of the lake and its acme. Beginning point for Walk HI in the pamphlet is Our Lady of Lourdes church at 2808 Lakeshore, where a plaque commemorates Fray Juan Crespi of the Fages expedition for celebrating the first Mass in Alameda county in 1772. The church and school, which have humorous lions, elephants and sheep in the stone archways between them, date from 1901. My choice for a place to end this walk is the pergola. Here one can linger to watch the birds come and go between the little islands reserved for nesting.

During winter when the bird population is greatest, the log boom to prevent boat access to this part of the lake may expand to Hanover street. It contracts when the birds are fewer. Birders can always count on adding the double-crested cormorant to their life-lists at Lake Merritt. If you are up to more walking continue on around the park, which has Lakeside Park, the biggest on the shore, between this point and the Oakland 19th street BART station. Distance back to Lake Merritt Stition is about the same.

Morgan. a Craftman style bungalow, a classic box or Colonial revival home and a Queen Anne cottage are all within a short distance of one another on this digression. When you have scoped them out. return to the shoreside path, with the beautiful boatlandina at east 18th street as your landmark. It's a great place to laze awhile in the sun, watching the crews as they practice sculling or the ladies row ing club in its haleboat.

When you are ready to continue, bear right on the lakeside path again, noting number 145 Athol avenue, built in 1800. a Victorian in the Queen Anne style despite its later shingles. Athol circle, which fronts the gray and white building with the red-tile roof, built in 1910 and one of the oldest apartment buildings on the east shore, was once water. It was filled when the rock wall was built 1893. Concrete stairs were once a boat dock.

As you continue walking toward those classical columns of the pergola, try to imagine sailing craft coming along this way from the sea. When this area was part of the big Peralta land grant, Rancho cadero and goes along the east shore with a side trip into a nearby neighborhood rich in architectural styles, may be a new experience. For the benefit of those dependent on public transportation. I recommend doing it in reverse of the pamphlet. From San Francisco, the Lake Merritt stop via BART is the handiest.

AC Transit transbav Line A to 12th and Fallon is another wav to go. From the East Bay. Line 14, 15, 18. 40, 41. 43, 80, 81.

82 or all stop at Oakland Auditorium. Once at the auditorium, look on the side facing the lake for a tunnel that goes under the roadways between the auditorium and the lake. Once through the tunnel, if it is between 1 and 5 p.m. on Sundays or II a.m. and 4 p.m.

on Wednesdays, bear left toward the big Italianate Victorian house in the trees visible on the lakeshore lawn. This is Camron-Stanford house, locally known as "The Lady of the Lake." nicely rehabilitated within the last few years and furnished in the period of its heyday, the late 1800s. Go in to visit it, admire its parlors and pick up a copy of the free booklet. When you have enjoyed pre- ILKERS FAMILIAR AN UNCERTAIN spring has arrived in Eng land. A cold rain blew through London yesterday, scattering Trafalgar Square pigeons to shelter among the chimney pots But this, morning birds were tw ittering in the square across from my hot I.

The sun put down thin threads of gold through a powder blue sky In the green countryside, nu koos are cry ing Dutifully reported by the English coun try dweller in letters to the Times. "Sir: This morning while strolling near Stibb Cross etc. etc." th this column lor mv rnt East Bay Book, "Thei i re There will have been introduced to the first two of these long since, but WALK III. which begins near El Embar- A Noble Family Tree Grows in Queens buddy, the building superintendent. Now Dunbar is an undisputed aristocrat, laird of a 40-room Scot tish manor house called Mocrum Park, "as long as this block here, and three stories tall." along with several thousand acres of count rv- IN SPRING if a girls apron falls off.

her sweetheart is thinking of her. But she must never turn the mattress on Friday or Sunday. That will keep him away. The Queen is having servant problems just like the non-titled but elegant housewives of Knightsbridge. Buckingham Palace competes for servants about 2011 of them in the open market.

And Ihe pay is mighty poor The How Society STAUNCH BRITISH tradition allows schoolteachers to whack the dav lights out of unruly schoolchildren. A Scottish firm does a lively business in selling tawse a broad leather hand designed solely to hammer on school bovs side near igtow nshire, Scotland. He plans to fly there June 23 with his elder son. an Air Force dentist, to claim his domain. Debrett's will list him in its next edition as Sir Jean Ivor Dunbar.

13th baronet of Moc hrum. and the British Home Office has just put him on its official roll of baronets. "I'm taking over the whole works in June, but I'm not going to live there," said the new baronet of Queens, hoisting a beer can during an interview at home. "Sir Jean has no intention of relinquishing his American citizenship," he added, pointing to his lapel pin of two crossed American flags. His father.

Sir Adrian Ivor Dunbar, who inherited the title in 1952. died in June 1977 at Mochrum. But it was only after an international hunt by Debrett Ancestry Research section-that the legitimacy of his first sons claim was established beyond all doubt. And hen people call him "Sir Jean." he invariably replies. "Aw.

g'wan. Call me Jean." But when he answers the telephone, he says: "Sir Jean here." lly Vnn Hnhi-rlmin Neil inrk Ttmr New York JEAN I. DUNBAR of the Long Island City Dunbars. that is has just had a new calling card printed up. It reads: "Sir Jean Ivor Dunbar.

Bart" and carries the family coat of arms, which features what look like two pigeons rampant. De-brett's Peerage and Baronetage in London says that they are actually "two white doves, imperially crowned." The fil year-old Sir Jean, now the official Laird of Long Island City so to speak, has spent the better part of his life as a Jockey and a clothing cutter. During World War II. he as a sergeant in the Army Mountain Engineers. He has lived for the last dozen years, separated from his wife, in a tiny apartment in a mock-Tudor building in Queens.

Photographs of his father a handsome, strapping man Sir Jean's three grown children and himself as a jockey atop several winning mounts are Ihe only adornments in the dim living room. It is next door to the apartment of Sir Jean's bosom The Lockhorns Maybe it senses your anger. I think you've built up on immunity. PAGE 6 S.F. Sunday Examiner Chronicle, Sunday Punch, Apr.

22, 1979.