The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 19, 1896, Page 20

20 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 1896. P\ HE season '95-'96 is closed; that is, for those who gauge the period | of social gayeties by the opening | and closing events of the Friday Night Club. For them the season is not -truly on be- fore the first cotillon, and after the lastas- sembly-—well it’s worth one’s social stand- ing to even think of entertaining any more. But, in spite of that fact, there are a number of smali but very select affairs an- | nounced for the coming week, and it is ex- pected that for many weeks yet tocome there will be any number of delightful gatherings. The affairs of the past week, though not numerous, have made up in brilliancy what they lacked in numbers. The briliiant entertainment given by | Mrs. Hager on Mondey evening at the | Native Sons’ Hall has certainly never been surpassed, if it ever has been equaled, in | the annals of local- society. Its chie charm lay in its novelty and the brilliant | way in which every detail of the perfect | whole was handled. Other charming affairs of the week were the Dunn tea, tue Sloss theater party, the Masten wedding and the Wells euchre party. Society is already turning its attention | to the various summer resorts and prepa- rations are being made for the annual sum- mer exodus. There does not seem to be | any particular resort that is to receive all the favor this season and it is probable that all the watering places will enjoy a fair share of society’s patronage. The European departures have been un- usuaiiy numerous this year. On Wednes- day evening last Joseph D. Grant left for New York, expecting to sail on the 22d | on board the Teutonic. Mr. Grant in- tends to go to Moscow to witness the coro- nation of the Czar and will probably be absent about three months. Mr. and Mrs. Oxnard leave the latter part of the month for a European visit and will divide their time among the various German water- | ing places and health resorts. The past week noted the return of Mr. and Mrs. Winthorp E. Lester (nee Hobart), | and Miss Ella Hobart and Miss Vassault, | who went on a visit to New York to meet | them on their return from Europe. Apropos of the return of the Hobarts, it is stated that the wedding of Miss Williams and Walter Hobart will be celebrated at the little church in San Rafael on the 30th of May, Decoration day. Among the other trayelers who have re- turned are Mrs. Requa and Miss Amy Requa and Miss Julia Crocker, after an extended and most enjoyable Eastern visit. The Requas are now again at their | tome in Piedmont, and Miss Crocker is | home just in time for her sister's wedding. It was an extremely pretty wedding yes- terday, that of Miss Fanny Crocker, | daughter of Mrs. Clark W. Crocker, and Robert Clark McCreery, solemnized at 8 oclock, at the residence of the bride’s | mother on Sutter street. | The handsome drawing-room in which | the ceremony was performed has been the | - scene of many fashionable gatherings. | Yesterday it was decorated all in dainty pinkand white blossoms, making a most 1 i | | | | | | | | i | handsome setting for a spring wedding. Only relatives and a limited number of invited friends witnessed the ceremony which was performed by the Rev. Dr. Mackenzie. Miss Julia Crocker, sister of | the bride, was maid of honor and W. W. | Douglass of Sacramento best man. The bride wore an elezant gown ot ivory | M white satin trimmed with some rare and costly family lace. Miss Julia Crocker was more than usually | attractive in her dainty pink silk gown. 5 After the ceremony there were congrat- ulaticns and dancing and at midnight an elaborate supper at which covers were laid for eighty. Mr. and Mrs. McCreery will reside in Sacramento. Mrs. F. L. Whitney gave a most de- lightful progressive euchre party yesterday afternoon at her home on Laguna street, | The players occupied seven tables and in- | dulged in a most warmly contested game. | Dainty prizes were awarded the victors, After the game there were elaborate re- freshments and music. Mrs. A. N. Drown and Miss Bercnice Drown entertained about 200 friends at an afternoon tea yesteraay, between the hours | of 3 and 6 o’clock, at their home on Jack- i son street. The usual accessories of the | fashionable afternoon tea—music, brillian | company, exquisite decorations and elab. orate refreshments —went toward the | making of a most delightful afternoon. | Mrs. J. 8. Cone and Miss Josephine Cone | of Red Bluff and Miss Nellie Hillyer of this city completed the Mediterranean trip of eight weeks' duration early in April and are now in Rome. They will | vrobably visit Egypt and take the Nile| trip. They will not return home until November. Colonel and Mrs. W. R. Shafter, U. S, A., will soon leave Angel Isiand to pass a couple of months at Bakersfield for the benefit of Mrs. Shafter’s heaith. Lieutenant-Colonel L. 8. Babbitt, Ord- | nance Department, U. 8. A, of Benicia, has been inspecting Fort Point. ENGAGEMENTS ANNOUNCED. ! Seversl Weddings Arranged for the Coming Week. The wedding of Miss Julia V. Conkling and Dr. Larz A. Smith will be celebrated at San Jose on Wednesday, Aprii 22. None but rela- tives will be present. Deputy Coronor Lou MeInnisand Miss Emma Majory will be married in Sacred Heart Church Tuesday eventng at 7 o'clock. The wedding of Arthur Strauss and Miss Dena Levy will be solemnized on Sunda: April 26, at 2 o'clock. e he interested parties deny the recently re- | jorted engngement of Miss Annie McMullen to oseph C. Siiveria. No such en, $810%0 exlst, bt A WEDDINGS, Two Interesting Marriages of the Past Week, The wedding of Miss Stella Levey and Arthur Shirpser, which was celebrated in Oakland last Thursday evening, was a happy affair. The relatives and a few of the immediate iriends of the contracting parties were pres- ent. The bride is the charming and accom- plished daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Levey ofthis City and is popularly known in social circles, where she has a host of friends. Arthur Shirpser, the groom ,wio is populsr in | Mauzy, | Mr. and Mrs. R | Roscoe } and Mrs. this City, is the brother of the well-known Jjeweler, Max Shirpser. sailed Mondey on the steamshio Umatilia for a honeymoon visit to Portland. They will be absent for several weeks and upon their return will take up their residence permanently in this City. A very pretty wedding took place on March 14 at 5 P. M. at the residence of the bride’s parents on Golden Gate avenue, the contract- ing parties being Miss 8arah Levy and Joseph R. Whiteman of New Mexico. Promptly at5 o'clock the strains of Mendelssohn’s wedding march pealed forth, and the bridal party en- tered the beautiful decorated parlors.” The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. Julius Fryer of the Bush-street Temple. bride is well and favorably known in this City, | and has hosts of fricuds, whiie the groom 1s & prominent business man of New Mexico, Mr, and Mrs, Whiteman have gone south on a honeymoon, and on their return will reside in New Mexico. 4 WOODEN WEDDING. Mr, and Mrs. Byron Mauzy Celebrate Their Fifth Auniversary. Last Wednesday evening, the 15th inst., Mr. snd Mrs. Byron Mauzy celebrated the fifith an- | niversary of their marriage. The spacious parlors were decorated in a suitable manner. The happy couple received in the bay-window under a canopy of wooden shavings artisti- cally arranged, the central feature being a | wedding bell—an inverted wooden pail with & potato-masher for a tongue—the whole sur- mounted with large crossed wooden spoons, tied with & large bow of ribbon. At 11P.. the guests repaired to the large banquet-hall and enjoyed s splendid supper, interspersed with music and toasts, Judge Hebbard, Rev. Dr. Walk, Charles Field, George Sinsabaugh, | = Dr. Flood, Mrs, Stadtmueller and others speak- ing about wooden weddings and wooden things in general. The following ladies and gentlemen con- tributed to the musical part of the evening: E. Steinegger, Sig. Martinez, A. Harold Kayton, Misses Theresa and Lily Sherwood, Mme. | Waltz, Samuel Adelstein, Professor and Mrs. Roeckel and A. A. Batkin. One large room was devoted to the many useful and orna- mental presents that were received by the happy couple—pictures, easels, chairs, baskets of flowers, brackets, vases, boxes, spoons, bread-boards, lemon-squeezer, cuckoo-clock, aper-knives, salad sets, pincushions, kitchen owls and saltholders—ail, of course, of wood. | The large halls were filled with huge bouquets of flowers, and the air was heavy with the per- fume of orange blossome, & large box having been sent from Southern California. Among the invited guests were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schroth, Miss_Sehroth, Miss Flor- ence Schroth. John hroth, William Schroth, Charles A.Schroth, Mr. and ‘Mrs. H. H. Young, Hon. and Mrs. J. C. B. Hebbard, Mr.and Mrs. George Watersor, Mrs. R. C. Ma fiss Dr.and Mrs. W. P.Ma . Mauzy, Mrs. Elizabeth Reid, Miss Florence Mauzy, Mr. and Mrs. E. D, Eaton, Captain J. H \ Z.C. Mauzy, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley eper, Mr. and Mrs. Louis < . Parkinson, Leroy PBarkin- F. H. Plepor, Miss Pieper, per, Mr.and_Mrs. C.G. Har: rison, Mijss Olive Harrison, Lewis Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Powell, George Sinsabaugh, Mrs. Mary Sinsabaugly, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Hertel, Mr. and Mrs. A, A. Batkin., Dr.and Mrs. A. F. Merriman Jr., Mr. and Mrs, Frank Bond, B. J. Smith, Miss Pheebe Smith, Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Vanderslice, Mrs. Vanderslice, Mr. and’ Mrs. Milton Vanderslice, Mr. and Mrs. S Leszynsky, Frederick Les: sky, Leszynsky, Miss Leszyns! Miss “Lillie Barnert, Joe Abrams, Eugene Geisel, Mr. and Mrs. Lachbaum, Misses | Frapolli, Mr. and Mrs. Martinon, Misses Mar- tinstein, Mr. and Miss McGanley, Mr. and Mrs, J. D. Richards, Mr. and Miss Gore, Miss Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Shirpser | The | Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sul- | | | eenth party given by this successful ciub, and livan, Miss' A. Herrick, Mrs. Poole, Misses Poole, Rey. and Mrs. George Edward Walk, M d Mrs. Maclntyre, Mrs. O'Kane, Miss | O’Kane, Dr. Theodore C. Rethers, Dr. T. J. Frezer, Dr. D. D, Lustig, Dr. and Mrs. P. H. Flood, 'Dr. and Mrs. Yeamans, Mr. and Mrs. Stencil, Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Cole, the Misses Cole, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Steinegger, Mr. and Mrs. W. Henley, Mr. and Mrs. H. Clay Wysham, Madam Alice Waltz, Mr. and Mrs. C. Harold Kayton, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lloyd, Misses Theresa and Lillie Sherwood, Frank Coffin, Samuel Adelstein. J. H. Howe, Mr. and Mrs. Roeckel, Warren Lucy, Sig. S. Martinez, Madam Prili, Miss McFarland, Miss Jorie Hock. Major Charlés H. Murphy, Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Pecl, Mr. and Mrs. Chaties L. batton, ) and Mrs. John Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Sadle: Miss Sadler, Mrs. Stadtmueller, ¥, Stadtmue ler, Mr. and Mrs, W. F. Fonda, Mr. and Mrs, Jacob Z. Davis, Mr. and Mrs.’A. W. Baldwin, Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Field, Roy Kimball, Mr.and Mrs. C. D. Bunker, Walter M Mr. and Mr; . K. Fi , Mr. and Mrs. George D. Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene D. K. Town- send, Mr. and Mrs. sborne, Mr. and Mrs.'J. G. Edmondson, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Firman, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. F.' Alberti, Alfred Bornemann, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Maitby, Hon, and Mrs. Edward Belcher, Mrs "George B. Tingley, Mrs. Luw- Tence, Mr. and Mrs. Farrier, Colonel and Mrs, W. B.' Sumner, Mr. and Mrs. F. Dalton, Mrs. Julla I Rosenberg, Mr. and 3rs. L. Budd, Mr. Victor Duboce, Mr. and Mrs. C. &, Benediet, Mr. and Mrs, ‘L. Westerfeldt, Mr. Feld, F. J. Zifferer, 1. O, Thoml:f o 3 MUSICALE, |‘I‘ho Papils of the Roeckel Conservatory Entertain Their Friends. The pupils of Professor-and Madame Roeckel gave a delightful musicale at Byron Mauzy Hall, Thursday evening, April 10, The follow- ing excellent programme was presented and enthusiastically received by the 1arge sudience presen Trio, ““Twilight” (Roberii), Miss Jennie Jo- hannsen, Miss Anuette Miley und Miss May Mabie; cavatina, “Huguenots' (Meyerbeer), Sevorita Adele de Galvez: song, “My Dreams’” (Tosti), Miss Ida Schnitz; recitation and duetto, “I1 Trovatore’* (Verdi), Senorita Andrea Mojica and Herr xd Lotz; song, “Alas! Those Chimes" (Wallace), Miss Nell Couch; chorus (a) Easter song, (b) “The Banner of the Bear’ (Roeckel), soloist, Miss May Mabie; cornet solo, “Cava- a” - (Meyerbeer), Alfred P. Black; ca- atina, ‘‘Tancredi’’ (Rossini), Mile. E. Roeckel; trio, “We Come to Greet Ye” (“Magic Flute,” Mozart), Miss Grace Sherry, Mrs. H. Lewis and Miss Tillle Miley; gypsy song, “Carmen” (Bize!), Miss Grace Sherry; violin solo, “Polo- | naise’” in D (Wieniawski), Mr. Arthur johann- sen, accompanied by Mrs. Johannsen; Lieder, (a) Madchenlied, () Im Volkston (Helmund); & musicai skit (¢) “Heigh-ho" (Roeckel), Miss Lottie L‘Mx_!ni; duet, ““Boléro,” (Saint-Saens), Mrs. Georgie Stout and Miss Cathie Coursen; historical introduction (Roeckel); “The Star. spangled Banner” (Key), Mrs. H. Lewis and chorus. HOME GATHERINGS. Several Charming Novel Afairs of the Past Week. Miss Grace Kellogg gave a luncheon in honor of Miss Hannah Williams and Miss Lois Hall at her home, 2130 Post street, on Friday last. Covers were laid for twelve. Roses were used in the decoration of the different apartments, A most plessant leap-year party was given last Saturday evening by Mrs. Fannie G, Red- lick to some of her classmates at the California 8chool of Mechanical Arts at the Yesidence of her parents, 1342 Ellis street. The parlors were prettily decorated with streamers of red and gold, the school colors, and on the walls were hung placards on which were printed rules of Jeap-year etiquette. the evening the guesis were entertained by several vocal selections by M. E. Rosenstadt and a most _clever exhibition of Delsarte by Miss Belle Newman., . A most pleasing and odd feature of the even- ing, however, was the souvenirs which were presented to the guests at the supper-table, and the verses thereon, giving the characteris. tics of each, composed by the charming host- ess, and read by Miss Louise Redlick. Miss Redlick was ably assisted in receiving by the Misses E. Adler and Lena Lipman, Mrs, New- man and Mrs. Semuel Lipmany Those present were: the Misses Grace Wienbr, Rey Devyall, Edith Kohlberg, Belle Newman, Ada Thal, Louise Redlick, Leslie Grinell, Daisy and Rose During | Batchelder, Mr. end Mrs. S. Homer | | Eureka street, to celebrate the birthdays of | Mr. Ross and a friend of the family, Miss Hat- | day evening. There was & large attendance | olje, Margaret McCarty, Bertha and Kate insey, Cornelia Duperu, Ethel Hudson, Rita Merrill, and Messrs. Will Duperu, George M. | Lipman, Louis Samish, Leo Simon, Charles Boas, Jack McCarty, James Cestle, Dave Kozminsky, Will Casé, Will Koehlberg, Dan Delvalle, Frank Gruss, Dewitt McDonald, Robert White, Harold Forbes, Alexander Wise and Henry Redlick. | On Wednesday evening, April 8, a few friends gathered at the residence of J. E. Ross, 108 H K tie’ M. Baldwin. A sumptuous dinner was served and each guest was presented with a little souvenir of the occasion which was in every way befitting and commemorating the event. All present had & very enjoyable even- ing, and at a late hour, with good wishes for the future, the guests retired. Those present Mrs! J. E. Ross, Misses Myrtle and Gracie Maggie Tyson, Miss Emma Atwood, Lillie Hart, Miss Jennie Petersen, Miss Hattie_Baldwin, Miss Carrie Killilea, J. E. Ross, W. H. Bodfish, Andrew Cleary, Julle Smith, Fred Parke OLUB PARTIES. Delightful Gatherings by Booial Organizations During the Past Week. Social Council No. 46, O. C. F., gave their regular monthly social in Red Men’s Hall, 320 Post street, on Thursday evening, April 9. The following excellent programme was highly apprecisted by the large audience present: Vocal solo, Miss Girvin, accompanied by Prof. Simon; mind reader, Prof. Lewis; zither sol0, Prof. Noble; mandolin solo, Prof. P. Estelle, accompanied on the piano by Ruby Egleston. The charming affair concluded with daneing. The following gentlemen con- stituted the commitiee to whom the success of the affair is due: Douglass White, A. G. Baker, E. Ubhaus, Edward Kaufmann, Mary McDonald, Frank Ubhaus, Mary Hobson, K. I. Goodell. A very pleasant clam-bake was given by the members of the Mysterious Club on Sunday, April 12, at California City. All the invited guests of the club enjoyed themseves very much. Clam-chowder luncheon was the main feature of the day. Those present were: Miss Drogmund, Miss Tillie Grundel, George ngen, Charles Randall, Miss Juanita Coad, E. D. Keeffe, Miss Millie Stillberg, HarrySoher, Miss Katie Hurley, Miss Kittie Lyons, Ed Sewell, Miss Theresa Kraut, T. Sewell, H. C. Drogmund, Miss Ida Crawford, E. F. Kraut, Miss Fannie Crawford, John Hurley, Fred Bell E. Aseasnest, Miss Lizzie Wak . Wilson, Miss Mary Haston, J. W. B. Lumpke, William W. Wilson, Miss Julia Huck, W. Johnson, Jean Aitken. On Thursday evening, April 9, Niantic Parlor 0. 1 . G. W., celebrated its ninth enni- versary a reception in Native Sons’ Hall, | Mason street. The hall was beautifully deco- | rated for the occasion. At9 o’clock Temple's | orcnestra played Niantic March and over 300 couples filled the large hall. T. E.Sloan led the march. Great creditis due to the foilow- ing committee: William A. O'Leary, T. J. Bridger, T. F. Kaufman. M. Mordecai, A. W. Borchers, J. F. Vahey, J. E. Scully, F. Mordecai, L. F. Byingon, J. B. Keenan, Dr.” G., W. Clark, M. G. Owens, and E. C. Hewkins. Company F, Battalion No. 2, made the first hit of the season on Saturday evening last, when, with the addition of several invited guests, and their guest of honor, Miss Barnes of Portland. they started out to climb Mount Tamalpais. They left on the 11:30 . M. boat for Sausalito, and arriving at Ross station, they began the journey, which proved in every WaY & most successful and enjoyable one. The San Francisco Liberal Union gave an “At Home” on Thursday evening, April 16, at Mozart Hall, 1356 Market street. Dr. J. L. York spoke briefly of his travels in Aus- tralis. Dancing and refreshments concluded he evening’s pleasures. The Golden Gates held a most enjoyable ¥nrl)‘ at California Hall, 620 Bush street, hursday evening, April 16. It was the eight- & large attendance was present to commemo- i rate the festive occasion. The Mystics held_their eighteenth evening dress party at the Native Sons' Hall on Tues. presens, and a delightful evening was spent 'y all. 4 SURPRISE PARTIES, Master George Bocarde Agreeably Burprised. Other Events, An enjoyable surprise party was tendered to Master George Bocarde by Misses Mae and Maggie Casey and Miss Annie Bocarde at his residence, 89 Silver street. Dancing, singing and games were indulged in until a late hour, when a sumptuous supper was seryed. After supper dancing was resumed. Among the guests were: Miss Annie Bocarde, Misses Mao and Maggie Cesey, Miss Olita Whittier, Miss Lucy Heaphy, Miss May Carney, Mrs, and Mr. Bocarde, Mr. Palmer, Miss Palmer, Miss Sulli- van, Mfs. and 2r. Hunnecke, Mrs, Marshall and many others. Last Thursday evening a surprise party, which proved to be one of the most enjoyabie events of the season, was given to Fred Meuss- dorffer by a few of his many friends at the residence of his parents, 311 Polk street. The social hall was artistically adorned with flow- ers and tropical plants. At midnight an elab- orate supper was served, after which the guests adjourned to the parlors and terminated the event bydflnyi'ng games. Among those present were: iss’ Emila Meussdorffer, Miss Adel Roibocher, Miss Blanche Balny, Miss Ophelia Turrl, Miss Elise Gless, Miss' Eleanor Meyer, Miss Emily Roethe, Miss Leoine Gless, Miss Abbie Grass, Miss Mina Roethe, Miss Blanche Allenberg; Messrs. Fred Meussdorffer, E. Meuss- dorffer, Marquis de Balny, C. Meussdorffer, W, Hoffman, Dr. H. M. Simmons, Professor G. Knorp, Professor Harry Meyer, L. Allenberg, Lora 'W. Leathe, Mr. McBoyle, E. Roethe, Gless, F. Grass, E. Knorp. On Saturday evening, April 11, a delightful surprise party was given by Ivanhoe Cirele N 25, Companions of the Forest, A. O. F., to their ast grand deputy chief companion, Mme. M. E. Halpruner, ‘at her lovely new home, 1501 Pacificavenue, Alameda. After wishing Dr. and Mrs. Halpruner many happy years to enjoy their new home, the company sat down to a well-provided supper, and several hours were pleasantly spent in toasts and vocal and instrumenial music. Among those present were: Dr.and Mrs. W. 8. Halpraner, Mr. and Mrs. A. Pemberthy, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Winckelmann, Mrs. Ming Shel- don, Mrs. 8. Cooke. Miss Kate McGonnell of Brooklyn, Miss Devine, Miss Neilson, Mae Holtmer, Miss Kittie Muske, s Emma Schaffer, Mr. J. J. O'Brien, Mr. A.'S. Neilson, Mr. J. F. O'Brien, Mr. George Sullivan, Mr. Charles Russell and Trilby Hal- pruner, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Winckelmann. Miss “Annie Adams was the recipient of a most enjovable birthday surprise party, given to her by her many friends, at her residénce in this City, 824 Lombard street, Saturday even- ing, April 11, A'piano duet by Miss M. Taufenback and H. Hansen, a vocal solo by Miss Annie Aaams, & banjo and mandolin solo by C.J.and G. W. Armbruster, and the enjoyment of various fflmes and dancing formed Pu‘t of the even- ng’s entertainment, unti! 11 o'closk, when all present repaired to the dining-room, where a sumptuous repast was partaken of. Toasts were given by C.J. Armbruster and H. Hansen, then all adjourned to the parlor, where dancing was nduiged in until the hour of 1:30 4. M., when all retired to their respective homes, having enjoyed themselves in a de- lightful manner. Among those present were the following: Miss Minnie Smith, Miss Jennie Madden, Miss Saadie Colby, Thomas Madden, Georze W. Arm- bruster, C,'J, Armbruster, Miss Annle Adam H. Hansen, W. St. Clair, Miss L. Vailes, M and Mrs. Dreyselaus, Miss Dreyselaus, Charl Aaams, Misses Mary and Emma Adams, J, La- coste, Miss M. Taufenback, G. Recacconi, Wil- liam Adams and J. Junge. IN THE FUTURE. A Number of Entertainments Announnced for the Coming Week, Mission Parlor No. 88, N. 8. G. W., will give a '49 party at Mission Parlor Hall on Tuesday evening, April 21. Several novel features are promised. The Verdis will hold their twenty-first party on Tuesday evening, April 21, The El Dorados will give a complimentary Miss Foley, M1t M: 61, will give n “rose tea” on Wednesday after- noon, April 29, from 2 to 5 P. M., &t the resi- dence of Mrs. Johnson, 212515 Howard street. Precita Purlor No. 187, N.S.'G. W., has issued invitations for a social ut Maennerbund Hall, ‘corner Tyenty-fourth street and Potrero avenue, Tuesday evening, May 5. 2 The Barbers’ Association of California will give a social and dance this (Sunday) evening April 19, at Social Hall, Alcazar building, 120 O’Farrell street. Young Ladies' Institute No. 1 will give an entertainment and dance at Union-square Hall, 421 Post street, Thursday evening, April 30. esperian Parlor No. 137, N. & G. W., will give its second quarterly entertainment and dance at Mission Parlor Hall on Friday even- ing, April 24. An excellent programme has been prepared for the occasion. The Old Friends and Sons and Daughters of 01d Friends will give a grand excursion on the Dbay and grand barbecue at Wildwood ulen this Sunday, April 19. The committee of arrange- ments consists ot Dr. F. F. Lord, Judge Robert Ferral, John Diemer, Thomas Sawyer and J. E. Slinkey. The letier-carriers of this City write all their friends to attend the first ball of Goiden Gate Branch No.214, National Association of Letter- carriers, 10 be held at new Native Sons’ Hall, Saturday evening, May2. The Letter-carriers’ band will be in atiendance. It is the intention of the letter-carriers to try and secure the let- ter-carrie;s’ convention for 1897. They there- fore have taken this mesns of placing them- selves before the public. General preparations are being made for the | entertainment and social to be given by the Mission Literary and Social Club next Wednes- day evening at’ Mission Opera-hall. The pro- gramme will consist of seven numbers, and a farce entitled ““Victims of Matrimony” will be presented with the following cast: Barnaby, the victim, F. L. Grifiith; Mrs. Barnaby, & new women, Miss A. Mayberry; Benjamin, a do- mestie tyrant, G. R. Puckett; Mrs. Benjamin, another victim, Miss E. Candage. PER3SONALS. James V. Coleman has taken the Gregory cot- tage at Sausalito for the summer. Miss Ida Marcus leit last evening for Fresno, where she will make her future home with her sisters, Mrs. Henry Kaddin and Mrs, Aaron Camp. Mrs. J. B. Martin, Miss Nellie Martin and E left Athens early on a bright spring morning with a small bag for necessaries on our short trip and a well- tilled lunch basket. The ac- commodations in Grezce in the way of railroad conveyances are about like those of other countries of Southern Europe, very inferior. But by this time we had become seasoned travelers and regarded such minor matters with true philosophy. As we always carried a goodly supply of creature comforts we managed to make ourselyes tolerably happy under all cir- cumstances. The weather was very warm and we crawled along at the rate of about fifteen miles an hour, but there was so much to observe and enjoy that we did not notice the matter of speed particularly. The Greeks themselves are an interesting peo- after a short ramble around the slope of a green hill found ourselve- in the midst of the imposing ruins that have been lying serenely under the lovely Grecian sky for so many centuries, safely buried from hu- man invasion and barbarian destruction, under a mass of material fifteen feet deep, the accumulation of ages of debris borne from the sides of the mountains by the streams of water. It is due to German enterprise and science that they have been at last un- covered. The Greeks are immensely proud | of their ancient prestige and their wonder- ful art treasures, but it is a singular fact that it is entirely owing to foreign exer- tions that the latter have been restored to the interested world. They are very bitter | against Lord Elgin for robbing them, as | they express it, of some of the matchless beauties of the Parthenon; but it is the sight of these wonderful sculptures that has aroused European appreciation and | helped to interest other nations in the | little country, thus materialiy assisting its development. 4 A personal visit is really needed to give one an adequate idea of these ancient ! remains. The completely ruinous condi- The Ruins of the Stadium as They Appeared a Year Ago [From a photograph.] Miss O'Brien left for a trip to Los Angeles on Wednesday last. g Maude Berry Fisher has been specially en- gaged to sing at the mammoth concert at Los Angeles during the fiesta. Major W. B. Hooper of the Occidental Hotel has leased the Willlams cottage at Burlin- game for the summer months. Coloneland Mrs. E. E. Eyre and Miss Eyre have gone to their country place at Menlo for the summer. Mrs. John Sebastian, wife of the general pas- senger and ticket agent of the Rock Island road, is in this City. Mrs. Emmu Shafter Howard of Oakland has gone East to attend the wedding of her son, 0. Shafter Howard, and Miss Mollie Hunter, which will take place this month at Newport, I. Miss Maud Howard is at the Stanford University. Mrs. Alice Coe Fallon and her friend, Miss Amanda Teresi, are visiting in Southern Cali- fornia and will spend fiesta week in Los Angeles. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Levey have issued cards announcing the marriage of their daughter Stellato Arthur Shirpser. The young couple leave on Monday for Poriland, Or. Mrs. Max Mayer, the wife of the well-known assayer, and her two sons arrived from Butte City, Mont.. and are stopping with Mrs. Aaron Meyer at 4 Grove street. Mr. and Mrs. Claus Spreckels and their daughter, Miss Emma Snreckels, left last €ven- ing on their annual! European I\‘i{). While abroad they will spend most of their time at the German watering places. Mr. and Mrs, Leon Kauffman and family, accompanied by Miss Isabel Wolf, leaves shordy for an extended European trip. Captain J. W. Howell and his_daughter Anna left for Ogden this morning. Miss Anna is to be married on the 22d inst. at the above lace. 3 5 W. F. Aldrich and Miss Virginia Aldrich are spending the month at Santa Barbara and Los Angeles. HE APPRECIATED “JANE EYRE.” The Publisher’s Keader Used to Sit Up at Night Reading the Manusecript. Mr. Williams, who was the ‘‘reader” of Messrs. Smith, Elder & Co., was by his position brought into touch With many literary men of the day, but from a letter full of interesting reminiscences of Leigh Hunt and his son, Thornton Hunt, of George Henry Lewis and of Ruskin, with which Miss Williams has favored me, I have room only for a short extract. “My mother,” Miss Williams says, “well re- members how my father sat up very late at night reading” the manuscript of “Jane Eg-re’ and his saying to her how in spite of the tiny cramped writing be could not leave the story, so thrilling and exciting was it, and how he thought it would make a great sensation when published. There was much excitement day by day, as he came into the house, saying to my elder sisters, ‘More proofs of ‘Jane Eyre, girls!’ and waving them 1n his hand. *“My sisters could not imagine why my father brought home those funny littie ladies he described as country cousins, who were so_quiet and retiring at the family tea. These were Charlotte, and, I believe, Emily Bronte. My mother guessed the secret, and, being a woman of keen in- tuitive judgment, said the next day, with & twinkle in her eyes, ‘Your Miss Brown is. I believe, Jane Kyre.’ My father hushed her down, but, being so amused at her Wwoman’s wit, could not control his ex- Ppression, ana his telltale face proved her power of discernment had not been wrong.”’ Mr. Williams, it' may be added, was a man of wide culture, deeply susceptible to the charms of country iife, a passionate 2over of music, a student of artand the ditor of a volume—now becoming scarce— of extracts from the works of Mr, Ruskin. or some years he had a large sharein the management of the Cornhill Maga- zine in the days when Thackeray was the nominal editor, and many living writers yet remember with gratitude that they owe their first steps up the ladder of fame invitation party at Unjon-square Hall on Fri- day evening, April 24. eneral George G. Meade Corps, W, R, C., No. 52 tl‘w.lfncoura.em‘:nc nndA nsxistulnsces.ol . Williams, He died in August, 1875.— Good Words, ! ple, though one looks in vain for the classical style of beauty he is apt to asso- ciate with this ancient race. On the con- trary they seem a coarse, blunt-featured type and do not look over-intelligent, though they appear gentle and kind- hearted. We speak, of course, of the poorer people, who have but little educa- tion. The dress of one class of soldiers is very peculiar. It consists of an immensely full short white cotton skirt reaching the knee, a long close-fitting covering for the leg, and a very pointed heelless shoe | turned up at the tee and fimished at the | end with a tuft or ball of cgtton asan orna- ment. These curious shoes, which strike one at first as ridiculous, are an important feature of their dress, The soldiers in question are renowned for the rapidity of their march, and so noiseless is their approach, owing to these very shoes, that they are upon the enemy before their presence is even suspected. A shirt of white cotton, a broad, colored sash around the waist, a short, gayly embroid- eredgncket with long, flowing sleeves, ana a red Greek cap com};lete this odd and picturesque costume. Theofficers’ dresses are of finer materials, the jackets often vel)‘y richly embroidered and the sashes of silk. These soldiers are specially chosen and are considered the finest in the army. They mount guard in front of the King’s palace and are of great service in sur- prises and advance work. As the sun shines on them the gleaming white of the dress. and the bright coloring of sash, jacket and cap produce a very pretty effect. n spite of the full skirt they havea manly, ev:n martial, air. Our whole route was in sight of the water, first of the beautiful coast of the Saronic gulf and later along the classic shores of the Galf of Lepanto. Fora long whileafter starting we could see the island of Salamis, where was fought that famous battle of the allied Greeks against the mighty hosts of the dreaded Xerxes over 2000 years ago. As we crossed the narrow isthmus of Corinta we could see far below us men at work on the canal, which is now finished, uniting thetwo gulfs. They are said to have followed traces left by that malig- nant but undoubtedly clever and enter- prising Emperor Nero. From here to Pyrgos, where we were to remain for the night, the ride was the most pleasant. Nothing can equal the vivid blue depths of a Grecian sky, and the clearness of the atmosphere is starthng. On one side of us quivered the sparkling waters of the deep biue bay, relieved now and'then by a dancing white sail. On our other hand’ extended mfles and miles of fair green vineyard bearing the famous Corinth grape, which, when dried, is known as the Zante currant. We had never seen more beautiful or flourishing vineyards, and their {ield is, indeed, one of the few sources of wealth of this poverty-stricken country, Across the bright gulf we could see the lovely outlines of the distant mountains, bathed in the soft liquid atmoshere. We arrived at the ancient town-of Pyrgos about dusk, and taking a carriage rode a few hundred inrds toa hotel we had chosen at hap- azard, where we enjoyed a tolerable meal and a fair night's rest. By haif-past 6 the next morning we were on the way to Olympia on the short branch railroad recently constructed. An hour's ride through a lonely and primitive coun- try and we had reacned the hmousdgonl of our 2ourney. A country road led up a gentle slope and passed a simple roadside tavern and a rural blacksmith-shop. At the very summit of this hill stood a mod- ern, well-built museum, that seemed quite imposing from its site and solitude. And this was every trace of life_to be found for miles around. We turned off to the left before reaching the museum, and ! tion of the whole—for there is scarcely an | entire pillar standing—the vast quantity of these fallen monuments, the primitive materials of many of them and the brood- ing solitude of the spot, environed by green hills and lofty mountains, produce a strange and solemn impression not found among any other anciert remains. Pompeii seems lively compared with this place, for there you find several hotels near by, a fine highroad and plenty ot tour- ists to people it. As we wandered from the remains of one ruined temple to another, climbing the vast foundations and walk- ing around the bases of the huge pillars or along the prostrate lengths of others, it brought back to me in some unaccounta- ble manner a day of equal solitude spent among the giant redwood forests of Cala- veras. Only here the mystic associations of former gods and departed heroes added a stronger intensity to the whole effect. A technical description of the place would be long and tedious. The various ymnasiums and courts, temples and 'ountains are easily traced by the aid of a guidebook, and to a student of classical history are of absorbing interest. As we gazed upon the famous Stadion dim vis- ions of some of those celebrated contests floated before us, from the time of the first great victor, Pelops, to that last enury of an individual unknown to the common fame of to-day, but doubtless a glorious and privileged character during his own short existence. What a democracy it was when magnificent conquerors like Thilip of Macedon and fearful tyrants like the cruel Nero could count it as one of their most glorious titles to have gained a victory over these sturdy, well-trained but simple Spartan youths. They were almost as proud of this laurel wreath as of the one that crowned them emperor. But_the most unlettered®f visitors is bound to be impressed with the general atmosphere of the place, and we uncon- sciously moved about in a subdued man- ner and spoke in low, musing tones, not solemn or awestruck, but quiet and melancholy. Olympia. is so thoroughly off the beaten “track that the average tourist does not seem to reach it.and we enjoyed it in undisturbed possession for msnfi'hours. While climbing over the ruins of the vast temple of Zeus we came most unex- pectedly upon three Greeks who, by the ——————————————————————— NEW TO-DAY. HY LACK BEAUTY? 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On our way back to the train we stopped at the pretty little museum, which is gradually being filled with treasures dug up from under the ruins. There were many interesting bas-reliefs descriptive of famous races, and others illuscrating lead- ing events in the life of that favorite god of physical force and beauty, Hercules. But the gem of the collection is the incom- parable Hermes, whose matchless sym- met:{ and noble visage will tempt any piigrim to this distant sbrine where it is to remain. - Then there is a wonderful Nike or Vic- tory, whose perfect limbs are exquisitely outlined under the gracerul drapery whose flying folds are instinct with life and spirit as they flutter—not ‘“‘seem” to flutter— with the exertions of the flying feet. So powerful is the impression of beanty and force of this eloquent figure that one scarcely notices that the image is headless. We felt amply repaid for ourlong, hot journey, and on our way home were too eagerly excited to feel fatigue. We broke cur journey at Patras this time, and had an excellent meal before retiring. Our rooms looked out on the open square, and we could see not far away the waters of the gulf gleaming in the rays of the full moon. We were just opposite the spot where the famous battle of Lepanto (1571) was fought and Christian- ity triumphed over Mohammedanism, under the leadership of the gallant hero, Don Juan of Austria. The more gloricus war of independence was fought in these waters also, and on the other side of yon- der promontory lies the town of Misso- longhi, where' the brave Greeks com- manded the admiration of the civilized world, and where the romantic Byron, whose name is cherished by every Grecian heart, met his untimely fate. Evr1zAseTH C. BuxyER. 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