The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 18, 1896, Page 19

George D. Baird’s Biography of Lawrence E. Myers On July 12 Myers ran 600 yn‘&s in 1:182-5. Although this was not as fast as bis American record of two years before, 1:112-5, yet it must be recollected that it was done on a grass course, which is some seconds slower than cinders. On July 19 he ran 1000 yards in 2:141-5, or 115 seconds behind his great perform- ance described in a former letter, but nevertheless sufficiently great to stand on the English record books middle-distance runner of the world feel humiliated. . Atany rate, a series of races were arranged. to take place at Madison-square Garden, New York. Three races were planned and T do not recall exactly what they were—I think a thousand-yard, a three- quarter and a mile. At any rate, Myers won the first of the series amid tremen- dous excitement, on the old sawdust track, an eighth of a mile around—the unbeaten to thisday. July 28 he ran 600 | straights about sixty yards long and the yardsin 1:13. Although 1 2-5 seconds be- hind his American record it nevertheless equaled the best professional record ex- tant, and remained the best amateur record in England for five years, notwith- standing the frequent attacks upon it. On October 18 Myers ran 120 yards in 12 1-5 seconds. This closed his performances of consequence for the year. Next year Myers went to England again. On July 23 he ran 440 yards, and the circumstances were almost exactly similar to his first great performance mentioned at length in my iirst letter on this runner. An English paper says: “The quarter-mile path was in capital order, and it is just possible that Myers would have given the rec- ord a shaking but for an accident to his right shoe, which came almost in twain soon after the start. Under the cir- cumstances, Myers’ performance must rank as one of the most wonderfui this unequaled pedestrian has accomplished. He went after his men in rare style, and though he burst his shoe, he got among his men after going 300 yards, and then Lawrence E. Myers, the Famous Runner. sailing down the stretch, won by fifteen yards.” Time, 49 1-5 seconds. In 1879, when the record-beater ran this | distance in the best on record for an ama- teur, he covered the distance in 49 1-5 and lost his shoe ninety yards from home. On October 3, 1885, Myers made his last notable appearance as an amateur. It was the occasion of the Olympic Athletic Club’s annual games in New York. I wonld like to give the details of that won- derful’ effort, but space forbids. There were sixteen starters in the handicap, and when Myers stepped out on the track there were many who thought that the champion had already seen his best days. However, he started out with that long, swinging stride that had won so many races and beaten so many records. The quarter-mile was passed in 55 seconds, and then he began overhauling the back-start men. Entering the homestretch, no one could get the least 1dea what was going on, for the champion was mixed up amonga dozen. Suddenly, from out the motley crowd of assorted costumes the white uni. form of the champion burst like the dawn. He only won by a foot, and the time was 1:55 2-5, equaling his own best record in the world, accomplished in England the year before. For the benefit of those who are curious to know how the amateurs of the present day compare with the ciam- pionsof thelast generation of athletes I will quote from the Spirit of the Times con- cerning the running of Kilpatrick, who ran half & mile in 1:53 2-5 one year ago. It speaks of Hollister, winner of the inter- co:legiate half-mile run this sprin:: “Hollister was first to run a great race, but had no opportunity. His opponents started off so slowly that he was compelled to take the lead at once and never lost it, trotting home an easy winner. C. H. Kilpatrick, the only man in America that can make Hollister run, wasdebarred from this meeting on account of improper entry by his college last year, but ran the same afternoon on a path of the same size, and won in 1:56 2-5. This is two-fifths of a second faster than Hollister’s time, but it must be remembered that Hollister led all the way, and practically alone, while Kilpatrick started at scratch in a handi- cap and was compelled to run out to catch the leaders. The next year Myers entered the pro- fessional ranks. His motive for this was probably on two accounts: First, he had spent a great deal of time and money in athletics, and although accused of being a sub-rosa professional, was acquitted of the charges and honorably exonerated before a court of inquiry of the old Na- tional Association, at which sittings I , Was present. Second, he was anxious to wipe out some old scores with W. C. George, who had also turned professional. It will be remembered that George had | sional record is 4814; curves about fifty yards around, though I think perhaps they were even smaller than this. Concerning the mile run I will briefly say that George as usual forced the pace, Myers lying behind until about 175 yards from home, when to the astonishment of his friends and the multitude he dashed past the great mile runner. whose record was 4:18 2.5. George responded feebly, but when the last curve was reached Myers had a decided advantage, and being more accustomed to sharp curves held his own until the entrance to the homestretch, then he let out once more and came in a winner by five or six yards. The time was 4:32, and when one con- siders the consistency and shape of. the track, and the fact that the race was run in the winter time, when neither had proper opportunities to train, the time was fully up to the standard. At any rate it demonstrates the ability of Myers as a mile runner, but particularly as an all- round runner. This was his last per- formance of any consequence. I will now give a resume of his best per- formances: 50 yards, 514 seconds; 60 yards, 62-5 sec- onds, both on a sawdust track in the dead of winter. These remain the best on record; 75 yards, 73, under the same 2ir- cumstances. For a long time this re- mained equal to the best. The record just made by Wefers is 7 2-5, in the sum- mer and trained specially for 1it. 100 yards, two heats in 10 seconds; 120 yards, -2 seconds; 130 yards, 131, this was in a 400-yard run and around a sharp curve. The present record for 100 yards is 945, by a man who seldom runs over 300 yards. Myers’ time for 120 yards is the best in America. The English ama- teur record is 11 3-5. 200 yards, 204 on a curve—The Ameri- can record is 20 seconds, made on a straightaway; English record is 19 4-5. 220 yards, 22)4 on a curve, slowing up on the last ten yards—American amateur record, 211-5; E nglish record, 21 4-5. 250 yards, 26 seconds, in a 400-yard run, on an eight-lap track. World’s amateur record 24 3-5, American 254-5. 300 yards, 81%, in a quarter-mile run, on a cold, chilly day. Wefers has just run 300 yards only, in 31 seconds. The English record is 31 2-5. Hutchens, the English profes- sional, has run it in 30 seconds. 350 yards, 36 4-5, best on record in the world. The best English record is by an American, and is 373-5. 400 yards, 435, on aneight-lap track. When Downsran a quarter mile five feet short in 47 2-5 he passed the 400-yard mark in 43 seconds, the course being a straightaway. 440 yards, 48 3-5 seconds. The profes- the amateur record, the record of the world, is 473, madeon a straightaway, while Myers’ was made on a circular path. The English record is 4834, 500 yards, 58 seconds, record of the world. 600 yards, 1:11 2-5, record of the world, *| equaled by Downs of America and Bredin of England. of the world is 1:29. record of the world. Half mile, 1:552-5. The best record in the world is by an American amateur, 1:53 2:5; English record, 1:54 2-5. 1000 yards, 2:13, best record in the worid; Eng- iish, 2:154-5. Three-quarters of a mile, 3:13 (this performance has been men- tioned). The best on record in the world is 3:02 2-5, by an amateur, under the most favorable circumstances. One-mile run, 4:27 3-5, walking the last ten yards. The record of the world is 4:123{, made by George, who, the winter before, was beaten by Myers. One-sixth of a mile, hurdle race, over ten hurdles, 2 feet 6 inches high, 37%. This remains the best on record in the world. No man on earth has ever held so many records, and I do not know of any man who could make such an assortment of times and distances. Wefers seidom runs over 300 yards, and has beaten Myers’ time three-eighths of a secona for that. Kilpatrick never runs less than a guarter, ana [ have not heard that he has beated 50 seconds. Altogether I think I have cited enough evidence to assure my read- ers that L. E. Myers was the greatest all- round runner that ever lived. Gro. D. Barep. INJURED BY A QUAIL. TTORNEY GEORGE LEVINSKY of the Stockton legal firm of Levinsky & Young was the victim recently of as strange an accident as ever befell a mem- ber of the bar. Mr. Levinsky is the attorney for the new Corral Hollow Railroad, which was built to convey coal from the immense Treadwell deposits, near Livermore, to Stockton, and during the recent visit of the Native Sons to Stockton he concluded to take a party over the line to show them the beauties of the scenery and the en- gineering difficulties that had to be over- come to construct it. He had a number of flatcars fitted up for seats for his guests, and one of the new engines of the road was hitched to the train and the party went bowling merrily through the hills and valleys toward the mines. The wild game of the country traversed by the line has not yet become accustomed to the shrieking whistle of the locomotive and the engineer’s signal for ‘‘down brakes” is often the cause of a wild stam- pede of both feathered and four-footed denizens of the woods. As the excursion train rounded a curve and signaled a crossing a bevy of quails, aroused from its feeding ground by the noisy engine, rose in a body and, bewil- dered by the dust and rattle made by the train, flew straight at it instead of away. They reached it just as the car containing Mr. Levinsky and several others was pass- ing, and several of the passengers, moved by a sudden impuise, arose and waved their arms at the birds. One frightened quail flew straight at Mr. Levinsky and struck him fairly in the eye, falling to the floor of the car as dead as though he had been reached by a charge of shot. Mr. Levinsky's eye was severely bruised by tne blow, and by the time the party re- turned to Stockton was so painful that he 700 yards, 1:31. The record 800 yards, 1:44 2-5, beaten him in a three-quarter and a one- | was compelled to have it "““.‘d by a phy- mile run, which had made the champion | sician. 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Murphy Building, Market and Jones Stregts. icesthe lowest in the city Murphy Building, Market and Jooes Strests. Nurphy Building, Warket and Jones Streets. THERE IS MEANING IN THE STRUGGLES OF LIFE ‘We never give up anything but some- thing else comes to take its place. This is the reassuring fact of experience. We are always in fear of desolation, as the pageant of life rolls by, carrying away from us friends, possessions, joys and even our most cherished idols; but time refills all the vacant places, and we find to our surprise the pangs of parting, in mak- ing us more tender, have fitted us for new and greater happiness. Earth still reveals a smiling fac>. Like a kindly mother, she leads her children from their buried past, and shows them that by turning from one experience they do but open the door into another. Nature is never bankrupt, though her stores may be swept away. In her power to reproduce there is always a guarantee of riches. Fire may consume her forests, floods may devasiate her fields, disease may carry away her creatures. Out of her very lossshe wiil enrich fields for a grander harvest. And so the world is always full. It seems empty to us when we have iden- tified ourselves with those belongings, and not with the wider scope of life. We have bound ourselves to the perishable forms of things; hence feel we have nothing when these forms disappear. In this we are less wise than children, who look forward to change. They enter heartily into the spirit of play, enjoy their hoops, their kites, their dolls, but dream of the grown-up stage, when they will do different things. ‘1hey know that for them life is an unfolding. They are taught to prepare for new conditions. Parents and teachers place before them an ideal of accomplishment which involves the giving up of their chiidish pleasures to ac- cept work instead. They do not under- stand the full meaning of this change, it is true, but they realize that it brings added freedom and dignity. They feel with pride that it is a promotion. No doubt of this arises in their minds because the various stages of development are visi- ble about them. Therefore, as the years advance, they resign willingly one aiter another of these delights as they grow into the stature which fits them for new occupations. Could we only keep this hopeful outlook as the years increase losses would no longer overwhelm us. We, too, would be prepared for change. Instead of regard- ing it as a hideous specter to which we must keep our eyes closed as long as pos- sible, we would see in it simply transition into inevitable spheres of experience. Pain and effort would still remain, but they would take on a new meaning. Like the lessons of our chilahood, that pre- pared us for the freedom and responsibili- t es of adult life, losses and labor would be seen to be a discipline without which no character could rise above dependence upon pleasure. Sturdy natures can no more be un- folded in a life of sensuous ease thana rugged oak could be developed in a hot- house. Each must breast the storm and bear assaults from frost to mature its hardier qualities. In no other way can character gain that strength and stability which are needed at the threshold of every advance into greater freedom and power. While we know this to be a fact we shrink from the discipline of life because we are not sure that it does upbnuild us. ‘We are conscious only of thesting. Cling- ing to friends and possessions as they slip away we have no eyes for the wider view opening before us. Yet who, after years have passed, can look back upon such ex- periences without realizing the good that has followed? Who has not felt the deep- ening of peace, the calming of restless desire? Perhaps what we neea then is simply to believe that there are, in the new condi- tion, possibilities of as mucn content as we found in the old. Then we would cease to turn dim eyes upon the past, lift- ing a fearless glance to coming years. Our mourning for the dead would become an inspiration to life, an incentive to kindly deeds. Our privations would appear as helpful urgings that spur the nature to more swift unfoldment of its powers. No longer fearing to go onward we would hope and strive and gather riches asbe- fore. The same struggle to give up the past comes frequently to those who find their old beliefs undermined. It is like tearing out their lives to sever thought from some cherished creed of life or of religion. They, too, believe that out- side the life they have known lies only the bitterness of loss. Like drown- ing men to a plank, they cling to a familiar form in the firm persuasion that it is es- sential to any valuable experience. Yet, when the anguish of parting from that idea is over, we not infrequently find them clinging quite as passionately to an- other, or sometimes happy to be free to look abroad upon opinions without bias. Nations also struggle mightily to avoid a change. To the popular mind an altered custom is a disaster. No com- vensating advantage, however evident, is sufficient to easily persuade the people to abandon old usage. They cannot put themselves mentally in the new position, S0 are not able to make it assume the . reality of established order. This natural conservatism of the mind is valuable as a guarantee of stability. It affords to a people the necessary time for development of their special gifts and thoughts. Only when it becomes a crys- tallization which resists growth is it to e deplored. But the tendency to do this is so strong that it nearly always requires strenuous efforts to. break the bonds and set free again the minds of men. It is the same doubt of nature, the same fear that outside the familiar round of life there lies only negation. A vivid imagination is needed to picture to mental sight an untried” experience. Those who do clearly discern the things that are to be marvel at the blind oppo- sition of others, that often looks like mere perversity. But one who observes mental processes knows that mind cannot be coerced ; that it is not possible to adopt an idea unless previous ideas have led up to it. He is, therefore, patient. He will try to lead minds onward. He will strive by argument and by persuasion to con- vince them that greater good will follow the abandonment of present conditions. He can, however, do nothing more than: speed the gradual unfoldment. Nor can any of us do more than this for. ourselves. Even when we recognize the fact we are not able to overstep it. Ex- perience proves to us that nature leads ever into widening spheres. Reason as~ sures us that to press forward means gain, not loss. But until we are ready we sit like chicks within a shell, waiting for the inspiration to crack 1t and leaves its con- fines forever. What we can do for our- selves is to reflect that there must be a world beyond it, so gathering courage to go forth. We can cultivate reliance upon nature’s power to compensate us for all that we leave behind. Moreover, we can desire to fulfill the destiny of constant progression. Mercie M. THIRDS, ANNIVERSARY GATHERING Captain and Mrs. Mackinlay Cele- brate Their China Wedding. 'NVERCAPLE, the beautiful home of Captain and Mrs. Duncan Mackinlay, near the town of Campbell, Santa Clara County, was on 1ast Friday evening the scene of a joyous gathering, the occasion being the twentieth wedding anniversary of the charming hostess and her genial husband. Friends gathered from far and near and were entertained most royally. A mixture of Scot- tish and California hospitality prevailing, Mrs. Mackinlay being a Native Daugnter and the gallant captain bailing from the land of the heather. A sumptuous dinner was prepared for the many guests, the yarious courses being inter- spersed with wit and sentiment appropriate to the occasion. Later on stories of “auld lang syne,” with music and dancing furnished pleasure for the evening. Invercaple is an ideal place for entertain- ment and never looked prettier than on this auspicious occasion. Captain Mnckmh{ was_for many years senior commander of the East Indian line of steamers sailiug from Southampton to India. His wife accompanied him on many of his journeys and in their rambles throughout the iar East Captain and Mrs. Mackinlay coilected many rare aud priceless articles of vertu that help to make beautiful their charming home, Among those who went from this City to as- sist the captain and his charming wife to cele- brate their anriversary were: gx P. Perine, who hes just returned from abroad; Mrs. Jane James, mother of the hostess; Mr. and Mrs. George M. Perine, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mayer and Mr. and Mrs. Colin M. Boyd. Mr.and Mrs. M. J. Sullivan celebrated their crystal wedding on the evening of September 26 at theirresidence, 1512 Hyde street, Among those present were: Mr. and Mrs. R. L Whelan, Mr.and Mrs. A. R. Thedy, Mr. and Mrg. W. R. Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. A. Muhrs, Mr. and Mrs. James Callahan, Mr. and Mrs. D. Milier, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Go.dsmith, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Rudgear, Mr. and Mrs. W. Clasby, Mr. and Mrs. James Drew, Mr, and Mrs. John Lynch, Mr. and Mrs, R. F. Bid- well, Mr. Mrs. John Young, Mr. John Haberlin, Mr. and Mrs. Charl tin, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lyons, Mr.and Mrs. William Kennedy, Mr.'and Mrs. H. Langbein, Mr. and Mrs, Peter Quinn, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Collie, Mrs. James Ryan, Mrs. D. Slayback, Mrs. Peterson, Miss Sadie Boy, Miss Matie Boyd, Miss Bena Allen, Miss Sheehan, Miss Mabel Seary, Miss Ella Sullivan, Miss Irene Thedy, Messrs. Dannie Willlams, Sammie Rowiing, Nicholas Allen, William Crandsll, William Colligan, John McElrath, Charles Boyd, Robbie Thed; Mr.'and Mrs. F. I Pape celcbrated the twenty-filth anniversary of their marriage at their home, 1046 Central avenue, Sunday evening. The house was elegantly decorated | for the occasion. A musical programme was rendered, and between numbers the guests told stories. Late in the evening a supper was served. Mr.and Mrs. Pape were the re- cipients of many appropriate presents. e 7 IN CLUB CIRCLES. Prominent Organizations Elect Their Officers. THE Hawthorne Literary and Social Club met last Thursday evening at the resi- dence of Frank J. Williams, 154 Haw- thorne street. About sixty members were present, and after a very intcresting con- test the following officers were elected: Presi- dent, Frank J. Wiliiams; vice-president, Jack White; recording secretary, J. J. Small; final cial secretary, Rudolph Lackmau; treasurer, George C. Heinz; sergeant-at-arms, Frank Poulson. Messrs. Williams and Heins were elected by scclamation and the rest by ballot. An enthusiastic meeting of officers and members of the .First Regiment California Brigade, Uniform Rank K. of P., held & special meeting at its armory, 909 Market street, to select & colonel to succeed Colonel John C. Lohmeyer, whose term of office is about to ex- ire. Dcolnnel L. Burks, chiefof the staff of the California Brigade, presided, and there were resent Colonel John C. Lohmeyer, Colonel &'. W. Moore, Colonel J. P. Abboti, Colonel W. é‘ Kld‘d, %;.1 or %'x-m‘.‘ li‘(';’é'f 5 u.([m.::n, aptain ap! man, Captains Hu’;ur, Dye, Samuels, Wiiliams, Mahler and Lieutenants Buck, Crim, Wagstalt, Retallack, Bidell, Gunn and Dahigren and a large num- ‘ber of members of the regiment. Colonel W. W. Moore, Lientenant-Colonel Morosco and Colonel W. J. Kidd were plac:d in nomination. Colonel W. W. Moore retired from the contest and on a vote being taken it was found that Colomel W.J. Kidd of the brigade staff was elected commander of the Firsi Regiment, U. R., K. of P. s iat el Miss Rose Adler, accompanied by her mother, will leave Monday, October 26, for Paris. Prior to her departure she will be pleased to see her friends Thnml-’s and Sunday after- noons, Octover 22 and 25, at her residence, 1820 Buchunan street. Mr. Grossman, a retired merchant of this City, sails for Honolulu on the Australia Oc- tober 20, OUTING PARTIES. Flinn Birthday Dinner at Camp Laurel, Trestle Glen. RS. E. A. FLINN of San Francisco, who has been making an extended sojourn at Camp Laurel, Trestle Glen, gave a very charming dinner.party in honor of her daughter Emma's birthday recently. The grounds were handsomely illuminated with Japanese lanterns, and an immense campfire sent fantastic rays high up into the darkness. Tables were prettily spread under the trees and an elegant supper was enjoyed. Miss Emma was the happy reciplent of many presents and tokens of esteem and affec- tion. Those present were: Mrs. E. A. Miss Emms Flinn, George Allander, Mrs. George Allander, Charles Bowman, Mrs. Florence Bowman, Henry Gotte, Mrs. Lucy A. Adams, Miss Genevieve G. Adams, Charles Downing, George Nixon. ‘A most enjoyable day was spent Thursday last at a picnic given by Mr. and Mrs. Charies Pastori of Fairfax Villa. . It was given at Lake Lagunitas and the participants were Madame Puerari, Mrs. G. Granuci, Dr. A. M. Rossi, ¥iss May Lunn, Miss Eugene Brizolari, Mr. Puerari, Felix Seghezza, Emilio Granuci and Ione Puerari. A drive to Crystal Springs was participated in by a merry party last Sunday, which was composed of the following: Mrs. Boyle, Mrs. Robertson, Miss Mollie Dingberg, Miss Mamie Rildy, Miss Mamie Walsh, Mies Annie McCand- less, Miss Josie Barnwell, Miss Mary Riley, Miss Annie Wilson, Miss Rosa Campbelil, Frank Martin, P. Boyle, A. Robertson, J. Rob- ertson, William McLaughlin, J. Chambers, M. McMenomy,C. Skeliy, P, McQuillan, P. Meehan, Flinn, C. Langley, P. Moody, W. Nunan, G. Burr, G. Finnel, R. . s el e LS SAILED AWAY. Society People Leave for an Au- tumn at the Islands. OSE sailing on Thursday, October 15, I on the steamer Mariposa included: For Honolulu—W. R. Eckart Jr., Mrs. W. M. Giffard, H. B. Guppy, Miss M. Hoffman, Mr.and Mrs. J. Hoting, Master Carl Hoting, Mrs. 8. 8. Inness, J. 8. McCandless, Mrs. Mills, M. C. Nason, A. C. Newcomb. For Apia—Mrs. William Churchill. For Auckland—A. Byles, G. A. Camphius, P. D. Camphius, T. Mason Chambers and wife, Leslie Cockrell, Hon. J. M. Dargaville. M. P.; A. Grothe, Miss A, 0. Grothe, 8. H. Grothe, Alex Harvey, Arthur Hoby, Father Keozh, G. A. Melyille, T. Melville, W, S. Packe, R. H. Postlethwaite, James Stewart, W. Vivian For Sydney—Mrs. C. T. Alcutt and icfant, Miss Alcutt, Miss Addie Alcutt, Miss Eleanor Alcutt, Miss Rowena Alcutt, Arthur W. Baum, Mrs. Best, M ss Best, E. Buttermer, Mrs. Nettie Coke, J. 3. Corden, W. 5. Crooks, james Cum- ming, G. A. Cumming, M. A. Cumming, Earl H. Daggett, J. Darling, C. Davis, J. Davis, Hay Dickson, H, Donnan, wife and child, C. J. Eady, A. S. Galibs, George Giffen, H. Graham, B. Gregory, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Hall, Henr: HewittJr., C. Hill, H. E. Hill, R. J. Hill, P. B. Hoadle; eorge B. Rop%er, Mr. and Mrs. F. Iredale, A. E. Johns, Mrs. E. Jones, E. Jones, J. J. Kelly, Mr.. and Mrs. Martin _Ken- nedy, Miss A. Kennedy, W. H. Lioyd, M. C. Mason, T. R. McKibbin, H. Musgrove an wife, Captain Charles Nelson, Mrs. E. M. Old- ham, Miss Oldham, J. F. Owen, P. Pattullo, F. A. Peters, R. B. Pettigrew and wife, Master R. H. Pettigrew, James Phillips, George H. Rich- ards, Mr. Trench, G. H. 8. Trott, H. Trumble, E. Turner, T. Walker and wife, R. T. Wilkins. e G s IN THE FUTURE Entertainments and Balls An- nounced for the Early Season. HE Marine Yacht Club has issued invita. tions for its seventh annual ball, to be held at Union-square Hall on Saturday evening, October 24. The Mission Literary and Social Club has is- sued invitations for its regular monthly enter- tainment and dance at Union-square Hall on Tuesday evening, October 20, when the fol- lowing excellent programme will be presented: Overture, D'Arcy’s Orchestra. ‘‘A Morning Call,” a comedietta in one act—Mrs. Chilling- ton (& widow), Miss Hope Mosher; Sir Edward Ardent (a_clubman), G. Barsiow Crandall ‘This is Mr. Crandall’s first appearance with this club. Barytone solo, ‘“Dream On" (Seeligsohn), E. Schlessinger; *“Our Friend,” Dr. J. Mc- Carthy; plano duet, (Lustspiel Overture), Misses Phi: and Fannfe Gadsby; tenor soio (selected), J. Braid, member of McKenzie Mu- sical Bociety; contraito solo, “Angel Serenade’” (Bragga), Mrs. L. Cadenasso. “My Wife's Out,”” & farce in one act, under the management of W. H. Westerfeld—Mr. fcumble, E. H. Cam- eron; Mr. August Dobbs, W. H. Westerfeld; Mrs. Scumble, Miss H. Feld; Betty, Miss E. Quedens. An entertaiument and social will be given by the Knights and Lad ies of Honor at Union- lz(lflm Hall on Wednesday evening, October The S8an Francisco Frauen Verein will hold its seventeenth anniversary ball at Eintracht ‘H;l‘l,r ?{? Twelfth street, Sunday evening, Oc- 0 % Calliornia Lodge No. 113, L O. 8, B., will hold its minth anniversary ball on Sunday evening, October 25, at Social Hall, Aicazar building. Mr. and_ Mrs. M. Levy will celebrate their twenty-fifth anniversary Sunday, the 18th inst., at their residence, 439 Ivy svenue, be- tween 2 and 5 P. . The Sans Souci Club will give their fourth yaundeville entertainment and hop at Native Sous Hall on Friday evening, October 30. An excellent programme will be presented with the following participants: Miss Maud Noble, Miss _Pearl Nob.e, Miss Katnerine M. Black, Miss Victoria Orr, William W. Finnie, Edgar J. Mayers, James Gillies and Edwin M. Swee- ney. Loreley Circle No. 26, C. O. F. of A., will give a grand bonbon party on Saturday evening, October 24, at Social Hall, Alcazar building, 120 O'Farrell street. PERSONALS. ‘Mr. and Mrs. James Hamilton Morton (nee ‘Wallace) nave returned to town for the wintes and are at their bome, 2220 Broadway. Mrs. G. E. Carlsen of 519 Capp street left Monday night for Minneapolis, Minn., to visit Telatives. Mr. and Mrs. George A. Stanley are at the Hotel Fairmount for the winter. Miss Clemence Frank has returned to her home in Red Bluff after spending the summer with her aunt, Mrs. J. Ottenberg, in the City. Mrs. I, H. Jacobs and Miss Carrie Jacobs will b: at home the first Wednesday in the month 82101 Pacific avenue. Miss Belle Nathan has returned from an ex- tenaed visit to the country, and will resume her d;y at home the second Monday of each month. Mrs. 1. Haas of Grass Valley is visiting rela- tives at 512 Devisadero street. Mrs. Charles L. Clough returned home this ;v(ee‘k from & long visit . to her former home in sine. Miss Eva Prager of Los Angeles is here on a visit 1o Mrs. A. L. Newbauer, 845 Golden Gate avenue. At home this Mouday. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher Ames have taken apart- ments at 1414 California street for the winter. Mrs. Ames has recently returned from an ex- tended visit to the East. ‘The Mystics held a strictly invitational and evening dress party last evening at Native Sons’ Hall. Miss M. Switzer of 832 Sutter street has re- turned from New York. ark Senn, iormerly of the Californi Theater, will leave Tuesday, October 20, foraa extended tour through the East and Europen Mr. Sena expects to be gone several months. Mrs. Wiliiam Samue. and Master Lione- Samuel, of 313 Golden Gale &veuue, haye re] turved after a six months’ tour abroad. - Irving Ludwick of London, England, has re- turned to this City, en route for home, from the Sandwich Islands,