The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 11, 1897, Page 20

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, APRIL 11, 1897. JET another week of sackcloth and’ ashes and society will come forih 2N resplendent for the joyous Easter tie. Excepting weadings Easter promises | nothing very brilliant in the way of social festivities. In fact, every one seems to be | looking countryward. Quite a large num- | ber of prominent families are preparing | for a summer abroad, and the Eastern de- | partures will also be numerous. The presence of strangers within the | zates has helped to brighten the past week considerably. That more entertain- | ments were not given in honor of Mr. and | Mrs. Whitelaw Reid was the fault of the | distinguished visitors o; Mr. and Mrs. Reid and D. 0. Mills returned to New York last evening. | The departure of Mr. Mills was bastened | by his desire to attend to the details of the new hotel he is having erected in New York City for the accommodation of poor tenants. Mr. Reid is still in poor heaith, | and has accepted but one of the many dinners that have been tendered him—the | one given by William Alvord. Mrs. Reid | was desirous of remaining here a month | longer, and left her many friends with | much reluctance. ‘ Mrs. Willism Babcock gave a lunch party last Monday night at her villa in | Ban Rafael as a compliment to Mrs. Reid. Ten ladies were seated at the table, which | was graced with quantities of pure white Lemarque roses, producing exceedingly 5. Babcock s were: Mrs. C.B. es Coffin Mrs. Carier Pomeroy. Horace Davis gave & dinner at 1800 Broadway, last Monday eve of Rev. Ciay MacCau an ney M. Smith and residence, g in honor | 7 of Tokio, w thte lead teurs of Japan. vere | laid for twelve, the guests comprising mem. | bers of the fuculty of the University of Caii- | fo. and a numbor of prominent attorneys. | Colonei C. F. Crocker entertained a number | of gentlemen at dinner last Thursday evening 8t bis residence on Leavenworth street. | Mrs. Horace Davis g luucheons at her home Wednesday and Rhospitably entertained & number of ladies, J. B. Crockett gave an enjovable lunch | Friday at her residence, 2029 California | the last of & serfes of | Mrs. Ida E. Neal gave & theater party toa | Tew T s . Neal), Deupense, Mabel Deupense end Master George 5 | On Saturda: Neal gave an | opera party. “Those present were: Miss Emma Echeu, Dr. W. H. Fearn, Mr. an Stevens aud Mester George H. THEY’RE ENGAGED. Miss Mac Belle Greene to Wed George Lippman, The engagement is announced of Miss Mae Bolle Greene, aaughter of Charles G 172 Hawthorne street, and George Li the Southern Pacific Company, who has for | years occupied & prominent position in the | Grand Ho wedding take g next at the First | Horatio Stebbins fon will follow at th ride’s parents on Hawthorng home sir The enge Btern and 1 nent i3 announced of Louis | liss B. Bernste! both of this City. WEDDING BELLS. Miss Anna K. Buttner Weds a Fresno Merchant. evening Miss Anna K. Buttner, ist, and Karl Tuesday es' Church, Twenty-sec- ond street, between Howard and Capp. nd pulpit form were decorated with plants and At8:30 0'clock the organ played the wed- ding march from ‘‘Lohengrin” and the bri party entered, lec by the ushers, J. H. Winte and George' Risch liowed by foi tle nieces of the b n came the & maids, Miss chmuller and Miss Emma Buttner, and then the bride, leaning on the arm of her father. The groom was at- tended by h Buttner. The ceremony med by Rev. J, H, al Echroder, afte ich a reception at the home of the br r, corner of Nine- teenth and Wednesdny - and Mrs. Rusch- haupt left for the southern part of the State for 8 two weeks' trip. On their return they go 10 their home in Fresno. The wedding of Verner J. Whitehill of Berkeley Miss Lila Pettis took place at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Pettis, 913 Eighteeuth street, Oak land, on Wednesday evening last. The cere- mony was performed by the Rev. W. R. Young, assisted by the Rev. C. E. Pettis, About sixty iriends were present. Mrs. L. C. Sinnard played Mendelssohn’s wedding march as the bride and groom aa- yanced into the drawing-room through the double varlors to a large bay-window, which WAS_ATTsNged inlo & cancpy of calla lilies, During the ceremony Mascagni’s beautiful iutermezzo “Sinfonica’ was softly played on the organ. The pretty bride was handsomely dressed in & gown of pearl gray silk, trimmed with white velours lace and fresh orange blossoms. It was he same gown as worn by her mother at her wedding twenty-eight years ago. The bride received a large number of beauti- ful and handsome presents. After supper Miss Gertride Davis charmingly sang *‘To Sevilla," snd Mrs. L.G. Sinnard with exquisite grace zendered a Chopin valse, and as an encore one ©f Brahms' Hungarian dances. HOME GATHERINGS, Welcome Home to Mrs. Louder- back—Surprise Parties, Mrs. A. A Louderback, who has just re- turned to her home at 306 Leavenworth street, aiter & two years' stay in Paris, was tendered a1 informal reception by a limited number of intimate friends on Wednesday evening. During Mrs. Louderback’s visit at the French capital her only daughter, Marion Louder- back, was married to Arthur Powell Lord, son of Mr. Lord of Lord & Taylor of New York. The young couple are domiciled in Paris, Mr. Lord’s business interests being confined to that gay capital. Mrs. Louderback will be at home on the firstand third Thursdays of each month, at 806 Leaveuworth street. A farewell surprise party was tendered to Miss Maguerite Heinbockle Saturday evening last prior to her departure for Santa Cruz. The evening was de!igntfully passed with music, mes, etc., and & bounteous repast danc- resumed until the wee sma’ nours, Mr. and Mrs. H . the Misses A Poeh . ana Mrs. Poehicr, L. Reinke, F, Bucking, M. Orland, M, Heinbockle, J. Hes, and Messrs. H. Hansen, J Btaude, H.’'and J. Heinbockle, G. Koster, E. Pochler, O. Tensicld, Charles Stark and Mr. ®1d Mrs. J. Ward. A very pleasant children’s ‘party was given 8L the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Kevanagh, 214 Noe sireet, on VWednesday evening, March 31, in celebration of the ninth birthday cf their daughter, Miss Vetonica Kavanagh. The litile lady was the recipient of many costly and beautiful presents. The evening was pleasantly passed in various smusements, games and & siereopticon exhi- bition, which was enthusissticaily received. Among those present were: The Misses Veron. ica, Essie and Zita Kavanagh, the Misses Lot- 1ie Jephson, Einesiine Burbank, Bessie Burns, May Burns,'Gretchen Zimmer, Hazel Parrell, Edna Wollweber, Lizzic Burbunk, and Florence Atiridge, and Masters Kavanagh, Walter Jephson and Al Attridge. The friends of Master Philip Feely wore pereeably entertained by his parentson the 84 izt B bonor o1 bis fifth birthday, Among those present were: Pauline Shenkt Miss Gertrude] Hunt, Miss , Miss Anabelle Miss Mildred Dobbs, Miss Louise T Miss Ger Miss Ma: y Hugo Dan , Walter Thie Bert ward ' Fe b, Phil a large resid Walter p Feely. ber of ¥ r son, Frank Baumhauer. v decorated for the occasion. The iuitar and Mandolin Club, under the adership of Leon Van Sickle, were present and rendered a number of fine selection ighly appreciated. At12 0’ 10 the per had be rvision of M supper aed to the pa induiged in songs, T until a very late hour. Those present wer. Miss Alice O'Rourke, Mamie McMul: sie Sutton, M The rooms were prepare Wallzc: ors, where th itations and dancing oTate s cial sup le Lieber, Miss Miss Bes- fiss Lottie Coleman, Mi s_Faunie Heusman, the Misses Hay fcNamara, iss Hannah Linehan, Mi Ralph, Mrs. nelius; Messrs. Th, Wallace, Leon Van e, Frank Baumhauer, Joseph Mullane, ilijam Weiner, George Hughes, Harvey Skirvin, Joseh Hausman, Clark Sibley, Gus i life at Coronado are: Miss Ranney, Miss Payne, Miss Florence Payne, Miss Newman, | Miss Charlotie Newman and George A. New- man. Major and Mrs. P. C. Pope are here from Mare | Island. | | ng during the week leman Smith, child w York party arri were: Mr. and Mrs. and nurse and E, mith. Five youngladies' rowing clubs of § entertained at Coronado on the 3d. were the guesis of H. I. Palmer, under | the chaperonage of Mrs. Cantain Polhemus. John W. Burton or Oskland, Charles R. | Lioyd, W. . Cumback, Jay W. Adams, Walter Young and Mr. and Mrs. R. Stevenson, of San | Francisco, are amoug the lato coast arrivals. | A romautic little incident occurred at the | hotel during Cissy Fiizgerald’s recent visir. | While the actress was breakinsting a little | 1ad of tender years at an adjoining table was | ient of her smiling glances, Witha which would have dome credit to | more advanced years he slipped unobserved from the room, and procuring s dainty offer- | ing of violets, dispatched them with & message to the fair Cissy, who, as she left the break- | fast-room, wearing the gift, bestowed a gra- | clous kiss'upon her small knight. | “W. D. Curtis, the well-known hotel-man of Lenox, Mass., is again visiting Coronado. M. Reinthal and S. H. Halle are late arrivals from Cleveland, Ohfo. Frauk L. Sheppard, general superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, ac- | of Seattle, who has be¢n visiting Dr.and Mrs. Sunday for.an extended trip through the Eastern States. W. E. Osborne has left for New York and Europe. He will join his wife in Vienna. Miss Charlotte G. Jewell will be at home the second Wednesday of each month at 607 derick street, rge Hyde Preston, a prominent attorney Luke Robinson, returned home Jast Tuesday | on the Walla Walla, Harry M. Gillig and Frank L. Unger are in New York City. Mrs. William Burling is couvalescing at Cor- onado Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Richurd H. Sprague have been visiting Mrs. Sprague’s parents, Judge and Mrs, William T. Waliace. Miss Romietta Wallace accompanies them on their return to New Orleans. The party will go to Europe on & tour of several months’ duration. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Dayis left the City on Thursday to pass several days at their ranch, Camp Idie, near Glenwood, in the Santa Cruz Mountsins. In May they will go there to reside during the summer months. Mrs. Christina de Noon, Miss Mabel C. de Noon, and Mrs. Emma E, D.Lewis, Who re- cently returned from the North, have left the City for & ¥isit in the southern counties. Mrs. W. F. McNutt, Miss McNutt, Miss Ruth MeNutt and Miss Genevieve Goad' will spend the summer at Santa Barbara, Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Lawrence Mack have CHARITABLE SOCIETY LADIES OF THE FRUIT AND FLOWER MISSION. Wallace, Milton Wallace, Danfel Desmone, | Harry Mase, Mr. Caile Lubnan, John Kelly, Frank Murphy, ‘William Dodge, Mr. Murphy, Emil Prell, John Cole- man, Richard Ross, John McConochie. A very pleasent su ¢ party wes given to Henry ust Saturday night by his many friends at his residecce on Grove street, Dancing ana games were induiged in until a late hour, when a boun ust Was par- Mr. Cornelius, Robert taken of. Among tho; Mr. | and Mrs. Ra Mrs. Proll, Mrs. Frade, iss Sarah Blum, Miss Fenstermacher, Miss' Simon, Miss Hattie Tinos, the Misses Miss Josie Rahlvers, Miss Dora Alexander, George Pri Prizen, August Ra! vers, Hans Romer, Ernest Romer and othe Mr. and Mrs. Kalz gave a reception at their esidence, 14} Bernard street, on Sund April 4, 0n which occasion they announced the engagement of Miss Esther Hyman toJ, M. de Bare. CLUB PARTIES. The Monday Niéht Whist Club Meets. The gathering of the Monday Night Whist Club, held at the residence of Mrs. Herbert Bailey, 1030 Page street, wes & charming affair. After an enjoyable game of whist therestof the evening was dcvoted to a most excellent impromptu musical programme. A fine supper, served at midnight, concluded a very successinl evening. Those present were Miss Edythe Mills, Miss Marie Paririd Alice and So 3 shall, Miss Maud Comish, Miss Osmers, Miss, Hildretn, Raiph Siuclair, Joseph Dowiing, Mr: Dagenhart, Lucien Tricou, £ Tricou, Milton Bailey, Herbert Baiiey, Robert Belcher, Bert Georges, Mr. Smurr and 3r. Osmers. The senior class of the Cal chool of Elocution and Oratory gave a recital on Tues- day evening, Avril 6, in the lecture hall of the Association building, corner of Mason and Eilis sireets. There was & large and appre ciative audience present, who enjoyed the fol- lowiug excellent programme: “The Famine' Miss Maud Lindley, Belle Ensign, Miss irace Mar- (Longiellow); piano solo, *Im Walde,”” Charac- terstu 3 (Hell Miss Charlot te O’Brien the Little Girl Said”; “Jack Hall's Boat Race” (Robert Grant); vocal =olo, “The Dying Flower” (Rotoli), Miss Esther C Mucomber; monologue, *“Behind a Curtain (Ars. Burion Harrison); whistling solo (se- lected) E. J. Wales; ““The Lost Heir” (Thomas | Hood); scenes {rom ‘*Julius Cwmsar,” act 11 0.Jones aptain Seldy, A. N. Miss Anna M. Egenhoff. FROM CORONADO. (Shakespeare); vocal solo (selected ““Breaking I Dodge; Miss Interesting Items of Sccial Life at | the Southern Resort. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Johnson of Louisville, Ky., are now st the hotol. Among Philadelphians here are Franklin McAliister and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Tustin, Mrs. Goorge E. Trow, Miss Ross and Miss Frances Ross are registered here from Madi. son, Ina. The following Chicagoans arrived recently: John M. Bowers, Mr. and Mrs, George A. San- derson, Miss A, N, Carter and Walter G. Carter. A Mare L. Davies (formerly Miss Minnie Boas) are hiere from San Francisco on their wedding trip. A beautiful aud artistic ltkeness of 1ittle Ken- neth Davis, son of W.S. Davis of San Fran. cisco, has just been received by one of the guesis at the hotel. sented in_the charming continental costume worn by him when ‘he led the leader” in d merch which opened the Coronado ball in February. G. C. Blickensderfer, Stamford, Conn., manu- facturer of the Blickensderfer typewriter, is & Buest here, accompanied by Mzs. Blickens- erfer. Mrs. P. A. Crale of New York is at the hotel, A Louisyilie (Ky.) party who are enjoying Master Davis is repre. | companfed by Mrs. Sheppard and his private secretary, arrived at Coronado in his private car this week, and spent several days sight- seeing, fishing, etc. A Detroit (Mich.) party now at the hotel in- cludes Lyon, Miss Mamie N, Lyon and on. S. Cotton of the flagship is again Cotton nt the hotel. eland K. Dodze, daughter-in-law of Dodge, the Neéw York banker, is from that city, with her children and | Miss E. H. Kern and Wainwright Parrish. ptain J. P, Reed, one of the oldest citizens ied on the first > sm Remwick of gnve aluncheon to several Ir: on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. C. Dunham, Mrs. W. H. Foster and Master Warren D. Foster of Geneseo, Ill., are visitors he: A. V. W. Trayis and family have leased a sidence on the Beach, which they are now | occupying. | Mr.and Mrs. C. M. Pratt of Brooklyn, N. Y. gave a tally-ho party to Point Loma on Fri- day. Their guests were: Judge and Mrs. A. J. Ricks, Miss Ricks, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ladd, | Mrs. C. A. Ladd, Mrs. Charles Pract and Miss Pr. | he venport, Towa, ends at tne hotel and Mrs. R. Myers of Toronto, Canada, pending a few weeks nere. ringfield, 1., is represented at the hotel by Mr. and Mrs. John Schoeneman. Lieutenant George E. Stoney of the Philadel- phia last week rejoined his family at the hotel. Mr. and Mrs. George L. Emstman of Bt Augustine, Fla., sre sojourning here. Admiral Beardslee 15 again making the hotel his headquarters. Miss K. A ley of New Brighton, Conn., panied by Miss L. A. Egbert, New York, is at the hotel, Lacey of Coronado is absent in Bridge- n., having been called there by the his father. IN THE FUTURE. Entertainments, Receptions and | Dances for Easter Week. The ladies of Mizpah Charity Club are ma- turing plans for & novel entertainmentand indoor picnic to take place during Easter week. In this entertainment they are to have the | valusble assistance of Mrs. Langstroth in a | little farce. The daintily prepared besket with lunch for two, to be sold, will not be the least interest- | ing feature of the evening. | The Wagner serfes of lectures, with musical excerpts, given by Mr. and Mrs. Henri Fair- weather before Sorosis, closed Tuesday after- noon with & brillfant interpretation of “The Parsifal.” These lectures have been such a marked success that Mrs. Fairweather was re- quested 1o give another course on **The Higher Cnticiem of Browning,” with Illustrative readings. The first will be on *Pippa Passes” Tuesday afterncon at the clubzooms. Invitations have been issued for the summer hop to be given bLy the Mystics on Tuesday evening, May 11, at Native Sons' Hall. | . The programme for the concert to be given in Emmanuel Church next Thursday evening (15th inst.) contains quite & numper of prom- inent names. Among them are Mrs. L. Sedg- ley Reynolds, contraito, and William T. Al drews, the barytone, both of whom leave shortly for Eurove; Miss Edna Lucile Turner, the elocutionist; Margaret Davis, child pian- ist. Miss A. Kooney and Miss Mary Mann will aiS0 appear. The confirmation of Master Arthur Cohn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wiliiam Cohn, took place yesterday (Saturday), April 10, at the syna- gogue Sherith leraél Congregation, corner of Postand Taylor sireets. A reception will be held on this (Sunday) afternoon and evening 8t 1019 Fillmore street. The N. 8 L K. No. 10 has issued invitations for an “at home” Tuesday evening, April 20, st Lunt's Hall, 3 PERSONALS, Edgar J, Mayers and Clarenee A, Hult hfll moved from the Palace Hotel to their apart- ments recently taken at the Hotel Richelieu. Mrs. E. A. Van Bergen is at El Paso de Robles. Mrs. Ellen Wetherbee and Mrs. Henry Reed have returned (o Oakland after a several weeks' siay at Byron Springs. Mr. and Mrs. Noville K. Castle of San Jose have moved into their North Second street residence. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Scott left unexpectedly for the Enstin a private car last week, called to the bedsice of their daughter, who is suf- fering from appendicitis. Miss Laura M- Kinstry accompanied them. Miss ‘Alice Owen and Miss Elia Goodall, after spending the winter in New York, have re. turned to Oakland. Mrs. 8. G. Wheeler and Miss Helen Wheeler have returned to their cottege in Sausalito for the summer. General and Mrs. James F. Houghton and Miss Minnie Houghton have returned to the Ciiy aiter a long and pleasant visit in the East, particularly in Massachusetts. George Bonny left for the East last week. Ho will be jotned at New York in a few weeks by Mrs. Lewis, widow of A.J. Lewis, his Iate partner, and her son and daughter. 3r. Bonny will accompany Mrs. Lewis and her family abroad, returning in a few months. Mrs, Lewis, however, intends to remain in Europe with her son and daughter for some years to come. Ar. and Mrs. Homer S, King are_preparing for a trip to New York and the East. They :m g0 by way of the City of Mexico and the South. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Kohlberg and daughters have returned {rom an extended visit to_Port- nd, Or., and are the guests of Mr. and Mrs., . S. 'Kohlberg at 3020 Clay street. Aleece Van Bergen safled from Liver- arch 24 for New York on the Majestic. Prince Poniatowski will go to London next month on business. Mrs. M. Castle, having disposed ot her honie on Laguna street, has moved into the Matnews cottage, 2115 Sacramento street. Mr.’and Mrs. Edward W. Townsend haye gone abroad, and will be in London for the jubilee. FROM GREATER NEW YORK Califormians Are There " in Distinguished Roles of Society, Recreation and F NEW YORK, N. Y., April 5—After weeks of sackcloth and ashes it is but fitting that all mankind should clasp hands with nature and don the gayesi colors which spring can proffer us. Never have the great shops of New York seemed <0 alluring and enticing asnow. Through the expansive plate-glass windows throngs of men, women and children gaze in wrapt wonder at the gorgeous colorings of the new gowns and spring-flower mil- | linery. The silks are striking in their | multicolored designs, and look fresh from the brush of an ‘‘impressionist” artist. The organdies and grenadines are dream- like in their sheer and dainty beauty. Never before has the sterner sex been treated to such tempting rainbow hues as now, when Easter outfits for their women- folk will tax the weight of their purses. Their neckwear is shown in the liveliest plaids and stripes, green, pink, yellow and red predominating. Their shirts are startling in pattern and coloring. Of course only the chappies and flashily in- ci d will affect these freaks of the haber- dasher’s fancy. However, I, for one, do not believe that all our men should look like clergymen or undertakers. I often wish they could wear the satin knee- breeches and silken hose their forefathers carried with such dignity; besides, the broad expanse of waistcoar, the fluted shirt ruffles and the high stock and collar were 80 becoming to those gallant beaux and brave gentlemen. “Californta looks like an Oriental in- terior at this time of year,” says Miss Mildred Wilcox of New York, who has come direct from Menlo Park, where she has been visiting relatives. “‘Never have Iseen such wonderful wildflowers, such masses of fruit-tree blossoms. The foot- hills seem to be hidden underneath gorgeous Turkish rugs, so wondrous are the yellow poppies and the white and blue flowers as they peep and nod above the green grain and grasses. California seems like another world.” Miss Wilcox declares that she will return to California to live, even tnough her father and mother refuse to make such a change. She hints at having left her heart some- where near the dear old oaks at Menlo. Z. 8. 8. Spalding has returned to his | home in San Francisco, after several weeks' sojourn in this city and Wash: ington. Mr. and Mrs, H. T. Scott reached New York April 1and engaged apartments at the Holland House. The following dny‘ their young daughter, Miss M. Scott, hur- | ried down from Dobbs Ferry to greet them. Miss Scott has been attending the | Young Ladies’ Seminary at Dobbs Ferry, | N. Y. E. H. Helmore, who for the pastten years has been connected with the busi- ness department of THE CALL, left for his old bome in England last Wednesday, sailing on the steamship Paris. Mr. Hel- more spent several days in New York, and during that short visit enjoyea the hospitality of a number of old friends from San Francisco. He expects 10 re- main in England, but bis friends predict that he will change his mind before many months. His business address will be 59 Chancery lane, London, Eng. J. J. Crooks of San Francisco has been in the city several days. Dr. H. C. Brown, the popular physician and surgeon of San Jose, is combining business and pleasure during his stay 1n New York. Dr. Brown is attending a course of scientific lectures and clinics at the New York Post-graduate Medical School and Hospital—one of the most prominent of its kind in the East. Dr. Brown has many friends among the Cali- fornians here, and with the new acquain- tances he has made his visit is passing very pleasantly. He will return home in May, Mrs. Francis Pratt Britlon, daughter of Colonel J. W. Hartzell of San Francisco, is living in the beautiful little town of Mount Vernon, one of the supurbs of New York. She is enjoying excellent health, and like the majority of Califor- nians, finds that Eastern weather agrees with her. J. P. Davis of San Francisco arrived in the city on Thursday evening. Benj. Lichtenstein has been in New York during the past two weeks on busi- ness. En route to Ban Francisco business interests in Salt Lake will detain mm several days. Mrs. W. L. Woodrow and F. Kuchen- biser of San Jose sailed for Europe last week. During their short stay in New York they were guests at ‘the new Man- battan Hot Arthur M. Samuels of 8an Francisco is a guest at the Hoffman House. F. D. Higginbotham, who has been con- nected with 8. N. Wood & Co. during the past year and a half, will sever his rela- tions with them this month and return at once to San Francisco, where he will enter the firm of Catton, Bell & Co. Mr. Higginbotham insists that California is the only place on earth, and is looking Mrs. William Kohl and Miss Kohl are regis- tered at the Waldorf Hotel, New York City. W. B. Bancroft is at the Hotel Cecil, London. Major Frank McLaughlin arrived from Washington Tuesday evening and went to the Palace Hotel. Mrs. McLaughlin and Miss Mo- Laughlin came up {rom Santa Cruz to meet m. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wptson, who are visit- Ing ike southern counties, were in Coronado during the early part of the week. I W. Taber and Benjamin Tallaterro have arrived in Paris. r. and Mrs. George E. Morse are in Canton, Onio, visiting their relatives, the parents of President McKinley. They will return to San Francisco in a few weeks. Mrs. J. Thomas Boysen is in Paris. Mrs. W. A. Nevills, accompanied by Miss Mol- lie Pierce, sailed for China and_Japan on the Coptic April1. They will make the tour of the Orient during the summer months, and, forward with pleasure to his return to old scenes and old friends. The last weeks of Lent are usually crowded with farewell receptions, musi- cales, church fairs, etc., and any one in the swim must be wide awake and full of warm hgalth to be able to attend hali of the pleasant affairs. One of the most de- lightful receptions of the season was given last Friday by Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Sutro at their home, 20 Fifth avenue. The large drawing-rooms were crowded from 41to 7 o'clock with a moving throng of friends. It was their last reception for this season, and Mr. and Mrs. Sutro have aiter a visit to Samoa, Will return to the City in September. Dr. Samuel O. L. Potter, pecompanying Joseph R. Walker of Salt Lake Clty, Mrs. Walker, Charles Walker and Beri Walker, sailed April 3 on the Mariposa for a voyage to Australia. The party is expected back on tho return trip of the Mariposs, which is next due in this port on June 3, John B. Luther is in New York City. Mrs. H. F. Hubbard and the Misses Hubbard of Stockton came to ihis City iast Thursday jnd are staying at the Oceidental Hotel for a ew daye. Mr. aud Mrs. John F, Francis will leave Los Angeles Laster Monday for & prolonged European tour. Clarence Kiug of New York, the well-known mining expert, i3 at the Palace Hotel. Miss Young and Miss Marjorie Young will join their father, Lieutenaut-Colonel 8. B. M. oung, U. 8. A., at Fort Yellowstone late in the summer. Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Tauszky have re- turned from their Eastern tripand have taken aparuments at the Richelieu, ———— EASTER OPENING OF MILLINERY. Adcock, 10 Kearny street, Monday, April 12, snd following days, o reason to be proud of thair success in bringing together such a brilliant assem- blage. Mrs. Sutro is a beautiful woman and a magnetic hostess, and the grace with which she aiways receives her guests has made her one of the envied. Among those who attended the Sutro reception last Friday afternoon were a score of names well known in California, prominent among may be mentioned Gen- eral Nelson A. Miles, Hon. Warner Mil- ler, Mr. and Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs, Miss Virginia Fair; Albert Bierstadt, the cele- ashion. been detained by illness, Mr. Sutro in his 1 affable style volunteered to singa song himself, for which he received hearty and deserved applause. Mr. and Mrs. Sutro have paid several visits to their distin- guisiied brother, the Hon. Adolph Sutro of San Francisco, and during their pro- tracted stay made a hostof loyal friends. About the first of May they will move to drive. Hon. M. H. de Young is a guest at the Waldorf, having arrived on Wednesday. He seemed in the best of health and spirits as he stood chatting with a group of well-known politicians and diplomats the other evening in the hotel. Mrs, John Lyttleton Lyon, who was a resident in San Francisco and San Jose for many years, is permanently located at | the Hotel Normandie. It may be more than a passing note of interest to the gentle Iadies to know that the gaudy red hats which have made their appearance on the millinery horizon have already had their doom sounded by the artistic modistes on Fifth avenue. The all-red hat is certainly very pretty and un- usual, on either a decided blonde or bru- nette, but when the hundred Sixth-avenue stores fill their windows full of red mil- linery, the ultra- fashionable set turn quickly to some more conventional shade. Adolphe, the artist milliner, who has made Miss Annie L. Stone’s Fifth-avenue store so popular, emphatically frowns on the crimson hats because they are so common. Beautiful combinations of gray in different tones are the latest Parisian effects and as the steel, mauve, pearl and creamy grays are becoming to the majority of women they will be the prevailing taste for Easter bonnets—that is what Adolphe says and he knows. Nosegays of different flowers and of all hues will be extremely stylish this season. Francois and Louise are combin- | ing pink and black, yellow and gray, purple, red and blue, all of which will be becoming to certain types of beauty. Jeweled pins and laces are to be worn in the Easter and spring millinery. vong carriage veils are the latest things im- ported. They are fully two and a half yards Jong and should be tied at the back of the hat in a large loose bow however, many ladies prefer to tie them under the chin. Mrs. Leila Ellis and her young daugh- ter, Miss L. Owen Ellis of San Francisco, gave a “recital dramatic’’ at the residence of Mrs. Gilbert Jones, 222 Madison ave- nue, Friday evening. It was attended by about 100 guests, who received the new- comers with much applause and enthusi- asm. Among the several selections Mrs. Ellis gave her recitation of “Count Gis- | mond,” by Robert Browning, was the | most artistic and delightful. Miss Ellis, who has made a study of children’s little peculiarities of speech, recited Eugene Field’s poem, ‘“‘Seein’ Things,” 1n an in- imitable style, which created much laugh- ter and won for Miss Ellis many sincere admirers, Sheis excellent in more seri- ous work, and her selection, ‘The Slave's Song,”” was tenderly expressed. William Osterman and Mrs. Osterman of San Jose are having an enjoyable visit in Gotham. Mr. Osterman insists that he | feels decidedly at home in New York now- | adays, because there are 80 many dear | “old Californians floating around.” Mr. | and Mrs, Osterman and their young son, | Bertram, have been visiting Mr. Oster- man’s aged father, who has suffered a re- eent; illness. Larzard Klein of San Franciseo has been | in the city a week or more. | Each day develops new and magnificent plans for the stupendous celebration of Grant’s birthday, whea the famous tomb | will be dedicated to the pubiic hearts. Down at 2 Broadway the air is teeming | with plans to make the 27th of April the shining point in our Nation's history. We are not a nation of hero-worshipers, | though it would be to our credit perhaps | if we were more given to appreciate the noble deeds and sacrifices many a great soul has offered for our country’s life. England bas its Westminster Abbey; | why can’t America have some such place in which to recora the achievements of its heroes, poets, artists, scientists and his- torians? What a glorious plan it would be! TrELLA Fortz ToLAND. 34 Park Row. Headquarters of the Great Convention, The new building of the Young Men’s Chris- tian Association, northeast corner Mason and Ellis streets, is the headquarters of the '97 committee, will be tne rallying point of the great convention of the Christian Endeay- beir house on the picturesque Riverside | orers to be held in San Francisco July 7 to 12. A committee ot forty young men from the association has undertaken at their own charges to provide funds to put the muin en- trance, reception halls aud pariors of the building in thorough shape ior the coming convention, and e great dealof enthusiism has been manifestes e HIS SERVICES APPRECIATED. Merchants’ Association Passes Resolu- tions of Respect to Ex-Chief Crowley. Ate meeting of the Merchants’ Associa- tion yesterday the following resolutions commemorating the faithful public ser- vices of ex-Chief oi Police Patrick Crow- ley were passed: WiEREAS, The Hon. Patrick Crowley, after a quarter of a century of faithful public ser- | vices, has retired from the responsible posi- | tion of Chief of the Police Department of the City and_County of San Francisco; and vhereas, it _is right ana fitting that the ser- vices of public officials devoted 1o the welfare of the common wealth should be suitably com. memorated, notonly as a mark of merited esteem, but also as a worthy example for emu- lation; therefore be it Resolved, By the board of directors of the | Merchant¥ Association, in regular m assembled this Sth day of April, 18 we hereby express our profound admiration for the energy, honesty and sagacity that have marked the long public services of the Hon. Patrick Crowley; Resolved, That while we regret his retire- ment from active public life, we sincerely | hope that he may be spared many happy years to enjoy the deserved tribute awarded to an honored public career by the grateful people of San Francisco; Resolved, That these resolutlons, duly certi. forwarded to the Hon. Patrick Crow. and coples thereof furnished to the 3 MERCHANTS' ASSOCIATION. F. W President, D, DOHEMA Secretar: J. RICHARD Fi ORDER CHOSEN FRIENDS, The Grand Council of California Will Meet in This City Next Tuesday. An Effort Will Be Made to Change From Annual to Biennial Sessions. Candidates for Grand Officers. The annual session of the Grand Coun- cil of the Order of Chosen Friends will commence next Tuesday and continue two or three days. As there has been unusual activity in the order in the past six months there will be a full representation from all the counctls, as appears from the credentials received at the office of the grand re- corder. There will be considerable legislation, but the most important will be the effort to have biennial instead of annual sessions of the grand body. Those who favor the proposition of a session every two years urge that the mileage and per diem ac- count makes a heavy inroad on the treas- ury and that a portion of this money could be used to aavantage to build up and extend the order in this jurisdiction. The first dav will be devoted to the pre- sentation of the reports of the grand offi- cers, and in the evening there will be a union initiation in Union-square Hall, and prizes are to be awarded to the councils presenting the greatest number of candi- dates for membership. During the six months the order in this State shows a net gain in membership of 180 members. In ihe past year six coun- cils were instituted, one each at San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Bel- mont, Chico and Elk Grove, with a mem- bership aggregating 208. On the gl!l of last December the order had in this State 6276 members in good standing and quite a number have been added since then. During the session there will be an elec- tion of grand officers, and the candidates for principal officers'are: Forgrand coun- cilor, Max Boehm, the incumbent, who, up to this time, nas no opponent; for grand assistant councilor, W. H. Savage of San Pedro and E. R. Tiel of Sacra- mento; for grand vice-councitor, D. J. Hartley of Sacramento; for grand re- corder, S. C. Wallis, without an opponent; for grand treasurer, Miss Clara McDon- ald, incumbent; for grand prelate, Mrs. C. J. Sweeney, at_present grand marshal. For the minor offices there are any num- ber of candidates. The present grand officers of the Cali- fornia jurisdiction are: Grand councilor, M. Boehm; grand assistant councilor, W. d. Pratt; grand vice-councilor, E. R. Tiel} grand recorder. Wallis; grand treasurer,’ Miss Clara McDonald; grand pre- late, Mrs. K. C. Cosgrove; grand marshal, Mrs. Clara J. Sweeney; grand warden, Mrs. Lizzie Morse; grand guard, Mrs. M. A. Borland; grand sentry, Lemuel Biddle; past grand coun: | cilor, T. H. Selvage. Grand trustees—L. Caro, F. W. Day, William M. Mckadden. Pust grana councilors—Daniel Sewell, John M. Fulweiler, A. B. Sanborn, C. M. Arnold, H. W. Hutton, Mrs. Henry Payot, Thomas H. O’'Brien. Supreme _representatives—H. W. Hutton, . B. M. Miller, Thomas H. O'Brien, W. Savage, T. H. Selvage, A. B. Sanborn, Edward L Wolfe. Arrangements have been made by the local councils for the entertainment of the representatives to the grand body dur- ing their stay-in this Cit; e e — Crinese Had thefPapers. There was a scurry and a hurry in the United States Marshal’s office yesterday morning on the receipt of & telegram from Suisun an- nouncing that four Chinamen had passed that place bound for San Francisco, and that they had come in by way of British Columbis with the intention of evading the Chinese exelu- sion act. Inspector Holmes was at once dis- patched to intércept the train. He overhauled the Chinese, and to bis disappointment found that the four Mongolians were provided with merchants’ certificates. NEW TO-DAY ‘Eater / that has been decreed by A proper thing in E: superb display of Sp: Novelties. Every beautiful conception Dame Fashion to be the aster Novelties, constituting a ring styles, it will be our pleasure to show you this week. Elbowing each other and crowding every nook and corner will be found many original and exclusive ideas that will charm every one. Particularly in GLOVES, SILK WAISTS, PARASOLS, HANDKERCHIEFS, NECKWEAR, RIBBONS, brated artist, who has painted so many Yosemite scenes; Gereral Horace Porter, Mr. and Mrs. George Gould, Mrs. King. don, and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Gould. Colonel and Mrs. Richard Henry Savage and Colonel G. L. Giilespie, U. 8, A., who for several years was an officer a: the Pre- sidio. The programme for the afternoon was exceptionally entertaining and in lien of an absent singer, who had SILKS, LACES, TRIMMINGS, FANS, POCKETBOOKS, SILK SKIRTS, HOSIERY AND UNDERWEAR at prices that will appeal to all, 125-127-129-131 KEARNY STREET.