The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 21, 1898, Page 26

€ o roses ddi pretty weddings occu- 1 in the center hung| on of society dur- On Monda; church cere was celebrat at The Geyers for the past A. G."Faust, H. A Deming, slen Deming,-A. Hronada and i nd Mrs. | Chandler, Pouch 3 . Berger, G. . Cross_ of > Willta m Bacher, T. G. Vogel, Judge Belcher Francis: le; C. Val- svi . Brockington, the Mis : Morell, Wodlan aughter, Colusa; ~Charles iife; Peter Engel, Henry Desma- : lure, J. W. . Donald McClure, Weed, K Mrs. rmstrong, Mrs Bird Hirsct cx ora, G Van Doon El Paso de Robles. the groc e l«ml;..“;! « Registered at Paso Robles during the e silk firm of o e onea S Chic ooy W week were; P. Schlob J. Maruse, 3 i ee o = - | M . Sweet, Jame cander, H. Ed- TR e e 1 : i M. Kosner, P. W. Murph, D e o Bortlett Springs Siiss C. Prager, T. Prager, William Cluff 7 ot 3 A % and wife, J. Spruance and wife, Mrs. K. v e compe g’”.“’ Iollowing Sreizogibtered jtBartistt Burham. John W. Stevenson, Claus Springs: reckels and wife, pinger Jr., D. attended by Miss Irma | J. Herr, Mrs. E. L. Blanchard St ¥ Dr. 1. Newell, who act- | gaughter, Miss Reymme, George H. ( I . Jux "Miss and’ the “lor- s. BE. Dow, Lux, Le 3 ohn G. Kapp, s tgennain Sl e i D. Thornton, Lane, L. Watts bt e O anleiL, : Mrs. B. Cohen and daughter, D. Brewster, J. Caley, Mrs. \zzini, B. J. Gladstone, W. H. Lynch { Abbenheim, | del, Frank P. Sh nan, M. Kavanaugh, | ang D. 8. Snedden and wife, D. Hirsch- | Charles S. Wieland, J. J. Desmond, John | Ballou, Patterson, C. Potter, A. Men- | n was best bride w 2 embroide man. Mrs. Abbenheim have left for | southern trip, and will r short stay before pr home in and Wedne br A v q bh Bien anno ress, She wickednes: there is nothing tain polish and chic even American is vulgar; COMPARES THE SLUMS oF PARIS AND 8_,4/V_/'7?/1/‘/6'/«‘)’[70.K What Lillian Burkhart Saw on a Night's Expedition in Each City. ST week Lillian went slumming in had been on a lik when on a v to Pari and conse- juently drew a comparison between poverty and crime of the two Her conclusions after her trip heard and saw in counterpart here, with Parisians have a cer- in their naughti- the Parisian is chic, the lower where the Paris- Burkhart, the act- an Francisco. expedition it that has not i vtion that the Where | ian is rieque, the American is coarse. Here il LILLIAN BURKHART. is what she has to say as the results of R her trips: eir residence, 19 - | HAT surprises me most iS|and players. The admission s free, Wzdding Belis. the open way in which vice | but if you are fortunate enough to get e S 5 js flaunted on some of the|a seat near the stage a glass of root LA nRdaymer e | el e beer or a glass of absinthe or plain s el T e il vt T began the | lemonade will cost you at least eight ALY Lot e o5 ® | francs, or $1 60 in our money. A seat tour of all the so-called con- | ;1" hack of the garden may be had cert halls. ne of them are WIthin|fo ' a franc, about 20 cents. Moitls Maton s the borde; respectability the service th : musie is furnished and seve to 753 Howard street; wher in addition to their orchestra, give breakfast partaken of and an enjoy- | quite a fair vaudeville ¢haw. The turns able hour spent. The couple took an aft- | presented, while not great, p s the tzain.for their bridal tour through | merit of cleanliness, and E s sold, | hern part of the State. On their | 1 yngerstand, at the same price all over e couple Willtake up their resi- | TE | den Gate avenue e age of Miss Sarah Sim-| In Paris in a free theater of the same | a Alired ‘1) J«]‘.'x»:m.k [-Lu\ it the | appointments as the Olympia the price Pl e e O s Strecs on Thresans | of drinks depends entirely upon the | n 2 16th inst. *OwIng to the re- nearn to the stage.” For | om’'s mother the af- o, at the Cafe des Ambassa- only: the relatives 4 a concert garden, off the Champs did vaudeville bill is of- Guilbert and the -best 4 ts on the Continent ap- P e during the summer. Added | to this the performance closes with ‘a review of different’ well-known play being present. c of S J. Sim- Californian, who The c officiaten beautifu as best man. nkins Jr. decorated with | was TG me>"5g Mistress (about to engage a new house maid)—Have you had any experlence, Applicant—Oh, yes, mum. I've been In 'undreds of sitiwations!—Phil May in Punch, | again, | iquity. | diers inuniform frequenting such places, . | tioner more kindly, ! “Yes, you're the dead image of Queenie { dance in In the box to the right of us in the Olympia the other evening sat a woman of about 32 or 33 years of age. She was dressed quietly and sat alone with a glass of beer in front of her— which she had forgotten to drink. were not rouged; she looked tired and rather lonely. I wondered if she was waiting for some one. Finally a woman dressed very loudly passed with three men. The flashily gowned woman called out to the lonely one in the box, “Why, hello, ss Smith, what's you doing here? What time to-morrow will you send my waist home?” The woman hailed as Mis: Smith flushed at finding of eyes turned upon her, and said u shall have it at 3 to- morrow afternoon. I come here every night just to hear the music. It rests my head after listening to the sewing- machine all day. Leaving these places one walks straight across the borderline of re- spectability and vulgarity into vice i shameful. My cheeks burned and my ears tingled from the things T saw in one resort, and not far from Market street either. Would such | a place be allowed on one of the prin- cipal thoroughfares of London Paris? No, indeed! On another main thoroughfare, Kear- ny street, they London, or in counterpart in Paris or are certainly in some section of the city not easy of access to strang- erS. What impressed me most strongly was the large number of sold ers to be found in one and all of these dives. In one cellar at least twenty were present —drinking, smoking and dancing with the female habitues of the resort. It made me feel ashamed and ardently wish they were in civilian clothes. Then these young boys, many of them fresh from the country, knowing little of vice in any form, to be plunged in a moment into such fearful dens of in- Ih Europe you do not see sol- for when they go they leave their uni- forms, the one mark of their nation’s love and pride, at.home. At one music hall on Kearny street (the dingy boxes on each side partially screened ‘by very dirty lace curtains) a woman of about 40 years of age and two hundred pounds of avoirdupois visited us for a moment.: She glanced at me and said, “You're from New York, aren’s you, Miss?” I nodded as- sent and she said most ingratiatingly, “I know you; I have seen you before. You're Miss Russell.” I immediately smiled radiantly, think- ing she meant Lillian Russell, the well- known prima.donna. I only weigh 120 pounds and the fair Lillian would prob- ably make three of me, still to have any one find even a faint resemblance to the beautiful singer was decidedly fiattering. I began to look on my ques- when she said: Russell. She used to do a barefoot Chicago—and gettin’ good dough for. it, too—when she got stuck on a sewing machine agent and skipped the town. Now, what do you think of that for a guy?” I refused to think at all and arose to go, whereon she looked us all over carefully and said: “What! You hain’t going, are'you, without treating | to wine—and youse dressed up in all those togs, t0o.” Running ahead of us, she called the apparent proprietor—a man grown prematurely old and gray, and who looked more like a hero in a cheap melodrama with his white hair {and dark-ringed eyes—and the two were | I | noticed her at first because her cheeks there are resorts which, if | 1t scems 8o dreadful, looking at| .. "1s administered FRANCISCO CALL, SU B and | Smithers, | | | | | | | | Jex | Samm, R. AY, AUGUST 21, 189 er>() S. Mayfield, G. Harnes, Brooks, J. C. Schmidt, John Enos, C an 5; Mrs. M. Mellens, Jo 5 o Fusiint 5. g | Howes, V. S Bergin, J. T. Humphre | Veughn and daughter, E. S.|Teign ' Mrs. John Madden. Mrs. L. Zemansky, H. A. Bemis and family, Mrs. | Donald, Willlam Toner, Mrs. W. M. Grau and daughter, A. J. Siba, Sac- | stone, L. Ohleyer, E. Briscoe, ramento; Charles Aull, Folsom; G. H.|Arendt, J. Turner and wife, Th High, Grimes; Robert Gray, Mary Wry, son and wife, E. Simonds, W. Bonner, J. £ Annie Ruff, M ile; C. Stone, | W. Brown, George W. Geauque, G. W. Kincald. B Highland Springs. The late arrivals at Highland Springs include: J. W. Empey, Leon Blum, Mrs. Blum, Mrs. Georg Cumm! a3 Hendry, T. Fenton, L. A. Schwabache Mrs. Anna Cox, Miss Edith C. Cox, Mis Annie F. eph Ebner; R. F. ton, J. C. B. Kellogg wife, R E: Alice 11 O’'Kane. Reid, Mr: Ad. « i Pickell, Mrs, A. Holcombe, R. L. C. Barne and wife H. Gordon and wife, F. E. Taylor, W Tarpey, W. H. Crowell, J. P. Sweeney, J. W. J. Enright, John Grant, L. A. Kelly and wife, A. G. Be- Raphael and children, nard, Mrs. Geor, s Goldstein, Mrs. E. M. 'Brien, § ;ln co; C. T. Rodolph, J. Witt Doug] , Miss Dougherty, Dougherty; R. H: . Oakland; W. T. Welcker, Berke- Wilkendorf, Woodland; G. F. 2. M. Cox, F. F. ._Schmitter, Chi- Washington, D. C. y; H. A. Sarmento, San Leandro Bupker, Santa Ra cago; Mrs: J. C. yT Santa Gatalina Island Mrs. E. M. Abil and daughter, Miss Irene Abil of Oakland are guests of the Metropole for a week. Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Johnson Wand of San Francisco are among arrivals at the Metropole. Miss J. Sheldon of Oakland was regis- tered at the Metropole recently. Mrs. Willlam J. Landers and daughter: Miss Landers and Miss Eleanor Lande have gone to Coronado for short & They have been guests of the Metrop during the entire summer. Mrs. Al Palmer, Miss Palmer and and Miss late | Metropole for six weeks, have returned | ed at Miss Bessie Palmer, guests of the Met- ropole, expect to return to their home in Osakland the latter part of the month. Mrs. J. Parker Currier and Miss Marie Currier, who have been guests of the to their home in Oakland. G. Fraser, the champion fisherman of Avalon during his stay here. has re- turned to San Francisco. He has been spending the summer at the Metropole. Dr. H. H. Pease of Phoenix now holds the record of being the champion black | sea bass fisherman of Avalon. He has | broken_the record by hooking and land- ing a 374-pound monster. A Tuna Club has recently been organiz- Avalon, including among its mem- | bers, G. G. Fraser of San Francisco, and | Willlam J. Landers, the insurance man, also of San Francisco. Mrs. W. Barrett, the champion fisherwoman of Avalon, has returned to Los Angeles after a stay of two weeks at the Metropole. Mrs. Barrett is the wife of General Barrett, who is well known throughout the State. James B. Stetson has returned to San Francisco after a stay of a week at the Metropole. Mrs. H. G. Rosenfeldt and daugter are guests of the Metropole, registering from San Francisco. Dr. Willlam Lentz has returned to his home in Phoenix, after a two weeks' stay at the Metropole. Mr. and Mr bert Sutton, who have been guests of the latte sister, Mrs. E. L. Doran, have returned to their home in San Francisco. A. Personals. Mrs. Hugo Mansfield has returned from a three weeks' stay at Northport, where she s been the guest of Miss Maud Townsend. Mr. and Mrs. Hyman Falk are now oc- cupying their new home, 2107 Jackson street. Mrs. Frank E. Farley, accompanied by Miss Mae E. Cooney of San Francisco, has returned to Salinas after sojourning for:two weeks at the Gilroy Hot Springs and also visiting Mrs. Thomas W. Jack- son at Gflroy. THE LATEST FAD— INJECTING PERFUME HERE Is talk of a hypodermic per- fume fad. Eastern soclety is re- ported to have taken it up. Women are sald to be flocking by hundreds to the place of business where the By the use of the surgeon’s hypodermic needle a soclety girl who desires to faint- ly radiate the odor of violets as she comes into the drawing room may do so —at least, that is the supposition. The advantages of having one’s own delicious individual odor seem alluring, but the hypodermic needle brings with it numerous suggestions as to pain and pos- R R R R R R R R RTTR R R R PP PR PP PR 2 L LR R DR R RPERTPRR R PR P P P PP R R R R s first-class goods. pieces DOU At 10¢C At 50c¢ At 30c¢ At 45¢ At $1.00 a yard. 44 pleces 4-INCH FINE 41 pieces 36-INCH FR designs, worth ¢ a yar 25 pleces 54-INCH FIN vard. 50'dozen MEN'S T At 40c out at 40c each. At 25¢ At 65¢C At $1.00 each. 35 LADIES' LAUNDERED SHIRT WAISTS, placed on sale at 35c. At B LADIES' LAUNDERED SHIRT WAISTS, $1 00, will be placed on sale at 50c. At 75 LAUNDERED SHIRT WAISTS, , will be placed on sale at 75c. LADI 31 $1 75, will be placed on sale a 5 on special sale at $2 25 pair. 125 pairs IRISH POINT CURTAL $2 75, on special sale at $2 T p: value for $4 25, on special sale at $3 LADIES’ green, oxblood and navy, 2 pair. P R R T Y YT r e O R e R [rresistible Bargains Approaching the End of This Season’s Work. We call special attention to these b sent the cream of our stock at the lowes COLORED DRESS DEPARTMENT. BLE FOLD DR! and mixed, extra value for SERGE, worth 75 a yard, 27 pleces 52-INCH ALL-WOOL ENGLISH MIXED former price $12 a yard, will cH T will be offered at 45c a ¥ 2 ALL-WOOL 'COVERT SUITING, new fall Styles, good value for $12 a yard, MEN’S FURNISHINGS. NIS FLANNEL NIGHTSHIRTS, made extra and finished with felled seams, deep large, of good heavy flannel, le. yokes and with pearl buttons, extra good value for 85c, 122 dozen MEN'S AUSTRALL with double spliced heels and toes, sanitary colors, camel’s hafr and vicuna, will be offered The balance of our summer stock of JAPANES 1 very good assortment of colors and all sizes, were originally sold at $1 50 each, will be closed out at 65c each. 4 dozen MEN'S UNDYED WOOL UNDERSHIRTS AND DRAWERS, thoroughly shrunk, extra good value for $1 35, will be offered at 31 00 LADIES’ SHIRT WAISTS. Cents. At $51.00. LADIES' LAUNDERED SHIRT WAISTS, $1 At s2.25 Pair. pairs IRISH POINT CURTAINS, a fair grade and good styles, good value for $3 00, At s2.75 Pair. a fine grade and pretty designs, good value for At £3.25 Pair. 90 pairs IRISH POINT CURTAINS, a fine grade, pair. At $4.00 Pair. 100 palrs IRISH POINT CURTAINS, an extra fine grade and hands: e good value for § 00, on special sale at $4 00 pair. IR0 mew denigne, KID GLOVES. At SO Cents Pair. 2% dozen LADIES'. TWO-CLASP FRENCH LAMB GLOVES, colors tan, brown, mode, also black (extra value), will : NOTE—Every pair guaranteed and fitted. Market, Jones and McAllister Sts., San Francisco. R R R S R L R T R DY in fancy checks, regular price 75c, will be in fancy plaids and figures, regular price in fancy percales and organdies, regular 00. +4 argalns, as they repre- t prices ever asked for GOODS 1h checks, figured bourettes %5c a yard, will be placed on sale at lic v N NAVY STORM ALL-WOOL ENGLISH NAVY will be placed on sale at 0c a yard. TWEED SUITING, be placed on sale.at 3¢ a yard. PLAID, elegant rd. NOVELTY OTTOMA will be placed on sale at $100 a will be closed LAMB'S WOOL SOCKS, full finished warranted shrunk and in undyed 25¢ palr. CREPE SHIRTS, a Cents. Cents. in percales and ginghams, regular price good styles and serviceable, good be on special sale at %3¢ e d At S EadEds st d 2 TR SEEEUEWEWE YL UwE e TR T UGEIITOU LU CUe L e EE TEWEEUEE BT U e SRR O e G e e INJECTING THE PERFUME. sibly grave resultant complications, like | blood poisoning. | Then is the idea practicable after all, so far as producing the desired perfumed result? 1 determined to Investigate. I would ask the doctors, first, as to the fad’s practicability and, second, as to its results, good and bad. “Well,” said Dr. Wililam G. Moore of Vandeventer place, “if you have the gen- *uine missionary spirit and really desire to know all you can about this hypoder- mic perfume notion, the best thing you can do is to try it for yourself. Then you're in a position to defend it or to de- nounce it as a foolish and dangerous practice. 1 myself incline toward the latter vie: verything should be given a fair test. ““Are you willing and anxious to be the means of preventing a lot of women from engaging in a harmful practice?” 1 was—well, willing is a little too strong, and anxious isn't a fitting term at all. One can't exactly approach a state of to do a thing when by doing It one may engage in a discussion with blood poisoning later by the calendar. No, I was not anxious, but was agreed. “Get the best quality of perfume you can find, of any strong scent,” said Dr. Moore. I went out and bought two drams of violet from the nearest druggist, after some questions as to its purity. The shopman could not answer positively as to the latter, because it was an imported article and he didn't know all its ingre- dients, but he felt reasonably sure that the proportion of impurities was small, called after us derisively, “Cheap guys, they travel on their shape.” I concluded after the above episode I had all I wanted of that style of en- tertainment. As long as I live I shall never forget the sight I witnessed in one alley. No drama ever written ever can or ever will tell such a story of vice and shame; perhaps the women are unworthy of pity, but I cannot believe it. The taw- dry women in the music halls did not appeal to me half as strongly as these poor, painted, forsaken creatures. Surely some great philanthropist, some great man or woman, will awaken to the life work awaiting them here in San Francisco. The quadrille dances at the Moulin Rouge in Paris did not impress me in the same way, though their lives are pitiful enough, too—but they seem to glory in their degradation, and after viewing thelr exhibitions one only feels disgust and nausea. Writing of the Moulin Rouge reminds me of a question I asked my dressmaker while In Paris. I asked if it was safe for a lady, ac- companied by a gentleman, to go to the Moulin Rouge about midnight, and she replied: “Oh, yes, mademoiselle. It ees guite safe. Ze giris will not trouble you—it ees ze man zey are after. Oh, vou will find it what you call in Eng- lish wicked — you will see lingerie plenty.” I can only add that we did see lingerie plenty and it was all as she said. A trip tc Chinatown was the most marvelous part of our evening's jour- ney. Its herded population, opium fiends, its women imported and sold as slaves, the peculiar odor in the air, make one marvel at the city’s freedom from pestilence, but I suppose the pure air from fresh ccast winds keeps the place exempt from any scourge or con- tagious disease. ‘When we turned our faces toward the Baldwin Hotel again at the conclusion of our journey I was obliged to admit with reluctance that there is nothing 1 heard or saw in Paris that has not a counterpart in San Francisco, with this exception--that the Parisians have a certain polish and chic even in their naughtiness, and this redeeming fea- ture, if it be such, is totally lacking here. Where the Parisian is chic the American is vulgar; where the Parisian is risqie, the American is positively coarse. San Francisco is a great and wonder- ful city. We Easterners are inclined to think the pivot around which revolves all that is best in literature, art and commerce is New York, but when we get here we are obliged to acknowledge, in the slang parlance of the day, that “there are others.” LILLIAN BURKHART. })erfumes go, he very superior and the perfume, as could recommend as o quality. So I took mi\; two-dram flask and left. Dr. Moore had the little hypodermic machine waiting for me. “I have sterilized this needle while you were gone,” he sald, ““have thus removed all danger from blood poisoning, which the alcohol in the perfume would also tend to eradicate, as well, so you needn’t be alarmed as to any future unpleasant- ness. ‘Cheer up! This is in the interest of soclety and science.” Then he filled the bulb from my two- dram flask and sald “Ready.” “Arm?” 1 questioned. “Yes., and roll your sleeve higher. I shall inject it in the upper part of the arm, just at the base of the deltold mus- cle.” He pushed back my sleeve, seized a bit of the arm muscle, grasped the needle firmly in his strong fingers and thrust it in—deep. ‘Then out in an instant after the peg- fume had been emptied. Hurt? Well, I knew when it hap- pened. A sharp, stinging pain is what feels for the second that the needle punc- tures one’s muscle—that is all, until later. “T Injected that well under the skin,” saild the doctor as he laid aside his in- strument in a carbolic bath. “That is so as to let it have a chance to attain full effect, if there will be any. Now you ought to emit a fragrance of violets inside of a dozen hours, if this thing is a suc- cess. “If, by to-morrow morning, you find no perceptible odor of flowers about skin, then I'd try taking about a of that perfume. It won't hurt you any and you will then be able to judge which method IS more_ efficacious, or at least whether either of them amounts to a row ee{%e}d_”k = e desired result is con. thanked the doctor, took my = tured arm, which was beginning to feel punctured, took also my two-dram flask of deadly violet perfume and left. For the next 12 hours I sat upon the anxious bench, and—I may as well cone fess it, nursed a sore arm. The experiment was tried in the after- noon. By dinner time my nostrils had been freauently applied to such epidermis as neighbored near the small, blue needls mark. lI;'O! ri\lsu!t. f ‘aintly reminiscent odors of ivory s Not a whiff of violet. e s I sniffed again at sleeping time. I wok up in the middle of the ight and snifer Then-1 got up disappointedly and pain- fully, sought the famiw medicine chest and pouring a mixture of arnica and witch hazel on a pocket handkerchief, tied the same about my aching arm with the aid of my free hand and my front teeth. 3 Then I gloated a few gloats over the fact that the experiment had proven un- satisfactory, hit my arm in the dark against a rocking chair, and souzht re- pose with satisfaction in my nfind and pain in mv body. Failure is a good word to “dangerous failure” comes mark.—St. Louis Republic. our ram use, and nearer the Home Gatherings. Mrs. J. N. Sherburne gave a luncheon at her residence, 3023 California_street, last Friday, in honor of her guest from Sacramento, Mrs. M. B. Lelong. Those present were: Mrs. M. B. Lelong, Mrs. W. A. Ristenpart. Mrs. J. C. Wilder, Mrs. | F. H. Lawton, Mrs. H. C. Van Dyke., Mrs. Stearns. Mrs. T. L. Fleming, Mrs. S. Rhorer, Mrs. T. A. Cox., Mrs. J. W. Lewlis, Mrs. T. J. Byrne and Mrs. Wal- ter Browne. Mrs. C. Dibblee entertaianed a number | of friends t Wednesday evening in honor of her guest, Mrs. S. R. Bogart of Seattle, Wash. Among those present were: Sergeant F. Coombs, Sergeant J. Witherspoon and Corporal E. Jenner, all Lt 2 | given by the Mexican Ladies' Benevolent of Company D, First Washington Uni- ted States Volunteers. Dancing, music and games were indulged in until mid- night, when -upper was served. Several vocal and instrumental solos were ren- dered by Sergeant F. Coombs, Corporal E. Jenner and Walter A. Wilkins. Mrs. E. O. Rieser gave a luncheon on Friday last to some of her friends at Mountain View. Glub Parties. A delightful cruise around the bay was enjoyed on board the elegant yacht Vol- unteer last Sunday by the members of the Imperfal Cycling Club and.their lady friends. Luncheon was served at Angel Isiand. The following ladies and gentle- men participated: Mr. and Mrs, Gorham, chaperons; Miss Grace Heydenaber, Miss Rose Horst, Miss Emma Jordan, Miss Annie Herbert, Miss Sadie DuBoyce, Miss E. B. Brooks, Miss M. Gothie, Ed_Schnei- der, Carl Yearian, Mr. Meusdorffer, Ed Riesac, Max Gunther, P. Schoenwald, T. | | | | | Hornung, William Kenny and Eorun: y Charles A delightful hop was the second given by the Sine Cura Club on last Thulid:\\' evening, the 18th inst. About 160 respond- ed to the invitations issued. The hall was tastefully decorateu by the lady members of the club with tlowers and evergreens. The affair was a brilllant success in every way. It is probable that another hop will be given this season. In the Future. The Society of Old Friends will hold its annual banquet at Bay State restaurant on Wednesday evening, August 31 The eighty-eighth anniversary of the independence of Mexico will be celebrated at Union Square Hall on Friday evening, September 16. by a grand concert and ball Society, assisted by fifty young ladies and gentlemen of the Mexican colony, Professor William Van Brunt and Mme. Ellen Coursen Roeckel. Committee of arrangements is as follows: Mrs. L. Gosch, president of the society; Mrs. E. S. de Elorduy, chairman; Mrs C. de Ybarra, treasurer; Miss M. Pilla, secre- tary; Mrs. P. Andrade, Mrs. C. Pillalon, Mrs. C. Duarte, Mrs. T. Gomez, Mrs. C. Davalos, Miss F. Hernandez and Mrs. C. Cisneros. The next social meeting of the Pacific Coast Women's Press Association will be held on Monday, Augus: at 2:30 p. m., in Shasta Hall, Native ons’ building, Mason street, between Post and Geary. It will be a ‘“round table,”” comprising exhibitions of Hawaiian, Japanese and Chinese curios. An original poem by Harriet M. Skidmore will be read, and a vocal solo rendered by Mme. Spitzy —_— e ————— Advances made on furniture and planos, with or without removal. J. Noonan, 1017-1028 Mission.