The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 29, 1899, Page 26

26 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 1899. fllllllllllllulinl oy ol PSS N £ s e s e . - e AT +E—E--E-E-E-N LADIES' DRESS SKIRTS, At $1.45. sale price $1 45 each. At LADIES’ COLORED DRESS SKIRTS, made price $1 % each. At S3O5. SKIRTS, of LADI FLOUNCE DRE e price $3 9 each. LADIES’ UNDERSKIRTS 35 Cents. t UNDERSKIRTS, worth $§1 00, sale price 35c each. LADIES" BLACK SATEEN g = Oefits. each LADIES’ WRAPPERS. At 75 Cents. 5 dozen LADI At $2.45. COVERT CLOTH JACKETS, fly fronts, each. regular price $5 00, At $3.45. LADIES' BLACK BOUCLE CLOTH JACKETS, good value for $ o, $3 45 each. sale At $3.96. LADIES' TAN KERSEY CLOTH JACKETS, fiy fronts, regular price price $3 $4 20. At LADIES' KERSEY CLOTH JACKETS, worth $10, sale price $f % each. At $3.80. regular price § le price $3 9 each. At $7.485. ’SH CAPES, handsomely trimmed, good value for $12 50, LADIES' PLUSH CAPES LADIES' PL $7 45 each. L ] -4 [ ] = = = [ ] H [ = T [ ] [ ] i ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] ] [ [ ] L [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] 5 |- = [ ] ] n ] [ ] ® [ ] ] S' COLORED DRESS SKIRTS, well made and lined, regular price $2 25, of fancy suiting, worth $3 30, sale black and navy serge, regular price At LADIES' FANCY MOREEN UNDERSKIRTS, regular price $1 50, sale price 75c¢ ' FLANNELETTE WRAPPERS, former price $1 50, will be placed on sale at Tc e LADIES’ JACKETS AND CAPES. At $1.48. LADIES, BLACK CHEVIOT CLOTH JACKETS storm collars, worth §3 00, sale sale price price sale price E—E-E-E-N-8-E-E-E-E-E-0-N-0-E-EE 'CO0000CI000CO00 R All Broken Lots and Surplus Be Closed Out This Week Regard- “less of Cost or Value! Stock to 500 350 | (Great Bargains in Ladies’ ‘flosiery and | Underwear. At 10 Cents. i 3% dozen CHILDREN'S FAST BLACK COTTON HOSE, in all sizes, double sole and knee, worth 2 50 a dozen, will be on sale for 10c the pair. At 7 Cents. | 400 dozen LADIES' FAST BLACK COTTON HOSE, in_ plain and Richelieu ribbed, full finished, will be cleared out at 7c the pair. At 20 Cents. 200 dozen LADIES' REAL MACO FANCY COTTON HOSE, Roman | stripes and plaids, regular price dse | the pair, will be on sale at 20c. i At 33 Cents. 150 dozen LADIES’ FANCY THREAD HOSE in a great variety of the newest styles, former prices T5c each, will be on sale at At 35 Cents. 150 dozen LADIES' EXTRA HEAVY GRAY EGYPTTAN COTTON VESTS, ribbed and fleece lined, with silk trimming, made to sell at 75c, will be on sale at 35c each. | CORSETS. At 75 Cents. | 7 dozen LADIES' CORSETS, mada of imported sateen, single bone strips, latest French model, lace trimmed c and ” NEN'S FURNISHINGS. At 15 Cents. 2 CASES MEN'S SEAMLESS SANITARY CASHMERE SOCKS, finished with double spliced heels and toes; former ! price 25¢; marked down to 15¢ pair. At 25 Cents. | 3 CASES MEN'S FULL FINISHED EX-| TRA FINE CASHMERE WOOL AND | MERINO SOCKS in undyed colors and fast blacks; also new cadet, tan and | vicuna merino shades; all with double | heels and toes and warranted non- shrinkable; former price $4 dozen; marked down to 2c pair. | At SO Cents. 7 doz. MEN'S UNLAUNDRIED WHITE SHIRTS. made trom “Utica Nonpa- refl” cloth, with reinforced all-linen inserted bosoms, double backs and felled seams; former price $ic; marked down to d0c each. At 735 Cents. | doz. MEN'S UNDYED WOOL UNDER- SHIRTS AND DRAWERS, warranted shrunk; former price $12; marked | down to Toc each. 42 At 75 Cents. 20 doz. MEN'S FLEECE-LINED CAM- EL'S HAIR UNDERSHIRTS AND | DRAWERS in the following sizes: | Shirts, 42, 44, 46, 48; drawers, 35, 38, 40, 42, 44; former price $1 25; marked down to 75¢ each. At $1.00. 32 doz. MEN'S EXTRA FINE VICUNA | MERINO NDERSHIRTS AND | 140 The extremely unpropitious weather of the past few weeks has | ‘resulted in an accumulation of stock that we desire to close - out as| ‘closely as possible before taking our annual inventory. ‘ As this is unquestionably the most important and most favorable opportunity | 'ever presented the purchasing public of this city, we extend to all an invitation to call | \during the coming week and profit by the EXTRAORDINARY values offered, a number of {examples of which we append to impress upon intending purchasers the advisability | |of an early selection, as these are | BARGAINS THAT CANNOT BE DUPLICATED OR REPLACED WHEN ONCE SOLD. 200 250 | 100 3 cases WHI SADS, bed size, Marseilles patter an extra heay $125, on sale at $1 each. At 35 Cents. S T s wide, in cream only, all linen and very durable, y CLH i S LADIES’ UNDERWEAR At 50 Cents. AND TABLE DAMASK, 70 inches wide, in cream only, heavy and serviceable, value for WATISTS. At SO Cents. | LADIES' FANCY PLAID AND STRIPED WOOL SHIRT WAISTS, latest style make, marked dow from $125 to S0c. | 200 At $1.00. ALL - WOOL SHIRT | ISTS, in ' fancy checks and | trimmed with black braid down from $150 and $1 LADIES' WA | 1 At $1.00. | DIES' LIDERDOWN DRESSING | SACQUES in striped and plald fina- nel, perfect fit, marked down from $2 and $2 50 to 'SI. LA A® SO Cents. [ LADIES' PERCALE SHIRT WAISTS, in fancy siripes, late marked down from to “a0c. | i [ style make, | [ At $4.90. LADIES' STRIPED SILK TAFFETA | WAISTS, lined throughout, latest | e, cut and patterns, marked down from $7 to $4 9. | At 86.S0. | -85 E-0-5-0-E- 88005 E-N-E-N-E- -0 E-E-E--E-m GREAT STOCK-TAKING REDUCTION SALE! LONSDALE MUSLIN, 36 inches wide, soft fi {85 pleces LIN il)(!\VN COMFORTERS. full size, well filled, covered with handsome French sateen, | 50 dozen PILLOW CASES, with a two DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT. At S5 Cents. h, and at 5¢ yard. R I8t Do RS At 5 Cents. pieces OSMAR_CASHMERE inches wide, a heavy terns, suitable for Ladies’ W ers, worth $ 1-3 cloth_and pretty pat- on sale at 5c yard. At 5 Cents. NEL, 4 pieces OUTING of pretty patte heavy t h and a large variety ieces PEBBLE or 12%ec, on sale CREPOD at 5¢ yard. , 30 inches wide, in Light Evening Shades, value At 12 1-2 Cents. N BATISTE. 31 inches wide arly all linen, many new colorings; are value for 25¢, and will ed out at 12'ac yard. At 45 Cents ANKETS, in white, gray and tan, soft and fleecy; these goods pairs 10-4 COTTON B 75¢ grade on sale at 4 the 90 Cents. ., gray and pairs 10-4 CO' heavy and fleecy; the $L. tan, extra Cents, BED COMFORTERS, filled with pure white carded cotton, e at 75¢ each. full size, were $1; on At $1.00. 70c, on sale at 50c yard. At $4.75. were $6 50, on sale at $4 75 each. SHEETS AND PILLOWCASES. dozen SHEETS, hand torn, well finished, ready for use, and a strong, heavy it grade of muslin, size 72x% at % at 40c and 90x% at 45c each. nch hem, made from heavy muslin, size 36x46 at 10c, 36x50 at 1llc and 36x54 at 12%c. . black; DRAWERS, finished with double- | LADIES' FANCY TUCKED SATIN ufl k J dM A“ ) S Market, Jones and NcAllister Sts., gt R ST D NG S, rket, Jones and McAllister Sts., San Francisce ray only, former price $1 00 and oughly shrunk; former price 1| lined al through, marked down %3 each, will be on'sale at mirked down to §1 each. I from 810 to $6 30. San Francisco. : F g g mmoS85E8000 00N -5 =S8 882 g ig - = -d-d-E-E-E-0-8- K0 E-E-N-E-S-En -u - -2 038 KB EES B =23 & 8-2 52 aNEa 0c00COo v s, . .3 dent; G. Swaln, secretary; A. E. Koch, | from their adjoining windows they do a| wood, who was a Miss Hope Ellis, of | than reluctant, at the half open door, 800000000000000000 082099990000000 1’&&::"(:@?&9a}'&gllrflr:.'mxr.”:‘\?xgrhae? A e r: reation . cOmItee—E. Gon® | triple Pyramus and Thishe act | Marysville, ~They say he was in love|which means the step from:childhood to O Cohn, Mr. and.Mrs. A. Siser, Mr. and Mrs. | zales, £. §. Williams and L. Block Jr. While Mrs. Hopkins i1l Caro scarce- | Wth her Vears ago and that their en-| womanhood. wondering. with all the celfs o O | H. Himan, Mr. and Mrs. Samuals, M The Sine Cura Club anonunces its t Iy went any place and then In a per- | Eagement was broken off for Mr. Sher- | consciousness of youth, just how this step [ nethrough, Mrs. Coller, the Mt ~The engagement Is announced of Morris | that Mrs. Hopking is rapidly improving | declared that no one save the | Thousands of s g g ot \ O | thier, Miss May Gregory, Miss S kAN oL e o A Mitae. “Na. | e Will have all three of the glrls orce ' unrequited love oull show | sidered Ruth Ashocie the mmechica con- \ b S . Miss C Kaskell, daughter of MF. an Na- L TS : equited lo) 11 s:ow | sidered Ruth Ashmore the last court of 4 ® O | Bk P Gordin, Miss 5. Gordan; L. BFon: | than Kaskell of this city. " Atiey | T stibpose 1f T want to keep up my rep- | 5ich adamantine resistance to our efforts | appeal in mooted questions of etiquetee O | son, L. Kaliner, L. Levy, F. Leitas, Mr. | The engagement is announced of Miss | utation I must tell you something that | 1 F Sraven 1yt am ready (o |and propriety. In the role of an author- 0000000000000000000000000000000000000 R D g P L A PR b o o youne hasinses men.or. Oak {8 intonded to be left unsald. WSl there| forgive him: his eins of omission. ¥ .- | ity on fashion Mrs. Mallon had still a Y i 5 _ 5. Goldenburg, J. Goodman, M. Cassner, ce, & ¥ - | is only one secret that I might teil you, | g : DA pellonsnans SHIL| third duaichas ] D Mie; HE dance of the Friday Fort-| Mrs. A. P. Hotaling Jr. and Mrs. Lucle | Guss Liser. I-Liser, H. Jaffe, Mr. Gross, | land. hage mo HEht o teidsse (e | Site my vears and callousness, I 'still| third audience, with an occasional one un- nightly was the only noteworthy | May Hayes are at Coronado Beach. H. Loventhal. Mr. and Mrs, Arthur Bull of Flole Villa, ht on its exclusiveness. Fo» goce- | i m‘ hii o pamente to ac € | der her own name for short stories of fic- affair of the week. There is but |, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander T. Vogelsang | “‘The Qui Vive Whist Club was enter- | San Rafael Valley, are here on their | 1) ke, don’t say I told you, but Cai-| Bo another bachelor will jein the ranks | HOD [ have taken apartments at the Caiifornia | tained last Sunday evening by Miss Etta | honeymoon and are stopping at the Pal- | jj oy on R G0k b S8 b 0 ar off ¢ o Ao Join ran Her death. while a sur little effort being made by mem- | Tintol o -t tained last Sunday evening Mis a n a 1 at al- | lingha y s going BArof¥n!| e thas Bencdicts: @nd: we will moy death, while a surprise to the out- bers of the smart set to pay off |i s (Y‘h”e they expect to remain per- | Becker at -her residence, Fillmore||ibesy They cantemplite exi\er;sl\g Ulah‘;}l bachelorhood. | step nearer to our ‘‘doom would be | side world, was not ailtogether unexpect- 6 Seag RS MaCbIRARbEE TaNCE! s s Zx e toue | street. Miss Lulu Becker and George | Ing before returning to 'thelr southern| "y, . 'oii o to marry Mrs. H. E. Sher-| Lovingly, FLORA McFLIMSY. |ed. For some months Mrs. Malion the season’s indebtedness. Indeed, E. M. G 2ot Thired - Bush were the lucky prize-winners. | home. Mrs. Bull is the nni(q‘d .l;tl.hl.; health had t bad 11 Mallon’s here have been few obligations incurrred M. Greenway left on Thursday for ; T “Migs Etta | “Floie.” Mr. Bull is the proprietor of the S it hea ad been bad. Her mother, to e T ris | 108 Anigelea, to be gons about & foriaighy, | AWODE those present . were: Miss Etta | cklole ) Mr. Bull le ¢ g RlelelelelololototoreleTolotoYot ool oToToofo oY oFCIOIO) | whom the daughter had always secy’ do ever before known In the - Coleman returned from Mon- | A mys’ Miss Minnie Becker, the Misses | Mrs. Olivia E. Warfield of Buffalo, N. bubries vear than social history of San Francisco to reign for one brief ev on Tuesday very much improved in lth and is at the Palace Hotel. Lieutenant H. E. Parmenter, U. S. } has been detached from the Nero and or- dered to the Mare Island Nav: King Carnival is night before the Lenten shades are drawn | quiy’ with the Range on all things worldly, and all interests | Colonel and Mrs. William_ Forsyth sail- of a social nature are revolving around | ed from New York for the Mediterranean a fortnight ago. They will land at Na- | ples and then proceed to Rome and Genoa and do not expect to return to Californla until 3 di Gras bal masque, which is to e at the Mark Hopkins Institute on evening of Shrove Tues- ay, February Edward M. Greenwa The wedding of Stepnen Seymour Rau is to have of the daneing, Henry | formerly of New York, now in business Heyman wi °t the music, and ever ’1" l);‘lls mv.x :\erl M'Iss L|’u-}i‘|le Magnin, ffort is being made by the committee to | daughter of 1. Magnin, which took place O e e e e er. | Wednesday evening at the bride's home, € ‘]mlxlhli‘. ot 1337 Laguna street, was a family affair. 4 a The ceremony was performed by the Rev. . Dr. Nieto. The bride wore a reception gown of taffeta trimmed with heliotrope silk and hat to match. Mr. and Mrs. Rau Monte, and on their return 1337 Laguna street. Mrs. ceive on the first Wednesda The following passengers steamship_Mariposa Thursday, #: For Honolulu—H. 8. Coffin, Lester Coffin, Mrs. V. Fernbach, S. de Freest, yuds and belles, but the matrons are in a_flutter of anticipation roaching ball not a single announcement for | aching seven da 1 f the reception which the , 1215 Sut- will reside at Rau will re- evening. ior Burns gave a delightful te her a 1y at home, 40¢ Van 5% W. H. Fuller, Mrs. E. W. Goodale and in- avenue. Her rooms were handsomely dec- | fant ‘Miss Goodale, Mrs. E. D, Goodrich orated with large red popples, tralling C. T. fHancock, G. A. Hendricks an 1es ('lnll‘lni"lm:"-‘ ; lxw\\;r“ o8 lel“hrfl' D. B, 1{«ms|a?der. Mrs. H. W. Kel- ~Brouck, Miss Moyle and Miss Parker. | 30’ Rimnger g po s G Kby, Miss L. i BIRSR &, and wife, J. F.' McCrosson, E. K. Miller, On Thursday Mrs. Harry E. Wise was a | Miss M. Mitchell. H. L. Rumsey Miss K. tea hostess between the hours of 4 and 6| Taplin, O. M. Waterhouse, R. C. White clock at idence, 1822 Sacramento | and wife, , - H. Young, Miss street sisted by her mother, | Jane Yoyhg, Mrs. W. J.° 1oung. Mrs. Whittemore, Mrs. Reynolds of New r Auckland—Hon, J. Lamb Do . Stone, Mrs. Farrell, Mrs. Du- | United States Consul General to Tahlfi: Frane Miss Kate Burke,|J. H. Holder, D. Reid, Mrs. C. Reld, R. L Miss Julia Reed, Miss Mabel | VOn Gember. For Sydney—W. G. Brown, | od. M tone and Miss Mamie Willis. | Gerald Coventry and wife, O. Girard and e erie Anirews shve wife, Rev. Father Hennebry, Miss Anna ten on Fritiny; Jan Leaser, H. S. Rosenthal, L. Roude- SN nreeclving by May Lowell, bush and wife, J. M. Woods. iss Hand, Miss May Ayers mnd Miss | The Saturday Bvening Social Club en- Atkinson. tertained their many friends at the resi- The Bishop of British Columbia was the nce of George Cantrell Saturday even- guest of Honor at aclerical ‘luncheon | 1% J4Ruaty 2l Among the guests were: glven by Mrs. A. N. Drown on Monday Farley, Mi P Mathews. Miss M. Con- S diy Chi : bl s e 1 | DeI .ane, Miss himmelfen- A very charming dinner was given by 1, Miss J. McAleer, Miss L. Berte, Miss Miss Belle Strasberg on Saturday, Janu- Robin, Miss L. Hendrioks. A Jon ar at the residence of her parents on Short, R. Cantrell, ¢ Turner: . Jackson street. Fuller. G. Berti, H, Turner, G. Cantrell, B. Kilpatrick, W. Backs W. Mendez Miss Millicent Shinn, the first woman in California to receive the degree of doctor of philosophy, was the guest of honor last evening at a reception given by the Cali- fornia branch of the Association of Col- lege Alumni at Sorosis Hall, on California et rs. William H. Chickering of Oakland gave a lunch party at the University Club Monday to the members of theWhee- | Whist Club, of which she is pres Those entertained were: Mrs. Gor- T Frederic Hall, Mrs, James A. Folger, M: and R. Hunt. M and Mrs. B B. Whitcomb of Des p s, lowa, are vis Mrs. Lov Wit ting Mrs. Lovell _Miss Florence Douglas entertained La | Viente Whist Club last Tucsday evening, | Archie Turnbull won the first prize and | Mrs. B. F. Rowell the consolation. | An_enjoyable surpris | to_ Miss Fleeta Rawson birthday = anniversary at her residence, 1316 Larkin street, last Tuesday evening, Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. George C. Rawson, Mrs. S. Randolph, Arthur B in_honor of her X B T I' | man, Miss N. E. Gillésple, Miss B Paul Lohse and Mrs. Williard Bar-| gryis W. Lawson. R. Efeshe(l'd:n%‘g}inilty i €. Arthur, A. E. Skillicorn, Randolph, Leonard Rawson, H berg, H. 8, Sheldon and J. J. Cain. An enjoyable reception was given Sat- urday evening to M. H. Whipple at_the residence of his mother, Mrs. D. Com- stock, 2026 McAlllster street. After spend- ln‘x the ev nlnfi very pleasantly the guests g | il' journes to the dining rgomflwhm a de- cious supper was served. The followi; Among those who expect to attend the | guests Wer‘: present: Mr. and Mrs. s,,‘;fl Horse Show and Floral Fete at Los An- | uel Wolf, Mrs. Sneath, Mrs. Benson, Mr. geles in February are: Mr. and Mi and Mrs, Sorrel, the Misses Sorrel, Mis: Walter 8. Hobart, Mr. and Mrs, Francis | Baum, Mrs. B. K. Albertson, b J. Carolan, Mr. and Mrs. George Pope, | len, Miss Sullivan, Miss Malone, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Baldwin, George A! 2. . Wolf, Mrs. Beecher Sonnen: ol { The engagement is announced of Miss | Annie Russell Allen of 8t, Louis to Count Paul Festetics di Tolni. The groom-elect | is a brother of Count Festetics di Tolnl, | who was married to the daughter of Mr. | and Mrs. Louis T. Haggin of this city | some years ago. . R | Browne, Mr. and Mrs, D. Comstock, Mr. j athbone. Masgems . . | W, $neath. Bond, Mrs. E. Newhall, John Parrott, Prince Andre Poniatowskl, Lawrence Van Winkle and | Lelf, George Danlels, W. Shaffer. H. Sim- | kins, Charles Flelder, M. H. Whipple and Captain_Nat T. Messer is the guest of | A reception was given at the residence John W. Mackay at Paso Robles. of Mrs. Cohn on Sunday last in honor of Mrs. Nat T. Messer will leave here next | the engagement of her sister, Miss Sarah Wednesday for Los Angeles en route to to Samuel Cohn. Those present New York. Rev. M, Levy, Mr. and Mrs. v yard for | have gone to Del | :| But, I like you all the better, for it proves e party was given | Ames A A thanson, Mr, and Mrs. D. Dexter. M hnwnlln(;.'mx\l(r?u}:"ilfir“r\lre B "(‘" Regina Nathanson, Miss Josie i'«lnrtmz:;s Mrs. Robert Moore, Mrs. Thomas, | Miss Ada Skillicorn, Miss' Lulu Rawson, | Cook. Mre. tloughton, Mrs. Paimes, | Miss Elma C. Sanders, Miss Louise Hoff. | Lulu and Emma Becker, William Kell Harry Puckhaber, William _Fenster- macher, Hugo Schmidt, George Bush and Paul Westerfeld. The Winter Cotillon Club will give an “at home” Friday evening, February 3, at Cotillon Hall. Dancing at half-past & o'clock. . . The fifth assembly and german of the First Friday Cotiilon will take place Fri- day evening next in Assembly Hall, Red Men's building, 320 Post street. The Fin de Siecle Whist Club was very | charmingly _entertained by the Misses Jeanette and Alice Patridge at their home on Thursday night. The prizes were won by Miss Susle Logan and W. B. Burner. The next party of the Blue Ribbon Co- tillon Club will take place Wednesday evening, February 1. at Hinman's Hall. Calcium effects will be introduced in the grand march, which will begin at $:3) | sharp. The officers of the club are: A. | Weil, president; A. E. Koch, vice presi- EAREST MARGUERITE: E'en vour failings lean to virtue’ de. What a loyal little girl you are, and hqw straight from the shoul- der you can administer a scolding. | you would put on the gloves for me. However, 1 plead not gullty to your charges. You know I am as fond of Flora Dean as you are. 1 knew you would be interested in hearing even of her reported engagement, and as for the rest of it, 1 simply meant that she has a naive uncon- ventional way of putting things. It is very refreshing in this age and generation | of mediocrity. | I have always sald that Flora was head | and shoulders above any of the other “West” girls and I am still perfectlty will- ing to take off my chapeau to her. | Have I reinstated myself in your good | graces? You say my apologles are simply | egotism wrong side out, but on this oc- | casion I have tried to bow the head and bend the knee with better grace. The great problem, more difficult than that propounded by the Sphynx of old, | has, at last been answered. With due deliberation the chaperons have decided that we, who know more about a chap- alone. may go to the Mardi Gras. At first things did not seem to come our way. The matrons and brides announced their Intention of going and then with tantalizing slowness allled with the | pros and cons of the buds and belles ap- | pearing. But I believe it is now settled that we may go. Mrs. Magee and Mrs. Tobin are going to | chaperon a ha.f dozen of us. We are | all going in costume and it is proving a | severe strain on our gray matter, as weil as _our purses to evolve something new | and original to wear. All the details have | been settled and the King, Queen and jester have been chosen. I have been let i into the secret of their identity,but [ gave Mr. Greenway a “‘cross my heart and pe 1 would not te\:. to die” promise that | 8o until he absolves me it is silence a la mort. 1 have been devoting all my spare think- Ilng moments for the benefit of the Chil- | dren’s Hospital. We are going to give a bazaar on the 11th and we want it to be an overwhelming success. Mrs. Hobart has offered us her house for the occasion, with permission to turn it upside down. from garret to cellar. Lottie Cunning- ham and I are cultivating wrinkles in the endeavor to make ourselves useful. There is plenty to do, for there are 130 children to be trained for the Mother Goose entertainment, besides all the other detalls. Mrs. Richardson and Mr. gruce Porter are going to pose the tableau. {oJoJoXoJoJOJOJOJOJONoJoXookoJoXoJoXoJolo) GOSSIP OF 4 SOGIETY BUD. Y., arrived yesterday and will spend the remainder of the winter in California. Miss Ruth Martha Gruenberg and Dr. Alfred Sander will recelve to-day and Sunday, February 5, from'3 to 11, at 1541 Central avenue, Alameda. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Coblentz (for- merly Joseph) have returned from their southern trip and will be pleased to re- celve their friends this afternoon at 1832 Bush street. Wise will be at home the first Sat- of each month at the Hotel Bertel- 714 Bush street. ing. Mr. and Mrs. Adolfo Stahl and family are expected on the steamer Peru from Guatemala and will stop at the Schwartz residence, on the southeast corner of Clay and Buchanan streets, P. Banner and daughter of New ing Mrs. M. Banner at 1002 s avenue. Ray Levin has gone East for six weeks. Mendelson of San Diego is visiting | relatives at 912 McAllister street. (OXOXOXOXOJOJOROXOROJOROXOJOXO] ‘We all feel sure the Mother Goose will take -well. 1t is really very clever and | catchy. Mary Halleck Foote, who for St. Nicholas, has » very valuable suggestions. And both of her daughters are aiding us and will take charge of one of the booths. I am so interested in this and in the bal masque that I have forgotten to com- plain at the dearth of all things social. A significant hoarse croak in my voice was taken by the mater as a note of warning from the “grip” and she refused to let me go to the Friday Fortnightly, which was the only offering laid at the Mrs. feet of Terpsichore this week. 5 Colds or a bona fide attack of the grip kept one or two other girls away, but despite our absence all went merry. Dick says the girls looked particularly pretty. Monday night I went to the theater. We are becoming regular first-nighters. The boys all accepted with alacrity our in- vitation to see Daniels. The fact that he has a lady fair in the company who is | guaranteed to make the heart of a club | Johnny do a two-step is not lost upon us. | Miss Merrill was in the party and she amused us at supper afterward with some very droll stories of the way we Califor- nians are regarded outside of the State limits. Wednesday night Bishop and _Mrs. Nichols gave a reception to Bishop More- Jand. Every onc was there who recog- nizes the peal of a church bell, and_ there were others whose unbounding faith in getting to heaven anew through the eye of a needle Is not so great. It was really not a very solemn affair—due, probably, to the excellence of the light refresh- ments, Jean _and Florence Hush called yester- day. They told me all about the Kitt- redge receptiog and dinner—a very swell affair. The girls say things are very live- ly over in Oakland—and they indignantly refute the assertion that the strength of | the cotillon punch has anything to do with it. Oh, yes: I forgot to tell you that Caro Crockett gave us a dinner. Caro intended to entertain a great deal this winter, but thouqh she has given us several dinners and lunches she has not been able to carry out her plans. During the first part of the season Mrs. Crocke:t was quite ill, 80 of course Caro doffed the frills of soclety and donned the nurse's cap. vhen Mrs. Crockett was well, Caro declared that even if unalded and abetted she would tinge this winter with at least a touch of the gayety that has enlivened former seasons. | Then poor Mrs. Hopkins became sud- denly so very ill, and that has deprived us not only of the Hopkins girls, Caro as ‘well. Both Helen and Edna Hopkins are simply devoted to Caro, and L4 Hup or “Bas” ISABEL A. Who Has dust Died. and “Ruth From a Photograph. LEVER, kindly Bab no more? It is hard to realize it. Probably no other woman in ‘America could boast so many friends as she. Her own friends, those who loved the woman Isabel A. Mallon, are le- gion, but compared with them those who knew and loved the writer are as the sauds of the sea, for she was not simply Aud “RuUTs dSBMORE” She Wrote Under the Names of “Bab™ nd who for many years had been her constant companion and friend. died in October. This preyed on the mind of the gifted, high-strung woman and made the conquest of disease an e matter. She died the day after the Christmas hol- iday, December 27. Once Bab said: ter all, we women don't Southern know very much, anyhow, except how to love and be loyal to what we love." Mrs. Mallon was a native of the pictur- esque city of Baltimore, whose boast it is that all its women are beautiful and all | its men brave and chivalrous. Her mother | belonged to one of the most distinguished | families of Delaware, and her father's | people, the Sloans, for five generations | had occupied the old mansion in which the write born. The little Isabel had every advantage which wealth could giv fashionable | governesses and mas: S | little more than a cf fam Mallon, | man of fine § since she was 12 years old she had known | him, and the match met with the entire | approbation of both families, with the single objection to the youthful years of the bride. She was 16 and Mr. Mallon was seven years her senior. e wedding they went abroad and years were spent in travel. On ey made their home in New nfortunately Mr. Mallon was and after a few years con- sumptfon began to make fatal inroads on his health. With this came financial d aster, and the young woman who had never known what it meant to have a spoken wish ungratified found herself with an invalid husband and no means of support. | She made an effort 1o secure employ- ment. The dat s of luxury do mot often bring marke wares into the | business world, but she was an exception. The manager of a great publishing house to whom she applied was struck by her courage and si ty. Vhat can you do?” he Anything,” she replied ob; scrub your floc better for me to di he publisher thought the matter over. | He had a man to scrub his floors, and | while he did not doubt the will of the slender, pale-faced young woman who stood before him he much doubted her physical ability to keep his floors $mmac- ulate. So he said doubtfully “Do you think you could write fash- | tong?” asked *hoking back , if you've noth- a he thought she could. and was engaged at a salary of §10 a week. She worked | nine hours a day at a dingy desk in a | dingy office, and was glad of the chance because it enabled her to make her hus- band’s descent to the grave a little easier. For three vears worked thus, and in that period her salary was raised a num- | " In her position she made the acquaint- LIIJO ance of other writers, and some of these M;A N. | advised her to contribute to other papers | in addition to her modest work for the | great pattern publishing firm. | ~Her first Bab letter was one of these Ashmore. | Continued on Page Thirty-Two. 00090000000 0600060060 one writer, but many. There was Bab, | & say, brilliant, light-hearted Bab, be- | ® The Sunday Cali, 32 neath whose most mocking sallies of wit one could detect the true, sweet womanli- ness of the generous hearted writer. Then there was Ruth Ashmore, the discreet and tactful gentlewoman who wrote enter- | ® @ year. Subscribe for it, taining axioms for the guidance of uncer- | ® taln girlhood, standing, more mdmtlo'OQQOQQQOQOQQOQOO ® R o Pagdes, daslivered at yowr @ kS | & home by mail for $1 50 : ® S * »