The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 19, 1899, Page 27

i 4 FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 1899 OCIETY is reveling in grand| opera. In fact, the town has | gone opera mad, and during the | week just passed Lent has re- | ceived rather scant observance | from even the most orthodox. ANl Vanity Fair, in frills and furbelows, furs and jewels, was at the Grand Opera- | house on Monday to greet the songbirds. | Although the brilliancy of the opening | night was somewhat marred by the | sprinkling of high-necked gowns and somber materials throughout the body of the house, the occupants of the boxes without an exception were arrayed as the majesty of the occasion demanded, | and their costumes and Jewels added greatly to the spectacular side of the effects. ol wivow There have been box parties galore. A | noticeable feature of these has been an almost entire absence of the debutantes of the of the more youth- | ful of However, there has | been a owing of bachelors, who 1 attentively in the back- ground e the curtain was up and who wisited assiduously while the curtain was down. s box on Monday night s. Phelan, Mrs. Frank Bell Gwin and Colin | . 2 Willlam G. Irwin's box were | Harold Sewall, Mrs. Lansdale, Miss | In Mayor Phela were er, ) Miss Mary Taura McKinstry and Henry Redington. After the performance Mayor Phelan entertained both parties at a delightful eupper in the red room of the Bohemian | I Club. | Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Spreckels gave a box party Monday night and entertained Mrs, Jolliffe, s Virginia Jolliife and | Dr. Herbert Moffitt. | Tuesday night Mr. and Mrs. Willlam G. Irwin gave a box party. followed by a | supper at the University Club. The party comprised Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mrs. Jessie @ Dettrick, M Smith and Edward M. Greenway. The ning Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Sprec! d their box Miss | Miss Laura McKinstry, . John Bowie and | followed Edw E A “supper in the Palace grill room. | Mr. and Mrs. J. Downey Harvey gave 2 box party Wednesday night to Mr. and | Mrs. James Robin Mrs. Harold | and Supper at the 3 Mrs. Isaac Sewall. " entertained | fol- AT Wed night, - s at the The party | and Mrs. Lewis Gerstle, | comprised Mr. and ace Hecht. Marcus Gerstle and -N D. Martin and | b é guests of Mrs. | Martin in her box on Wednesday | and afterward at supper at the o same evening Mr..and Mrs. W. F.| e S rtained Mrs. Richard Bayne, Mr. and Mrs. Schwerin, Miss Herrin and orace G. Platt. 5 HOTace aek Cunningham'’s box on Wednes. ovening contained Mr. and Mrs. Homer King and_Athearn Folger. After the performance Mrs. Cunningham enter- tained her guests at supper at the Palace. Mr. rs. W. R. Whittier gave an opera party in their box on Wednesday Tight and delightfully entertained Miss Romietta Wallace, Miss Gertrude Carroll and Frederick A. Healy. Supper followed at the University Club. At Palace. sday evening Mr. and Mrs. W. M?\I-grxefi'han entertained in Mrs. Jack Cunningham's_box. Their guests were: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nuttall and Mr. and ford Wilson. Mres. Mountlor N Thursday night Mr. and Frederick Kohl gave a charming Thelir guests were: Miss Kohl, Mrs. McMullin- Jennie Blair, Miss Roberts, ones, Horace G. Platt, Charles N. on Jr. 4nd Mr. Roberts of New York. fiss Jolliffe gave a box party fn Mrs. Epreckels’ box on Thursday evening and o tupper at the Palace afterward. Her wesia were: Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Buck- o5'Miss Buckbee, Jullan Thorne and Mr. Allen. T AlSD frey entertained Mr. and Mrs. Hugo D. Keil and Miss Caro Carpenter in i box at the opera on Monday evening. Wednesday evening Mr. and Mrs. John Jierd and Frank Thompson wers his guests. 2SRA . Dr. Willlam Payne Simpson, son of the Jate Dr. James Simpson of this city, was narried iast Tuesday to Mrs. Lucy Alsop Thomas, widow of Malcolm Thomas. The ceremony was_performed in New York City at St. Thomas Church, Fifth ave- nue and Fifty-third street. Dr. Simpson | Was formerly a resident of San Francisco, and for several years occupled the posi- fion of assistant surgeon under Dr. So- mers at. the Recelving Hospital. Since Jeaving California a year ago he has been practicing his profession in New York City. Ly Major General William R. Shafter, U. 8. {A., was the guest of honor at the recep- tion Monday afternoon, given by the la- dies of Laurel Hall Club at their rooms, 1620 California street. On_the reception committee were: Mrs. W. B. Harrington, Mrs. John Gray, Mrs. T Mrs. H. J. Sadler, Mrs. R. Carmany, . J. Burnett, Mrs. Darville J. Libby, Mys. T. Yowenberg, Mme. Tojetti and Miss Stadt- muller. Mrs. supper,_at the Palace. Mrs. Kohl, S e On Tuesday Mrs. Isidor Burns gave a charming reception at her residence, 404 Golden Gate avenue, in honor of her cous- in, Miss Constance Willlams, who 4s 'visiting her. The rooms were profuse- ]y decorated with fruit blossoms and boughs of the Japanese kaldo. Miss Wil- liams wore a handsome gown of cream satin and crepe with trimmings of burnt orange velvet. Mrs. Burns was .assisted in recelving by Mrs. C. P. Osgood, Mrs. M. . Parker, Mrs. W. 8. Duncombe, Mre. William Matson, Miss Paul Goodloe and Miss Mayle. B e Mme. Melba was the guest of honor Jast Thursday evening at a charming din- ner party given by Walter Martin in the Red room of the Bohemian Club. The iable was_exquisitely decorated and a string orchestra furnished music durin; the service of the dinner. Those invites to meet Mme. Melba were: Mr. and Mrs. J. Downey Harvey. Mr. and Mrs. Horace HBlanchard Chase, Mr. and_Mrs. Rudolph Spreckels, Miss Fannle Lnu%?borough. Miss Josephine Loughborough, Miss Mary Bell Gwin, Miss Laufa McKinstry, Peter D. Martn, Edward M. Greenway, Donald de V. Graham, Richard Tobin, Signor Pandolfini and George E. Hall. o Mrs. Charles Christensen gave a most delightful luncheon last Friday at her home in San Rafael, complimentary to AEm Platt of St. Louis, who 1s visiin, her. The table decorations consisted o maidenhair fern and the most exquisite cut glass. Among those entertained were: Mrs. Horace Wilson, Mrs. A. G. Booth, Mrs. Burke, Mrs. Hand, Mrs. Howard and Mrs. F. Hays. s Jennle Blair gave a theater party March 11, and after- r guests at supper. IThe Rart ¢ comprised Mr. and Mrs. George Wachington Boyd, Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Spreckels, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Kohl, r. and Mrs. George de Latour, Miss Ma- mie Burling, Miss Mamie Kohl, Mayor. James D. Phelan, Edward M. Greenway and Peter D. Ml‘!l‘fin. . Monday evening Mayor James D. Phe- lan gave a dinner party in the red room of the Bohemian Club. His guests were: . and Mrs. Downey Haryey, Ma, on Saturday eveninfi, ward entertained he: And Oouchmen, Do Kbner, Bdward T Mrs. Harold | Sullivan, Mrs. Mrs. Rudolph _Spreckels, Bell Gwin, Miss Sewall, Mrs. Fran Lansdale, Miss Mary Marguerite Jolliffe, Miss Helen Smith, Miss Laura McKinstry, Captain Terry, U. 8. N.; Edward M. Greenway, Walter Martin, Peter D. Dr.’ Herbert Moffett and Colin M. Smifth. Mrs. Jam: Ru 1] gave a theater arty Saturday evening, March 11, at which ' she entertained number of | friends. | Martin, a s s e Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Dutton and the Misses Mollle and_Gertrude Dutton are temporarily located at the Occidental Ho- tel. They will leave for New York, via Panama, March 2§, and will remain East during the summer months. | H. M. A. Miller and J. W. C. Maxwell | have left for Mazatlan, Mexico, to inspect | certain mines in which they are inter- | ested. < . Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Spreckels arrived in this city last week from Santa Cruz. | They will reside permanently in San| Francisco. | B s cie Mr. and Mrs. George Washington Boyd | arrived a week ago yesterday in thelr rivate car “‘Olivette’’ from Monterey and,; topping at the Palace. | iyde-Smith left here last Thurs- | ih response to a summons from her | ster, Mrs. Garceau, who is seriously 1ll | with pneumonia at her home in Chicago. Dr. and Mrs. Bfl\'erl{l MacMonagle re- turned Tuesday from thelr southern trip. | Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Kohl returned | a week ago yesterday from a two weeks' | t to Monterey. | Mr. and Mrs. Russell Wilson arrived from the East on Monday In their private | car. They were accompanied by Mrs. Jarboe, who will remain in the city un- | il May, when she will o to her cottage hta Cruz for the remainder of the Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jarboe will pend the summer with her. Mrs. Jack Cunningham has returned from Monterey. n summer, came up from Del Athearn Folger Monte last week. x General Charles P. Eagan, U. 8. A., ac- Eagan, arrived in this en route to the Hawai- companied by M city on Tihufid jan Islands. Francis J. Heney will leave March 25| Miss Conway, J. Fogel, Edward Fay, Miss fay Lothers, Robert D. Wrong, Miss {rchild; George Monroe, Miss Tessel and Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Joell. A very pleasant ' birthday party was given to Cecll W, Bass at his residence, 708 Larkin street, on Friday evening, March 10. Among those present were: Miss Hazel Smith, Miss Edna Currier, Miss Lo- rine Dentler, ‘Miss Grace Ralston, Miss Frances Eldridge, Miss Martha Kersey, Hazel Ralston, Miss Edna Mayor, Ralston, Fred Samuels, Fred George Mayor, Artemas Doan, ¢’ Lorton and Cecil Bass. of the R. K. L. will be gvien Tuesday evening, March 21, at Saratoga Hall, 814 Geary street. Dr. S. P. Chalfant, who left about a vear ago for the mining districts of Colo- rado, returned home on the 15th inst. Jacob Spitz left ten days ago for an | extended trip through Mexico and Florida. Bandmaster J. L. von der Mehden has returned from Honolulu. Mrs. 8. Danielwiczand daughterof Port- land, Or., are visiting in San Francsico. At Home at 520 Golden Gate avenue on Monday, March 20. Miss Gilson has returned to her home in Carson, Nev., after a delightful visit to her friend Mrs. E. L. Hayward and other friends in San Francisco. She will return soon to accompany Mrs. Hayward and a party on a tour of the Hawaiian Isl- ands, China and Japan. A pleasant Suiprls(‘, party was tendered Mr. and Mrs. Saturday evening, March 1, in_honor of their sifver wedding anniversary. They were the recipients of many handsom resents. Among those present were: $tr. and Mrs. John Peck, Mr. and Mrs Charles Huber, Mr. and Mrs. F. Todt, M and Mrs. A, Koenig, Mr. and Mrs. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Kaufman, Mr. and M Weber, Mr. and Mrs. F. Huber, Miss L zie Lindwall, Miss Lizzie Schwarting. ‘Alice Fagan, Miss Katle Peck, Miss' ) tie Brown, Miss Minnie Huber, Miss Em. ma Koenig, Fred Todt, Fred Koenig, Charles Coronti, Charles Koenig Arthur McMahon, Willlam Koenig and Arthur Koenig. A surprise party was given to Mr. and Mrs. Stuart of 577 Chestnut street las Saturday evening by Mr. and Mrs. C for Honolulu to be gone several weeks | Woods. Those present o | Miss Fannie Woods, M Hyden, Mr. and Captain Urlel Sebree, U. 8. N., and Mrs. Mrs. Baldaranos, Joe Bal anos, M. Per- FORDROHOROKS G MARGUERITE — We | to the op- | lves seri- | EAREST take ourselves nightl: and we take ours which makes it very droll. | cou see we are s0 anxious to | be comme il faut that we do not cover up 3 sufficiently. The the tracks of anxiety “brand new’”’ clings to us despite our pre- cautions. However, we are improving nightly, and | by the time the season {s OVer our oper: manners will be beyond criticism. The were mostly sins of omission—neglecting to cover up unsightly bones or hideous | rolls of fat, For “lovely woman’ ‘en| masse in decollete is not a thing of | beauty. Pretty shoulders were displayed | and were appreciated. But since the tiat had gone - forth thiat low-necked gowns | were in order, women uncovered shoul-| ders that were not good to look upon. | And yet some one raised a hue and cry | because the entire feminine audience was | not decollete. ! Heaven forbid! say 1. For why con-{ vert the opera house into a museum of anatomy? ’'Twere a sin to hide pretty throats and dimpled shoulders—and like- | wise 'tis & sin not to cover up those that | are hungry looking or cushiony. | Everybody went on Monday night. All the smart world and his wife sat where | they could be seen. In the family circle | were those who came to see. And in the to hear. | gallery sat those wx:m e [as creased the gher up you O ddiume said the musical [‘mcm-‘v went, and som nereased. ; gencs Increased. were filled the first night, | and there were fully a dozen dinners be- | forenand, For the most part they were given at home, and for the suppers after- Ward the clubs were utilized. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, the Merrills, Ho- barts, Crockers, Mayor Phelan and others | gccupled the paico boxes with their | friends. Mary Bell Gwin, the Hopkins girls, Laura McKinstry, Caro Crockett— in fact, & great many of the girls—severed | maternal apron strings and helped muke | box parties look radiant. | But neither bud ncr belle could compare with Mrs, Hobart, who In cream satin with a single American Beauty rose easily carried oft the honors. Dick says that was the verdict of the chappies, who did the “Howdy’ In the boxes between acts. Margaret Jolliffe sat in one of the pro- scenfum boxes with her sister, Mrs. | Spreckels. Margaret 18 looking aggres sively happy these days and has a tan- falizlag habit of toying with a dfamond | circlet on her third finger. As for Dr. Mofiitt, he enjoys the rights and priv- jleges of an engaged man—to the extent of absolutely ignoring the rest of the fair | Sex. Papa says he considers it the match | of the season, for Dr. Moffitt has money | enough, ability to spare, and prospects | to_dazzle. e Tuesdn.g night a great many of us felt | compelled to take a little beauty sleep, but on Wednesday we were there again in all our glory. era capes were val- | jantly removed without first noting our | neighbors’ tactics, and altogether we had lost the shy hesitancy and “‘follow your leud"'MMr flfPhM?ndw night. After the opera Mayor Phelan gave us a supper at {Re Bonemian Club. 053 Thursday was the red letter night of the week. We did not go to the opera, but instead to a dinner at the Bohemian Club. HOHOHOROAROR DAOROAOXOROXOXORG Sebree hayve taken apartments = lehBenn X’l“%t & » b theiTo arry N> Btetson arrived i Efi'pt,‘i‘ebruary 18. By Oelre, rs. 8. L. Bee and Everett N. Bee will &e':‘l.v:nMfl,rch 2% for a trip to China and Mrs. Jane L. Stanford, accompanied Harry C. Lathrop, arrived Irompthc Ea'f!yt on ednesday after an absence of six weeks. Mrs. Stanford will remain in town several weeks at her home on Cali- fornia street. . D. O. Mills and Mr. and Mrs. White- law Reid arrived from New York early last week en route to Millbrae. Commander C..P. Perkins, U. 8. N., and wife have returned from Byron Springs. where they have been spending several weeks, and are at the Occidental Hotel. Mrs. Evans, wife of Lieutenant F. D. Evang, U. S. A., will remain in Washing- ton, D. C., during the absence of Lieu- tenant Evans in Manila. Dr. and Mrs. David Cohn left Tuesday evening for a short Eastern trip. Mr. and Mrs. William M. Bunker sailed | Fridey on' the Hongkong Maru for Ja- pan. h? will continue thelr trip around | the world. . % ke A surprise party was given to Miss May Lothers at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Joell on the evening of March 11 | Those present were: Peter B. Simmons, Benjamin Coonley, Charles Jenkins Jr., ! Miss Emma Stout, Edward Beard, Miss Mattie Perry, George Ward, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Joell, Mr. and Mrs. James Sweeney, Mr. Lenox, Miss Healéy, Miss Belle Kidd, Miss_Frances Kidd, Edward Lowrey, Miss Mason, Miss Florence, Tooker, 0S81P OF 4 BOCIETY 8UD FPFOROROHORD *@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@{*@*@*u o The guest of honor was none less than Melba herself, while the host was Wal- ter Martin. > It was just 8 o’clock when we sat down in the Red room, which was decked in floral attire that made it look like a bit of fairyland. From floor to ceiling it was a mass of sweet-scented spring flowe and the orchestra, hidden behind the trailing flowers, made even Paradise seem secondary ip comparison. The decoration® on ‘the table were ex- quisife. and, of course, Melba's presence lent a charm-that will make this dinner go down In.the history of the Red room. Mme. Melba and the charming English girl who travels with her, Miss: Donald- son, kept us amused with, stories of here, there and everywhere. Mme. Melba wore a beautiful gown.and if she ig over 40 ’'twere treason to tell; for certainly she did not look {t. Not corftent with the diva, mine host likewise gave us Pandolfini, the tenor, who is _even more adept with his knife and fork than with his voice. It was 11 o'clock when we sald au revolr to the distinguished guests. ‘“We' .consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Dow- ney Harvey, Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Spreckels, Laura McKinstry, Mary Bell Gwin, Ned Greenway and several lesser social lights in broadcloth and shining linen. We all tell Mr. Martin that he must give another dinner just to make us sure that the lovely Melba dinner was not a dream. The men suggest De Lussan as the guest of honor. But we say nay, nay. And there 1s method in our madness. For while we don't Dh’k'cl now and then to having our lights dimmed we should feel badly were they totally extinguished. And the latter would be our fate even if united belledom ware pitted against De Lussan. Lovingly, FLORA McFLIMSEY. Hoenig at their home | | G. P.Woods, | v, Mr. and Mrs. Lopes, Mr. and Mrs. arnoffo, J. Hathwell, W. Kell Mr. Clark, Mr. Lynch, M Minnie ods, Mr. Miguel, Mr. Engein, Mr. Milton and Willlam George. Mrs, Curtaz, wife of Captain F. H. Cur- taz of Boston, was the guest of honor at |a luncheon 'given by Mrs. ~William | Schuette at her residence, 161 Chatta- nooga street, on Tuesday last. Mrs, G. Gallet of San Leandro and Mrs. G. Peak | of Tacoma assisted in receiving. | Mrs. Henry L. Kohn was the guest of honor at a birthday party given by Cap- tain and Mrs. Tailor at thelr new home, “Fernside,” outside of San Rafael. Those resent were: Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. {ohn, Mr. and Mrs. D. La Gratt, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Jeromes Dr. and Mrs. Ya- | nell, Captain and Mrs. L. Tailor, Mr. and | Mrs. P.-Clark, Miss Alice Fitzhaven, Miss | Elsie Werder, Miss Dl)ruth§ McLean, Mi Erna Aye: Thomas J. Johnston, C: | tain D.” McLean, L. B. Schrader and Charles E. l"urd; i A delightful dinner was given recently at the residence of Mrs. Sheridan, 1433 Folsom street, in honor of the birthday of her daughter, Miss Tessie Sheridan. The guests were: Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Far- well, Mrs. Trelut, Miss Mamie McGuin- ness, Leon Smith of Oakland, Miss M. Hennessey, Mr. Van Dyke, Tina Willicott, Master Julius White, Miss Anna Sheri- dan, H. C. Clifford, Miss Agnes Sheridan, Mr. Coiton, Jqhn Sheridan Jr., Joe Sheri- n, Miss Tessie Sheridan and Maynard Wright of Oakland The annual convention and banquet of the elghth df 1t Delmonico’s last Saturday. tivision includes the chapters at Stanford, Berkeley and the Northwestern Uni- versity as well as the.. Pacific Coast Alumni Association. Harry H. Hirst was elected president; Walter -Dickie, vice president; Marvin Curts, secretary, and George Crothers, treasurer. In the after- noon Maurice V. Samuels read a paper on “Inter-Fraternity Relations,” and Scott Calhoun one on “What Makes a Good Fra- ternity Man.” It was ordered that these papers be published In the Delta, the Sigma Nu magazine. Maury Simms, E. M. Wolf and John S. Partridge also made The banquet was hn S. Partridge, and Norrys K. k V. Keesling and others re- sant birthday party was s Phoebe M. Krutscher at her y. March 11. Mrs. A. M. k, M Among those present were: Krutscher, Mrs, J. P. McCor F. Krug, Miss Neille Carroll, Miss Ell Ewing, Miss Carrie Krug, Miss Flora Stierlen, Master; Clarence .Wagner, Miss Lorefta’ Carroll, Miss Alfce McCormack, Master Robert Stlerlen, Miss Gertie Ryan, Miss Nelta Gabel, Wagner, Miss _Alice Flanagan, Myrtle Mulot, Miss Miss Gertrude McCormack, Stlerlen, Miss Reata Ewin; Miss Miss Mabel Stierlen, Miss llie McCormack, Miss Roseé Flanagan, Miss Myrtle Ewing, Miss Clara McCormack, Miss Minnfe Vocke, Miss ‘Irene Bachier, Miss Madie Gesford, Miss Elenora Lysiska and Master Harry Ewing. B Walter Wohn gave a party at his resi- | dence, 1225 York street, on Saturday even- ing, March 1l. Mr. Wohn was presente with a handsome gold medal and set resolutions. The following- -were the guests: The Misses Carrle. and Gladys Bussell, Miss Zetta Henry, Rose ahd Alleen Schmalz,” Miss Grace Rawlins, Miss M. Anderson, Charles E. Pinkham, John G. Ritzau, Henry Mitchell, John Cuff, Andrew Dow, Charles Rawlins, Frank Wadsworth, D. Johns and Willlam Gantner. A pleasant surprise party was given to Miss Packer at her residence, SIS Green street, on March 11. Those present were: Miss Lizzie Packer,Miss Alice Edwards, Miss Louise Gimmel, Miss Nettie Willits, Miss Christina_Klaas, Miss Alice Me- Devitt, Miss Etta Ahrens, Miss Etta TLorich, Miss Mamlie Sherry, Miss Edith Kramer, Miss Grace Zurick, Miss Nellie Ruddock, Miss Myria Mingham, Miss Mary Munn, Miss Mamie Lang, Miss Min- nic Bunger, Miss Ella Kroenke, Fred de Augustine, Frank Mayno, Frank Peterson, George Fey, Harry Losekann, George Henderson, Loring Collins, Martin Chapital, George McDevitt and Frank Cunder. A very pleasant birthday party was ten- dered to Miss Millie Sideman last Tues- day. Among those present were: The sion of Sigma Nu was held | presided | Ernestana Bisble, | Master Frank | Mrs. | Packer, Archie Stevenot, Will Taylor, George Ahrens, Julius Gimmel, Henry Ford, Willie Bressilllo, Watkin Jones, | the Misses |- Misses Sideman, Miss Kate Kearney, Miss | Paul Westerfeld. F. Nellie McKenna, Miss Julia Gay, Miss Mamie Campbell, Mrs. Hénrietta Meade, Miss Maggie Leahy, Mi Kittle Croder, Miss_Jennie Penders, Miss Mary Tracy and Miss Emma.\'ar‘l Tassell. The Fin de Siecle Whist Club was de- lightfully entertained on Thursday even- | invitations ing at the home of Mrs. H' Reams, Ala- Miss Hulda Kliefaber acting as A series of games was played, . L. Gambitz and A. J. Kennedy Miss L. Beauman won the consolation favor. Those _present were: Miss H. Kiefaber, J. H. Wheeler, W. B. Burne, Miss J. Partridge, W. Lee, Miss B. L. Gambitz, F. A. West, Miss S, Logan, Judge T. F. Dunn, Miss F. Gam- bitz, A. J. Kennedy, Miss A. Partridge, 0. Colischonn, Miss L. Maeir, F. Houpt, med host. Miss being victorious. | | Miss I. Wolfe, L. R. Gambitz, Miss A. | Vellguth, B residence of Bernhard Lazansky, Pine street, on Sunday, March 12, in honor of the anniversary of his sixtieth birthday. An elegant dinner was enjoyed by thirty guests. The Qui Vive Whist Club was enter- | tained by Miss Etta Becker last Sunday evening. The members who participated in the game were; Miss_ Scphie Asmus Miss Lulu Becker, Miss Minnie Becker, Miss Clara Schmidt, Miss Etta Becker, | University of Cal H. W. Morgan and Miss L. | | eauman A delightful party was given at the |, 2819 | | | | | | Los Amzeles.‘(l‘.’llmllm\ and Coronado. Miller have sent out cards for the marriage of their daush- ter, Miss Bertha Miller, to Rowin S. Burt, to take place Wednesday, March 2 | o'clock p. 1 Mr. and Mrs Tvy and Hazel, s. Joseph Blen have for the marriage of their daughter, Miss i Bien, to Simon Bley of Hermo Mexico. The wedding will take plac at their dence, 19137, Devisadero street. rd monthly dance of the Deux | e ill be held at Golden Gate Hall 625 Sutter street, March Alfarata Council No. 10, D. of P., will glve an invitation house warming in Lau- rel Hall, Shiels building, 32 O’Farrell street, Friday evening, Mar 31 Mr. ‘and } Nathan Davis announce the engagement of their daughter, ..i Millie Davis, to J. Epstein. At hom day from 2 to 5 p. m., at 744 Folsom street Mrs. A. Wiener of 1423 Golden Gate a nue will be at home to her friends o Saturday, March 18, from 2 to 5 p. m., iguhnnor of the marriage of her daughter, | ce. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Giannini and their little son, Mario, left the city Monday evening for an extended tour through | Southern California. It is their intention to visit Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, resi- iss May ean, a graduate of the ornia ate work In English at = ‘ldoznz gradu- ale University. Mrs. E. McLaughlin has returned to l.)l.t | Page street, where she will be pleased to Miss Emma Becker, Harry Puckhaber, Will Fenstermacher, Paul Westerfeld, George Bush, Will' Kells and Hugo Schmidt. The prizes for the last month | see her friends. were won by Miss Clara Schmidt and OrOROOAROAROROADKOKOK DO PO OXDAOROKOX D | S. Bare has returned from the Bast. SxG%S PHOROAROROXD dveracE WomaN'S PTRENGTBH. T i{s an admitted fact that woman is the weaker vessel—always was and al- ways will be. This, no doubt, Is be- ause man, on the whole, prefers in woman grace and tendern while she prefers in man strength and ac- tivity. There is, of course, no good rea- son why woman should equal man in physical or mental strength. Yet it is of more than ordinary interest to know the why and the wherefore of and the | comparative difference in the strength of the two sexes. A scientist who set himself this task ‘has prepared some remarkable compari- ons: The result of this study is of great Migs Gertlé livalue by reason of the tests having been made with a newly improved dynamome- ter, the working of which is very ac- curate. ,The figures given in the table below in- dicate’ the &trength of each individual group of muscles for the average man and woman. of two hundred_ healthy young men be- tween the ages of 18 and 30, and upon an equal number of healthy women of the sAme gges. They are based upon the study | M. | Musctes of en. i Inspir- Women. Muscles of Inspi ion les ation Muscles M _ation ation Neck Anterior. Neck Anterior.. Hand Extensors... Hand Neck Posterlor. Neck L Deltoid 3 [Trunk I Forearm Suplna- tors . Foot Flexors. Shoulder Retract- ors ; Inspiration (walst) Latiesimus Dorsl.. Inspiration (chest) Leg Flexors Anterior. Foot Flexors...... $9 Shoulder Retract- ors 5 Latissimus Dors Pectoral Leg Flex: Leg Extensors Hand Flexors Thigh Abductor: Thigh Adductors Trunk Lateral.. Chest 5 Trunk Posterior... |Thigh Extensors IThigh Fiexors.. Left Arm. | But as for the | pocket. far and wide; Was heralded € 7 patient, there's nothing te say, 2 , of course, that he died. oy __Public Health Journal. ————————— Battle of Wits. “Discovered again,” said the married man in a disgusted way the next morn- ing. “Let's imbibe.” “What's the trouble, old man? asked the rounder. "Let’sf‘ ‘Well, you know my wife's a pretty smart woman and doesn’t hesitate to announce her half interest in any money she finds in my pockets. She says the proper place for money is in the bank, and if I draw it out for my little necessities what's left is hers. 1 fooled her a long time by carrying v money in my hatband. Good safe place, you know, but one day when I wore my fedora she gave my old derby to the ashman, with two twenties in the band. Tough, wasn't it? Let's im~ s,” said the rounder. t hat again. + a drink and the barkeeper sold it for 25 cents to the bootbiack and the bootblack traded it for another hat that would fit him in a second-hand store, and the proprietor sold it to some unknown man. -Now, what do you think of that? I suppose some tramp has it now, with two nice twenties folded up in the band. Let's imbibe."” ‘Let’s,” said the rounder. “Of course, 1 had to tell my wife why I was so anxious to get that hat back and she said it served me just right. I was pretty humble then, and reg- ularly took half of the money from my pockets without a protest from yours truly. “Then some taflor,'a married man, no doubt, began to put those secret pock- ets behind the flaps in coats, and once more I was master of mv household and could wake up in the morning with the knowledge that I had more than 30 cents léft in that little secret My wife stood it quietly for some time, but she’'s a smart woman and was only thinking. “One day she s she was going downtown with me, as she wanted to make some purchases. She was just as sweet as peaches that morning and got up so stunning I was glad to have her go. We boarded a Broadway car, and as it was crowded I had to stand up, but a rakish-looking. young ,fellow quickly =ave her his seat. “‘Fares!” the conductor bawled, and 1 began to fumble for some change, but she had taken every pennv except the roll in that secret pocket, and I didn’t dare get at it, because I felt her clear, OHOLOROROEDROKOROROKD % OROKOOADE OXOROKOKOXOXOROHRO HOXOKOAORO HOROROROROX PROXO¥OXOXOXORD QUEEN VIGTORIA'S NEW $1,500000 YAGHT. UEEN VICTORIA’S new yacht is almost completed. is pronounced by experts to be the finest vessel of its class in the world. The royal yacht is now build at Pembrcke, and herewith is presented the first pics ture as vet published in America ing vessel. but it is understood that the vessel will Enchantress or Balmoral. The yacht is tion that May 9 has been set as the dat the christening ceremony will be performed, if present ar- rangements be carried out, by the Duchess of York. The first leel was laid December 23, 1897, and it vacht will be ready to go into commissicn by the close of the Iresent year. According to some representations, the British admiralty bhas_sought to maintain a considerable degree of secrecy re- garding the plans for the boat, but there i doubting the authenticity of these report 420 feet over all by 50 feet beam, an No name for the yacht has been selected, will have a draft of 1 feet on a displacement of 4600 tons. It will thus be EECQH (tha% Tt Standart, she is of 1000 tons less burden than the Russian imperial yacht and 423 tons in excess of the German Emperor's vacht Hoheazollern, which is not, however, strictly speaking, entitled to classification with the other royal yachts, inasmuch ing at the dockyard of this very interest- o thus lled. be chsleterie At CihEE oo e e now so near comple- £t e of the launch, and Comipared with is_expected that the of the list of beam, 16 feet type In three groups. with wood and covered with copper. picture. the yacht will have three funnels and three masts. the largest private vachts this new vessel will, of cours The Willlam K. Vanderbilt 3 rivate yacht y 332 raft and of 1823 gross tons. as she Is nothing less than an armored crulser with apart- ments fitted up for the Emperor. The yacht now building at Pembroke will be fitted up with | twin screws and will be the first of the British royal yachts to Bollers will be of the Belleville water tube The hull is to be of steel, sheathed As will be seen from the in the world . stand out in striking contrast. feet over all, 39 feet The Payne yacht, now building at the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Me., and the J. s excellent reason for s. The new yacht is lish whicl Pierpont Morgan yacht Corsair, under construction a of T8, Marwel & Co 0 foet feet over all, respectively. vacht 1s expected to eost in the neighborhood of $1,500,000, is about twice the amount expended on any large private vachts. Newbite N, Y., are 308 feet. and 302 It may also be noted that the Eng- of the _— The Largest and Most Expensively Equipped Yacht ip the World, which is at the head | | | Left Leg | Chest and Trunk. 1. |Left Leg...... IRight Leg. Both Arm: Both Le Entire Body. 190 It will be seen ‘at a glance that the dif- ferénce is very marked. It is the pecu- liarity of these differentiations that are more than interesting. You will notice that the hand flexors in men have just twice the strength of the arm flexors, while in women the hand flexors are near- ly three times as strong as those of the arm. It is only in some few muscles, how- ever, that woman s, comparatively, stronger than man. Altogether, man is two and a half times stronger than woman. The reason for the greater weak- | ness in certain muscles in woman is very manifest. Women engage less in the la- borlous employments which call into play all the muscles of the body. That woman is stronger in the legs is due, no doubt, to their being of necessity more used than any of the other muscles. The legs of women being shorter than in men accounts in part for the greater strength of the thigh flexors. The same rule will hold good for the thigh abductors and adductors, which are relatively the strongest muscles possessed by women, the muscles that are relatively ‘weakest in woman being in the arm. Perhaps the most interesting point to be traced out of the table given is that the strength of the average woman, in com- ]\ari n with her weight, is less than two- thirds that of the average man, and the strength of the average woman in com- parison with her height is only four-sev- enths that of the average man. The total strength of the average wom- an, as compared with the total strength of the average man, is .53. The same as to weight is .86, The same as to height is .92. It is interesting to note that the strength of each division of the body fs more than sufficient to lift the entire body. Even the smallest total found— }il'}a! for "ée chest in woman—is able to e one and one-quart Vi o Ay q er times the weight Thus the inferiority of woman to man— only in a mere matter of muscles and strength, remember—has been conclusive~ ly shown. And so long as she remains this frail, ‘dependent creature, man will rejoice to take to his bosom to be the |Both Legs. |Entire Bod. dear partner of his joys and superior strength.—Pearson'’ Magazine. Surgical Freak. They sawed off his arms and his legs, They took out his jugular vein; They put fancy frills on his lungs, And they deftly extracted his brain. "Twas a triumph of surgical skill Such as was never heard of till then; *Twas the subject of lectures before Conventions of medical men. The news of this wonderful thing ) married.—Chicago Newa, cold eyes on me. She opened her purse and gave the conductor a nickel for her fare. What do you think of that for nerve? Let's imbibe.” et’s,” said the rounder. ‘Fare! Fare, sir!” the conductor said, tapping me on the shoulder, while some young girls began to titter. ‘Bet- tie,” T said, “glve him a nickel for me." “'Sir!” she said, giving me a cold stare; ‘I don’t know you and my name isn't Bettie." “Well you could have knocked me down with a feather. The girls laugh- ed, the rakish-looking young fellow who had given his seat to my wife moved up closer and ~ave me an ugly look, and the conductor rang the bell to stop the car and put me off. If I had had a grain of sense I would have got off and preserved the secret of that pocket. But I was sort o' dazed, and pulled a roll out of the little pocket right before her eyes and humbly paid my fare.”—New York Press. — e Through Cupid’s Glasses: The gowans tilt their heads to peep ‘When Helen passes— To catch her e’e the birdies cheep I Among the grasses; The glaikit bee, when she draws near, Forgets his clover, And hums a tune for Helen’s ear, 3 The sonsie rover! 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