The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 11, 1901, Page 10

THE SUNDAY OCALL. MRS, BARTLETT THE MYSSES MANGIN M55 RICHARDD iN UP-To DATE YACHTING COSTUME MRS TRANK. MiSO ZLEANOR ON YACHT SPRAY BARTLETT MANGIN AN FRANCISCO girls are no longer rare articles on board of yachts. Several years ago they were re- garded~with curiosity; now you may see them wherever a sail flut- ters, dressed as the real sailor girl should be—in skirt and blouse, with rubber-soled ties peeping from under short skirt and a dark wool “Tam” covering wavy locks. With hair flying, skirts blowing in the strong breeze, the girl tar grasps the wheel with her strong brown hands and brings her “hard a-lee,” fairly bubbling over with pride in her skill. Formerly the ‘old salt: were shocked at the fair maid’s daring and declared she was tempting fate. At any moment they expected to be capsized. Perhaps there is no sport which inter- ests the San Francisco girl as much as yachting. What does she care if her soft tresses are blown from their fastenings and stream out froms her head like the elub pennant from the masthead? What @oes she care if face and hands are brown or neck is tanned? She is the Fommy Lipton girl always. She is a happy eombination of the Lipton and Iselin types. She talks and cheers while ehe {_kes the wheel; she graces the boat when she bosses the crew. She is a hard “master,” but an adored companion, This girl can sail a boat like a commo- dore. As a jolly tar she is a big success, and her society is eagerly sought. She “makes good” in everything she under- takes. Our girls believe that yachting is the most rational diversion; is a natural solace for the active mind, and is the means by which their physical equilib- rium is best restored after a racking wir ter season. The charm ef yachting rests a great deal on its uncertainty. Air and water elements are elusive and changeable, and one must keep ey< on mainsail and hand oh wheel when she strikes a thirty-knot breeze. There is excitemen?, there must be ac- tivity, but withal is a delightful sense of « restfulness and eomfort. San Franoisco Bay, being thg only har- bor of any size er this coast, is of course the headquarters of California yachting, and most ef the flags that float from the masts are those of the San Francisco, Corinthian, Caltfornia, Oakland and South Bay Yacht clubs. ‘The yachts of these clubs rarely venture eutside the Heads, owing to the violence of the winds and roughness of the seas. Of course thers are a few large yachts that go out and down te Santa Barbara. Beyond Point Bonita <here is a heavy swell that gives ‘“‘cold feet” even te the boldest yachtsmen. The heavy sea fog which is often en- countered on the “outside” deters many yacht owners from such an extended cruise. Therefore cruising and yachting around San Francisco Bay becomes a risky sport. So we have reason to be vhen we can say that our girls can handle a yacht with great success in this treacherous bay. . Nature is kind to the yachting people of California, in one particular at least—she gives them almost perpetual sunshina. Boats can be led the year round. Sail- ing in winter cn San Franeisco Bay is sometimes even more enjoyable than in the summer. The fierce wind dies down and the choppy sea is subdued, the trade ds having less influence ‘When a long trip is desired the girls generally prefer a cruise to Mare Island or Benicia but sometimes when crossing San Pablo Bay in the afternoon the sea is very rough. Then the girls work with the boys like beavers. It is enough to frighten vou to see a bold sailor girl run- ning along tee very edge of the flush deck. But she has method in her mad- ness. She is as sure-footed as & squirrel in a tree. The bcat may roll and toss like a ekell, the waves may sweep the deck, but our girl is game. A jolly, chatty crowd in the cockpit is sometimes surprised by a shower bath of sea water, but the girl tar laughs through it &s gayly as her brother and minds it not a whit more. All club members, as well as their fair “mates,” keep the season going in a jolly fashion from April to Novembei. Sunday sees all the clubs well represent- ed on the bay. Sometitnes there ir a clam- bake near El Campo or Paradise Cove, much to the ladies’ delight. The members of the clubs are mostly young men, exceedingly fond of the sport, full of enthusiasm and always eager to receive the girls on board. If there are not enough girls to go around there is often a hot contest for the honor of tak- ing the fair Liptonites as passengers. These passengers are adepts at learning tre art of sailing. They ean fill any of- fice about the yacht, from skipper to cab- in “boy.” Many of the elubs have good facilities for bathing, having a number of dressing- ooms near the clubhouses and Weing care- ful to provide ropes and other necessary articles for the sport. Dances and parties are enjoyed with much enthusiasm by both sexes, the girls finding especial enjoyment in arranging cotillons, short plays, light operas and the like. Amusement, gayety and high Jinks are never lacking. Open dates are always devoted to the ladies, and over balf the programmed events each year are gfven to them. Two representative types of the Tommy Lipton girls among the Californians are the Misses Clay. They are ‘“‘every inch” sailors. They can ‘“feather” their oars with the skill of a veteran and can do a trick at the wheel or trim the sails as well as a first class naval apprentice, Almost any pleasant day they can be seén cruis- ing around in their trim little yacht, the Pactolus. Occasionally their father and mother take a short trip with them. Among ladies who are really fond of vachting may be mentioned Mrs. Frank Bartlett, whose husband owned the yacht Dawn, then the sloop Queen and who.is now part owner of the sloop Spray. Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett have made several trips up the Sacramento River and have prob- ably been up every creek and stream flowixx into the bay where therz is water enough to sail. Ed Bartlett, Frank's brother, was for severa! years owner of the large yawl Frolic, and during that time Mrs. Ed Bartlett was constantly out on the bay; indeed, she is probably the handiest woman on a yacht to be found in these waters. Another enthusiastie sailor woman is Mrs. Young, wife of Alex J. Young, formerly commodore of the Co- rinthian Yacht Club and still part owner of the large sloop Clara. Miss Roberta Clay, daughter of Allen M. Clay, presi- dent of the Pacific Interclub Yacht Asso- clation, ex-commodore of the ®alifornia Yacht Club and owner of the sioop Pac- tolus, regularly sails on her father's boat and never dreams of getting squeamish. It is said that she can make sail on the vacht and cast off from the moorings without masculine help of any George D. Campbell of the San Francisco Yacht Club, who has sailed the cutter Folly for the last two or three seasons, but who is now in Alaska, frequently had hig wife as his sole companion during his sailing trips. Dr. T. L. Hill, ex-commo- dore of the San Francisco Yacht CTlub and owner formerly of the sloop Gracte, but now of the sloop Cygnus, is a fervent believer in the practice of husbands and wives joining in the Same recreation and pastim:s; hence Mrs. “Tom"” Hill, with he” intimate friend, Mrs. “Charley” Hill, takes frequent sailing trips—indeed, at the time of writing she is on a summer cruise up the Sacramento River. Secre- tary W, M. Edgell of the San Francisco Yacht Club Is often accompanied by Mrs, Edgell ard the children. iIrs. Bridgman and Miss Ethel Bridgman are often seen on the sloop Thetis, which is owned by R. S. Bridgman, vice commodore of tha San Francisco Yacht Club. The Corinthian Yacht Club has a large boathouse, with accommodation for sixty or seventy small boats, and several of the members own rowing craft. In Tiburon Cove or off the Sausalito shore ladles are often seen pulling around im rowboats, kind. MR CANFiE, D AND PamTy INCLUDING CLAY CLEMENT Mi2s KiNogep hss kevyLER KEITH wAREmAN PLEASANT but they rarely make any extended trips, this season and is now on s firmer and as the tides and currents are so strong as to render such excursions somewhat risky. Indeed, even men who are well ac- customed to handling the oars often have quite a struggle to get around Belvedere Point when the tide is running against them. Few ladies are better known in Tiburor Cove than the Misses O’Brien, sisters-in-law of Port Captain John H. Keefe. They are regular attendants at all entertainments of the Corinthian Yacht Club to w h ladies are admitted and use a pair of sculls quite handily. The Seven Bells is the swell yacht owned and sailed by Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Thorne. They spend many happy hours aboard. Sometimes they are accompanied by several guests. All envy the fortunate ones who receive an invitation. Miss Elizabeth Chapman#s a skilled sailor maid, who keeps her “weather eye’ open. She loves the waves and ocean Dbreezes. They are lucky who occupy the cockpit while she stands at the wheel. Dr. Haslacher is one of the mostenthusi- tsmen on the bay and he is oc- astic casionally accompanied by his charming fe. She would rather stay ashore, though, when the sea is choppy and plan cheer cruises and novice. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mattoon, Miss Mangin, Miss Eleanor Mangin, Miss Heit- man, Miss Kettler, Miss Kennedy, Miss Mabel Hopkins and ' Miss Johnson are prominent among those skilled and inter- ested in yachting. The clubhouse around which ladies are mest frequently seen in this bay is the Encinal YachtClub house at Alameda: but they go there chiefly in the mornings fer Lathing ard in the evenings for social i- version. The Encinal Yacht Club owns so few yachts now that sailing is but an unimportant part of its activities.. The Encinal and the San Francisco Yacht clubs are the only two which give dances during the season, the Corinthians giving one on the afternoon of opening day only. But the San' Franciscos have found that, while their dances are well attended and apparently much enjoyed, few of their own members come, so that the benefit to the club is slight. A clam bake recently given at Paradise Cove by some energetic members of the club was so successful and provided so much entertainment that it has been decided to eliminate the dance set down on the programme for Septem- ber 14 and substitute a clam bake, which will be managed by the club officers. Yachting has not been in so flourishing a condition for many years in San Fran- cisco Bay as now. All the clubs are gaimn- ing in membership and there is plenty of enthusiasm. The Pacific Interclub Yacht Association has been re-established more satisfactory basis than ever befors. A race for the Perpetual Challengs Cup took place yesterday and already one is in the San Franciseco Yacht Club having already set to work to build a fin-keel racing yacht from designs by Crowninshield of Boston, with which te challenge the winners and present hold- ers of the trophy, which is regarded as the blue ribbon of local yachting. As most of the yachts owned in this bay are of only moderate size, ladies do not trips overnight. The favorite destination for a day’s sail is Paradise Cove, between California City and El Campo, for there good holding ground is found for the anchor, and the shore offers fine opportunities for an al fresco lunch- eon under the trees and a pleasant stroll afterward. McNears Landing is another pretty spot, where a dance may be en- joyed and a bath taken in an enclosed pool, the water of which is warmer than that of the outside bay. A mile or so from the dance hall is a Chinese shrimp fishers’ camp and a considerable settlement of Mongolians. The curious methods of dry ing and winnowing the shrimps, and the craft employed in the industry s interesting. 3 & woman who navigates a “real * the el and Marion, in the of the bay of San Francise husband, Captain ( a veteran in the bu rold was his ever Thor- learned ev rope, every “freak” on the stanch lit When her husband died d completa control of the tu 1d not doggny regular bus 1t first with ship owners be > she | al right to do e employed a 50. S i ead” master to go with and al agh his salary took a snug sum out of the receipts, she had money to bank. Later she got her Hcense. In talking about her first vemture she sald: “I had thought of this move for two or three years after my husband’s death. Somehow or other I was deterred from 1 my children usiastigally that I making a dec mo- voted for ¥ yielded. In fa husband was unfor- tunate in fi transactions and when he died T had only a moderate in- come. Al these circumstances brought about my decision. “I thought of other women iIn the city who were entering upon a-legitimate bus- iness career, some as doctors, lawyers, some a as sailing master: Why not, indeed? Mrs. Thorrold has proved that there is a new and successe ful occupation for the woman who will some as orekeepers; why not ‘