The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 12, 1903, Page 48

48 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL SUNDAY APRIL 12, 1908 the little bill of £45 was com- Some rgotten cor- e Duke came back—that was last led and then a shocking and vulgar in- occurred that convicts us forever of slism—the Duke was threatened to avoid such an unhappy ent he tore off & check for sald 1d tossed it to the impatient fel- 1 him the brasses. Now, an- ¢ forgetfulness ensued that was embarrassing—the firm found ace carried no funds In the s as badly off as ever. iously and most ungallantly, then summoned the rude minions law to force payment on the draft, 1d! the dear Duke and his bride up like ordinary plebs in the eir hotel, just after dining. precipitous and crude thing to so soon after dinner—but got the cash! It did not, inicants At the later commerc with y dawr of fair worshir de gen- of rres: s who have ma embarrass rifices & benefit am. lows who s most from case nvent 1t have ntirely 1 it w cially @ s 2 wever ne from the poor Duke, but = e Duchess. Well, perhaps, an commercialism is not it seems on the sur- few Dukes and things dc n't 1t? e ror the Neilson-Vander- aking in the East. Has line on the Vanderbilt the members being friendly, and 2 tangent, and re- ack yard. But tion of a clever sted ably by a daughter, is to n of the descend- commodore; for i they realiy may ‘‘settle’” Palmer has come Palmer is to be best s, and, of course, 0. Now, for some un- Mrs. Potter Palmer, erest woman of her “officially” received »n now brought lift her through social elysium. : as keeps a First an s marri nim Potter ent the frappe that attempt to enter tae rtals. It runs thus lia was visiting pped in at Chicago to and stockyard to meet Mrs “Who is she? ly. “She is the rer of Chicago’'s larg e IS as- was the innocent response of the . incial official, who honestly believed epring N was t Mrs. Palmer. “Ah! e he Infanta (she was late 2 I cannot meet her y s 10t meei an Inn- eby & £ ew ! wi 1 so the decree g v or eeper’s wife, in- ad ctacle she would cut wear the Newport immortals!” And g w ed out—this clever, cultivated, B s woman, who happened to be gowne e ¥ keeper, who himself C - w w good American, as far as our roece- -8 wit go. Ah! well, she will go in now, ’ e 5 t she sighed for : . The ou think of a thing Gl th an jonal petition e Wi receive it. Perhaps that i ulmer is breaking into the ¥ N S K fla s to ( m . . e A it on resting lines had just - . . o« i & ( m, and it takes . me from Tennyson's lines: oo [ come and men may g6 gene But 1 g G ‘ ow you have its name—The b B sl name is a pretty one and e g e of plea iings, but now ‘“l’\v"V"; n— I think of it, will not the name call ¥ i up wraiths of baccarat and other beastly : % HE R things in the memories of our English 3 You all remember the club that ' S e ireit 3e name from Lady Brooke, un- s o : 2% Batads seis named “the babbling brook,” and i asias WA ekd what cable details were developed R . B g il when some bad loser or other laid bare at—to pay for what he gets, he doings of the Brocke Ciub? However, we have no fears of such cad- dishness in the Brook Ciub of New York. Its distinctive features are its continuous service, limited membership—a hundred— and an absolute absence of signing tags. This later feature is one worthy of notice. as it well for the club treasury, es the possibilities for unpleas- The only club in America. op- crated upon this plan, as far as 1 koow, 1e sorrGws of the poor Duke of g constable ster sidesteppi er vulgar lawservers to for some antiques puc- rida by him in 1599! iked the rdingly he com- brasses in questicn, ordered them home. The little formality of payving them was deferred from time to tim then, in the excitement of returning to antnesses — 1 A CLEVER RF R A BRIDE-TO-BE TATIONIST, AND THREE G WHO ARE SOCIETY FAVORITES. e s is the Somerset of New York—and that tcok its form of government from the tamous old Beefsteak Club of London. JHow would the suggestions herein offered strike some of the club members in n Francisco? Here is a small club com- posed of congenial spirits, as each appli- cant must be voted for by the eatire in- vitation committee, and this sifting pro- cess must tend to keep out cads. Then the club is ever open to its members, Then e the absence of tags—that seems the moust advantageous element and would tend to reduce the embarrassment, at the month's i o AL Ph o T end, of some of our clubmen whose tastes are disproportionate to their incomes. So the men have really asked the wom- en of the local clubs to get out and e tioneer for them in the coming stru tor the bond issue. You see, girls, the men some little time to familiarize ihemselves with women centralizing and organizing. But now, after proving our- selves good organizers, they consent to solicit our help. Should we give it? all means—by ail legitimate m We cannot do ward politi 1 talk “bond issue™ to our men folk and tell them why we want the issue to go through. If we co-operate on this we may be the right flank that will win the victory. Chicago is calling”upon the women from the housetops to do politics. for its sake and it is town talk that a certain dame ¢f dignity on Prairie avenue heard the call, and answered. Through her friendly 1elations with certain titled foreigners she succeeded in persuading 35,000 made- while-you-wait American citizens to vote for her candidate. Thus is petticoat pol- itics flourishing out West—first in Chi- cago, then in San Francisco; but it will §Social hall of be long ere we have learned the ropes as have:our clever English sisters, or even the French. king out and a shower of beautiful whic all fort pre: in t ture is that of Miss Catherin and D. M. H lon. The bride-elec 2 daughter of tf late Mar 1 is well known in} 1 s by ate of Miss W ng much of h has decided Mr. Hanlon is a brother of well-k and bas extensive intere At the Mis: h admira and was and at by a one M RELIEF CORPS. nior ment depart f the hand: was present ah H. Wilson FRIENDS OF FOREST. HE membership of the Friends the Forest in this city has arrarg for a barn pariy - the A - April 14 ————— Edward Halley introduced mercury as the liquid for use in thermometers in 15%.