The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 17, 1903, Page 31

Qwo#—c~qm 044 1 ! Pages +oe b ot et et rbrtroebrr @ ¢ 4 ¢ + ! EX L e e e e e e e e e | Pages 31 10 44 +o>rteioeses® CHARITABLE WOMEN MEET SUCCESS IN EFFORTS FOR A WORTHY CAUSE Open A the Fete Given for the Benefit of the Building Fund of Infant Shelter Draws a Brilliant Crowd to Fort Mason Which Revels in the Delightful Entertainment Offered There ING FU. SSTERDAY AFTERNOON LI LE SISTERS' INF DURING TF ANT SHELTER FOR THE NDID OPEN AIR FETE WHICH PURPOSE OF RAISING MONEY | Lillian Van Vors tigrew, song, Miss Brooks | p. m p. m., = e 3 e the | land accompanist; 2:45 p. m., » | could penetrate. The swayers of fortune f | song, Miss Brooks accompa ;3 were Mrs. C. C. Kinsey, Mrs. George m., minuet, by pupils of Miss Aly | Caswell and Mrs. Rudolph. —_— e CHILDREN DELIGHT < | | frea Christina | Rond | Miss | surprise to the large COMMENCEMENT WEEK AT MILLS Opening Exercises to Be Held at College To-Day. | Closing . Concert Will Occur Tuesday and Gradua- tion Wednesday. Mills College will hold its commence- ment exercises this week, beginning to- day, when Rev. E. E. Baker, D. D., of Oakland will deliver the baccalaureate sermon, commencing at 3 o'clock p. m. On Tuesday the closing concert of the spring term will be given at Lisser Hall | under the direction of Dr. Louis Lisser at 7:30 p. m. On Wednesday the com- mencement exercises will take place, opening at 2:3 p. m. The address will be delivered President George A. Gates of Pomona College. The programme of the exercises in full is as follows: Rev. Charles R. { 'trustees presiding-- | (Widor), Miss J. Lost Chord” (Sui- | Rev John IK. . President Barcarolie | A. Gates | (Lemare); Canon in B Minor (Schumann), Miss | J. Virginie de Fremery; “Estudiantina’ (L combe), Choral Class; presentation of dipio- | mas; conferring of deg Grand Piece | (Franc Virginie de | T. Stewart, The following compose the graduation classes: 1 wards, e class Rosalind 1903—Marietta Rose Ed- ), Lefla Wilette | McDerm minary _class Florence Alexander, Hele sle Maud Bick- nell, Merienne er, Genevie Marz Genevieve I Mills Dolph, Wini- Marlan Alice Hun- | ter, Zillah Kahalepuna Ha Bunker Kluegel, « e Il Estelle | Kleeman, Ellen Priscilla M Violet Ger- | ¢, Maud Merri] trude Mal 2 Ruette Neal, Clotilde Gr Robinson, Ellen Aiken Smith, Anna jel Taylor, Abble Blanche | Wight | for the concert is as Mills Dolph; s schuetz”” (Von W rtino in , Miss first movel (Hans Ott iorn; Larghetto from neert 3 , Miss Wi rican Love | (German), Genevieve Co Song’’ (Nevin), (b) Miss Ceta Benn Vieniawskt), Mi Jark, Hark, th ajdén’s Wish Hodge; scer (Bruch), sta: trude Holmy rm of variations on a » g (Grieg), Miss Hesel Boyd; “Slumber Song’’ (Ghunod), choral ciass, violin to- Miss Gepegleve Dowsett. Those taking pflft in the concert will | consist of the pidt class of Dr. Louis Lisser, thé vocal class of Mrs. Edward P. | Schnelder and the violin class of Alex- ander . Miss Hazel Boyd and e will be accompanists. —_—_— | ENGAGEMENT IS ANNOUNCED | OF A WELL-KNOWN COUPLE | Mrs. Louise Fabian Has Plighted Her Troth to Frank Schmitz, Brother of the Mayor. Announcement last evening was made | of the engagement of Mrs. Louise G. Fa- blan, one of the matrons at the City Prison, and Frank A. Schmitz, Superin- tendent of Public Buildings and a brothecr of Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz. The first public announcement of the engagement was made by the happy couple to Chief of | Police Wittman and then it was given to | the press The news will come in the nature of a circle of friends of DEATH FOREVER STILLS*THE VOICE OF BEAUTIFUL SYBIL SANDERSON Great Prima Donna Whom California Gave to the World Expires Unexpectedly in Paris From an Attack of Pneumonia, Con- tracted at Nice, Following a Long Period of Failing Health S an ST . —p an¢ Hawaflan leis. | Mrs. John Robertson had sole charge of | % g o PIet, DD BT WITH SONG AND DANCE | both parties. The couple’s acquaintance ¢ g E ket o s | has not been of long duration, but-love i T s = = * v cars v Mrs. May | FUPIls of California School of Ballet |ha SIS 2k o woon as the | | FAMOUS PRIMA DONNA WHOSE GIRLHOOD WAS SPENT IN CALIFORNIA, BUT WHOSE FAME WAS FIRST . on, “Aunt Melissy on| Entertain Their Parents, Rela- recipients of a flood of eongratulations, | MADE CERTAIN IN PARIS AND WHO DIED UNEXPECTEDLY YESTERDAY IN THE CITY OF HER ADOP- = genie Masten, fancy | tives and Friends. | y are deservedly popular with ail| | TION AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS OF PNEUMONIA. Mrs. € v A 2 | There was an entertainment in Golden | who know them. y Ry B i :‘;‘«\""’l‘““a"; Gate Hall last night by the pupils of the | Mrs. Fabian for four years past ha i i R e B A it of Mrs. A. 2 urns, proved to "alifornia School of Ballet, wi vas yosition. By s one of the big money-winners of the | witnegsed by & largs mUMBET OF Deople. | Hee s o thained nuse: And Provious (o go. ARIS, May 15.—Sybil Sanderson, “Esclarmonde,” written specially for her | Mr. Terry and his wife had no issue ex- t afternoon, ar d this was perhaps largely | The programme included the following | ing to the Hall of Justice .she was em the well-known American opera by Massenet. Miss Sanderson’s first ap- t a daughter who died soon after her ge am ' s due to her Aalighttal corps Of ASSSGEELS. | numbers by the chilldren: ployed at the Central Emergency Hospi- singer, died suddenly to-day of Fearance was one of the notable sensa- | birth. : 3 . Miss Loutse Heppner, Miss Daisy Burns, | . Whirlwind dance, Helen Davis; vocal|tal. She ls a remarkably handsome pneumonia, resulting from an | ions of the French operatic stage. After- | Many figuies in, Oy eyt Sl ¢ Miss Lucille Ler ss_Ethel Hendy, | solo, Carrle Manning; jockey dance (in|blonde. Of all the women who have filled attack of. the. BrID: | ward - she created Thais and continued | B Wi e s e o t | Miss Mabel Hendd, Miss Christind Judah, | costume), Irene Stencrson.. Maud Lunn, | the seying posttion of matron at the City t d to be a favorite with the Parisians, sing- al ¥ grounds of | Mrs. George Smith and Miss Bennett. | Edith Metzler and Ruth Metzler; French | Prison she has been the best loved | The { ansgungemsnts ol ARe ling the Xolgs of Lakime, Manost axid Juliet Ly Atls Jmoo-10. (A Mot ed er 3 ATTRACTIVE FEATURES. | song, Elsa Toulon; acrobatic dance, Maud | Misfortune ever found in her a ready death of the famous artist caused a pro- | during her active stage areer. Miss s.wm'”'," express regret at her P € =pos charity, = . " Lunn; Spanish dance, Mabel McN: h- | & athy d many an anguish-stricken | found shock in the American colony here, Miss Sanderson also actively took part| death and p o n utes to her e tin| The Bon Marche pavilion was one of . cNaugh- | sympathy and many guish-stricken the social events of the American col- | beauty and talents and success in the v s Twelfth | 10"V ot attractive features of the day. | o0 Song and dance, Edith \and Ruth | prisoner will recall with tears her kindly | where she was well known, and through- | 1 the fid"“” Cpcpte et ot oy S gy il ra et andl & ices for the | It was charmingly presided over by Mrs, | Metzler; fencers' quadrille, Carrie Man- | ministrations. Out of -wayward young |out musical and theatrical circles. She | 0¥ &nd Was Pheatenty Beem oo @ FHsi g a delightful | Howard O Holmes. while & bevy of San | MNE, Bertha Lansweert, Mabel McNaugh- | girls who fell beneath the censure of the 2 Paris froat e b ekl | CERTe IATEE AR UnHAR. ELe S ) s ¥ fe, which e y ton and Elsa Toulon; juvenile ballet by | taw she has,formed upright women, who | oo o, o o o o week | bassy, Many Americans and leaders of | CALIFORNIA PROUD OF HER. ve mented in t ernoon by | nees mer Trey aerer . Mise” Kathlesn | clsht tots o, *Aniin HolayA Ca. | Biava, ponb, forth Framiprison with, nay] AS0- SWTering from o slight attack of the'l the thestrical, warki called At the Sunder- . Slery. Cotps, | o T R i Al | e Woloy T Btonara Al e | Haye B e in their hourts waat hocr{ srip. Her condition was not regarded as | son residence during the afternoon when | Sacramento the Birthplace of the - me of equal eX- | Herrman. Miss Maud Payne, Miss Ruth | Ray Jacobs, Pauline Young and ¥irginfa | lived to atone for their youtbful trans. | serious, but she graduaily grew worse | the news of Miss Sanderson’s death be- | Great Prima Donna. . Morton. Miss Edith Cutter, Miss ‘Alice } Younfi hulla'n dance, Miss Irene Stener- | gressions. and her sickness finally developed into ;:lm;lg“:':;‘ and inscribed their names on ‘bl Sa A yoleeniitl N e beautiful post look mor o A son; Hungarian dance, E -to-be was 4 R AT - > ; t : Stat 1 po kf‘d:“r‘r:m: Treanor, Miss R. H. Donaldson, Miss 3005 TUNEsvan anc Bmlkd_l*‘h' I{":d vfi:"; The groom- ‘tfl be et ;‘“;:";!{anpflnted pneumonia. Director Vizentini, of the Opera Comique, | Paris, was a native of this State, having - o ros| Buth Foster and Mrs. E. Rudolph, "ho | McNaughton, Carrle Manning. = Moge b e In Dublic 1ie HeGoc 21| The doctors continued to hold out hopes | where Miss Sanderson achleved her most | been born in Sacramento in 13%, which ok - all the - e . I on, > Manning, Madge | excellent offic public life. He is ; . h o \ 3 ~ e bl 4 m.} ”a”wgd 1«“:::‘_:1;8\;:‘_: wrne::::ghav:s: arreg; ManA” Tunn Mt s a:dtmxous. Redgit. and Shonest o c‘,‘g‘ of her recovery, but the singer sank and | notable success, paid her a tribute as one | made her at the time of her death 38 s ) grace 3 le : { Ruth Metaler; spectalty, Miss Bessie Al-| augury points to o prosperous and hon. | finally succumbed this morning. Missof the most foremost fgures the French | vears of age. When she was § years old llyric stage has seen during the present | He said her Esclamonde was | len; march, Ann Foley, Edith Metzler, Sanderson’s mother, the widow of Judge her father, Judge S. W nderson, moved jored career. The date for the wedding generation. with whom she e blue-lit lovely women, ttire, who formed g about the about the 1 which the atmos- 1 ma- all en- while ce lay SUCCESS FINANCIALLY. rancial resuits were in their power. quite on a r with the excellence of the entertain- . offered, and a very handsome sum » ! which will be of great help . the new building that is now in arse of ruction and from which so benefit will be derived in the near boaths were us grounds, tractive appearance. tennis courts were canvased ry stage, gay- decked with flags and a profusion of vaudeville reigned supreme, direction of Mrs. W. D. Fen- sisted by Mrs. Morton, Mrs. Jack Hartron, Mrs. E. B. orge E. Mayhew and Mrs. following progrémme was essfully carried out in every scattered different the s The perticular 2:00 p. m., m., Ormond and Ruth Smith, recitation | intents and purposes a book so tightly | right ankle and bab) ternal and dancing, Mrs. Helen Earle Suther- | sealed that not even the most plercing eye | injuries. POTRT Carman; nd all pre- | Hawailan orchestra; 2:3 p. | The old original bandstand was for the nonce turned” into a bower of beauty, where the most delicious ices and creams were served by Mrs. Carl Gross, Mrs, | Charles Slack, Mrs. J. Flournoy, Mrs. | J. Stow Ballard, Mrs. Frank Ames, Mrs. | Harry Gr Mrs. Elliott Goodrich, Miss Helen Wright, Miss Emily Fish, Miss | Duggin, Miss Susie McCabe, Miss Mc- Cabe, Miss Josephine Lindley and Miss n elaborate luncheon was served be- eath a grove of immense buckeye trees under the supervision of Mrs. W. M. Pearson, chalrman, and Mrs. T. G. Tay- | for, Mrs. Thomas Dunnigan, Mrs. Law- | rence Pearson, Mrs. Eugene Bresse, Mrs, | Breyfogle, Mrs. Edward Kentfield, Mrs,; Gecrge Richardson, Mrs. John Martin, Mrs. Eugene de Sabla, Mrs. J. P. Young and Mrs. M. Elsner. H The grabbag and fishpond tents were ' morey-makers from the start. - They ! were handsomely decorated with Roman | tlankets, flags and Woodwardia palms | and presented a most attractive And ef- fective appearance and the ladles in charge have cause to be justly proud of | their endeavors. They were: Mrs”J. J. | MacKinlay, Mrs. J. R. Hanify, Mrs. Hart- lan1 Law, Mrs. John H. Perine, Mrs. C. M. Green, Miss Sussman and Miss Lindz Liebes. Under a clusier of tall woodland trees were the retreats of the fortune-tellers, clever exponents of their mystic arts, where many a fair maid acd lovelorn | swein had gllmpses into a future state, that until that moment had been to aM | |acid directly into his face. Ruth Metzler, Maud Lunn, Gertrude Lam- Ruth Jacobs, Idyle Davis, Lydia Lans- weert, Helen Henn Rubaiyat, Elsa Tu- lon and Mabel McNaughton, The exhibition was followed by a ball under the direction of C. H. Wadsworth, Vincento Boraco and Miss L. Ingargulia. —_——— Severely Burned by Nitric Acid. Charles Brown, a younz man at 2455 Misslon street, was severe|rym:3‘rl:l‘~ ed on the head and face yesterday after- ncon by the explosion of a jar of nitric acid. Brown was mixing some chemicals in the basement of his residence when the jar exploded, sending a portion of the He was rush 4 te the City and County Hospital, where he received treatment. Tt is feared that he may lose the sight of his right eye. —_————— Academy of Sciences Anniversary. The California Academy of Sciences will observe its semi-centennlal anniversary to-morrow evening at the Academy build- ing. The following programme will be rendered: Historical sketch, Theodore H. Hittell; anniversary ode, Charles Keeler; “The Academy in 1902,” Leverett Mills Loomis; presentation of medal to Luther Burbank, by the president of the Acad- emy. ———— Severely Injured by a Fall. J. F. Pearson, a ecarpenter, residing at 59 Alblon avenue, recelved serious injuries by a fall yesterday while working on a new building at Broderlek and Filbert streets. The Injured man was treated at the Emergency Hospital for a broken SCENE OF MERRY OUTING | Parishioners of St. James Church ‘Will Journey to Mountains on June 11. Possibly the most enthuslastic meetings | ever held in St. James Parish are those being held at present in preparation of the coming picnic, which will take place at Sunset Park on June 11. Every effort and | energy have been expended by the com- | mittees to make this the most successful | outing yet given. A meeting of the ladies of the parish | was held at the parochial residence on | Wednesday evening last, and they or- ganized an auxiliary committee on gate prizes. Mrs. H. J. Stafford was elected chairman and Mrs. W. P. Henry secre- tary. From the returns now in, supple- mented by the good work of the ladies, the committee confldently expects that over 1000 gate prizes will be distributed. At each of the past outings of St. James parish the souvenir programmes have | been quite a pleasing feature, and Owen E. Grady, who is acting as chairman of the committee, promises that this year's, both from an artistic and financial stand- point, will rival any of the souvenirs of the past. More than seventy-five pages of matter have been produced already. General McCoy and Thomas H. Griffin, the committee on transportation, report all arrangements complete. Accommoda- tlons have been secured for 2500 people. I SRR MILWAUKEE, Wis., May 16.—The Wood- men of ‘World to-day selected Chattanooga, Tenn.. -'.h'nu nlaca far ns' 180 mvnn:lL_ 2 friends were present at the time of her death, including her sisters, Edith and Marion, and Mary Garden of Chicago, the soprano of the Opera Comique. Miss Sanderson, according to report, was to have been married this summer to Count Paul Tolstoi, a cousin of the Rus- sian novelist. The funeral of Miss Sanderson will take place here Mogday. The funeral Wwill be held at the Church of St. Honore d’Eylau. Since her mai- risge in 1897 to Anton Terry, the Cuban millionaire, who died in 1899, Miss San- derson had withdrawn from active par- ticipation in opera. Until her husband’s death she spent most of her time at his handsome chateau at Chenonceaux and she had since lived with her mother in spaclous apartments here, where she re- ceived only a few intimate friends. But Miss Sanderson constantly retained her love of music and the stage and occa- sinally lent her-talents to charitable per- formances. Her last appearance of this kind was a few months ago at Aix. EARLY SUCCESSES. Miss Sanderson had confided to mear friends her wish to return to the stage and sing in Leoncavallo’s “I Pagliaccl.” She had lived here so long that the Parisians considered her to be one of them. She came to this city as a young girl from Sacramento, Cal., and entered the Conservatory of Music, where she studied under Mme. Sbriglla, Jean and ‘Edouard de Reszke and Mme. Marchesi. She preferred to make her debut outside of Paris and went to The Hague, where she ashieved such a signal success that she returned to Paris and’appeared in Phryne and Thais. SUFFERS GREATLY. Mary Garden of the Opera Comique, an | intimate friend of Miss Sanderson, sald in an interview to-day: “I saw poor Sybil yesterday. She looked | very shaky and her hands were cold and | damp, but she had no idea her condition | was so serious. She spoke hopefully of going soon lto take the waters for her troubles, and looked forward to recovery. | The doctors and others in attendance had no idea that she was in a dangerous con- dition. She continued fairly well until midnight last night, when a change took place and death followed so soon that there was no time to send for me. “‘Sybil could hardly be recognized. Her changed appearance was due to her con- tinued illness. Her once famous beauty was gone and her body was cruelly dis- torted as the effect of the slow atrophy of the liver and other complications, but her | ! sickness and trouble did not diminish the quality of her voice, which she retained until the last few days, the birdlike qual- ity for which it was originally famous.” For the last few hours immediately pre- ceding her death Miss Sanderson's condi- i tlon was most agonizing. After midnight the patient suffered greatly, the pain cul- | minating in paralysis affecting the right She continued | side of her tace and body. in a semi-conscious condition until 5 o'clock A close end of the family says Miss Sanderson had an income of 320,000 a year under the-terms .of her late husband’s will. This and much of the jewelry and valuables inherited from her husband will o to his child by a former marriage. as | signs of great musical being sweet and pure and possessing thoso | who is morning, when death came. | w height the | ¢y, punch and Judy show, which was has not been set. Sanderson of California, of | to this city, where the family continued to qore beauty. Strolling | patrenized proportionately by old and ek Mf({gf_']_)é““J{::lrfihmn‘“Bortha‘IAns- ————————— lived in apartments at 1 Avenue du Bois | jeco B e ot s the | TS5 il R Goatts: whiils scuuesl gracing the yeung J amning, Madge Carreg,| SUNSET PARK WILL BE de Boulogne, and other relatiyes and | ,Ging exponent of the roles of Manon, | 158, Early in life she commenced to show talent, her voice wonderful high bell-like coupled Wwith her beauty and great per- sonal charms, made her famous in Paris and on the Continent, where her life has practically been spent. When she was 18 years of age her mother deciced that her voice was wortay of high cuitivation and the family bade farewell to San Francisco and left for Paris, where they took up their residence. son as a girl, while she was nd ready to sing for her and acquaintances in her own home, was got heard in public prior to her leaving for Europe. Just before her departure, however, she was the ‘guest of honor at a musicale given by Mrs. L. L. Baker at her residence on Franklin and Washington streets, at which were pres- ent the city’s four -hundred and the lead- ers of the musical world here. Her sing- ing on that occasion made a profound nsaiion and for days was the wonder talk of the musical werld, and all were present on that occasien pre- dicted the brilliant future which she af- serward attained. The talented singer first studied in Par- is under the direction of Saint-Yves Bax, thep one of the most famous masters of voice culture in Europe.. Her teacher at once recognized the extraordinary ability of his pupil and was very enthusiastic over the progress which she made in her studiés. He at last assured Miss San- derson that her success dn the opera tones which, friends and Continued on Page 32, Column &