The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 19, 1903, Page 48

NDAY. JULY 19, 1903 end turns to town for it is the way nearly all the year ar fair lady’s hand to the water rchief fluttered away useful young man w what was expected of him and swam returning much out of very regret to say that nature did the man with the f a Hercules, but the bride-to- to show she s sl v . o — e eeeeeeeeeassinllp BRIDE-TO-EE ¥ )M FRIENDS ARE PLANNING TO ENTERTAIN; DAUGHTER OF UNIT STATE TOR, AND SOCIETY GIRL WHO! 3 HER FAME IN LONDON. — - —f lar society devotee landed cne of the plunged jnto the waves and, after swim- most promising catches of the season ming some distance, appeared to be float- upon short acquaintance aad proudly seaward. Much alarmed, the would- * added a large solitaire t; her collection. be Romeo swam affer, in spite of his ex- The couple had basked in the sunshine baustion, and was about to seize her of each other's smiles for a week when Miss Prentice strove to be like the lady with the glove. They were walking along the swf in thelr bathing suits and the when she made an elusive sweep and swam gracefully to shore with rather more pride than a man can stand from one of the weaker sex. The man lost no time in breaking the engagement and has since become something of a woman hater. And thereby hangs a moral. A few of the wise girls staying in town are camping on ‘the trail of last winter's crushes and really have a clearer field and every indication of a successful cam- paign if they are at all serfous in their intentions. The men in question can run up to the house to luncheon, even call every evening, and still have time left in which to write letters to the absent ones. There can always be a hammock on the porch and papa- can usually be sent to bed early. The was-once debu- tante entertains her caller much more in- formally than in the winter season and makes him feel very much at home. He roams about the house, has access to the ice box and—to use a borrowed expression —has all the comforts of home without knowing the inconvenience of paying the bills. « o 4 The men are waxing more enthusiastic than I wish they were over the latest fad of the wearing of half-hose among wom- en. I cannot see what earthly good it does them to be solicitous in.the matter of our wearing apparel. I am sure we do not return the compliment any further than to covet an occasional necktle. But the way the men look down with affected modesty, entering mild protests in disap- proval of women who don men's socks, timidly urging the while their esthetic values, makes one very tired. The men should try to realize that the custom of ‘wearing half-hose is adopted for the sole purpose of keeping cool, and will be pop- ular only in the country or in Eastern cities of a hot climate. The anxious men may hover about The Call bullding on a — windy day without the slightest danger of having their sensibilities injured in the least. I know but one woman in San Francisco who wears socks instead of hose, and she has worn them for twenty vears, having formerly lived in Chicago, where comfort is at a premium, and hav- ing found a convenience she sticks to it. o s e The sudden death of Viscount Dupplin in May last put an end to the trip of the family to America. The Dupplins were to visit Dr. and Mrs. Charles T. Abbott at Reno, Nevada, In September, Dr. Abbott being a cousin of Lady Dupplin, Gladys Lutz. Lord Dupplin, with his wife and infant son, was the guest of Sir Edward and Lady Hamilton at Midhurst, England, en route to the antipodes and America, but contracted malignant scarlet fever and died within three days. Lady Dupplin has since been living. in seclusion. k Sir Edward Hamilton possesses the unique distinction of being the only dou- ble Baronet in England, having succeeded to the titles of both his father and uncle. Lady Gladys Luiz Dupplin was a Miss Bacon—a granddaughter of the celebrated Lady Charlotte Bacon, who was a daugh- ter of the Earl of Oxford. She was the third of the Oxford family to marry into that of the Kinhoull. The old Earl of Kinhoull recently remarried and the stork is expected to make its appearance at Dupplin Castle toward the end of the present year. The entail is already as- sured, as the late Viscount Dupplin left an infant son. PR Yo The popular girls of our exclusive set must put on gackcloth and do penance by being as unattractive as possible if they would get back into the good graces of feminine army society. They seem to be sadly out of favor now, and, it appears, all because they are accused of making wall flowers of their other friends. At the Alcatraz Island hop last week many 248 Ly J2rHEIS SBUSHNELT— T X o T o. —_— a woman bestowed a chilly glance upon these city girls, who were invited to give local color to the military affair, and, im- mediately upon entering the ballroom with their stunning gowns and highbred airs, became the center of absorbing in- terest among the officers, to the neglect, perhaps, of the fair army contingent. There was quite a murmur of dissent and one matron of the Thirteenth Infantry plainly remarked: “When I invited the officers I expected them to devote themselves to me and not give their entire attention to those city girls.” ,"" sald another, “our poor army girls should receive the attention befit- tng their rank. In Europe the army comes next to royalty in the social scale.” “You mean the navy,” interrupted the wife ‘of a nautical dignitary, who in turn was greeted with: “That is a matter of opinipn.” Pty Miss Agnes Tobin is in London, where she is devoting her time to study and lit- erary work, but will return to San Fran- cisco next winter to visit her mother, Mrs. M.“A. Tobin. Miss Tobin's recent book, “Love’s Crucifix,” shows great tal- ent and cleverness and gives the writer a prominent place in the world of letters. This translation includes nine sonnets and a canzone from Petrarch. It s sald that these sonnets of Petrarch did fully as much as the “Divina Commedia” of Dante to establish the language of Italy, so that Miss Tobin's skiliful interpreta- tions are more than worth while. Miss Alice Mennell of London, who wrote the preface of Miss Tobin's book, s a sister of Lady Butler and is well known in lit- erary elrcles, both In this country and abroad. e e T wonder if the feeling prevalent {n mil- tary life that the army comes next to roy- alty was responsible for the plan of tak- ing the guests home after the Alcatraz hop? It seems that the tug McDowell made but one trip, starting at midnight and go- ing in a round-about way to Angel Island, Fort Magon, Presidio and other: points, taking all ‘army people -home first and landing the civillans at the ferry too late to catch a car home. In consequence, I understand, the city folk waited about the ferry for carriages and did not reach their downy couches until the wee small hours. - I imagine there were some sleepy people the next morning, and I would not like to chronicle what they must have said. o sl The ball at Lake Tahoe is rolling mer- rily along. Willlam H. Crocker has gone there to console himself during Mrs. Crocker’s absence abroad. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Blanding, Miss Blanding, Miss Susie Blanding and Miss Henrlette S. Blanding are enjoying their new launch immensely. Mrs. Will Tevis is with them. Mrs. V. K. Maddox and Knox Maddox are also there, Among others are Mys. ‘W. H. Mills and Miss Elizabeth Mills, the George Boardmans, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Irwin and Miss Helen Irwin, Mrs. Lewls Gerstle and Miss Gerstle, the Fred Magees, the Henry Lunds, Miss Juliet Garber of Oakland and the Van Sickiens of Alameda. . s Miss, Mae Pérkins, daughter of United States Senator Perkins of Oakland, is ~ making preparations to sail for the Orient on August 8. Miss Perkins will probably accompany Mrs. J. P. Martin and Mrs, J. T. Barraclough. They will visit Japan and China, returning in a few months to San Francisco. Miss Perkins is very pop- ular among the younger set, her home, Oak Knoll, Vernon Heights, having been the scene of many delightfully informal affalrs. 8T e The midsummer shoot which takes place at Monterey next month will be well at- tended. Quite a contingent from Burling- ame will go down for the affair. Among those present will be Mr. and Mrs. Fran- cis Carolan, Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Mar- tin, Mrs. Eleanor Martin, Mrs. Gus Tay- lor, Miss Flood and Mr. Twigsgs. « s . Mr. and Mrs. Charles Raoul-Duval (formerly Beatrice Tobin) are spending the summer at Fontainebleau, France, and have with them their little dau Madeleine. At the end of August the Du- vals will go to Mentone, and later return to their home near Rugby, England. I R Miss Elsle Sperry and Miss Maye Col- burn are among the friends of Miss Kath- ryn Robinson planning to entertain for the bride-elect prior to her marriage to George Beardsley. . . Mrs. Davenport and Miss Eleanor Dav- enport will sail August 8 for the Orfent. They have rented their house on Broad- way to the E. E. Brownells and will re- main away about six months. o "o e Mrs. M. J. Newmark will spend most of the summer in this city. She is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Alfred Sutro, for- merly Rose Newmark. e:s o Mfs. Lucie M. Hayes has been spending a week with the M. H. de Youngs at their country home, Meadowlands, at San Ra- fael. oo @ Misses Ednah and Helen Robinson are visiting . their sister, Mrs. S. Theller, in East Oakland. . e Courtney Bennett, the English Consul, is at present in the mountains on a camp- ing trip. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Innes are again at the Nordhoff. « s . Mr. and Mrs. J. Ghirardelli and chlld.ren are at Capitola. —_—— Plays and Players, Mr. Otis Skinner is now in London, as is Miss Ada Rehan, where they are to meet Mr. George C. Tyler on his return from Italy to'arrange the respective ai- vision of time for the plays in their reper- tofre for the coming season. Great in- terest naturally attaches to Miss Rehan's resumption of her world-famous roles of Katherine and Lady Teazle, but there is little doubt amiong those who comprehend Mr. Skinner's remarkable talent that his impersonation of Shylock will also prove one which this generation Will not be likely to forget. With Otis Skinner as Shylock and Ada Rehan as Portia, they supported by a cast which is woarthy of them and appearing in the original Au- gustin Daly production, this presentation should prove a revival of “the legitimats that will linger long in the memaory. PR L It was noticed last week that the favor- ite theater of the sweet girl graduate in Wew York was the Manhattan, where Lawrance d'Orsay and Marian Giroux are playing the leading roles in “The Earl of Pawtucket.” “l guess I must have made a hit with tho deah girls, don't you know,” laughed d'Orsay, as he saw that there were about fifty fresh-looking young girls in the par- quet, each one distinctively a “grad,” the other night. “Yes, I guess you have,” Giroux. answered Miss “Still, these happen to be all Vassar girls. That was my college, you know, and I got a note from one of the girls yesterday that her whole class would be here to-night. You are not the whole works,. you see.” As Miss Giroux turned away, laughing, d'Orsay muttered, in dire pefplexity: “Works? I wonder whether she means anything personal, don't you know."™ & ie e A New York paper has the following: Miss Paula Edwardes is going to take an unusual step to qualify for the work tbat she has laid out for herseif as the star in “Winsome Winnie” next seasonm. She purposes spending some of her sum- mer in a California boarding school. It is not to study the intricacles of mathematics nor to take up any of the usual accomplishments that the pretty little comedienne will tear herself away from her comfortable home in this city and become a schoolgirl again. Her ob- ject 1S to famillarize herself with the Western girls’ slang in all its possible ramifications. The new operatic comedy by Jacobow- ski and Paulton, authors ¢f “Erminfe,” revolves about, a California schoolgirl, who is made a prisoner by brigands while travelitg with a party of English tour- ists. Miss Edwardes was selected for the principal part by Manager Sam S. Shu- bert, who had become convinced that she was the only actress on the comic opera stage qualified to portray the romping schoolgirl. Manager George Edwardes of the London Galety, after much importun- ity, ylelded his contract with her in or- der to help her along as a star, so Miss Edwardes received the part under unus- ual conditions. The authors and the man- ager at once were satisfied to have her do with their operetta whatever she deems for the best, and to make such alterations, additions or eliminations as she feels proper. She has been told that Francis Wilson made the part of Caddie in the original “Erminie”™ stand out prom- by his strong personal work, and to attempt a creation as inent she Winsome Winnle. So she will start in by getting the real atmosphere of California school Jife, and while she is studying her music she will attempt to learn up-to-date slang. She is very quick and keen witted and . there is every likelihood that she will make a complete success in the yndertaking, par- ticularly as Mr. Shubert is to surround her with one of the:best equi panies ever gathered together, com- dectded