The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 28, 1904, Page 20

THE SAN FRAN CISCO CALL, to Monterey! mart set would resembl in winter. Th The women! Ah! What won hied ws and wonders the : hero is he who, play dead whose quicken b A local The them after the most ever known. inspiring to them—and men have a chance | us game, is chucked falls pros- Is there a e e serging from the hos- g P s battle-scarred nd to her for keeps? If there be one, her out, for she is not within the e folk I know. debonair, and oh ith ducats. When h pony, down with him up, up came the his nt kewise, Walter every least clever of us s well up in the the handsome the dash- Hobart— irresistible Tom this class, being wed- the lodestars of the ash, daring and $ excelled the field. Well, the k the same quality t their women k viduality. Their nsational and thought- don—not displaying nor, incidentally, the The Englishman is f his ruddy epidermis— ation ing women who ap- of the rid- k Carolan, Miss le, Miss Isabel ms Poett, Mrs. elphia, Miss Helen Mrs. Emil Bru- g, Miss Herrick, ward, Miss Ethel Jolliffe, Miss Cora elia Tobin, Mrs. Miss Chariotte Hobart, the Langhorne and Peter Martin rts pony T Kin N women wore gowns rivaled g robe of the se, bejewele th dew Some pretty rgnette duels re fought on e hotel piazza, onded by the retainers of both e? Now, pray tell me, efcause of any woman's st eliminating the from the gquestion sons for “frappeing” he urpass my un- erst ’ Now, T didn’t Hark ye, maids and matrons fair! The fiat has th that ‘tis bad rm—ve: o manifest the mallest di veness in greet- ng one’s friends ying a friend the street, on the boulevard, in the theater, or at a ball, prepare to greet he with a “frozen faca™ a tame v and a tired air. t matter what she—or he—may of the frappe greeting, so long bask in the econsciousness of ding by the laws of good form. Alas! for the passing of the roseate debutante kiss. It was a pretty thing, and so full of suggestiveness to the wistful chap- ple. But its doom is sealed—likewise the hearty handshake. They are both It ¢ th you — % — i < OSEPH. “ffl/fl/m HASTEN FABENICHT 2 rnoTe B <+ | American Telephone Company. The tables, about’ which fifty guests were gathered, were graced with primroses, violets and pink carnations; soft music was wafted through the conservatory room from an unseen bower. The fol- lowing guests were- bidden: Mr. and Mrs. Horace Pillsbury, Judge and Mrs. W. W. Morrow, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Van Sicklen, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Mor- gan, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Worden, Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Hopkins, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Crccker, Mr. and Mrs. Wakefield Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Mountford Wilson, Mr. and Mrs.-Walter MacGavin, Judge and Mrs. Ross, Judge and Mrs. Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. E. O. McCormick, Judge and Mrs. Van Fleet, Mr. and Mrs. Nut- tall, Mr. and Mrs. Homer King, Mrs. James E. Robinson, Mrs. ichard Boyne, Miss Pillsbury, Miss Bliss and aptain de la Mar. -8 e Leading the formal functions of the week was the reception of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Manuel Masten on'Friday night at the Century clubhouse, in honor of the fifteenth anniversary of their wed- ding, and right royally was it commem- orated. The clubrooms were garlanded gladly with forest boughs and ferns and a veritable wealth of blossoms— roses mostly—and what with the ex- tely gowned women, the function was one long to be remembered. Mrs. Masten wore a gown of rare beauty—a white lace robe wrought over chiffon, whose she: surface bore beau- % bourgeoise, and are from us. thus passed up A social page without the Peter Mar- tins would be like “Hamlet” with Ham- let left out. (Your pardon. for. this an- tiquity!) Are they to remain among us, or go hence? #re they going to settle among the Blingumites, or re- main under the family roof-tree? The truth to tell, Mrs. Peter is quite the rage. And what wonder? She has beauty, unquestionably, style, person- ality and a superabundance of verve and dash. Have you eeen her in her auto? Her chauffeur js a dapper chap and he makes the machine do all sorts of clever stimts. His "“up-hill” perform- ances fill him with glee—when he has a good sized audience—and he usually has. st atily Mrs. Martin's handsome brother, Harry Oelrichs, s quite as much sought after as’ his charming sister. Many lariats were leveled at him by the vigilant mammas, but he is a good dodger and has escaped the noose up to date, . . Quite the largest dinner of a very slow week was that of E. S. Pillsbury at the Palace, on Monday .night, in honor of Mr. Fish, the president of the tiful crystals, the whole over white silk, The low bodice was finished with an exquisite bertha of lace, which gave a splendid style to . a gown that was well adapted to Mrs. Masten’s Titian beauty. Quite the proper caper during these Lenten days is the sewing fad. Just peep into the jewelers' windows these days, and behold the glad array of “work-boxes"—just the kind every well-bred girl of eight received in ye olden-days. Don’t you remember yours? The maids and matrons meet in each other’s homes alternately—the last hostess was the charming Mrs. Fannie Lent. A merry chat? I dare say, and some cozy things for needy babes, too. In this particular set are Mrs. Andrew ‘Welch, Miss Florence Callaghan, Miss Helen Pettigrew and Mrs. Eugene Lent. 1t is said that the constitution and by- laws of this particular sewing circle forbid more than a very mild use of the tack-hammer. + But truly, would not it be a stupid world had we not the discernment to note our fellow’s faults and peceadillos, and seeing them, to comfort ourselves thereby? . . Behold Chicago! ~It—that is, smart Chicago=has become a literary mecca. * Albeit, Great speakers are flocking there, mu- sicians are opening studios there, and behold, the society women are giving | musicales, parlor lectures and all sorts l of cultural stunts. It is said that the only subject barred by common consent from these drawing-rocm affairs is the subject of zoology—because it will—dis- cuss—pork. The latest cultural craze there is Griggs—our own Professor Griggs of Stanford. Here is what we read of him and his work: “The name of Griggs has paramount in the land! “In street cars ‘it strikes the tym- panum from a far corner; at luncheons it is the words.and thinkings of Griggs that are praised and discussed, at din ners it is ‘Have you heard. Griggs?’ and on the highway, ‘I am hunting for Griggs; where is he speaking to-day?’ 1 was a little prepared for this epidemic of Griggs as he struck New York last winter, and the Griggs cult there raged | unabated all last son; people talked of this brilliant young professor till the subject got absolutely to be a bore and the men who hadn’t heard him said whenever the hated war cry of Grigss was sounded: ‘Dash this Griggs; can't e talk of somebody*#lse to-night?' “But Griggs wore well in New York. His lectures continued to be the vogue and people tore on about him all sum- mer, and possibly are tearing still. “Professor Edward Griggs cante out of the West, even so far as Leland Stanford University. He now lives in | Morristown. In the interim, I believe, he has been abrodd for years, in Italy and Germany, studying. One of his lec- here this winter has been t spiritual leaders, like St. and S$t. Augustine, and the at the Art Institute has been on the Italian cities and early Italian art, Ravenna and art of the sixth cen- tury being his subjects last Tuesday | afternoon in Fullerton Hall. These art | lectures are illustrated by stereopticon. His talk at Mrs. Coonley Ward's Mon- | day night was on Browning’s ideals of ‘manhood,” and to-morrow night in the same drawing-room he speaks of Browning’s thoughts of ‘womanhood. and very beautiful are Griggs' own wirds on women. After hearing him speak, with his marvelous eloquence and the incessant flow of ideas bearing the stamp of newness, of originality, becomea Francis course ) e SET MOBILIZED ¢ MONTEREY Robert Burns, Dr.” H. M. Simmons. A A Mr. and Mre, T. H. Williams Jr. en- tained a party of friends at dinner last Saturday evening at the close of the races. Covers were laid for twenty and less. Sad it is that women in povert should bring little ones into the world, but the fact must be met that they d —therefore the necessity of a dec place wherein they may have decen care for a decent length of time. Sussel . A <SENTHE THOTO the mind is so uplifted by the charm of it all that when he ceases to speak and other voices begin to tinkle round about you it is as a poetical woman OMINENT WOMEN WHO:WERE CONSPICUOUS IN DEL. MONTE FUNCTIONS. expresses it. ‘Like coming out of an opera-house with your ears full of har- monies and hearing the clang of the cable car and the harsh grating of car- settle down in Oakland. Did you hear that Mrs. Thompson- Seton is the mother of a wee baby riage wheels on the roadway.’ Zirl? What a literary babe that will “Griggs young, light, slender, be, with both parents of literary bent! smooth of face, long of hair, earnest, Mrs. Seton as Miss Gallatin of Sacra- sincere. Furthermore, he is married mento was a very popular girl, and it and, still further, there are four little is said that in a smart little literary set Griggses at home in the family nest.” in New York she is quite a favorite. Now, we of the West diseovered RS Griggs. We learned of him when- Rev. The Graham concert last night at -anna B. Shaw discovered him years Steinway Hall was in the nature of a ago, and pointed him out as the perfect type of man. Therefore, is he not ours? we will lend him to Chicago cheerfully, but we must meanwhile get busy at home and do a\little along the same lines ourselves. There is already a.tendency toward this in a few San Francisco homes—no- tably that of Mrs. Horace Hill—who in- stead of giving inane and imbecile teas —which every one declares to be “pests and bores,” and vet gives them and testimonial of love and affection. Who in the length and breadth of society was not there last night to do honor tc the ,beloved Englishman who has so liberally given of his voice and his pres- ence for the pleasure of others? . That was a charming little affair of Mrs. Arthur Moore or Tuesday after- noon, when she entertained the card club of which she is a member. The members of this little coterie are Mrs. goes to them—gives musicales. Now, Wakefield Baker, Mrs. James Potter there is some motive in such an enter- Langhorne, Mrs. Roe, -Mrs. George tainment, and the pleasure derived is whetted by the contrast of sense and nonsense. Mrs."Hill gave a delightful affair re- cently, when old-fashioned songs (which, by the way, are quite ‘the rage now in Gotham) were sung by Caroline Little, the talented Oakland girl who recently returned from Europe. Let us pray for the return of the musicale, or anything—anything to supplant the inane teas, where semi-in- telligent talk and imbecilic chatter threaten the complete overthrow of the debutante’s brain. Shreve, Mrs. Willis Davis, Mrs. George More, Mrs. Samuel Welsh, Mrs.. Robert Davis, Mrs, T. W. Huntington and Mrs. Kelloge. The Misses Duffy of Rochester, N. Y. who are visiting Miss Mabel To held a merry court at Coronado. They are stunning girls, have traveled extensively, and, with their hostess, make a charming trio. gty Mrs. L. C. Robinson was hostess at an informal dinner and bowling party on Saturday. Among her guests were: Miss Julia Barclay, Miss Alice Keller of St. Louis, Mr. R. C. Robinson and John Re’ rson. Is smoking among the maids and ma- trons growing in favor? It would seem so—judging from the publicity with which many of our smart set send up curling wreaths of smoke from their pretty lips. At dinner now the cigar- ettes are passed to the ladies with as much sangfroid as are cigarssto the men. But herein is no sin—it is simply a little luxury the men have taught them. Mrs. Edward Moore gave a joliy lit- tle supper at her home last Monday evening to a little party of friends. The young people bowled from 8:30 to 11 o’clock and then repaired to the home of Mrs. Moore for further entertain- ment. Among those present were: Miss May, Sharon, the Misses Clark, Miss Jessie Burns, Miss Jean Pedlar, Misses Clarke, Misses Lincoln, Dr. Niv- erson Force, Frank Southack, Dr. Ho- mer Craig, Marshall Dill, James Irvine, mhomas Churchill, Horace Stoll, Dr. The Jack Valentines returned to Oak- land last week from their short wed- ding tour. They will reside in Seattle for a . 2ar, but will probably eventually the dinner was served in the club at the Ingleside track, where the guests were charmingly entertained. The Walter Deans are expected home from New York very soon, having abandoned their proposed European trip temporarily. Jack Frost played havoc with our Californians this win- ter—nearly all the Westerners yielding to pneumonia or some of its progeny. ach of the Dean family was ill at some time, Mrs. Sam Buckbee came dangerously near the river Styx, and found it expedient to return home. Cal- ifornia is a pretty good place—all things considered. Mrs. L. P. Sanger, aunt of Mrs. George M. Pullman, left this week for the City of Mexico. She will visit Mrs. Pullman at Pasadena, en route. The Channing Auxiliary has ar- ranged a series of lectures by Mar- shall Darrach, the Shakespearean reader, to take place as fol- lows: Thursday, March 3, 3:15 p. m. “Merchant of Venice.” Wednesday, March 9, 8:15 p. m. Saturday, March 12, 10:30 a. m.—“Com- edy of Errors” and selections from Browning. The lectures are already at- tracting much attention from society folk—that is, those of them who pos- “Julius Caesar.” sesseth understanding, and most of them do. Chicago_must not—shall not—have a tellectual lecture. menopoly of the in Mrs. Clarence Mackay's “The Stone of Destiny” is awaited with eagerness by the Gotham smart set. It is admit- ted to be a mirror of American life— a man of intellectuality wedded to a silly butterfly. The results are said to be alarmingly similar to known con- ditions in some of our “first families.” Therefore, the wonderment! Among the philanthropies that abound in San Francisco there are none that appeals to the hearts of women so tenderly as those whose cares are for mothers and babes. There are at the present hour several maternity homes in the city, but in the thickly populated districts of the poor on the south side there were none available to the penni- The physieians whose labors lie main- —$ south side have repeatedly reported the wretchedness, misery and want surrounding their maternity pa tients, and the seed has not fallen upon barren soil, A nu r of philanthropic among whom were Mrs. John F. 1y on wom M rill, Mrs. L. L. Dunbar, Mrs. Joseph de Greayer, Mrs. Frederick Hewlitt Mrs. Arthur Cornwall, met and ceeded to relieve the conditions by tablishing a maternity home. That was but a few months ago On Monday a housewarmin given in the new hom ted up for its duties. er rapid progress? wom it was not Monday afternoon Mrs. Frederick Hew litt, president, threw wide the doors of 1215 Harrison street, and bade the friends of the new home enter and g was \} w Il, knowing the surpris On inspect it. Mutual congratulations were ex; changed ‘over the splendid start the home had made, and its success was drunk in a steaming cup of tea The following were among those pres- ent—the rain notwithstanding J. A. Cooper, Mrs. Pelham W. Ames, Mrs. Charles Slack, Mrs. I. N Walter, Mrs. Alfred Baker Spalding. Mrs. Conrad, Mrs. Matthews, Mrs. H H. Baneroft, Mrs. McCormick, Mrs. Fennimore, Miss Bixby, Miss Gregory Miss Wa Dr. Spalding, Dr. Wil- liams The following are the officers of the guild, whose quties are to supply tiny | garments for’ the tiny strangers on their arrival at the home: Pr Alfred Baker Spald- | ing; vice pre . Miss Charlotte El- linwood; seeret Miss Susie Bixby: treasurer, Mrs. Henry Foster Dutton; finance director, Miss Marie Wilson, Some of the members are Mrs. T. Dan- forth Boardman, Mrs. George Toland Cameron, Mrs. Sila Palmer, Miss Katharine Dillon, Miss Ethel Cooper, Miss Elise Gregory, Miss Lily Spreck- els and M Edith Simpson. What gorgeousness is characterizing the functions at the White House of late! There has never been a regime where the display of elegance has been so marked.