The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 20, 1904, Page 20

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 1904. D i l:‘,—fifi-’” % == IR A IIeeoes 0y g ——— e trunkroom is technically tenant- ess now, f ath begun to pursue her per albeit the ¥ = young. Those there ars who are 3 g up merely for their annual hegir r country homes—notably he W 1 McNears, Kittles, Eells Coffins; but there is wanderers who are on the eve of long journeys—although the seductive East, ct garlanded though it be, is con- spicu from the itinerary. alluring—even to for adventure. And wretchedness of the for what cares he e, ttle brown men e poor lit- fer mean- d tour instead d the Misses n, where of their party e rest ly date for th King will join the Her- sister during th mmer the trip across the pond was Ge of New York will interest some men I know. But as balm to your cardiac wounds, permit me to say that Miss Underhill's heart was probably another’s when she played ducks and drakes with you on the links at Burlingame and Mon- terey. Of course, while not especially fond of the fellow that's won her, you cannot but honestly admire his ex- emplary taste. You all remember, of course, the beautiful attachment that existed between the charming fiance and Mrs. Laurence Scott, who, at the time of Miss Underhill's visit, was Miss Caro Crockett—and a charming pair they were. : Pl v e K Pear]l Babin will leave for Washington, where she will agsist as bridesmaid at the wedding of Miss Kathro Burton and Lieutenant George Lee. Now, here’s a pretty situation— the two sons of the stalwart warrior, General Fitzhugh Lee, have both capitulated to cupid at one and the same time. One is to wed our own iss McNutt and Mr. George is to give his good old name to Miss Burton. s e A That was a char g luncheon of Miss Maye Colburn’s at the Palace on ;- ay The picturesque palm gar- den has become a fixed setting for emart heons. And what could be prettier than the tropical garden for a background for beauty radiantly” ar- rayed? Among the guests were Mrs. Peter Martin, Miss Jennie Blair, Mrs. D. Samuel Buckbee and Mrs. Henry Fos- ter Dutton, a ht m oterie. T Mrs. Lewis J. Leland a pleasant little card e-street apartments. Leland, who was the stunning Miss Lou Duttc has spent the last s in Gotham and in the Philip- Her mother, Mrs. S. L. Dutton, upon her visit. clever and exceedingly smart y Club has promised to give a t-Lenten dance, but the hostess is But nount to the is the to be given ball 3 BOYE ZEANOR ZCxLIRT. . FHOTO FIFE—,, you've heard of the modest lit- presented the bride by her and flowe besides tle stepfather me a pearl ttle check f and diamond nec r lace and tiara amma, worth a good tenth of who show such ad- able tion in the selection of parents— stepparents—deserve the rewards they reap. Mrs. Hugh widow of young Hugh Tevis ed in Yokok short cisco is with her the considered American girls cay prett French What a delightful stir was made in the smart set when the engagement of Miss Ruth McNutt and Lieutenant Fitzhugh Lee, U. §. A, was announced! Somehow an engagement is somewhat like a death in the family—though it be expected, it comes with a shock when it occurs. The tabbies have long conceded that M McNutt was permanently at- tached to the gallant young defender of the flag, but official confirmation of the rumor is satisfactory. .- el Apropos of betrothals, the engage- ment of Miss Ruth Underhill (the erstwhile champion of golf in America) to Harry Treadwell White | | — = g divulged, but ispered. The scene? where else but the Palace ball- room, pray? Ah, what a revelation as to gowning that will be! No bedrag- gled nor begasolined frocks for that function, you may be sure. The following wholly charming and eligible bachelors have the afimir in hand: Wharton Thurston, Wilbur Bur- nett, Percy King, Robert Eyre, Gerald hbone, Dr. William Lyser, Wilber- force Williams, Thomas Berry, William v Salisbury, C. M. How- and John M. Young. e NS by the Bonny Bachelors. The date vet Who will be invited to the Bachelors’ ball? easy. , the list of “ins” has been ged and expanded to such an ex- this, winter that the birdseye viewer of the smart is hardly sure of who's who, There are now in the social field five distinct sets, with their respective lead- ers—and who will hold the whip hand next winter is making lively guessing. But in society, as in politics, strange alliances are formed under the guise of expediency—and methinks "twas ex- pediency that prompted much of the reciprocity observable this winter, Many climaxes—or anti-climaxes—are confidently looked for next winter, . = = On Friday pnext the Greatest Circus on Earth (managed by women) will be- gin to.display its wonderful stunts, The show will open on the evening of tent the 25th under the auspices of the San Francisco Riding Club, with the Doc- tor's Daughters in charge of the hox receipts. The performance will be re- produced on Saturday afternoon with various other daring and dazzling fea- tures for the little tykes who love a circus, and where is the tyke that doesn't? And besides the wonderful feats of the society maid a-horse, all the ac- couterments of a down-to-date cir- cus wi e fully produced, includ- ing pink lemonade, peanuts, popecorn, zebra candy and all the other diabol- fcalisms of the sawdust ring. And I had almost forgotten to mention Mr. Fernald, the swagger ringmaster, who will crack his whip at the prettiést lot of cireus horsewomen in the country. If you doubt it, come and see for your- self—but hurry, as the boxes are all sold and only a few hundred seats re- main. The candy—brewed by hand—will be =old by Miss Constance de Young, Miss Ethel Hager, Miss FEleanor O'Connor and Miss Elise Gregory. The grab bag and fish pond will be in the hands of the following: Mrs. Henry Foster Dutton, assisted by Miss Jessie Fillmore, Miss Lily Spreck- els, Miss Grace Spreckels, Mrs. Frank Griffin, Miss Katharine Dillon, Mrs. Charles Bentley, Miss Eleanor Warner, Mrs. Reuben B. Hale, Mrs. Marshall Hale and Mrs. McDermott of Boston. Mrs. McDermott has contributed a number of ‘‘grabs” for the bag, and other grabs will be thankfully received. Entertainment—Miss Jennie Blair, as- sisted by Miss Susie McEwen, Mrs. John Flournoy, Mrs. Horace Pillsbury and Mrs. William Guthrie. Advertisements on programmes—Mrs, W. D. Fennimore, assisted by Mrs. George Cooper and Mrs. John McKee. Homemade candy—Mrs. Edwin Brey- fogle, assisted by Mrs. J. S. Ballard, Mrs. Edward Horton, Mrs. Frank Bates, Mrs. J. A. Watt, Mrs. Charles Slack and Miss Everding. Refreshments—Mrs. H. M. A. Miller, assisted by Mrs. W. R. Sherwood. Cart and pony—Mrs. Wakefield Baker P and Mrs. Fred Tallant. The cart and pony under the care of Mrs. Baker was contributed by Thomas H. Williams Jr. Tickets for the affair can be obtained at Sherman & Clay's, at the academy, on Seventh avenue and C street, or from any of the Doctor's Daughters. The bright, scintillating, stellar at- tractions of the function will be Miss Lucie King, Miss Louise Stone, Mrs. Ferdinand Stephenson, Miss Florence Callaghan and Miss Mabel Hogg. Mrs. Clarence Martin Mann has is- sued invitations for a luncheon to be given on the 24th at her Washington- street home. Mrs. Mann will be as- sisted by Mrs. Joseph Manuel Masten and Mrs. Frederick A. Stolp in receiv- ing her gues Luncheon will be served at 2 o'clock, a most conven- ient hour. Noon is beastly early, as madame has had scarcely time to meet her hairdresser and the ma seuse—her two absolute indispen ables. Luncheon at 2--that is the hour commensurate with comfort. . ABETRIE Easter Monday is to be garlanded with orange blossoms. On that date the charming Miss Eleanor Echart will become the bride of Edward Hume. The wedding will take place at the home of the bride’s parents on Clay street and nromises to be a smart affair. Miss Georgia Spieker and Miss Mabel Donaldson (herseif a fiancee) to serve as bridesmaids and Mrs. Ben- jamin Thomas as matron of honor. Mr. Hume is a popular member of the D. K. E.'s of the University of California, '04, having taken a con- spicuous part in college affairs while a menyber of the studept body. . . The wedding of the handsome Miss Huntsman and Harry William will probably occur just after Easter, but will necessarily be a quiet affair. Miss Huntsman is a sister of Mrs. Gray- son Dutton and Mrts. Charles Kindel- berg, both of whom are charming women and are clever hostesses. s Franklin Brooks, formerly editor of the Manila American, has been travel- ing throughout England, Ireland and Scotland for the last six months and is now engaged in touring 'the Con- tinent. Some of his trips are being made in an automobile. S Herewith is a leap year frolic of a Washington maid—a maid of the capi- tal smart set—who concocted the little scheme of surreptitious love-making: Four small bits of cardboard were cut into heart shape and tied with ribbons, all hearing the inscription, 1904, Leap Year.” On the first appeared the following: Please answer If you can guess The happy Miss Who is willing To make it Mrs., Who sends these bows, And a dozen kisses, The second card read: 1t_winsome ~— came to woo With loving' ways as laseies do, And if her heart were good and true, You would not say her nay, could you? If you do not care at jot, Burn the lot Upon the third a bow of pink, cream and blue ribbon was tied. It read: If of me you sometimes think, Send me’back the bow of pink; If of me you scmetimes dream, Send me back the bow of cream; If your heart for me is true, 1 me back the bow of blue. The fourth and last card, being fas- tened with’ a bow of red, cotton and heliotrope, implied: If your love for me is dead Send me back the bow of red; 1f you have poor me forgotten, Send me back the bow of cotton; 1f you will with me elope, Send me back the heliotrope. Now, 'tis not of record how many maids received responses from the right chapg they ventured to address thus coyly—but it must have afforded some amusement to the men who got the little mesages, and lent an ecstatic expectancy to the little maids who sent them. There are a few girlish things girls may do that the vigllant eye of the tabby seeth not. . e+ e San Francisco is nothing if not phil- anthropie, for behold two more char- ities on the cards for the first week in April. On the 7Tth comes the card party at Native Sons’ Hall, seating nearly 2000 people, for the benefit of the San Francisco Children’s Nursery. Now, those little dependents in the nursery are your charges and mine, and we must see to it that the wee ones are properly sheltered, clad and cared for, all of which takes cash, and loads of it. Therefore the validity of the card game on that eventful night, the 7th, Tickets may be obtained from the fol- lowing. women, whose brave interest in the welfare of the homeless little tots has done so much toward their com- fort: Mrs. William Thomas, Palace Hatel; Miss Maud O'Connor, Hotel Granada; Mrs. Edgar F. Preston, 2336 Broadway; Mrs. George B. Sperry, 2308 Devisadero street; Mrs. W. W. Van Arsdale, Jackson and Scott streets; Mrs. George F. Shiels, 2310 Devisadero street; Mrs. Henry Dernham, 2317 Cen- tral avenue: Mrs. Eugene Bresse, 1829 Pacific avenue; Mrs. O. B. Burns, the Van Nuys; Mrs. ' Jacob Bertz, 1366 Hayes street; Mrs. W. S. Leake, Palace Hotel; Mrs. Frank V. Wright, 601 Stockton street; Mrs. Guy E. Manning, 3675 Clay street; Mrs. James L. Gould, 1816 Encinal avenue, Alamed Mrs. J. J. Spieker, 2100 Devisadero street; Mrs. Albert Dernham, 2 Devisadero street Mrs. James Elder, 3402 Clay street; Mrs J.'J. Theobald, 2010 Pierce street; Mrs. William' H. Gerstle, 2340 shington street; Mrs. Herbert E. Law, 1526 Val- lejo street; Mrs. A. H. Martin, 3434 Clay street; Mrs." Homer Osborne, 1014 Paru street, Alameda; Miss Adelaide Pollack, 909 Broderick street. Ve L4 Wasn't that a pretty tribute to Miss Bailey that her fiancee, Mr. Mohr, paid her when he came out West from New York to see her, just for one short day, and then returned to fulfill some press- ing business engagements? That savors somewhat of the gallantry of the sweet old long ago, which, alack and alas! we are fast obliterating in our colorless materialism. What a joy a romantic lover must be! e Mrs. Lillian Hitchcock-Coit and Miss Green of San Francisco were observed among the promenaders in the foyer of the Grand Opera-house, Paris, re- cently. o e Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Humbert Jr. (formerly Miss Lyle) of San Francisco are making a long stay in Paris. They 7e \ R OTFTS o ZBOA "4 PHOIO | LY TABER_, coe | —_— _— — have been in Europe traveling for the last two years. T T Herewith is aa interesting piece of news—the Princess Hatzfeldt, original- ly from our own zone, is now the pette protege of the Prussian court, likewise of London drawing-rooms. It is sh who bears the proud distinction of having introduced the cotillon to the London smart set, and of being at to wear any m other re rings on her toes wom: than k and latterly to Europe as stunning and individua 4 . rei . young Apropos of geniu rk, a Brooklyn dressed exp an exclusive ) on “The Relation Be T 1 Morals"” last week, and the 2 excerpt from her ¢ down wrathful torre head: “The genius should not marry. A woman wants her husband—not his ar 2 in ertation brought ts upon her blon Genius is insanity. In order to o genius it lives most of the time in a world of deep emotions. It is har people of artistic temperament to « form to ordinary rules. Thus divor suicides, drunkenness and impulsive vices are found among people of genius The irrepressible temperament seems to be absolutely necessary to art What would our local art hink of this verdict of the fair Chic se? And what would their wives think— those of them that have such? 6 o« . Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Pease and Miss Maylita Pease left for New York on Tuesday, going by way of Portland, Or. They will visit the St. Louis Ex- position before returning A Do you play “squash?” Well, then, proceed at once to learn sinee it's distinctly provincial not to be at least on speaking terms with it. It is a lineal descendant of ping pong, but infinitely smarter, and is thusly de- scribed: The game is pldyed in a closed room with rackets a trifle smaller than the ordinary tennis racket and small black balls, which are driven against the wall with the racket in the player's hand. There are fifteen points, and the server counts, as in temnis. Only two persons can play at a time. The courts grected in a room with a large, fashioned fireplace, around which the guests circle for tea. The game is an athletic and strenuous one, and promises to become immensely pop- ular. The Misses King have a “squash” court in their home, but the game has not had the vogue here that obtains in Gotham and Chicago. R Among the cleverest whips in San Francisco is Miss Beatrice Fife, who from her early girlhood has managed her own pony. She drives almost daily in her stylish drag P Pt A number of the debutante set were tendered a bowling and shuffleboard party on Wednesday evening by Ernest Stent, who is to marry Miss Frances Harris on April 7. Supper foi- lowed the games, and the guests were charmingly ehtertained. Among those present were: Miss Elsie Sperry, Miss Frances Harris, Miss June Wilshire, Miss Gertrude Van Wyek, Miss Con- stance Duffy, Dr. James F. Pressley, Edward Reis, Mr. Clark and W. Coi- lier.