The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 10, 1904, Page 20

20 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 1904. ] - — e N S - £ 1 E 2 ! will receive a check for $5000 from Dr. Herbert Law, who, with his wife, is deeply interested in the institution. FEEEF T The Shiels reception on Thursday at ‘ . 1550 Page street was the largest affair noted for many months and one of the most notable. Mrs. J. Wilson Shiels, the hostess, was superb in a French gown of white ‘ syanite over white taffeta, trimmed : with old lace. The guest of honor, Mrs. William Shiels, was gowned in a lace robe over white taffeta. Receiving with them were: George : Franklin Shiels, Mrs. George B. Sperry, ‘ Mrs. William B. Hamilton, Mrs. Mark Gerstle, Mrs. Ernest S. Simpson, Mrs. " William Gerstle and Mrs. Martin Res- ensberger. o Eight hundred invitations were » issued and the rare day brought forth no “regrets.” : The house was gay with fruit blos- 3 soms and forest greenmery, forming a fit background for the stunning gowns, 2 and oh, such loves of hats! o it st AR Sale of Famous Jewels. LONDON, April 9.—There was a sale of jewels at Christie & Manson's recently and an interesting lot was the Star of the Ernestine Order of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, in diamonds, rubies and emeralds, which was pre- - sented in 1835 by Duke Ernest (father New of Prince Albert) to Sir John Conroy, o et the then comptroller of the Duchess E of Kent's household and general man- . ager of her affairs. Duke Ernest was o then desirous of making a friend of \ Sir John Conroy, knowing the great “ influence which he exercised over the - they Duchess of Kent. Queen Victoria de- | tested Sir John and directly she came . to the throne she dismissed him with . a pension of $18,000 a year and a red 3 ribbon, but he wrs refused the peer- g ! age which he had asked for. Conroy had been equerry and comptroller to y the Duke of Kent and he was co- executor with the Duchess under that | Prince’s will. ; — Jewel Parties a Fad. | LONDON, April 9.—The very latest fad in London is the “jewel party.” A very successful one was given by f Mrs. Sargent, sister of the Duchess of y Somerset, a day or two ago and proved 5 \ far more interesting than the ordinary y tea fight. Women were asked to bring . their most beautiful and uncommon - " bits of jewelry. Many of the guests ? positively refused to do more than e show them how to place them on £t their persons, but the majority set . them out in specially prepared jewel cases and an expert, who combined % the role of lecturer and amateur dge tective, held forth on the history and e science of precious stones while keep- S n F tingale, Miss Florence - s Wt Miss Marion Goodfellow, Miss . . o fa Miss Mary Bagker and g organiza- s Oliver, made a group of ¥ = tt nd prettily frocked | in white r Mrs. Ernest Stent in | b be of Venetian lace, with | h fitian hair done in quaint K y f bearing queerish orchids? | S com na e picture in truth! . - the glinting, clank- © of Grace Church by the f & r t mmemorate in fitting | . Miss Ethel Kent z PR i L rt’ A. Allen 1/“ ! was formerly Dorothy Vane, a musical i : oy & Dl 2 | comedy actress well known in England. : : ‘h"‘:v’; ‘;nua:'ra\f(r r'y“:: —Z’]FM : After playing a successful season in i garb—made an effe i b he ting - 5 | Australia she decided to enter a con- | . & Slicnracias the dazzling bridal | KODINJQN‘ | vent, but at the lJast moment changed AD eception that followe the | | her mind and married Norman Men- | e Kent hom {n&: 1;:;»5'1 ,:m :\i(ahl ‘:a | ’;"A;z':’i"“g | zies, proprietor of the best known " bridal pax | | hostelry in that country. They had Rk Graham, Miss Kath- | both been touring in Japan, but cut : ) P M een Kent Florence Cole, Miss | short their stay owing to the war op- | \ Belcher, Jane Wilshire, Miss Mattie Milton, Miss | erations, C. I Louise Hall, Captain Enochs, Captain - e kX R e = ‘Philip 'jhfl,d» r,iwl ,.“Q":,;:r':'fl{]\lf.’,;: €70 right, Miss Emily Wilson and Miss Stetson, Coppee Thurston, Wharton Interesting to us are the doings of — D. « g A W Suzanne Blanding. Thurston, Cyril Tobin, Wilberforce Wil- the women-folk of the White House. w ( i H Tuesday vas prolific of affairs ., 8w liams, Allan Wright, John M. Young Herewith is an excerpt from a corre- - A was the card party at the St. That bachelors’ ball on Wednesday and Almer Newhall. spondent: N ¥ Mrs is—quite the largest affair of the night will furnish food for tea-table il e TIRTS. WEGNRNEIL S 4at i, A 5 ; M ! ven by Mre. Clarence J. Wet- chat for many moons. How readily some péople adapt them- tendant of the Lenten services, and . fomst of Oakland What a beautiful possession is the selves to their surroundings. The D, E. Usuaily walks alone to church across : < g Sanat ne stunning gowns and bonnets enthusiasm of youth! Skinners are comparatively newcomers the park, in the center of which stands e - w, Were worn, which drew forth much ad- Never had maidens merrier time—and to San Rafael, but already they seem the most criticized statué in Washing- B. § H. ¢ Mrs, Miration from some Iasterners loiter- they didn't seek to disguise the fact. thoroughly to belong there. They have ton—namely, the equestrian statue of | ¥ H. ¥ B Rkl oo £ ¥ one happened to be bored, she Jooked 5 " : sisit from East. Andrew Jackson, cast from - the war . The hostess was assisted in receiving it. If she was glad, she showed it. So JUSt Peen enjoving a visit from Bast- ° L. . C00q Hickory. - by Miss Evelyn Hus; and Miss Car- much for youthful sincerity. It's the °'n friends, for whom Mrs. Skinner “Stins Altos Roosevelt; ths Preaniini's . \ ma Suttcn of Oakland and Miss Mabel twin sister to enthusiasm. gave a luncheon last Tuesday. duughiter By @ former: mirriage; s aty Mr Watkins and Miss Florence Yates of The committee that performed the wiotmsois home only a day here and there, as she ; San Francisco. Fruit blossoms and clever role of hosts consisted of Whar- ~ San Rafael s much interested in the stops en route North or. South in a * aster lilies made an attractive back- ton Thurston, Wilbur Burnett, Percy announcement of the engagement of series of visits, to attend some specially - Do e Ui King, Robert Eyre, Gerald Rathbone, Miss Winnifred MacIntosh to’ Robert planned function in her honor. By a i A cov little bride was Miss Bieanor DT Wiliam Lyster, Wilberforce Wil- Menzies. Miss MacIntosh is a daugh- curious circumstance, these affairs are oy Eekart who now signe her name Mre, |2mS: Thomas Berry, William D. Page, ter of Dr. James MacIntosh, president nearly all given by members of the . Siwars . Hiae . $iss Tk Thok -::‘ddm:’,\: hiax‘:icm;.r:‘,“;. ;1‘.‘ Hmlvar-‘l Jr. of the Presbyterian Theol’;‘)gluall“a'oxm_- dip!;;‘na}m- co[hmi‘. i > CR | 3 )| M. ng. e patronesses j y S . acln- “The sian Embassador an oun- ~ s - - s ST P . dey wedding, and noteworthy ODE. who received the guests were: Mre. toshes have heen Hore but aDort thile 'tess Cassthl were amiong her antertain: THREE OF SOCIETY’S PROGRESSIVE LEADERS. | P e Eckart home on Clay street was fexs Camnilit +* 5 Mr A. H. Voorhies n, Mrs. Cyrus Wal- Mrs. H. A. Williams, . £! On Mon- Miller affair took Miss Catherine came he bride of or »dnesday the the Allen-Kent nup- Now, that's a pretty { rt for the first week of Lenten respite As to future functions, they are al- nerable that the n June, of mids Mohr-Bailey » the immer sa we i occur i pretty niment roses ller-Burdge wedding affair—artistic, without and picturesque he deco- been surpafsed these The charr tentat rations have not was a ng many moons, the Smith mansion lend- ng itself admirably to the plans of the artists What a lovely bride she was as she turned from the priedieu to receive the greetings of loving friends. Her attendants, Miss Winifred Burdge, Miss Marion Smith, Miss Grace Sperry, Miss Evelyn Ellis, Miss redolent with the blossoms of spring, and the scene will linger long in the memories of the fifty friends bidden to witness the ceremony. Mr. Hume is a popular U. C, man of '94 and a member of the D. K. E.’s— in which no doubt his little bride will become a silent partner. A pretty pair of maids attended the bride the altar, Miss Georgie Spie- ker and Miss Mabel Donaldson, the lat- herself to become a bride ere long. at On Tuesday evening the reception at Century Hall, given to the charming new rector of Grace Church, the Rev. David' Evans, proved a very pleasant affair. Receptions to divines are oft; times sepulchral functions, but Tuesday reception proved the excep- tion, owing perhaps to the personality of the honored guest, which is unde- niably pleasant The following received the guests who called to extend gyeetings to Mr. Evans Mrs. William Mintzer, Mrs. Russell Wilson, Mrs. Herbert Folger, rs. Mountford Wilson, Mrs. Kirkham Lt, Mrs. Thomas Woodward, Mrs. Ringwalt, Bishop and Mrs. Nichols, Miss Carrie Gwin, Miss Sallie Maynard, Miss Sophie Borel, Miss Alice Borel, Miss Virginia Gibbs, Miss Maye Col- burn, Miss Effie Johnson, Miss Brooke James M. Allen, Mrs. E. L. Eyre, Mrs. J. G. Kittle, Mrs. Bowman McCalla, Mrs. Mary Newhall, Mrs. John Parrott, Mrs. C. P. Pomeroy and Mrs. Russell J. Wilson. Among those present were: Miss Christine Pomeroy, Miss Emily Caro- lan, Miss Cora Smedberg, Miss Stella McCalla, Miss Lucie Collier, Miss Helen Chesebrough, Miss Anna Sperry, Miss Newell Drown, Miss Olga Atherton, Miss Ruth Allen, Miss Frances Allen, Miss Emily Wilson, Miss Hazel King, Miss Lucy Gwin Coleman, Miss Eliza- beth Huntington, Miss Linda Cadwal- lader, Miss Margaret Wilson, Miss Elizabeth Livermore, Miss Lucie King, Miss Gertrude Eells, Miss Bessie Wil- son, Miss Gertrude Dutton, Miss Elsie Dorr, Miss Margaret Newhall, Miss Helen Bailey, Miss Helen Bowie, Miss Beth Allen, Miss Florence Gibbons, Miss Elsie Tallant. And the hosts were Her- bert Baker, Philip Baker, Thomas Berry, Wilbur Burnett, Otis Burrage, William Denman, Ben Dibble, Robert Eyre, William Goldsborough, Count P. L. Grimani, Edward Howard, Percy King, Frank King, Allen Kittle, Har- vey Lindsay, Norman Livermore, Dr. ‘William Lyster, Athol McBean, Brock- way Metcalf, William Page, Sidney Pringle, Gerald Rathbonhe, Harry H. Rousseau, Sidney _Salisbury, . Harry from Philadelphia, but that short time has proved long enough to have made them hosts of friends. Living as they do between San Rafael and Ross Val- ley, they are claimed by both places. The MaclIntosh girls are the kind who revel in *“out of doors.” They love to tramp, = and their many ‘“tramps abroad” do not seem to have spoiled them in the least for the enjoyment of the fine roads in the vicinity of old Tamalpais. Mr. Menzies, to whom Miss MaclIntosh is engaged, is a sterling, stanch young Scotchman, son of Mrs. and the late Thomas Menzies of San Rafael. CEEA U Mre. Samuel Jackson of Oakland, who, with Miss Jackson, has been vis- iting the New Zealand wonderland, re- turns to California next month, com- pletely restored to health. P Mrs. William R. Wheeler, who left for New York last week, will not re- turn from the East until early in May. Mrs. Wheeler is. at present finding amusement making a collection of original toasts with which she will probably test the taste of the Ameri- can reading publie. P | Mre. Norman Menzies, who has just arrived -in.San Francisco from Japan, Gther guests at the em- bassy dinner were: Mrs. Arthur Paget, the English sister-in-law of the late William C. Whitney’s daughter; Miss Mary Patten, one of the Patten sisters, who are known as the best American- born linguists in Washington society; Representative Longworth, the bache- lor member from Cincinnati; Hon. Percy Wyndham of the British em- bassy and Congressman Morrell . of Massachusetts. “Mr. and Mrs. Robert Patterson of Chicago gave her a luncheon, as a bon voyage, before she left for Aiken, 8. C., where she remained wuntil Easter.” The Miss Mary Patten here ‘men- ticned will be remembered by ali Nevadans and early Californians as the daughter. of John Patten of Gold Hill, a stone’'s throw from the world- famed Comstock, where, by the way. he made the money that has made his family famous in the national capital— and fairly well known on the Continent, But that ability to rise is what consti- tutes a democracy. e s e Miss Mabel Watkins was hostess at dinner at her Sausalito home last week, when she entertained Mr. and Mrs. Watkins, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Findley, Mr. and Mrs, Starr Keeler, Mr. ang Mrs. Charles Foster, Miss Anna Sperry, Lieutenant Jamieson, U. 8. A.: Lieuten- ant Carrigan, U. S. A., and H. Clay Miller. PR e What a splendid success that card party was at Native Sons’ Hall on Thursday night! Not less splendid was the cause that lured so many men and women from their firesides. » Unlimited credit is due the committee of arrangements for their indefatigable energies in promoting the affair, by which means a goodly sum of money was raised toward erecting a home for the homeless children—what a pathetic term! Among those who labored earn- estly for the affair were Mrs. George Elder, Mrs. Preston and Mrs. Sperry. The officers of the San Francisco Nursery for Homeless Children are: Mrs. Jacob Bertz of 1366 Hayes street, president; Mrs. J. J. Theobald of 2010 Pierce street, treasurer; Mrs. Guy Man- ning of 3675 Clay street, recording sec- retary, and Mrs. James L. Gould of 1816 Encinal avenue, Alameda, correspond- ing secretary. Already the managers of the nursery raised $8000 toward the building. When they swell that amount to $10,000 they ing a fatherly eye cn every one's prop- erty. —_———— Tailor Made Gowns of Silk. PARIS, April 9.—The latest depar- ture in the world of fashion is the silk tailor made gown. It is extremely “chic.” The colors most v-ed are gold- en brown and the popular green shades. One handsome model was made with a skirt of six flounces, very flat at the hips. The bolero on the bodice, also flounced, fell over a high girdle. ————— Queen’s Dolls to Be Exhibited. N, April 9.—The dolls of LONDON, Queen Victoria will be one of the ex- hibits in the English building at the St. Louis Exposition. The building itself will be a reproduction of the drapery of Kensington Palace, where Queen Victoria was born. The dolls will be exactly in the state they were left when abandoned by their roya; possessor for larger and more active dolis. Some are without noses, the paint‘?a‘heen washed off others, in short-they are somewhat in the state most dollies are after being cared for by their zealous mistresses,