The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 17, 1904, Page 20

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 190 - . G - = that hath n r it. Tru d eminently ves daily thanks a lone hea re- e citizen g for single, soli- but that the town consti th b ntry home in in. We bor- from custom at Newport, su- Therefore h bor- 1gland s istom upon the world is a coun- sumr mes growing up w 1 patios, those fux s nd the flowers b mong who are ensconced among th Is and dales are the Laur- Scotts, the L. L. Bakeérs, the De Genera fter, € Borels, hn Brices at Napa, the McKitt- ricks the Joe T the Walter 8. Martins, who, by ave taken the Tubbs place ateo, but will later occupy the home. And as to San Rafael way, obin and its surrounding burgs, there isn’t a smokeless chimney in the county now Much gayety is prophedied for San this summer, especially at dowlands,” where, by the way, a charming little party took place last week, with Miss Helen de Young as hostess. Among her guests were: Celia Tobin, Mr. mnd Mrs. Jack Spreckels, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wilson, Miss Pearl Landers. Miss Ethel Hager, Ed Tobin, Dick, Joe and Cyril Tobin, a happy coterie, B B L Last week was rather a gay week— but since all things are measured by analogy, perhaps the announcement is rather rash after the leaden forty days. On Monday Miss Sara Drum enter- tained charmingly at\a card party at her home on Broadway. Among those who tried their skill at 500 were Mrs. Latham McNullin, Mrs. George Marti Mrs. Herbert Moffitt, Mrs. Henry Cla ence Breeden, Miss Ardella Mills, Mis Baldwin, Miss Stella Kane, Mrs. Dieck- mann, Mre. Douglas Watson, Mrs. Eu- gene Lent, Miss Eleanor Davenport Mrs srge Wheaton, Miss Mary Je Grace Holt, Mrs. E. O. Mc- Mrs. F. G. Drum, Mrs. Sam- Juckbee, Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Morri- Miss Grace Buckley, Mrs. Robert on, M Cushing, Mrs. Fred Kimbie ond Miss Fiorinne Brown. B0, too, on Monday night was the Junior Assembly at the Palace a g =yt RS- | e OSE/ ~{fAPOC TOBIN o oo PHOTO BX SEN THET &2, +- - — charming though small affair. Among the hosts, who, by the way, distin- guished themselves for their hospitality —and their good looks (but this in a whisper)—were Eyre Pinckard, Rich- ard Girvin, Lucius Allen and Charles Merrill. & RERe Mrs. Timothy Hopkins entertained a large bridge party on Monday at her apartments at the Palace. There were some rather stunning gowns seen in the Palm Garden later, where the fair card players partook of refreshments. Bridge! Bridge! Bridge! One almost wonders when the pretty devotees say their prayers. e Pretty Miss Pettigrew engaged! Lucky Mr. Lemmon! Congratulations have bombarded both. And at the same tea that the story was told came the tale of Miss Genge Butler's betrothal to Captain Jochn W. Joyce, U. 8. A, of Washington, D. C. Miss Butler is the charming young daughter of A. B. Butler, the capitalist, and a close friend of Miss Pettigrew. A pretty pair of fiancees they are! ) Mrs. Edmund Baker was hostess at a luncheon at the St. Francis on Mon- d with the guest of . honor her sister, Mrs. Frank Baldwin of Hono- lulu, who, by the w has been signal- Iy honored by many chdrming func- tions since her visit in this city. She left for her island home on the Korea. Among the guests were Mrs. Henry Foster Dutton, Mrs. J. Malcolm Henry, Mrs, Thomas Porter Bishop, Miss Ar- della Mills, Miss Eleanor Warner and Miss Edith Simpson. R R On Monday evening charity, sweet- voiced and alluring, held forth in Lyric Hall, where, in her blessed ‘o o 7578 LZTA GALIATIN 4> se-e: AW OME By [ ‘;.{ - A NECES o [} C O AN =2 7 SARY @ HELLS. Allen, Harry Babcock, Edgar Mills, Dr. Harry Tevis, James D. Phelan. . e . Friends and fellow citizens, what think you of the war that’s on—almost are the guns training for attack—be- tween the frock-builders of Paris— *Doucet on the side of the 1830 gown, and Paquin on the side of the direc- toire robe? But while the vociferous Frenchmen are vigorously condemning the style beloved by the other let us non-com?* batants take a few notes. If the two styless are sufficiently good to quarrel about, then they're both good styles. Now, a8 to choice. Let the slender choose the 1830, with its flounces and puffs, and the round and robust maid or matrof the directoire gown, with its snug and affectionate trim and trig- ness. Now, dear Frenchmen, the prob- lem for us is solved. But, then, we are S - | CHARMING SOCIETY MATRONS AN;) A4 BELLE WHO e HAS GONE TO EUROPE. l name, a pleasant hour was spent. It is true—quite true—that the enter- tainment was amateur, but it is equal- ly true that it wasn't flagrantly re. dolent of newness. In fact, it was quite clever—and for a distinetly good cause—the Cathedral Mission of the Good Samaritan. The following men and women made the affair the success it was: Mrs. 8. L. Abbot Jr., Mrs. Henry F. Allen, Mrs. Harry Babcock, Mrs. Richard Bayne, Mrs. E. S. Breyfogle, Mrs. Philip Caduc, Mrs. Horace B. Chase, Mrs. Wiliam B. Collier, Mrs. Joseph Coryell, Miss E. B. Garber, Mrs. R. D. Girvin, Mrs. R. C. Harrison, Mrs. W. L. Kip, Mrs. J. C. Kittle. Mrs. B. 5. Lathrop, Mrs. Milton 8. Latham, Mr8.“P.'‘McG. McBean, Mrs. George A. Pope, Mrs. Lawrence }’oole. Mrs. Wil- liam H. Taylor, William Alvord. H. F. not French dressmakers. & el e ‘What a radiant time Miss Josephine Tillmann, Miss Bernadette Robinson, Mrs. Luke Robinson and Mrs. Tallant have been having in Rome! The young ladies of the party were stricken with grief at leaving the city by the Tiber, where they were entertained royally. By the way, in St. Peter's was the in- fant son of Mrs. Tallant christened by _ Harmes, * a noted churchman. The party left for Portugal last week, where they will visit for some weeks. The Robinsons will return in the fall. e e On Tuesday Mrs. George Gibbs was hostess at a charming card party. The following guests were invited to meet the guests of honor, Mrs. Kane and Miss Stella Kane: Mrs. William R. Smedberg, Mrs. Willilam E. Hopkins, Mrs. Gale, Mrs. James Carolan, Mrs. ‘William Thomas, Mrs. Joseph Trilley, Mrs. Wiliam Mclvor, Mrs. Louis Brechemin, Mrs. Foote, Mrs. L. L. Baker, Mrs. Samuel Hort Boardman, Mrs. T. Danforth Boardman, Miss Katherine Dillon and Miss Charlotte Ellinwood. . e . Miss Edith Simpson left this morn- ing for an Eastern trip. She is going first to Baltimore, after which she will visit in New York, returning to San Francisco within a couple of months. . . . On Monday night James D. Phelan, whose fame as host has spread across the continent, gave a dinner in the Red Room of the Bohemia Club in honor of the visiting author, Thomas Nelson Page. The guests asked to meet the distinguished man of letters were: Frank Deering, Joaquin Mil- ler, Horace Platt, Professor Peyton, Lloyd Osborne, Captain Fletcher, Charles Stetson Wheeler, ‘“Uncle George Bromley, Colonel Harry Brady, Dr. George Chismore and Wil- liam G. Stafford. T Mrs. Lester Herrick was hostess at a pleasant card party in her apartments at the Empire on Thursday, the guest of honor being Mrs. Charles Edward Greenfield, who was Miss Elsa Cook. Among those who were invited to meet the fair guest were: Mrs. Alfred Baker Spalding, Mrs. Charles Krauth- off, Mrs. Gaston Ashe, Mrs. Louls F. Beedy, Mrs. George Toland Cameron, Mrs. A. Starr Keeler, Mrs. Charles Par- cells, Mrs. Richard Sperry, Mrs. Ches- ter Smith, Mrs. Burns MacDonald, Mrs. Bruce Bonny, Mrs. Ralph Hart, Mrs. Charles E. Greenfield, Mrs. Berming- ham, Mrs. Dennis Searles, Mrs. Frede- rick S. Palmer, Mrs. Julian Thorne, Mrs. Nathaniel T. Messer Jr., Mrs. Frederick Stimson, Mrs. Montell Taylor, Mrs. Williami Morrow, Mrs. Willlam R. Klink, Mrs. William R. Campbell, Miss Madeline Post of Seattle, Miss Belle Miss Gertrude Bates, Miss Fanny Danforth, Miss Francis Thomp- son, Miss Constance Borrowe, Miss Zelda Tiffany, Miss Mary Miller, Miss Ethel Francis of Napa, Miss Georgie Sheppard“and Miss Grace Thompson. . Mrs. Henry Clarence Breeden enter- tained a few friends at bridge on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Breeden is an enthusiast of the royal game and scarcely a week passes that she does not ask a few friends to join her in a game. e . v . ‘Whispers ‘of betrothal—only whis- pers, mind—are wafted to me on every breeze. And they must bear some truth in their perfumed breath. ’'Tis told that Miss Margery Gibbons has promised her heart. To whom? Why, to Lieutenant Shinkle, to be sure. And so, too, Miss Elsie Dorr, and to a sol- dier brave. Then a tale is told of lovely Miss Hazel King, of Miss Eliz- abeth Ames, of Miss Maud Born, all of whom are in or going to Gotham. For trousseaux? Wait. We -soon shall know. L That was a pleasant affair given by Miss Laura Prather, the clever min- iaturist of Oakland, on Thursday. Herewith are the guests who en- joyed the studio tea, which was in honor of Mrs. J. D. Stafford: Mrs. P. L. Wheeler, Mrs. McElrath, Mrs. Chadbourne, Miss Annie Miner, Mrs. Horatio P. Livermore, Mrs. H. P. Gregory, Mrs. Charles F. Hoffmann, Mrs. George H. Wheaton, Mrs. Charles Eells, Mrs. Mark Kern, Miss Lulu Shepard, Mrs. John R. Glascock, Mrs. J. C. Hayes, Mrs. J. B. Willlams, San Francisco; Mrs. Milton 8. Latham, San Francisco; Mrs. Charles Weller, San Francisco; Mrs. George de Golia, Mrs. A. J. Ralston, Mrs. T. B. Coghill, Mrs. Henry Wetherbee, Mrs. Farnham, Misses Van Wyck, Mrs. D. Henshaw Ward, Mrs. Charles Walkley, Mrs. George H. Mendel, San Francisco; Miss Nora McNeil, San Francisco; Misses Heath, San Francisco; Misses May- nard, Mrs. Peter von Loben Sels, Mrs. H. P. Hussey, Mrs. Grace Hayden, Miss Annie Miller, Mrs. Gustav Mix, Mrs. Spencer Brown, Mrs. Henshaw, Miss Farrier, Mrs. Richard Lyman, Miss Josie Eastland, Mrs. Wilcox, Misses Rogers, San Francisco; Miss Violet ‘Whitney, Mrs. John Heath, Miss Meeker. Miss Constance Weeks and Mrs. Rosborough. R ke The wedding of Miss Florence Callag- han and J. Vincent de Laveaga, on Wednesday evening, was the distinctive event of the week, thereby uniting two of the most distinguished Catholic families in San Francisco. The cere- mony was simple, impressive and ele- 5ant—apd wholly without ostentation, either in gowning, decorations, or other accessorigs — but a rare instance of singularly good taste. 0% 1 Mrs. John Corry was hostess at an informal luncheon at the Palm Garden on Thursday. 3 % % Have you a samover in your posses- sion? What? A samover is to-day the proper caper. It is the only proper thing with which to brew your tea—or your toddy —and no well-regulated household is to-day without one, at least, not without losing prestige. Like all things Russian, it's big, and clumsy, and insinuating; but it — e silently cooks your aqua pura while you wait, without fuss or fumes, by means of hidden charcoal, and bears about it an air of mystery that is surely fascinating. But, above all, it is the thing to have! s e 4 Mrs. Joseph Manuel Masten enter- tained informally in her own charming fashion on Friday afternoon. oA N On Saturday Mrs. Clarence Marten Mann was hostess at a luncheon at the St. Francis. These affairs of Mrs. Mann are reflective of her very charm- ing personality, and are greatly en- joyed by the fortunate friends who are bidden to them. g e Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Cather and a score of their friends comprised a jolly little bowling party on Friday evening. The game was followed by a dainty supper. Among those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Irving F. Moulton, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Caswell, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Regensburger, Dr. and Mrs. A. Hazlehurst, Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Davis, Dr. and Mrs. Pierce, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Graham, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Luce, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Masterson. PR Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Watson gave an informal bowling party on Wednes- day evening, when they charmingly entertained a number of friends. T Mrs. Joseph Sadoc Tobin has taken a live interest in the philanthropic work of the past week, figuring as patroness to more than one worthy philanthropy. And, by the way, there’s not a smarter looking woman within our borders than Mrs. Joe—and since she's gained in weight, she is a fashion-plate. &7 gl Pretty Miss Leta Gallatin has bidden 8ood-by to her cozy coterfe of friends hereabouts and started for Europe. Her destination ultimately will be Parpis, where she will study volce cule ture under the best of masters. PR So, too, have the Huntingtons gone. Much, indeed, will Miss Elizabeth and Miss Marion be missed from their mer- ry set—and, if the truth be known— there are some sad hearts left a-pining. However, a year is not long. In that time the charming little maidens will be with us once again—likewise their handsome mother, who really looks more the sister. e One of the handsomest young matrons in society is Mrs. Lester K. Wells, who, though a most devoted mother, finds time to entertain and to receive courtesies from her friends. As an exponent of the woman who can cleverly fulfill the duties‘of mother and a useful member of society, young Mrs. Wells is conspicuous, but there are many such well-poised women in the smart set, Ed. Watterson to the contrary. —_— EXPERTS NOW BELIEVE GIBRALTAR IS WEAK Results at Port Arthur Lead to Inves- tization and Flaws Are Found in British Fortress. LONDON, April 16.—Official inquiries of an exhaustive character are being made as to the safety of Gibraltar. The impotency of the fortress at Port Arthur has reopened the question of the rock’s Invulnerability, and the re- cent maneuvers in Gibraltar Bay, al- though officially declared to have ended in favor of the fortress, have revealed reat weaknesses. Gibson Bowles, one of the special commissioners who visited the rock and reported adversely on the position of the new docks, said: “In any peace maneuvers a fortress will always win against a fleet. So much is allowed for the assumed strength of a fortress that the fleet usually comes off second best in tests.” Bowles does not pose as a naval ex- pert, but he attaches little importance to the decisions of umpires. On his return next month Major Gen- eral F. G. Slade, who has watched the maneuvers on behalf of the War Office, will present some valuable evidence to the army council; but without waiting for this testimony the authorities seem anxious to strengthen the defenses of the rock, especially as regards the heavy guns, for which £24,000 has been voted. —_——— ] PROJECT TO TURN THE THAMES INTOA LAEKR Plan Is Feasible and Would Allow Proper Dredging of the Channel. LONDON, April 16.—While the scheme is on foot for turning the river Thames at London into a lake by lock- ing the tide out at Gravesend, it has not advanced beyond the stage of in- quiry, and it already is evident the proposal is favorably regarded. One strong argument in favor of the scheme is the impossibility of dredging the river to a sufficient depth over the Thames tunnel. At present the mud at the top of this tunnel forms a barrier to deep draft vessels at low water, and the courts refuse to permit the mud to be removed, lest the tunnel should suffer. If, however, the Thames were locked at Gravesend the water always could be kept at sufficient depth to allow large ships to get right up to London bridge. This is a delightful prospect from a commercial point of view, and the scheme in addition would have the great advantage of enabling Londoners to use the river as a means of rapid transit, even as the Parisians use the Seine. It is the tides in the Thames that render steamboat services un- profitable, and the creation of a tide- less river would mean virtually a new means of intercommunication. ——————— Widow Gets Lucky . LONDON, April/ 16.—The farthing, which the judges have been making use of frequently of late in awarding damages to litigants, has proved in one case a useful coin. A West Bromwich widow i1:cently obtained a farthing in a breach of promise action she had brought against a faithless lover. She put it in the window of her tobacco shop with a printed warning to trust- ing women to beware of mizpah rings and inviting men to ccme and buy breach of promise cigars and widow's mite cigars. The result was such a big business that the police had to stand by to keep the pavement clear, while nineteen men, mostly widowers, came and offered themselves in mar- riage.