The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 24, 1904, Page 20

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JULY 24, 1904. The hat, the hat feminine, has often formally charged with being a cause for much male celibac; s, of N o'er the land, for women, been re course! et joy reigr those of them who are worth the win- ng, are learning to make their own . And not only are those whose ne is limited building their own gear, but women of fortune and mists in fashion. That's one rea- why they fer to make their wn hats; their personality is infused to the bit of lace and flower and the ony that exists between the hat the wearer is as pleasing to the ve as is harmony in music or in the es of a picture. Now, all women are not born with E innate knowledge of millinery. Some women, and many who are adepts at gown making, are woeful dllinere. Their hats look as though ey’d been hammered together, and even the bows they make bear the grace of distress signals. But even for these is there hope, for in New York, Chicego and in our own city are good milliners teaching the Parisian trick to maids of the smart set. Now let it not be understood that these ambitious maidens are building heir hats; far be it from them to oy the livelihood of many hun- working women for whom hat building makes their bread. But the he lingerie hats, one of 4 go with each summer should be of the maid’s own the wearer would be which sh frock. ew York Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt Mills twins, Beatrice and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, s Hay, Miss Gladys Vanderbilt, Elsie Whelan Goelet and our late r, the dashing Mrs. Peter Mar- n, have become adepts at evolving y head gear. As to Mrs. Mar- thee in terror. But as to the tailor bills, alas! they are perennial and everlasting and an awful menace to matrimony. > imiiw However, menace or no menace, plucky little Cupid goes on his merry way, matching and mating men and maids as though there were naught in the world but love and joy and inter- minable bliss. And blessings on him! If he didn’t, what a stupid, stygian, stagnant spot the world would be. M Following close upon the announce- ment of Miss Charlotte Ellinwood's en- gagement to Robert P. Greer, which furnished an immense amount of de- lightful chatter over the teacups, comes that of Miss Katherine Dillon and the gallant young naval officer, Lieutenant Emory Winship. Now that was a piece of news, because Miss Dil- lon, like many other very wealthy maids, feared the suing of her hand for the purse it held, rather than the heart it would give. But the chap has been found who must have convinced her of his deep sincerity. And small wonder, for Lieutenant Winship has proved by his naval record the manly heart that beats within him, and that Miss Dillon has chosen wisely and well is the unanimous verdict of all her friends. o il e Then comes the engagement of dainty Leta Gallatin—to Dr. Willis P. Harvey, of course. But why the wily little maiden slipped off to Paris with her parents and then made known her love affair is & mystery, unless her absence from the handsome physician brought her to a sudden and swift realization. Often a temporary separation thrusts into throbbing life a lingering love. Perhape 'twas thus with pretty Miss Gellatin. ol L0500 As to short separations electrifying slow or torpid loves—even wedded loves —'tis sald to be the infallible remedy Jlrss TOTTA HOSTO ~ SOCIETY’S LATEST FIANCEE .»;ND THE WIFE OF THE BISHOP OF lin’s proficiency, I had the distin- guished honor of sitting next the dain- ty damsel in one of our retail stores while she was purchasing a lace hat for a copy. And mighty stunning she looked, too, in that copy hat. But not many days elapsed” before there was sther lace creation, fashioned from it by her own fingers to frame her witching face. Then there are Mrs. Truxtun Beale, Miss Florence Bailey, Miss Charlotte Ellinwood, Miss Ethel Cooper, the Sabin girls, the Tillmann sisters and Miss Marie Wells, all of whom are exceedingly clever at this sort of thing. And closely allied to it is the ability to create dainty lingerie, in which Mrs. Stuart Rawlings, Mrs. Vir- ginia Nokes Murphy, Miss Blanding and ever 50 many maids of the smart set have aequired a fine proficiency. It is the art of their great-grand- mothers, a lost art; but rediscovered. And thus does the world move in cy- cles. And, bachelors, have hope, for the bandbox bills may no longer hold On this ground many women slip off for a short visit to “mommer,” or to a college friend, or even to the country hotel. And she who does is wise in her time and generation. ® e As to weddings, the week furnished quite a few, the first being that of Miss Edith Shorb, who on Tuesday wedded James King Steele of Sacramento. The wedding' was a charmingly appointed home affair to which forty old family friends were bidden. The young peo- ple will abide in the Capital City on their return from their nuptial trip. BT On Wednesday Miss Eleanor Warner became Mrs. Stuart Rawlings. The young engineer had come from Du- rango, Mexico, early in the month to claim his bride and in a month or six weeks will bear her away with him to the charming little home he has pre- pared for her at the San Luis mine. Mines hidden away in the Mexican mountains are not fit setting for silly KIOTO brides, but for such womanly girls as Mrs. Rawlings the quiet life with her loved one will no doubt prove ideal. It is of such loves that the noblest chil- dren spring and it is such loves that make of marriage a holy thing. i figliy On Monday Richard Burke, who left for the East on Wednesday, was host at a dinner at the Occidental. His Buests were Mrs. Eleanor Martin, Miss Janette von Schroeder, the Baron and Baroness von Schroeder, Miss Alice Burke, Mrs. Ynez Shorb White and William Burke. There have been many delightful re- unions between Mr. Burke and his kinswomen since his visit here, Mrs. Eleanor Martin entertaining much in his horor and in honor of his daughter, Miss Alice, the little Irish beauty. The Burkes will return in September, ol On Monday a pleasant reception at the Presidio was given by Captain Schoefel of the Tenth Infantry and his winsome wife, in honor of the sixth an- niversary of their marriage. A cozy home have the Schoefels, in which sixty guests were gathered to make merry over the recurrence of the happy nup- tial day. PR G On Tuesday Colonel and Mrs. Torney entertained at their quarters at the Presidio, in honor of thelr son— a handsome young chap—who is spend- ing his vacation at home. The young man is in his last year at West Point, where he has achieved success academically and also in the fleld— being the fullback in the academy foot- ball team. PR Wednesday night the officers’ club at the post was redolent of smoke and good stories—and no doubt a little of “good cheer.” Very soon the gallant officers will go forth to participate in maneuvers, which the cruel orders of the War Department make necessary at this time—thus rudely breaking up a very delightful coterie of congenial ‘warriors, - But most of them will return—all but the Twenty-eighth, Now the maids of San Francisco distinctly have a griev- ance, if maidens ever did. Here is a regiment of charming men, many of whom are bachelors, and handsome bachelors, too. Now, along comes an order that whisks them away to'the wilds of the Dakotas—just as things are getting Interesting. It Is said that before the parting some pretty pledges will be made that the winter will see redeemed. Now, really, it wouldn’t be nice to say “who” just now. The tale will be out ere long. P Mrs. George C. Perkins Jr. enter- tained at luncheon on Wednesday at Vallejo in honor of Miss Hanley, at which Mrs. John F. Connors, Miss Pansy Perkins, Miss Katherine Brown, Miss Laura Sanborn, Miss Anita Thomson and Mrs. Alexander Neely Mitchell were guests. After luncheon Mrs. Perkins' guests visited the Independence, to which her new brother-in-law, Lieutenant Alex- ander Neely Mitchell, is attached. Lieutenant Mitchell won much popu- larity while on duty aboard the Alba- tross, possessing an attractive person- ality, which during his Annapolis days won him the friendship of his fellows. &R The wedding of Miss Frances A. Grow of Berkeley and Lieutenant Beverly C. Lzly of the Thirteenth—the lucky Thirteenth—was an event of the week. Mrs. Daly is a handsome young woman with dark lustrous eves, whe, { though reared in the traditions of the navy, has given her heart into the keeping of the army. Her attendants were Mrs. McElroy, wife of Lieutenant Joseph A. McElroy, and Mrs. Taylor, wife of Lieutenant James E. Taylor, both of whom are bonny brides, and brides of the Thirteenth—all of whom will dwell with their respective loves on Alcatraz. A charming group they will be— crusty old warriors’ warnings notwith- standing. Apropos to the epidemic of matri- mony in the Thirteenth, it is said that the regimental surgeon is industriously watching for new cases. That he is preparing to fight the microbe of love with an argumentative anti-toxin is gallantly denied by him. But what will the susceptible defenders of Uncle Samuel do for best men, ushers, etc., if this matrimonial rush is maintained? There’s poor Captain Albert Truby forced to do the honors at two nuptials in one week. 3 e The Sequoia Club is gaining strength during its period of quiescence. Its debonair president, Charles I. Aitken, is keenly interested in the welfare of the club and his interest is of the ac- tive type—the type that counts. Surely if New York can support such a club as the Sequoia, why not San Fran- cisco? Our men are as social, as clev- er, as interesting as the Gothamites and aren't our women as capable of being entertaining as the women of New York? I rather incline to a belief that they can, having carefully weigh- ed both in the balance—of course, ad- mitting a slight prejudice in favor of my townswomen. As to the membership of the club, 400 have already signed the rolls and upward of 300 have performed the in- itiatory function of “paying up.” The vital topic under discussion now is where the club shall hang up its col- lective hat. There are those who favor the residence quarter for a clubhouse of its own and there are others—a ma- jority, I fancy—who prefer a down- town meeting place, where the men members may drop in for a chat, a smoke, or a quiet little game of bridge with his wife—or his neighbor's wife, if ghe's willing. R O The “Owl” of the Post-street club- rooms will migrate to the classic groves of Bohemia in time to whoo-whoo a welcome to the merry members—who will foregather in the leafy shades to proclaim to the world their infinite joy of living. On August 9 the grove, whose every 2 moss-hung branch suspends a tale, or a clever anecdote, will open its gates to the raconteurs and the rotund red- room fun-lovers. On August 9 the sport will be on. And woe betide poor wrinkled Care, should he unwittingly wander into the Groves of Bacchante. On the 20th the jinks—high and low —will take place, Dr. Jack Shiels the sire of the first and Ernest S. Simp- son of the second. ‘What royal good fun it is to be men —sometimes. Now, in our most char- itable moments, can we women con- ceive of our “fair sex” (such a stupid characterization, when so many of us are neither physically nor mentally ‘“fair’”) going into camp—a few hun- dred of us—and making a monument of joy to every moment of the camp life? The lesser things of life—the soclal po- sition, the gowning, even the “fixing™ of her nefghbor’s hair, would fill the thoughts of enough women to wet down the spirit of the whole thing. Ah, well! Men have their troubles, it is true, but what a compensation they have in their goodfellowships! But, sisters, let us not lament! We're im- proving. We are growing to know a joke when | we see it—and even ven- turing to create a few. What rare good funmakers in a camp would Ethel Hager and Pearl Landers make, likewise Mrs. Mark Gerstle, Helen de Young, Mrs. Jack Wil- son, Marie Voorhies and her brilliant sisters, Mrs. J. Malcolm Henry and Mrs. Thomas Bishop. Of course, looking about one can pick out a few women who would probably not get stupid and logy during a high-pressure jinks lasting for several days, but, alas and alack! they are terribly few. As yet the ability to submerge extraneous things in the interests of the thing at hand—even in funmaking— is a purely masculine quality. In speaking of the festivities in the grove it is but fair to state—for the benefit of him who thinks “that he who laughs is lost"— that on the Sunday following the jinks a sacred concert will be held beneath the redwoods, Joseph Redding to lead. And as the “groves were God's first temples,” the Bohemians will worship on that Sabbath morn in the beautiful fashion of our fathers—those of them that will happen to be up. ERR T The W. B. Radfords of San Rafael are at Belvedere. PR R Mrs. Truxtun Beale and her mother, Mrs. R. 8. Oge, expect to spend some weeks at the Beale ranch this summer. Later Mrs. Beale will leave for Wash- ington, where she will spend the win- ter. SN e Mrs. A. E. Kl\‘n! of Kentfleld has completed her summer home at Lake Tahoe and will probably leave soon to spend part of the summer there. In the meantime beautiful “Tamalpais,” Mrs. Kent's home at Kentfield, is brightened by the presence of Will Kent and his family. Will Kent is Mrs. Kent's clever son from Chicago. More than clever he is, for he devotes much time and thought to the difficult problem of the uplifting and purifying of Chicago poli- tics. Mr. Kent is one of the few men who have gone into civic affairs not “for what they can get out of them,” but for what they can put into them. e Mrs. Eleanor Martin Mrs. John Reed, is entertaining daughter of General Young. Mrs. Reed is one of the charm- ing hostesses of Ord Ba where her husband is st Mrs. Martin wil her son Walter and his lingame, for whom the genial hostess will entertain in her usual charming fashion. There has been much discussion as to which of in-law Martin received Mrs. Peter so cordially, going to do lik for Mrs. Walter— of whom eve: knows she is ex- one kn ceedingly fond—and as for the baby, she adores him love: ewise The Jack W time of their 1 footed steeds, are having the ounted on sure- - traversed tha highway into the attendec only by a man serv follows in their wak W st for making camp. All s are gath- ered in a very 1 as they in- tend to push on e new road into Tahoe. No cation to take, and the soul, if it —take on a with n be a s vigor, the parate entity n close touch ight hours, and sleeping under the stars by night? Mrs. Sidney Partridge, the winsome wife of Bishop Partr of Kioto, Japan, ha € g her parents, Mr. and Mrs at their Val- lejo-street home. Since the departure of the young daughter pson household for the land n she has crossed the oce g her visit. Miss Lotta Musto, the youngest daughter of Mrs. A. Musto and si of Mme. Emilie Tojetti, the prominent leader of the mu of the Cal- tifornia Club, W d to Joseph du: st part of Miss Musto comes of a prominent Italian fa y of much culture and wealth, and Is the possessor of a charming voice. Now that the Yosemite is proving such a lodestar for tourists, most of whom go in by team, concerted action is about to be taken to prohibit auto- mobiles from entering the valley. Itis asserted, and with a 1 show of truth, that the sudden appearance of a machine on a narrow mountain road— hundreds of feet above the valleys be- low—is not conducive to the safety of the fellows behind the horses. There- fore the following resolution, .which may seem rather unjust to the motor enthusiasts—whose necks, by the way, are not endangered by scared horse- flesh: To the Honorable Gpardian of the Yosemite Valley: By presentation to the honorable Board of Commission- ers of Yosemite Valley e, the under- signed, beg to call your attention to the danger arising from the driving of automobileg on the narrow roads of the valley, where horses are driven along- side of dangerous precipices, and the alarm at the sight of automobiles con- stitutes a peril to life. We earnestly ask you to use your influence to forbid the driving of automobiles in and around the Yosemite Valley as long as they constitute a mepace to life and safety.” Should any action restricting the red deyils from penetrating into the valley be taken many who now fear the stag- ing on account of the autos would 8o in. O Sty Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Rhodes of Honolulu, who have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Backus of 2365 Broderick street for the last three weeks, have gone to Del Monte for a short stay. From there they will go to Paso Robles. P A Miss Mae Perkins, who came In on the Mongolia last week, looking stun- ning and ‘debonnair, is said to have come back not quite heart-whole. There are those who say that the pretty maid left her heart in the keeping of a cus- tom-house official of very excellent family. o e Mr. and Mrs. M. H. de Young and the Misses Helen and Constance de Young have returned to America after several months abroad and are at present in New York, but expeet to come west im- mediately. %' e Joseph Rosborough and Stanley Crel- lin are still enjoying life at the Brock- way Hotel on Lake Tahow o /