The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 21, 1904, Page 20

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 21, 1904 Next week all roads will lead to Del And let him whose steed has «veloped bearlike instincts of tree mbng &t the approach of an auto her the backwoods barb to an in- tructible stake on the roadside and b enlarge his views of the “Red and “White Ghosts,” ete.— *en as he had to develop an acquaint- with horseless streetcars and bi- es in the days of his youth and t's enough to fill our hearts with at the dearth of opportunity the growing intelligence equine rubes—the n County, for instance. do you suppose the iere can command bane fellows when the into a ditch when an n sight? Why, those the same proportion of from their fellows as the mps at a mouse does to- d lack of famillarity h up- e conditions is repre- nsible in all animals—in horses as Therefore, dwellers of the by- r steeds for an edu- rrow arrests some trot out y tion The = ol will begin in a ¥ or twe, for on Thursday every t bodied auto in the State that seesses an able-bodied driver is due Monte—for on that day begins meet,” or the “gymkhana,” as the e French would call it. Don't u like that name? It has distinction t least 4 From here all the noted mobilists going down in their machines; coming from greater distance: shipping their cars to Mon- at the mechanisms of motion in good shape to win those ophies—and the triumphs that go with them; for the very ecstacy of hu- ride has been achieved when a he \ V7270 ‘\“/) 1,’ > ,,/1~\~,:’ ABS>= 174/),, 75! X/ ’7/,/ S 2%, S o3 B < NBs SorN TR o < S mobilist can say to his fellows: “My nachine is a ‘prize winner.’” Among the squadron of machines to go down from here are those of Miss Katherine Dillon, the Sam Buck- bees, Mrs. Miles T. Baird, Mrs. Rus- Cool, Miss Grace Spreckels, the cNears, the Taylors, Percy Petti- w, George Whittell, S. T. Lally, the dward Dimonds, Joseph Eastland and John D. Spreckels, all of whom will buckle on their armor and goggle- eves and take to the Camino Real-- which is nothing more nor less nebul- is than our old familiar mission oad, winding on down through San teo County to San Jose—which in days was a pueblo—on into 1 Benito County, deviating but lit- le from the pathway of the padres to old Mission of San Juan Bautista, nce into Mont , one of the ter- iini of the old Camino Real, and here Junipero Serra, the Father of liforn proclaimed his home—and where to-day he lies sleeping in the uief Mission of San Carlos. , by the way, the famous old ission will come into unusual rominence at this “meet,” phill” since the possibilities of the machines 1 be tested upon Carmel Hill, which slopes down into the lovely Carmelo Valley—with the mission its dominant figure. From the south fifty machines are tered for the “gymkhana,” which promises to bring north the society folk of the southland. *Twill be loads of fun! ously exciting. To-day is the day after—the day after the jinks, high and low. Ah, how guiltily Pan must have hidden his lute last night when he heard the sweet strains of the Bohemians echoing through the grove, when he suddenly remembered that he was not invited and, like a gentleman, withdrew, leav- ing the leafy woodland to Dr. Shiels, Ernest Simpson, John McNaught, the versatile owl, and the rest of them. ‘What a terrible jam there must have been on the Milky Way last night, for And de- s \ 1111 2 \ o 36 .= 2555 | ,”/ = o JAPZZ =N ==\ 21l 0 7 7/ 7 ’//%,' I Y g every god and his lady love wandered down within earshot of the gambol of the Bohemians. And ’tis whispered that Will Irwin's “pomes” were really wonders—I haven’t heard the reason— and that Jack Wilson was ravishing in his “Apollo” lingerie. The visiting gods must have felt at home. Mr. Wilson seems to have a safety- clutch on the pretty robes of the jinks and he isn’t the only handsome man in the club—is he? Of course, Mrs. Jack’s opinion, in this case, should be barred. This morning, even while the church bells are calling the faithful unto wor- ehip, genial Joe Redding will have pulled from his vest pocket his sacred music and the lyres of the grove will have given it voice. And thus will the words of Bryant flit through the minds of the erstwhile worshipers—those of them who have arisen with clear head and in reminiscent mood— Wky should we, in our riper years, Neglect our anclent sanctuaries and adore Only among the crowds, and under roofs That our frafl hands have raised? 8 A On August 31 at 3 o'clock Miss Anna Ashe Sperry will be wed to Lieutenant Clarence Carrigan, U. 8. A. The ser- vice will be celebrated at Seven Gables, Sausalito, the home of the bride's mother. 'Tis whispered that an exquisite trousseau awaits the dainty bride, much of which is said to be Parisian. The bride will be attended by Mrs. John Burke Murphy and Miss Mary Langhorne. i e On the same day, as If Cupid must be sated with feasts of love when in merry mood, is the Greer-Ellinwood wedding. This happy affair—which bodes ill for the welfare of the merry group of bachelors once identified with the “Hutch—will be a home wedding, with a radiant retinue of attendants. A Among the bridesmaids will be Miss Katherine Dillon, whose observations of the requirements of the nuptial ser- vice will.stand her in good stead, when & month or two hence she herself will be a party of the first part, Lieutenant Winship playing opposite. With her are Miss Miss Minnie Nash and Miss Josephine Loughborough, to be bridesmaids, with pretty Miss Blakeman as mald of honor, XL A During the week numerous little affairs were given in honor of the fair bride-elect, Miss Katherihe Dillon en- tertaining the bridal party at luncheon and Miss Lucie King giving an in- formal tea in the bride's honor. o Tie S Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Palmer Horn, formerly Miss Grace Martin, have re- turned from the postnuptial trip to Mendocino County and are occupying a cozy apartment on Sacramento street. o0 e Yesterday Miss Edith Findley became the bride of George Gardiner at the picturesque little chapel—Christ Church —in Sausalito. The winsome bride was attended by Mrs. Harold Cloke and Mrs. Frank Findley and Misses Florence Gardiner, Sallie Maynard and Anna Sperry. A reception followed at the home of the bride’s mother, which had been made into a woodland bower with blossoms and green things from the forest. AT e To-day Ideutenant Harold Cloke leaves for the East, accompanied by his wife. After a short visit with rela- tives of the lieutenant the pair will proceed to Fort Totten, New York, where the young officer will enter the School of Submarine Defenses. . s = On Monday night Miss Marie Voor- hies was the hostess at a charming lit- tle theater party, at which her guests were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Porter Bishop, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Foster Dutton, Captain Young, U. S. A, and Captain Faison, U. 8. A., and Mrs. Richard Croxton, who is here for a brief visit with her father, General Constant Williams of Vancouver Bar- racks. ‘ e The charge has oft been made that the men of San Francisco do not recip- Ethel Cooper, N L Gee s e TWO SOCIETY FAVOR- | ITES VERY RECENT- LY MARRIED. i — rocate entertainment. Of course there are to this question the proverbial two sides—the men’s side and the host- esses’. And I must confess my leaning toward the men’s, who claim with much show of truth that they often accept invitations to affairs that bore them inexpressibly, and they would much prefer to stay home, visit the club or do some congenial thing. But they realize how flat a thing a manless affair is, and they go—partly through sympathy and partly through coward- ice, being afraid of giving offense to a hostess of power. Now, does this poor devil owe yet more to the sacrificial feast than he has already given? P Misses Alice and Ethel Hager have been wisiting Mrs. Joseph Sadoc Tobin at Arcadia—the Calistoga home of the Tobins—and a merry time was on. Mrs. Joe is herself a spontaneous wit, but foiled by the Hagers—Ethel in particular—there’s been a continuous performance on the boards of Arcadia this week. The Thomas Magees are also visiting there. If there's a cleverer girl in soclety than Ethel Hager, then I haven't met | HAagencwT —_————m———s isn’t selfish then I don’t know selfish- ness when I see it, and selfishness is the unforgivable sin of the calendar. o TS Engagement cups! What a silly fad! ‘Why must every sane girl send a cup and saucer to her betrothed friend? ‘Why not a soup plate or dinner plate? —oh, anything that would break that maddening monotony of cups and sau- cers. I am reliably informed that one flan- cee has been presented with seventy cups. Ye gods! Seventy girls walking up to her coyly and with solemn ad- herence to a fool custom, presenting her with seventy cups and saucers! Isn't it a wonder she didn’t lose her bdlance with, say, the thirtieth or for- tieth, and scream? It seems not un- like a mockery. Can some one decipher a defense for the custom? Is there any hidden poetry or sentiment underlying 1t? If not, O maids, try a kitchen or a linen shower or a glass shower—or any old thing but the maddening cups and saucers. And then—there’s the equally exas- perating medium by which a maid's popularity is measured. No cups, no popularity. Seventy cups! Fine! It wouldn't be a bad scheme to ap- pend to an engagement announcement —“Kindly . Just as many notices when they omit ¢ do now in ral add, “Kindly c t flowers.” o T Another California maiden has been gn missionary—Mrs. erly pretty Marian 13 belle of Hono- The romance had its inception in the hen the Rev. John ere on his way to fleld of endeavor. he carried beneath art of pretty Miss ther is one of the FV .7/?/1[, e PEULAX (FoRge. -_/JP"’ %1 Puove her. Humorous or serious as the mo- ment demands, quick of perception and ready of wit, she’s famously interest- ing—such a blessed relief from the vapid inanity of some society maids I know. Still, if they lack in gray matter, I suppose it is not their fault—entirely. # gty But there are 'mongst the bachelors of town two who neither sacrifice themselves socially nor are they ac- cused of a lack of reciprocity—Dr. Harry Tevis and Frank Goad. -Both of these chaps give superb little suppers— of course discreetly chaperoned, and vastly enjoyed by the men and maids bidden to sup. Frank Goad is now at St. Dunstan’s, where he gave a little dinner last week to six friends. &0 im Yesterday a pretty wedding took place at the Swedenborgian Church— an ideal setting for an affair of love— when Miss Beulah George became the bride of Ashley Faull. Mrs. Faull is a graduate of Mills College and is a valued member of the Twentieth Century Musical Club. Mr. Faull is likewise clever and a ‘very likely chap, a graduate of the Uni- versity of Calfornia and a Phi Delta Theta man. d e e Miss Dolly Tarpey is commonly de- knowledged to be one of the most at- tractive equestriennes seen in the park —of herself a picturesque figure and her mount a splendid beauty. But owing to an accident sustained last week while returning from a can- ter she will be confined to her home for some weeks. S Mrs. Kierstedt has decided to spend several months with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. McBean, who will winter at the Richelieu. They have rented their Pacific-avenue residence for a year. Bt RS Bishop Nichols, Mrs. Nichols and their daughters, now at San Mateo, will visit the St. Louls Fair this fall, after which Miss Mary will make preparations for her marriage to Mr. Lansdale of Honolulu. Miss Nichols will make a brief visit on the Atlantic side before her wedding, the family returning here after the St. Louis sight-seeing. e T Miss Gwin, who spent the early part of the season at San Rafael, has returned to town and will spend the few intervening months between now and her departure for the fair with Mrs. Inez Shorb White. Miss Gwin, like many other society maids, ex- pects to spend the winter in New York. S e Mrs. Lord, known to most of us as Marian Louderback, is taking a lead- ing place in the sports of Ross Valley and San Rafael. Mrs. Lord is a de- lghtful hostess and frequently enter- tains congenial little groups of friends. Pastori's was the scene of a luncheon on Wednesday, when Mrs. Lord enter- tained Mrs. William Prentice Morgan, Mrs. Henry Bothin, Mrs. Louderback and others. Since her marriage Mrs. Lord has lived abroad, visiting her pa- rents here annually, save when her mother” journeyed to Paris to visit her instead. Mr. Lord is an artist of much ability and demonstrated his good taste by wooing so lovely a maid as his wife, who, by the way, has posed for many of his best pictures. .l ey Can some humanitarian suggest a way to forcibly prevent foolhardy “jdjits” who visit Yosemite from a-wan- dering in the mountains without a guide? There's scarcelysa week goes by that some maddening “I know it all” doesn’t start off on a tramp with- out a guide and at nightfall fails to report. Then it's everybody's business to don his overshoes and mitts and go on a hunt for the fool who was deter- mined to get lost, having been amply warned. Besides the discomfiture he causes his rescuers, his possible fate (which ought to overtake him as a warning to other fools) has cast a damper over everybody. If this braving and inviting danger sugar magnates of Hawail. The young people are now in the East on their nuptial trip, at the end of which they will sail for the Land of the Setting Sun ey The “simple life” has captured the smart set. The possibility of getting down to naturalness has such a fasci- nation for “civilized folk™ that half of them are straying off to bungalows in the wilds for a brief breathing spell and a chance to get on speaking terms with themselves and families. A party including E. W. Hopkins, Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Will Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Fred McNear. Mr. and Mrs. Latham MecMullin and Mr. and Mrs. Laurance Scott left for the high Sierras, where they will spend a week or two roughing it. Mr. Hop- kins has business interests near Boca, and the bungalow he has buillt there will sheiter the whole party. And a merry time they will have! P Among those who have wandered back to town are the Misses Elizabeth and Ruth Allen, Miss Mabel Toy, who. with her mother, is at the Cecll; Miss Charlotte Moulder and Mrs. Fred Kohl, who, by the way, has taken the Buck~ ley home on Pacific avenue during the owners’ absence in Europe. The Buckleys are temporarily at the Baltimore, pending rhelr' eparture. " o Judging from the indications at hand the social season will be late—very late. The bookings for the exposition for next month are astounding. And there- fore will the fair's gain be our loss. However, the lateness of a social sea- son is really to be commended, because, late or early, it lasts until Easter, and the wear and tear upon women is just so much less. So here’s to the late sea- son! LR O Mrs. Frederick G. Sanborn left this week for New York and will there join friends, with whom she is to sail for England on August 25. Mrs. San- born will go first to London and will be there most of the time until hew s=- turn in December.