Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-08-20
YERBA BUENA.
OUR LETTER FROM SAN FRANCISCO
BAY CITY GOSSIP.
Loring -Bonnets-Dainty Beauty
The Little Kingdom-A Dying
Singer-Ministers' Wives.
San FRANCISCO. August II, 1881.

last week in Bnai Birth Hall, which is
the new building erected on Eddy street,
beyond Mason, by the Jewish people. 1t
is remarkable how rapidly improvements
and business spread towards Market street,
and also remarkable what a happy and en-
viable knack the Jew has of making what
he turns his hand to pay. There is the
popular Tivoli just near it, and any num-
Der of large boarding houses, and WASH
ington Hall and st. AIMS building, and
not long ago it was retired there and quite
private and quiet. From the very first
B'nai Birth was an inviting hall, of good
acoustics and pretty taste, besides being
of easy access, central and near many lines
of cars; 60 it has made money from the
beginning It lends itself to any purpose
lodge parties, literary exercises, Ivy dances,
political conventions, and just now to the
Loring Club. The clubs list of associate
members is very large, and contains many
influential names These gentlemen pay
generously toward the support of the club,
in return receiving the privilege of encour-
aging
HIGH ORDER OF MUSIC
And OF inviting their friends to musical
banquet instead of to truff1es and wine. 1t
is supposed to be full dress feast of soul.
The singers wear white kids and cut
Always, and the leader bows in response to
applause. while the rest look at him and
smile. To 90 in full dress is to 90 without
your bonnet aud wear good many but
tons on your gloves, with such other eject
eras as may suit your taste. But after
the first three OF four concerts bonnets APP
peared II the doorway, and the custom
now is 20 go IN the best and dressIest bon
net In your bandbox and observe other
bonnets through your opera glass during
the betweens OF the evening. a young
lady near me wore a very pretty one. She
has rented a vacant lot near her house, put
a high fence around it and erected con.
veniences within for chickens. She has a
hundred fine breed fowls, and raises them
as well as furnishing eggs,
FANCY EGGS,
To the market she finds for them. l sup.
pose this is how she bought her bonnet.
Do not misunderstood me as speaking
lightly of this young woman. On the con-
trary, have great respect for that bust
ness sharpness which she possesses, and if
we had more young women who could
seize an opportunity and know how to get
its full value | think they would be
plumes, and not chicken feathers, in our
soc.ety's bonnet. Lily Post passed by me
IL
had the true Bernhardtain crumple felt
like leaning forward and whispering
Dear Lily, do you remember how you
used to make the time go merrily with
your fellow workers in the Mint by
singing Down the Burn, Davy Love- and
kindred songs, and what will you do with
the twins when you are away with the
Melville Opera Company However, as We
are strangers, did not They are dressy
concerts indeed. l never realized quite
how dressy till this present concert. One
young lady whose wits served her in the
place Of accessories, wound a common black
lace shawl about her shoulders and waist,
with bunch of sofrano roses in it's folds
at the left and pansies at her throat. Her
straight brimmed rough and ready hat,
with its bit of ribbon and roses, was given
a jaunty poise, she had a frill IN her neck
and lace in her sleeves, ard she looked Ike
a wild flower in it all. She was an mex
pensive article, but there wasn't daintier
little bundle OF sweetness in that audience.
You see it just happened that knew about
her in fact, she went with me, which is a
little private confidence that nobody will
have any interest in. As to the concert
Itself There is a certain healthy volume
80 male chorus, and certain sweet end
Ing which none other can attain but after
you have heard such half dozen times it
gets to have sameness IN which it seems
TO reach one level and never depart from
it. To break in upon that the club some
times invites one lady singer, and it is a
pleasure to see how CALAMITY they always
treat her. They have for her an elegant
basket of flowers they applaud her heart
lily and listen to the encore she gives with
fine smile in chorus and then their little
buzz, always raised IL appreciative under.
tones, watts after her exit in soft hum of
thanks and praise. l. is quite like being
the Goddess OF Liberty for few minutes,
indeed. The concert before this last was
PECULIARLY ENJOYABLE
One, because the Mendelssohn Quintette
Club assisted. There is a good deal in
mood, and was just in the vein for some
thing exeuisitely fine. Schade's flute play
ing was just the harmony my ear was put
an tune for that night. l have never en-
loved flute so much since when, little
girl in Plscerville, In lonesome twilights,
sat and listened to the rude flute tones
footing up the creek. The instrument was
made musical by an old darby down on
" the ditch, who lived solitary life in
tumble-down cabin, and perhaps this was
ar effort az the expression of what was
beautiful lying sLothered in his heart
The Quintette Club goes TO the Sandwich
Islands the latter part of the month, and
oh what grand sights there are now to
be seen. A young lady friend writes
very exciting account OF how their party
were lost for hours in the night among the
burning lava streams while out TO view
them. Gate q number of people here have
in former times had residence in the little
kingdom, and they scarcely ever fail to
keep up acquaintance. When asked why
they cling together so closely, the reply is
given as though that were reason enough,
"0h, they lived in the Islands" They
call upon new arrivals for the family sake,
and remember aunts and uncles as far back
as they last Go into their houses, and all
sorts Of curiosities and mementoes lie
about IS
BRIO A-BRAc,
And they always have photographs OF the
royal family, and, as great delicacy,
guaya jelly. Guava Jelly tastes like dried
apples. a great many of them called on
Miss Montague, the singer, when she was
here, and you viii remember that l wrote
you of her as Miss Mary Cook, whose
family of long time missionaries in the
Sandwich Islands took her adoption of the
stage much TO heart, yet they could not
fail to take pride in the energy she dis
played. One young lady was particularly
constant at matinees where Miss Montague
sang, for the two families had known each
other well Now her island friends make
hushed inquiries for her at the door and
step softly away, because she is