Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-06-22
rREgHAND NOTES.
The Social world and affairs at the Bay.

The Social World and Affairs at the Bay.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 20. 1888.
The anniversary of Bunker Hill comes
Just in the right place to break gently to
suffering mortals what the Fourth Of July
is to be, to remind them of the cracker,
the torpedo and the toy pistol, whose exist
ence they might forget in the multifarious
pleasures Of the year. A number of wor-
thy people, not possessed of LOngfellow
calendars, forget that it is the day of Bun
ker Hill, and others laDguidly ask, " Was
it defeat or victory for US =
The city is not yet done discussing Iheo-
dore Thomas and his peculiarities-how he
made Us pay two dollars a night and
twenty-five for the season, when New
Yorkers, Cincinnatians and Clevelanders
have the pleasure for twenty-five cents. In
the East, by the way, the no-encore sys-
tenn is locked upon as a boon, releasing the
audience earlier, and not disturbing the
general effect Of the programme. In Euro
pean cities the audience treasures its ap-
proval till the end of the performance, and
then calls out its favorite by name.
u
on one occasion the popular Hun
garian composer was called out six
teen times. No doubt if we were lit
tie rude to Thomas, he was undeniably
churlish to Us he never thanked his
splendid chorus he bullied the San Fran
ciscans who helped him out with his con
certed singing, and established the right
of the musician over that of the poet to
be called the genus irritable. Taere is
excuse. heaven knows. If merely to listen TO
his orchestra wrenches the nerves to tense
ness, to conduct it. to be the brains of and
controlling principle of it, mustmakea great
demand upon the director but fare you
well, doughty Theodore Better luck next
time. He did make money, the good man.
Judge and Mrs. Field arrived on Wednes-
day, and occupy suite of rooms at the
Palace. Judge Fields massive, handsome
head was like Roman sculpture Of stately
grief, as he stood among the pall.bearers at
MIR. Casserly's funeral at Sc. Mary's Cathe-
dral Saturday morning. Portions Of the
service were very beautiful, incense, flow
ers and music going far to alleviate the
dark eide of such ceremonial; and an
other great California name is stricken from
the rolls. Mrs Field is beautiful, gracious
and charming as ever. At her recep-
ton on Monday she wore a blue satin
costume AID diamonds, and soft silk
scarf about her, inimitably worn, In
which all tints were braided into a
prevailing blue, in Roman fashion,
while broad white stripe gave still
greater lightness to the wrap. She is in
comic distress at being separated from her
al hat
now Mrs. Colonel J. Condit Smith, of New
York City, who until this year has been
Mrs. Fields constant companion in all her
Journeys. The marriage is such happy
one that it is impossible to feel protracted
regret, but Mrs. Field and her sister, like
R0salind and Celia, all their lives "went
coupled and inseparable," which tends to
make the parting harder than in many
households. Apropos. one of the offerings
Of flowers sent to Mrs. Smith on her wed
ding day by a friend in New York bore the
inscription May the meadows to which
you are going be as pleasant as the
Fields you are leaving" Colonel Smith,
who was General Sheridan's Chief of Staff
during the war, and who is also to pro-
nounce ultimately upon the feasibility of
putting the contemplated railroad across
| the Adriondacks, was widower at the
time he addressed Miss Swearinger, and
his two handsome sons of II and Is
are full of boyish, chivalrous devotion to
their new mamma. Judge Field goes to
Oregon to-day, and a visit to Lake Tahoe
is contemplated, but very possibly Mra.
| Field will remain in San Francisco until
they finally sail for Japan.
In the autumn Il. H. Bancroft goes to
Mexico to make researches for his history.
Miss Bancroft Will accompany him as his
short. hand reporter, she having mastered
the difficult art of stenography, and also
devised system of her own applicable to
| the Spanish language, in which she IS pro.
fcient. Mrs. Bancroft is at Hayward 8
with the younger children. Mr.. Sharon
has put his Belmont house at the disposal
of DR.. Gwin and his family for the sum-
mer months, and there they are happily
residing
Our martial young con citoyen, Cecil
| Stewart, Colonel Stewards son, figures this
year as one of the managers of the Gunner
hops at West Point, given by the corps of
cadets. TIE unique and pretty cards have
come into the hands of one or two favored
ones this week, as also the cards to the
! Harvard spreads u - Harvard, where
Charlie Belsbaw, Fritz King, Hall Meal
lister and any number of g the boys are
sustaining the credit of the State.
There are two interesting on-dits in the
air, one that our wealthiest widow cher
ishes design to endow chair-branch of
learning unknown-at the University of
Berkeley, and have former rector of
Grace Church called to fill it; the other
that Seth Cook contemplates taking to
himself fair wife, the lovely daughter OF
this popular pastor aforesaid.
PHILIP SHIRLEY.