Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-10-27
SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.

SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
October Thoughts-Little Sisters Infant
shelter-Rome for Young Ladies-social
and Dramatic Notes.
SAN FRANCISCO, October "a, 1888.
We have had very earnest and insin.
uating little rain to-day, and for a week
past the vendors of bouquets have been
Offering violets on the street corners, and
that means winter. Evening falls early,
and there is a murkinesa about the half
obscurity when one is belated among the
shops about half-past FIVE that suggests
Christmas. The season of early fires and
lights, of long evenings under the lamp, of
long sleep, undisturbed by the golden
swords of early sunrises unsheathing them
selves on the wall opposite the bed, awak.
ening one with boisterous summer insist.
ance these delights make autumn
friendly, luxurious time, and little vanity
enters into ones pleasure, for it is when
the snap comes into the air that mans de-
vices for showing his superiority to nature
come into play, and he says to the sun
"Oh, you won't shine on me? Very well,
l have an open CRATE and wood and coal :"
and to the wind and rain, 81 have house
and an ulster to defy you with :" and ex-
tremely jolly the short new overcoats are.
a very interesting institution
THE LITTLE SISTERS INFANT sHBLTER,
a day.home for children, which was
started at the beginning by two or three
little girls, thus making its name ap-
propriste, is to give an entertainment in
aid of its treasury, at the Pavilion, next
week. The prime mover is Mrs. E. B.
Bufandeau, one Of the friends of the Shell
ter, whose great taste and enterprise al
ways come out at the Authors Carnivals.
She designs giving another series of
tableaux from Grandville's book of "Ani.
mated Flowers" from which she arranged
the "Water Lily Legend" at the last
Carnival. Sixty young girls are to be
costumed to represent as many flowers.
the tableaux are to be posed on the grand
stage at the Pavilion. a minuet is to be
danced by the sixty flowers, in sets, and
the whole is to conclude by a general ball.
the audience being expected to come in fall
dress.
SOCIAL BRIc-A. BRAC, .ETC.
Mrs. j. B. Haggin is to give a reception
on Saturday, from to 7, for her daughter,
Mrs. Lownsberry, of New York City, at
present visiting her parents here. For this
reception cards are issued to gentlemen
The Blankarts have resumed their invita-.
ton concerts. Last Thursday was the
first-exclusively Schumann night. Mrs.
Small, favorite alto here, sang some of
Schumann's loveliest songs. The Philhar-
monies are to begin next month and are
concocting great things for their winter
programmes-for one, Rubinstein's new
symphony, which musical people are inter
ested to hear. A rather odd sale is taking
place in the city of the beautiful effects of
a widow recently brought to narrower cir
cumstances by the death of her husband.
A lady who knew and was very fond of
her. believed she could obtain more of the
real value of the choice objects belonging
to her friend at a sale managed by herself,
than if all were auctioned off or placed at
different stores. Shs has, therefore, given
up the first floor of her house to display
of the articles to be disposed of, and, as
time is, fortunately, not consideration,
is engaged in selling her friends beautiful
laces, fans, cloisonne caskets and jewels
for prices worthy of them. Another char
liable institution is struggling to start
new branch, the Young Womens Christian
Association, namely, designs to found
HOME FOR YOUNG LADIES.
The problem of where to board and lodge
is such serious one to young unmarried
women separated from their families,
obliged to work for their support, and hap
understood temptations, that the Associs-
tion believes it Is meeting a want in the
opening of Home where young girls can
board and lodge while pursuing their vo-
cations at whatever business. OF course
they will pay a small sum for their shelter,
Just as they would do elsewhere, and will
be as independent as they wish, while en-
joying the pleasure of each others society
and the guardianship of the Y. w. c. A.
In this one is reminded of A. T. Stewards
Young Women's Home in New York,
which, conducted on a money making ba~
sis by Judge Hilton, collapsed utterly un.
der excessive restriction and taxation. The
San Francisco Home is not likely to fail
for such causes, as the Association feels
proper degree of prudence in not starting
until enough money has been laid aside to
begin the Home satisfactorily, and char
ity has never that ardent desire to make it's
enterprises "pay" that sometimes tor
ments individuals. A meeting is to be
held in November to discuss the project,
and all the clergymen of the city are to at
tend and give the light of their views
One queer feature of the whole affair is
that the young women already found who
are anxious to enter the Home when it
opens have specially stipulated that it be
called Young Ladies' Home, and not
Young Women's Home, and l believe
their request is to be granted.
PERSONAL AND DRAMATIC.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carter PemeroY have az
rived from the East, and are at present
living with Professor Pomeroy and his
family, but expect to take possession of
home of their own after the holidays
Mrs. Professor Pomeroy remains at the
East until Christmas. She intends spend
ing month of her stay in Savannah. her
home when girl. Judge Sanderson has
gone East. l see you are to have Dion
Boucicault, and that he is to open in that
play of plays, "The Shaughraun." Here
he has been playing Conn for fif.
teen years, and he plays it to-day with the
same light touch and oonsummate wit that
he put into it at the first SOthern broad.
ened and coarsened his Lord Dundreary
out of all recognition and real huHlor, but
Boucicault seems to retain a perennial
perfection. Sadie Martinot is beau.