Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-11-22
A Reception.

house on Second street by Whittier, Fuller
& Co., was opened last evening by the
Bric-a-Brac Club with reception rendered
to the Club by the firm, under the lmmedl-
ate hostship of Joseph Steffens and l..
Tozer. of the firm The occasion was the
most brilliant social event thus tar OF the
season, and in every respect was liotaoie
affair. The Club and guests numbered about
$50, and embraced representatives OF the
best society of the city The hosts surprised
their guests by the elaborateness and ho-
crafty of the preparations made iof tnelr
pleasure. The entire business puiidlng
was given up to the occasion. The cashiers
office was turned into q card-room The re-
tail paint salesroom was converted lrto q
supper-room where Peterson, the caterer,
presided The large molding show window
was transmitted into a hat and cloak
ROOM The art salesroom was gen
eral reception ROOM On the second floor
the goods were so compacted and arranged
in the middle of the floor OF the main
room, and covered with drapery, as to
divide the great chambers into three
a promenade and card room.
All the described rooms were cam
vased, hung with mirrors and paintings,
| the windows handsomely dressed and the
walls decorated with taste. At the rear of
these temporary guest chambers IS the
new art gallery 1t is a long, splendidly
lighted and highly decorated room. The
walls are hung with choice steel-plate
engravings, with panels OF mirrors. The
ceiling and walls are hung with the richest
and very latest styles of decorative paper.
The hall is seated with chairs and is capa
bic of accommodating some $50 people COM
fortably. The purpose of its erection is to
provide fitting place where artists may
| hang their pictures for inspection by the
public, and where notable art work from
abroad may be brought for exhibition-for
instance, steps are being taken to secure the
exposition OF this gallery at the Toby
Rosenthal collection, now on exhibition in
San Francisco, In one end of the gallery |
last evening stood Mathushek upright, |
furnished the club by John f. Cooper, one
of its members. Here the orchestra of
Jones, Beebe E, Co. took its stand, and fur
nished music for all who chose to dance. |
Here, too, The Bric-a-Brac Glee Club, |
Messrs. Graham, Sanborn, Auerbach and |
Carroll, had their place, and discoursed |
vocal music The hall proved fairly adapt
ed for the tones of a piano, and vocalsm in |
it was found to be easy, and to result in as
good effects as were anticipated. Thus the |
gallery acoustically, as we'll as artistically |
lbs uItlltS. luC SAGICIScS ODeleu Will IT,
marks by President H. Weinstock Then |
followed an address OF welcome by Joseph |
Steffens, in which he sketched the romantic |
history of the old Orleans building. in |
which the Art Gallery stands, and INDUCED |
also in some reflections upon architecture
art and music. The male quartet named |
sang selections. Chas. Neale, of the club
played a flute solo, Souvenir DIAL |
boni.'' Mrs. Percy Ross, of the club,
sang, Oh Loving Heart, Trust On"
Elwood Bruner, of the Club, gave bari
tone solo, and the male quartet again sang.
Mrs. H. Edgerton, of the Club, was accom-
PIANIST for the vocaIists. The Floor Director
for the evening was General L. Tozer and
his assistants, A. Abbott, Harry Carroll,
Percy Ross and DIR. w. E. Briggs Joseph
Steffens, of the Club, was Chairman of the
Reception Committee, consisting of Presi-
dent Weinstock, Vice-Presdent Frank
Miller, and Past President C. Z. Grunskey
On the walls of the gallery the Club mem
bers, Oh very short notice, made display
as follows: Basket of flowers, in oil mo
name); vase of flowers, in oil, by Miss Flora
Weeks; landscape, in oil, and animal piece,
in oil, Mrs. G. B. Cosby; flowers, in OIL by
Mrs. w A. Hughson crayon portrait, Miss
Alice Way; " View in South America" oil,
by Norton Bush; two plaques in oil, by
Mrs. Horatio Hurd; View on Silver
Creek" oil, by w. +. jackson; Moon
light" oil, by W. F. Jackson; Falls of the
American - soda Springs, by W. f. Jack
son. This is Mr.. Jackson's latest work,
and one of the best efforts of his brush yet
placed on exhibition. Fruit piece in oil, by
Mrs. S. Tryon rural scene, in water colors,
by c. E. Grunskey; flowers, in oil, by Mrs.
Daniel Flint; cherries, in oil, by Mrs. S.
Tryon landscape, in oil, by Mrs s. Tryon;
grapes, by Mrs. S. TryOn; crayon portrait,
by Miss Amelia Klippel. A luncheon was
served to the guests after 10 o'clock in the
lmprovised supper-roOm, and was choice
and well served The hosts of the evening
were assiduous in their efforts to make the
guests feel free of restraint and to
thoroughly enjoy the occasion. which for
broad hospitality and genuine sociability
marked red-letter evening in the history
of the club, and gave character TO the
opening of the winter season of festivities
The Flight of the Ducks.
1t might be called highway robbery, and
ii happened in this way Joe K and
friend had been hunting ducks many a
mile north of the city, and were returning
home somewhat tired, and, it is scarcely
necessary to say hungry, but braced up by
the reflection that they had made pretty
good shoot, and had in their wagon a
dozen nice ducks, goose and hare En-
ter the robbers, Billy and Henry, from the
direction of the Gerber ranch, on the
Grant. The former was narrating the fact
that he had promised to bring home some
ducks, and behold, they had secured but
one specimen-of good flavor, but woefllly
deficient in size. Never mind" said
Henry, I'm slip down to the market in
the morning and get few, and we'll play
them off for some we have killed ourselves,
like -- does" The reader need not be
told o--is; everybody knows him.
" good scheme, said William, but it
seems to me that ducks are pretty thick in
that wagon just ahead of us and may
never get 80 cents for hops if that isn't Joe
driving This is the scene of the robbery
Everything is indistinct in the gathering
darkness. NoiSelessly William glides from
his buggy, and, Disgusting himself by pull
ing his hat down over his left eye he steals
up to the unsuspccting Josephs vehicle,
clutches the string of ducks and essays to
remove them but hcaves a suppressed
ejaculation on finding that the string is
made fast to the buggy seat Deep deter
minaton corrugates his brow; knife APP
pears, the string is severed. the ducks
change posseSsors, and Joseph drives along
Serenelv with the small end of the duck
cord. Ii was not until he drove up TO the
door of residence in the CITY, and mem
bers of the family came out to get the game
that had been promised them, that he dis
covered his loss. He considered it useless
to search for the missing birds, but his
companion drove back q considerable dis
lance over the route they had come hoping
to recover the property. That evening Joe
called at his friend Williams residence
and incidentally told of his loss, saying
that he would not have cared SO much but
for the fact that he had promised few ;
ducks to his friends, and he had disap-
pointed them. We'll, that needn't trou-
bic you, Joe said William Henry and
] made quite killing, we We got more than
we want and I'll send some of them 10
your friends house" The offer struck Joe
as one of the kindest in the world its a
grand thing have q friend in need that
way He was further pleased on receiving
an invitation to take dinner at Williams |
house next day, to meet one or two Of the :
boys, You know. and dispose of these
ducks The dinner passed off merrily, ,
and Joe, until it was all over and the rob ,
berry confessed, could not help wondering
what made his friends so good-natured-
they appeared TO be just on the verge of
laughter constantly and the story of the
mysterious disappearance of the game, told
by him, was received with such remarka
bic meriment.