The morning call., 1890-12-23

teachers of New York, and her beautiful
voice shows that she has been an earnest
and successful student. She sang with fine
sHect several operate selections and rem
9ered with exquisite sympathy and artistic
interpretation an old German love hymn.
hatharlne Montgomery Fleming Is a late
arrival from California. She has taken up
her residence in Brooklyn. She has come
East to study vocal mnsic. Her voice has
W0nderful range, and may be heard in pub
lie later on.
Miss Elizabeth Wilson of San Francisco
is visiting in New York.
CHAUNCEY MILTON ST. JOHN
Arrived week or more ago. He is having
fine time. His uncle, William p. st.
John, is the oldest bank President in New
I ork; his cousins, the Sheffieds, are rela-
tlves OF William Walter Phelps. and have
most charming home in Englewood. Colonel
bridges, formerly of Cleveland's staff, is
also a cousin of Mr.. st. Johns. consequently
me Californian is having most enjoyable
imitation luto the social, political and ar
tlstic circles of New York. Although Mr..
st. John is enthusiastic over New York in
general he reserves his best adiectives for
California, whittier he will return in a
couple Of weeks.
Dr. NJ. Augusta Brown of California, who
won such high praise from the medical pro-
lession 81 France for her brave work among
the sufferers Of cholera in Marseilles, has
returned from abroad. She went to Europe
hioi0 tuOlouSHiy investigate
Theory iot Disease" aud studied with
Pasteur, Brown-Sequard and Koch. She
hopes 10 establish dlSpensary for the poor
SO they may have the benefit of koch's
lymph and Of her own special discoveries as
soon1S possible. DR.. Brown is a beautiful
woms,i, and despite her gray hair has face
that Sill retains its youth.
Mrs. j.. Z. Flood and Miss Jennie Flood
are located at The Absmafle Hotel for ths
winter.
Mrs. Milton S. Latham, who has just
arrived, expects to spend the winter here
also.
MRS. STRICKLAND (NEE HARAzTHY)
Is visiting in New York. She enjoys tho
CITY ana its pleasures with enthusiastic zeSt
After short sojOurn in New York she will
1oln Lieutenant Strickland in Philadelphia.
q There Is nothing especially new in Christ
mas cards or books, that makes this years
CHRISTMAS display seem more original and
brilliant than any other Christmas. The
newest cloth in fancy-work is called mail
cioth. Ii Is thick in texture and has a silk
nnl,n Win crlss cross marks which divide
the surface In tiny squares. 1t looks just
IKE Old fashioned open work canvas of
which the interstices have been deftly and
smoothly filed with silks of different hues.
1t is pretty for making artistic covers for
small tables. One of golden hue with de-
sign Ike the leaves OF a pepper tree made in
wheels OF brown velvet appiqued on and
couched with gold thread was exceedingly
pretty. Little spinning wheels of no special
use whatever, but just for ornament aud TO
suggest the real wheels of 'ye olden time"
are in all the tancy-work stores and ex-
changes this Christmas.
The latest fad in napery Is to have GEN.
ter cloth and napkins for luncheons or five
o'clock teas. Tables of polished rosewood,
oak or cherry look particularly elegant when
decorated with these dainty bits of linen
and precious chinaware. One of the pref
tieSt OF these luncheon sets I've seen was
one which had scenes from the opera of
"Lohengrin" done on the center-cloth and
napkins in red floss. When the center-cloth
has floral designs embroidered on it napkins
are made as nearly like the flower as pos
Sible, and set wrought in the design OF a
pond lily was done so artistically that the
festive board looked as if real lilies were
atioat
ON ITS POLISHED SURFACE.
The Thirteen Club of New York, on the
18th of December, had thirteen brands of
California wines and liquors, and thirteen
Californian and Mexican dishes-and none
of them are dead yet. They banded to-
gether several years ago to face out in
merry bravery the old superstition and
prove the fallacy OF it. 1t is half-provok-
ing, half-pathetic to see how strongly some
people are affected by this bug bear of a
superstition. An amusing instance of it
occurred the other evening. Miss Ida Ben
fey, the weli-known reader, was to read at
Staten Island. The Ladies' Schubert Quar-
tet of Boston shared the honors of the
evening with her, and an elaborate dinner
was provided by the Committee on Enter
tainment,. who, like MeGinty, were
dressed in their best suits of clothes,
and had their old jokes polished up,
and were ready to shine in new
witticisms at the least provocation. Every
thing went as merrily as sleigh-beIls until it
was suddenly discovered there were thirteen
at the table, and the town beau and local
wit" grabbed his plate in ignoEinious haste
and sat himself at side table and quietly,
even sadly. put his food out of sight as if hs
were attending funeral.
In the old hotel where this dinner was
served Aaron Burr died. The room is
pointed out with awesome respect. The
only one who could tell all about Aaron
Burr's death by word of mouth was an old
stone-cutter, who had taken care of the bad
great man during his last illness. wanted
his story to tell to the readers of THE CALL,
but he could not be found. Perhaps l shall
get it some time, for it is worth heat
ing. as the old man is as quaint as an old
fashioned lamp and deal brighter.
DOROTHY q.