The morning call., 1891-04-18
THE SOCIAL WORLD.
Opening Entertainment in Aid Of
Kindergarten.
a Navy Cotillon-The Recha5ites Concert-An
Oakland Wedding-several Club Par
ties Personal Notes.

He hOtdpIe u l.. a. -. entertainment at
the Grand Opera House last evening will be
found fully reported in another column.
The annual banquet of the Pacifc-Union
Club takes place this evening.
An account OF the brilliant wedding Of
Mr.. Emil Hoffman of this city to Miss Null
len OF Los Angeles will be found in another
column.
The Draymen and Transfers Union will
hold their fifteenth anniversary ball at B'nai
Birth Hall this evening.
full account of The brilliant reception
rendered to Governor and Mrs. Markham
last night by the Union League Club will be
found elsewhere in this issue.
Court Paramount, No. 1897, A. 0. F., will
give ball this evening at RoIando's Hall,
on the corner Of Twenty-elShth and Church
streets.
The Rechabites' Entertainments.
Among the many entertainments given
last evening none was more enjoyable than
that given under the auspices of the
Rechabite Society at Uaion-square Hall for
the benefit of tine Rechabite free reading
rooms Tor workingmen, at 1876 New Mont
gomeTy street.
The galleries and the body of the hall
were wei filled with sympathlzers with the
laudabe object OF the enterprise. The
selected by literary and musical taste of no
mean order: PotpOurrl Of California airs,
Preside band: Introductory remarks, Hon.
W. W. Morrow; reading, (d) The Golden
Rowland Sill, Mrs Willis G. Dodd; recita-
ton, Miss Edith (Bret harle), Miss
Hattie Vance Martin; song, Ramona"
lHarris0u MillaTd), Mrs. Martin Schultz;
recitation, Bay Billy" Frank Gassoway)
Derrick Dodd," Mrs. Willis G. Dcdd :;
Yalf l.,
% The Sioux Chiefs Daughter" Miss
Hattie Vance Martin; cOrnet solo, Mr.. A.
=. Black.
MIR. MOrToW'S earnest remarks were well
received, and each OF the kind volunteers
earned cordial manifestations of delight
from the intelligent audience present. The
programme was over at an early hour and
dancing was then inaugurated. The stage
had been daintilY decorated with growing
plants and stands of flowers for the occasion.
The floor, during the dancing, was con-
troled by the following: Floor manager
Mr.. John Daniple; Floor COmmittee-Mr
John II. Hunt Jr.. MI George FoUlks, Mr.
Henry d. Cutrell, Mr.. Harvey Dana. Fol-
lowing are the officers of the society Hon
orary President, Mrs. Frank J. French;
President, Mr.. Charles l. Kendall; Vice
President, Miss Cordelia Burnham; Seere-
tary, Miss Hattie Y. Martin; Treasurer, Mr.
Frank ). French
4 Mare Island German.
a pleasant german. the first of the sea-
son, was given at the Mare Island Navy
yard on Wednesday evening. The sail-loft
was made into bower Of flowers, for it was
to be a flower cotillon" with the favors
bright blossoms OF varying hue. Lieutenant
lie Favor led throughout the light figures.
and the favOrs In the four flower figures"
were distributed by Mrs. Beuham, Mrs. Medi-
cal Director Bates, Mrs. Bache, Mrs. Iur-
ner, Mrs. lie Favor and Miss Charlotte Ber-
mingham, who presided at a table specially
reserved for the reception of the favoTS
The cUtilOn, which was largely attended, was
thoroughly enjoyed from overture to med
ley.
The Helping-Hand Society Drama.
If the attendance last evening at Irving
Hall was any criterion of what may be ex-
peeted there this evening. the beneficiary
society will reap a gratifying harvest. The
occasion was the first of two representations
of Kentucky Belle" by The Thalians,"
under the auspices of the Helping hand
Society, an auxiliary to the Golden Gate
kindergarten Association.
Visitors were received by charming
beYy Of young ladies', in becoming evening
toilets, who uslered their guests INTO the
best places available, This volunteer corps
comprised: Miss Daisy Holbrook, Miss
Daisy Willard. Miss Ida Doane, Miss Josie
Brown. Miss Kitty Pike, Miss Helen Man
ming, Miss May Blake, Miss Bertha Stringer.
a tier an overture by the Park Band, the
play, which is by Mrs. S. P. Carr, who was
among the best actresses, was presented by
the following cast: Silas Newman. Mr.. L.
=. Grigsby; Jack Stan ey, Mr.. ". \. Fine;
Boyd Lancaster, Mr. Justice I. Haley; Sir
Harold UppeTbee, Mr.. W, Richardson Jr. :;
10, Mr.. ID. II. Balch; sam. Mr. NJ. i. Ham
mond; Footman, MIR. w. II. Arthur; Belle
Lancaster, Miss Carrie l.. Pratt; Harriet
Lancaster, Mrs. Percis C. Haley; Lady
RaynOr, Miss Violet W. Soule; Edith
Raynor, Miss c. Ii. Richardson; Ethel
Rayn0r, Miss Blanche Letcher; Hannah.
3. ?. Carr; sissy, Miss Marie Gross.
The five acts rolled away with eyer-in-
sreasing interest, the story of Jack Stanley
MIR. ". a. Fine and his true love for
Belle Lancaster Miss Carrie L. PRATT being
one full Of incident, which was well repre-
scented wherever those two principals ap-
peaTed. Nj. Justice L. Haley as ''the
villain" was forcible and consistent, and
Nj. GTigsby, the comic inventor, lightened
the scene at every entrance. Mrs. Cars
" Hannah" was perfect in its way, both as
TO enuncialiOn, gesture and stage business.
She, as the authOTeSs, is to be cOmplmented
on her play and congratulated upon the
general efficiency of the cast repres entng it.
j { the fall of the curtain dancing was in
auguTated and refreshments we're served,
the friends not separating till after mid
night.
Tonight the interesting drama will be re-
peated. aud as nothing succeeds like sue
cess" the pleasure afforded on the opening
occasion will probably fill the hall this even
ing. Among the ladies interested in the en-
terprise are: Mrs. Sarah i. Cooper, Mrs.
Charles Lux, Mrs. Ira Pierce. Mrs. Henry
DutIOn, Mrs. 3. L. Norris Mrs. Louis Sloss,
Mrs. John l. Sabin, Mrs. GTeenWald, Mrs
Charles HolbrOOk, Mrs, John +. Merrill and
Mrs. d. ". F0lger.
n-SIcLeIIan-Aoran Wedding in
Oakland.
Mr.. John McCallan, popular young loan
and insurance agent of Eureka, Humboldt
County, was united in marriage to Miss
Retta Mcclellan Moran, stepdaughter Of
MIR. Thomas Moran, the capitalist, of Oak
land, at the residence of the latter on Pros
pect avenue, on Sunday afternoon, April
18th, at 80 o'clock.
The wedding was quiet affair, only a
few Intimate friends being invited. After
the ceremony the young couple took the
train for San jose, Santa Cruz and other
southern points.
The bride was the center of large circle
of acquaintance in Oakland from which
she VIII be seriously missed.
Mr.. and Mrs. McCallan were the Teclpi-
eutS of iunumeTabe and valuable presents.
They left on the steamer humboldt on sat
urday, the 18th, for their new home at
Eureka, where Mrs. McCallan will be Il
valuable addition to society circles.
The Laurel Hall Club Entertainments.
An open meeting Of the Laurel Hall Club
was held at its rooms on Post street ON
Wednesday. The hall was deliberately dec
Grated with flowers.
The following programme was given:
Papers on different subjects. by Mrs. Ben
jamin PeaTt, MTs. w. II. ROdda and Mrs.
Z. w. Collins; recitations by Mrs. Elizabeth
Dohrman and Mrs. Ella Sterling CumInins :;
instrumental music by Miss Nellie joseph
and the Misses Dunn, and singing by j. W.
PIERCE and Mrs Martin Schultz.
Blrs. Charlotte Perkins Stetson, guest Of
the club, gave several Of her inimitable pro-
auctions, and Mrs. j. Il. Powell contributed
two original poems.
There were about go people present, and
the affair was voted a complete success In
every way.
The BuffaIoes' Party.
Once more the Buffaloes entertained their
friends at Odd Fellows Hall with signal
success. The young club appears to be fast
outstripping its older fellow-organiza