The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-17
JAPANESE TEA.
Reception and Concert at Wood
bridge Church.

Woodbridge Presbyterian Church, at the
corner of Twentieth aud Capp streets, was
the scene of a pleasant reception by the
ladies of the congregation during the after
noon and evening of yesterday.
The principal feature OF the entertain
ment was a japanese tea, and the parlors
were prettily decorated in harmony with
this idea. Three large screens made by the
ladies for the occasion were placed around
the tete-a-tete tables, and the room was
gay with many colored fans, umbrellas and
lanterns of japanese manufacture.
A very clever device also was the arrange
ment of paper napkins so fastened with
clothes pins as TO represent scores of butter
flies OF various colOrs, which were placed on
the walls and pillars with good effect. Vases
and stands of La France and Marechal Neil
roses, nasturtiums and orange blossoms dec
grated tie platform aud piano. and aided
the harmony Of the lights and cOlors.
All callers were served with delicious
cups of tea, accompanied by dainty little
luncheon served by handsome young ladies
and charming matronS, arrayed In pretty
japanese gowns. The ladies fitted in and
out among their guests, whom they enter
tanned in various manners. looking after
Mrs. T. j. Curtis, Miss Emma Pestner,
Miss L. Mcbride, Miss Hill, Miss L. Gam
BILE and Master Rea Irvine comprised the
Reception Committee.
In the evening an impromptu musical
programme was rendered TO large and ap-
precative audience. Miss 4. Pestner sang
some selections from the "Mikado," Mrs
Curtis following with the Spanish Sere-
made" Mrs. s. NJ. Duncan's rendition
of the vocal solo, "ln QuestO Semplce,"
was succeeded by The Vagabond." sung
by A. f. Woodbridge. Rea Irvine played
pretty little waltz, and then Miss Mary
Gamble delighted her audience with ia
panese serenade. accompanying herself on
a Japanese guitar. Mrs. Curtis rendered
the vocal solo ''Sing, Sweet Bird" in a
pleasing style, the evenings programme
concluding with Loves Old Song" sung
with great sweetness and expression by
Miss +. Pestner, who vS rapturousy en-
c0red.
Among those attending the reception in
the evening were noticed the Misses Alice
and Annie Diggs, Miss Jennie Baldwin,
Miss Amelia Tietjen, Miss Emma Van
Bergen, DR.. and Mrs. Hansen, Rev. aud
Mrs. T. J. Curtis, Mr. and Mrs. John
Blethen, Miss B0rsman, Miss Deal Mrs.
Rice, Miss Moran, the Misses Emma and
Mary Brooks Miss Schunoff, Miss Pestner.
Mrs s. NJ. Duncan Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. A. T.
Woodbridge, Miss Mary Gamble, Miss Nc
Bride. Mrs. F. w. Foster, Miss Hill, Mrs.
Nelson, Mrs. f. Dewar, Miss E. Dewar,
ar. James DeWa[' MIS-: Luce, MIS-. Lam
bert, Mrs. Weldon, Mrs. Oliver. Mrs.
Michkus Mrs. Bsrhman. Mrs. Scott. Mr..
james Graham, Mrs. Allon, Captain Red
mond. Mrs. Wilson, Mrs Reed, Miss Reed,
Mrs. Searles, Miss Baker, Miss Smith, Mr..
Henry SchuenhOff, Mrs. Bratton, Mrs.
Frederick Clarke, Mrs. Weller. Miss Mary
Weller, Miss Minerva COrbett, Miss Searles,
Captain Ager, Mr.. and Mrs. Jason Springer.
Mrs Hill, Mr. and Mrs. James Davidson,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lindsay, Mss Edith
Lindsay, Mrs. r. A. Corbett, Captain
George II. tombstone.