The morning call., 1892-02-22
THE SOCIAL WORLD.
Resume Of Recent Happenings in
Society Circles.
Engagement Announcements - Approaching
Marriages-The Harmonic Banquet.
Notes Of Coming Events.

ITO hesitate is to be lost" and TO shrink
from the formidable array of festivities TO
which they are pledged this week would be
fatal to the society lone Hundred and
! Fifty" Whether operate music, balls,
teas. dinners, luncheons. etc, will drive TO
| ascetlciSm or merely TO bed matters moth
ing. There has been a comparative luli for
recuperatiOn during the past week and Ash
wednesday promises six weeks of at least
| equal repOse. There can be no hating now.
The thickly bcset path must be trOdden and
the contamination of a successfully finished,
if otherwise tame, season must be achieved
regardless Of cost
NaShIngton's birthday will be extensively
celebrated to-day with social dances at the
various halls. number of people leave
! town for the holiday, aYailing themselves of
| the opportunity to visit friends or obtain
| pleasant and salutary "change of air."
MIS-. William ii. Croker gave pleasant
| dinner party Oh "Wednesday evening at her
! Callfornia-street residence
Mrs. Edward Barron viii give a tea next
! Saturday evening at her residence on Geary
| street.
The Parrot ball tomorrow evening is
| The subject of much pleasant thought and
! conversation 1t is understood that over
! 800 guests will be present Private dances
| are too rare for the younger element.
! AprOpOs, it is possible that some of the
| weeks teas, notably that OF Mrs. Tevis OH
| Saturday, may resolve themselves into in
| formal dances. Next week there are the
! Scott and DmOnd parties.
| The \ ale Club gives dinner to-day in
J honor Of the Father OF his Country"
! The sixth and last cotillOn of tins season
| given by the Friday Night Club will take
| place next Friday evening. 1t will be the
| army and navy cotlllOn, and will be led by
! Lieutenant W. II. Coffin, U. 5. A. The
! Ulcers Will appear in uniform.
| Mrs. Leland Stanford held her last recep-
| ton Tor the season at Washington last
! Thursday.
The silver wedding anniversary of Mr..
| ana Mrs. Philip POsner Will be celebrated
/ next tuesday evening at their residence,
! 337 Hayes street.
AT the Nuttall tea Miss Roberta Nuttan,
! the young hostess and one OF the most popu-
| lar Of last seasons debutantes, was assisted
! by her mother Mrs. NJ. NJ. Nuttall, Mrs.
| CASTOR III. AshP, Miss Wethered, Miss Alice
Ames and Miss Helen OTIS.
| Mrs. Clark W. Croker and her daughter,
| Miss Fannie Croker, will give a lunch
| party next Wednesday at their residence on
! Suffer street to seventy ladies'.
Al the delightful lea given on Thursday
| by Miss Louise Moulder, the young hostess
was assisted by Miss Jennie Sanders0n,
| Miss Mary /. McNutt, Miss Lottip Clarke,
Miss Nellie Hilyer. Miss Blanche Castle,
! Miss J.. hamilton, Miss Norwood and Miss
| Charlotte Moulder, who were afterward
! entertained at dinner, the evening winding
| up with an informal dance, several gentle
men having dropped in
Mr. and Mrs. j. =. Currier will give a
| pTOgresslye-euchre party next Thursday
evening at their residence, 2725 Jackson
street.
Several parties for bluff King Hal"
have been made up, and the performance
on wednesday night IS awaited with much
eXuectatiOn.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. Marion Smith of Oak
land have issued invitations for tea and
card party next Friday evening.
The "DaiTy-maids' Convention" will be
given this evening by the ladies of the
Simpson Memorial NJ E. Church, corner Of
Hayes and Buchanan streets.
The Entire Nous Cotilon Will meet to-
morrow nj ght at Luut's Hall.
Tie Epson silver wedding celebration IN
Sacramento Will attract many people to that
city tomorrow from the Bay.
The Stanford PaTlor bail next Wednes-
day evening at Odd Fellows Hall is eX-
pected to be one of the most select enter
tainments ever given by that parlOr. The
programmes will b. especially elaborate.
The Misses keene have sent out invita-
ti0ns for a reception at their residence, 1915
Golden Gate avenue. on Thursday evening,
March 3.
The Harmonie's ladies night" which is
always looked forward TO with Impotence
by their hosts of lady friends, has been set
for the 18th of Marcn, when the new admin
istratlou, headed by Mr. Fletcher, will en-
deav0r not to anniLilate all former records
on the principle OF cot attempting to gid
refined gold"
The Epworth League of the Howard
street Methodist Episcopal Church will give
a lemon squeeze in the church parlOrs to-
night the evening OF WashingtOn's birth
day. a fine programme VIII be rendered,
at the conclusion OF which will be bayonet
drill by twelve young ladies'.
Engagement Notes.
There will be several Easter weddings.
Miss Pope and Mr.. d. J. Murphy, Miss
Taylor and Mr.. George Pope will be mar
red in April. The old superstition about
weddings in May makes many April brides.
1t has been definitely settled that the
CarOlan- Pullman wedding will take place
in Chicago. San Francisco could not reason
ably claim the interesting event. but it is
hoped the bridal tour will be passed, and
not merely terminated, on this Coast.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward II. COe have issued
invitations to the wedding Of their daugh-
ter. Miss Grace Edgar COe, and MIR. Samuel
Grant GOuCheT, 10 take place In ST. johns
Presbyterian Church on Wednesday even
ing. March 2. A reception, limited to the
near friends and relatives will be afterward
held al 1909 Union street.
Miss RoSalie A. Magagnos, daughter of
Mir. J. Magaguos, of Oakland, Will be mar
Ted 70 Lieutenant Charles +. johnson of
the revenue cutter COrwin next wednesday
evening. at O'clock at the residence OF the
brides father. SOC Madison street
The wedding of Miss May L. Norton and
MIR. j. b. Nevin will take place at the resi-
dence Of Mr.. and Mrs. II. H. Hobbs. 170S
Geary street, on Tuesday, March /. The
wedding will be private one, owing to the
recent death at Headsburg of the brides
father. Colonel l.. a. Norton.
The wedding of Mr.. William +. Bond,
business manager Of the Oakland Tribune,
to Miss Ruby Dore, daughter of Mrs E.
Dore of 1929 California street. and a sister
of Mrs. A. G. Spreckels, VIII take place in
about week.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. NJ Tompkins
| OF San Rafael, aud granddaughter of Mr..
| and Mrs. Samuel Hort of this city, TO Mr.
| Harmon Brown Of New York will take
place shortly.
DIR. Charles Francis Stokes, U. S. n, and
Miss Charlotte Birmingham will be mar
| ried in June next.
IRE wedding of Miss Carrie Hamlin,
| daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. S. l.. Hamin of
| this city, and Mr. George 5. Tilden of North
| Berkeley will take place on next Wednes-
| day evening at 405 Suffer street.
The engagement is announced of Miss
| Belle Levi Of this city to Mr.. j. Levy Of
| Lower Lake, Cal
The wedding OF Colonel de Vries of Stock
| ton and Miss Minnie Snead Of Dixon will
take place tomorrow. Mr.. c. b. Hart will
| act as best man.
The marriage Of Mr.. b. +. Kehrein to
| to Miss M. M Stappenbeck will take place
Tuesday morning March l. at IL o'clock at
| ST. Boniface Church, on Golden Gate
| avenue.
Miss May Wheeler of Oakland and Mr..
| Churchill Of Yreka will be married next
| Wednesday.
The engagement is announced of Miss
| Sarah Raphael. daughter of Mr. and Mrs }.
| Raphael, of Stockton, and Mr.. Joseph Hall