The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-01-16

held in the maple room, which IS on the
ground floor in the northwest corner. The
walls are of yariegated marble and eXQuis-
itely polished maple wood.
In this apartment gathered the wives and
sisters # the gentlemen who constitute the
san Francisco Press Club. The husbands
and brothers staid away so as not 10 poison
the sOrOSiS fragrance Of the atmosphere,
aud, except for the presence Of cloud OF
whte-aprOned garcons 10 serve refresh
ments and a Sprinkljng Of hlacs-c0a ted
musicians, the women had the game entirely
TO themselves.
SMILES AND WINsOAIE WORDS.
Mrs. Adele ChretieB, Mrs. N. II. de
Young, Miss Nicholson ami Miss CosgrOye
stood unbouneted at the palm-decked por-
tails to welcome with smiles and winSOme
words the coming guests. The other ladies'
OF the place did not remove their hats.
Among the visitors who arrived early was
Kate Field, to whom the sisters paid court
with much peaTtineSs. This distinguished
Washington scribe was the center Of quite
sea OF feminine loneliness encOmpaSSlng
her with delicate attentions.
There were many other groups 10 which
the dTapery Of silks and laceS and the iri-
descent glitter Of diamonds could alone be
seen. Without the presence Of rugged
masCulinty they looked like those flowers
which are said to waste their sweetness on
the desert air. WOman's beYitrheTy eXer-
cseu on her own sex is held by some people
to be as wastelul an enterprise as the be-
stOwal Of kisses by women upon women.
There was, however, no kissing al the bril-
liant reception yesterday. The ladies
walked about and chatted together, and
looked their prettiest.
JUST LIKE THEIR POOR BROTHERS.
The original touch given to tie decoTa-
tons was a mural design, the purpose Of
D. frt~ AlrarA rgra a ur-a toll
| polling paste-pot and rusty pair of shears
hung high upon the wall. where also were
| hanging close by files Of various news
papers. Below were stacks of copy-paper
piled on table. The tripod was four
legged, soft-cushiOned Eastlake armchair.
The music was exclusively Spanish in
composition and execution. Professor
Ferrar and daughter, with guitar and man
dOlin, and two other gentlemen with Yl0lins
furnished the music.
The reception began at and closed at Z
O'Clock. Each lady had one invitation and
the Press Club sent ont several
Two tTuSty henchmeR stood outside hard
by a northumberland piece of Turkish
tapestry. One took up the invitation cards
the other saw that nobody in trousers
slipped across the sacred threshold.
WORSE THAN LA GRIPPE.
The CALL man was challenged as he
approached the enchanted bower. He
was expressing his surprise as well as grief
that one whose business it was to write
for the papers should be thus turned away
when Mrs. Chretien and Miss Nicholson,
ike two reScUing angels, came cut into the
cream-tinted corridor.
After their saving that it would be strange
indeed If the wives aud sisters of the news
paper folk were to exclude reporters from
a press picnic they filled his pockets with
invitations and caTamels and led him into
the dazzling cbambe Of female loneliness,
babe him drink his fiji Of either tea or
punch and entreated him not to attempt to
get a list Of the ladies present.
The bashful man fed as soon as he had
taken in the situation.