The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-08
DUCKS FOR DINNER.
General j. II. Dickinson and the Pacific
Yacht Club Entertain the Ladies'.

facht Club Entertain the Ladies.
The members of the Pacific Yacht Club.
in company with their wives, sisters and
lady friends. enjoyed canvasbaek duck
dinner last night in the rooms of the club at
Sausaito. The ducks were roasted on a
spit before the enormous wood fire in the
large hall where the festivities of the even
ing were enjoyed
The tables, around which between ninety
and hundred ladies and gentlemen were
seated making an onslaught on the deli
cious ducks, were beautifully and most ap-
propriately decorated with pine branches
and stuffed specimens of all the tribe of
waterfowl game that is to be found in the
STATE, from the elongated stork to the little.
to0thsome teal.
The party left the Mission-street wharf
by special steamer. and enjoyed the bracing
trip down the bay. On arriving at the club
house landing, General John II. Dickinson
saluted the company with salute OF artil-
lery, and the duck" attacking party were
soon on the field of action, and eager for
the fray. Such joylal scene as WAS wit
messed seldom presents itself, and now that
the ladies have been let into the secrets OF
duck dinner the members are not likely to
have any more stag" parties during the
duck hunting season, for bless their dear
hearts, the fair sex have found out that
ducks cooked as General Dickinson has
them cooked are worth facing any weather
on the trip down the bay TO get at the
ducks with knife aud fork, and so in
future ducks and ladies will be the chief
feature at the yachtsmen's entertainments.
After due justice had been done to the
elegant repast speeches were made by Gen
eral Dickinson and others, the general well
coming the guests and the respondents to the
various toasts eulogiZng the action OF the
club in making the departure from 0ld-time
a dtp n In ont rnNyo IA n
banquet with the ladies present.
Cassasa's band furnished excellent music
and Messrs. Wallis and Dan Polk, Mr.
Louis Harrison, Mr.. Howth, Dir. Alfred
Wilkie and other guests entertained the
company with instrumental and vocal selec-
tons. Mr.. Dan 0'Connel recited ''The
Vaga bond" in grand style. Alfred Wilkie
was in splendid voice and his rendition of
''The Lass That Loved Sailor" and my
Pretty Jane" was enthusiastically re-
ceived.
At last 1t was time TO make a move. and
amid the booming of powder from Fort
Dickinson and the screening of whistles
the party started for home much gralifed
with tbs lavish hospitality OF the famous
Pacific Yacht Club.
Among those present were: General and
Mrs Dickinson, Mr.. and Mrs. Dan O'Con-
nell, MIR. and Mrs. Clinton Palmer Willis
and Daniel Polk, tho Misses Polk, Mr.. and
Mrs o. F. Wiley, Frank Wiley, Mr..
and Mrs. Alfred Wilkie, Mr. and Mrs.
Dougherty, Mr.. and Mrs E. II. Parrish,
Miss p. Peck, Miss Molloy, Miss McMul-
lin. Mrs. Kingston, Mr. Warren C.. Payne
Mr.. and Mrs. I. b. Gill, Mr. Z. C. Palmer
Mr.. and Mrs. |. ID. Jones, Captain and Mrs.
S: j. Ruddell, Captain James W. Duffy.
Miss Minrie ONeili. Misses Clara and May
Thomas, Miss Amanda Smith, Mr.. and
Mrs. Dan McCloud, Mr.. Stanly Powers,
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul +. Kingston. Mr.. C.
Helen, Mr.. T. j. Bass. Mr.. George F.
Mearns, Mr.. Barber, Miss Edith Bass. Miss
!. ID. Mundy. Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Watkins,
Phil Remilard, Colonel and Mrs. L. c.
Hughes, Mr.. and Mrs. q. W. Tindal,
Major and Mrs. W. Cluff. Mr. James T.
Bonnell, Mr. Ed Parish. Lieutenant W. c.
Myers and AIR Frank Runyon.