The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-22
TRINITY CIRCLE.
How 1t Surprised the Rev.
George e. Walk.
He Came Home and Found a Trans
fOrmation-The FOrty-Seventh
Anniversary.

Rev. George E. Walk, rector of Trinity
Church. received a surprise yesterday
afternoon that took his breath away as
the ladies of Trinity Circle had intended
it should.
To-day is the forty-seventh anniversary
of Trinity Churcn, and Mr.. Walk had
been especially requested by Major
Hooper, the senior churchwarden. to re-
turn from his vacation TO preach on the
occasion. The popular rector arrived at
home yesterday afternoon, and one OF the
first things he did was to go over to the
church. When he reached the threshold
of his study he paused and rubbed his
ewes, somewhat as Aladdin must have
done, when he first saw his enchanted
palace. Mr. Walk had left two hand some
rooms and robing-room, but they bad
been nearly destitute of furniture. On
his return he beheld furniture of the most
elegant and costly description.
The polished floors were almost covered
with splendid Turkish rugs. into which
the surprised rector's feet sank. The fur
niture, which was highly appropriate for
clerical library, was antique oak, up
hOlstered In dark green Russian leather.
Terra-cotta silk curtains covered the book
with every modern appliance for writing.
even to a blotling-pad. seemed to invite
the rector to sit down and write sermon.
Nothing had been forgotten, even to
clock on the mantle-shelf and a waste
paper basket.
In the rOblng-rOOm il was the same thing,
Everything that one could have wished
for was there. even to couple of Japanese
vases on the oak bureau Mr.. Walk did
not believe in enehantment, so he looked
round again to see if the transformation
could not be accounted for in some more
natural manner.
Presently he espied fine bunch OF car
nations on the liable, in a handsome vase,
and leaning against this was small card
inscribed Accomplishments of Trinity Circle"
This explained the mystery. 1t was some
ladies of his parish who had been at work
in his absence, and had showered these
handsome gifts upon him. Mr.. Walk was
much touched by the kindly feeling which
had prompted their gift, as Dy their man
ner Of donating 1t.
The ladies of Trinity Circle are all
workers of the church and they do a great
deal Of outside charitable work among the
poor and 10 hospitals in a quiet unosten-
tatious way. The leader is Mrs. w. Fl.
Taylor. some of the other members being:
Mrs. d. j. Tallanr, Mrs. Montgomery Cooley,
MRS. Ashburnrr. Mrs. W b. Hooper, Mrs. ID.
". Id Mo- OOuil i<duuCIS, WIS. VI. u. L Ope,
Mrs. Milan Griffith, Miss West, Mrs. Mordey,
Mrs. w. d. Coleman. Mrs. Robert Green, Mrs.
TO,bert, Mrs. w. S. Bourne, Mrs. a. R. Wells,
Bryant. Mrs. Bat anes. Mrs W. A. Douglass,
Mrs. Huutsman, Mrs. Bates, Mrs. DR.. Huddart,
Mrs. Alexander, Mrs. Block som. Mrs. j. Ham
mond, MRS. McNullen, Mrs. X. God, Miss
Carrie Taylor, Miss Mamie McMullen, Miss
Molle Brown, Miss Maggie Douglass, Miss
Torbert, Miss Sharon, Miss Huntsman, Miss
Grtfi b, Miss Bruce.
Special services will be held at Trinity
Church to-day, in honor of the forty
seventh anniversary. The flowers are do
mated by c. V. 5. Gibbs, the only mem Der
of the congregation who was present at
the first service held in the first Trinity
Church in California.