The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-30
Over in Oakland the Deux
Temps Affairs Make Hearts
Flutter.
MANY COMINGs AND GOINGs.
Society Thesplans In the Kenyon
Parlors This Week-Deliehts OF
Whist Club.
The Oakland Tribune saws:

OF course you want to hear about the Deux
Tennis first. Ii is in fair way 10 be started,
and we are all so glad. One hundred and
SlXty-five invitations have been sent out and
every one accepted. Only few of the San
Francisco people declined. Clara Tucker and
MI. Williams declined and few OF the others,
although Marguerite Jolliffe has Joined and
Will dance in the first set with Ed Greenway
The patronesses are the same. Mrs. Motifs
vacant place being filled by our own dear Mrs.
Wheaton, whose niece, Miss Starett, has joined
The age limit, which pressed like yoke so
heavily on the shoulders OF our girls, has been
taken off. 1t has not been removed entirely,
but it has been raised, so that several girls
barred out under the old rule are now eligible
asked one of the young men d bout it. ''Are you
going to have all the old glrlS?' said, naming
q certain member of the old cotilion set
'Wen, no." he answered, doubtfully "not
quite so old as that" So you see, sir, there are
still limits. But Marble Hutchinson, who was
not asked last year, has been invited as well as
Belle. Ethel Moore is among the invited and
quite number OF other girls of that age. AS
for the men, there are the WheatonS, all the
Pringles and several of their contemporaries,
so you see the men, too, are getting Older. 1t
will make the class more of a real party. The
girls who affected the excessively girlish mus
Inns will have to have more and better clothes
Those limp, laundried things didn't look well
beside the stiff, rustling Powered taffetas of the
older girls.
To make room for these same older girls
there had to be some names dropped tn at were
on the list last year, and now there are some
heartburnings and some very angry young
and are anxiously fnqu1ring whether the cards
are out or not. 1t does seem q pity that they
had to be sighted, but l suppose it was inev-
liable. The invitation committee was remorse-
less, and there are some very sore hearts and
talk of rival club that will not come to any
thing. 1t is hard to get them up.
But for little while ii looked as though the
prayers of the soreheads were about TO be an
swered. There was great difficulty about the
hall. The curator OF Masonic Hall broke his
telephoned word and it was all a frightful
mess. He let the hall tor all the Saturdays and
the DeuX Tempers were in despair. This was
after the invitations were out and aeceptanceS
had begun to pour in. There was talk about
taking old Germania Hall, which is the best
floor in Oakland, anyway. Finally the diff
Guilty was readiusted. The first party will be
in Masonic Hall on Saturday, October 3. 1t
will last longer than the others, probably until
IL 80 o'clock. The other dances will be on the
first and third Fridays at the same place. The
dates do not conflict with the Friday Night
Club in this city, to which many of the Deux
Temps belong.
The first cotillon will be led by Roger Friend
and pretty Miss Amy Requa, who has mar
velous gown for the occasion. l am told Mr.
Friend has invented some new figures, among
them modified London bridge, rain figure,
when all the first set will open dainty Japa-
nese umbrellas There will also be a driving
figure. The favorS, understand, are as pretty
as before. None of the young married people
have been asked, which cuts a hole in the
guests, and soon any engagements of
club members become marriages the young
people are barred There will be more en-
gagements in the club before the season is