The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-29

dinner party on Christmas day to num-
Der Of her friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Derby entertained
Mr.. and Mrs. 6. A. Hastings, the Misses
Lita and Aida Hastings, Mr.. S. Palmer of
New York, and Mr.. and Mrs. f. H. Palmer
at dinner at the Albany Hotel, Oakland,
Christmas night.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. o. G. Miller entertained
a number Of relatives, including the
Mhoons and Herricks at Christmas.
The party Of the Friday Night Club of
Alameda Will take place on the evening
of January at Lunt's Hall. Alameda.
Over in Oakland the german of the
Deux Temps Club on last Saturday even
ing was very successful affair, the vari-
Gus figures proving very pretty and being
danced with much precision. A. A.
Moore Jr., with Miss Lillian Strong, led
Among the figures danced were the
"Horse-Show March," Driving Polo, ;"
Pyramid" and The Battalion The
others in the first set, in addition to the
leaders, were: Miss Mary Whitney
and W. Sanborn, Miss Ethel kellogg
and Isaac Upham. Miss Jessie Glascock
and Lieutenant Smedberg, Miss Myra
Prather and B. Metcalf, Miss Louise
Simons and Walter Henry, Miss Ethel
kitridge and Harry Horn, Miss Moffitt
and E. s. Sessions, Miss Huntington and
Sidney Pringle. Miss Bernie Sanders and
Hart II. North, Miss Rockham and Ernest
Folger, Miss Carmine Moore and Raymond
Russ. Miss Elsie Bennett and Thomas Par
EPl- Mice Daa4rina Ctala Inh,
born, Miss Grace Holt and Mr.. Baldwin.
On December % Miss Rachel Read OF
Alameda avenue, Alamada. celebrated her
eighteenth birthday with luncheon to
which eight young gentlemen and ladies
sat down. 1t was very pretty bud and
bonnie affair.
At the residence OF ex-Judge John Gar
Der at Claremont an elaborate Christmas
dinner was given by Miss CARRIER. Most
of the guests were Berkeley people.
Last Friday night the Fortnightly Dane
ing Club of Oakland gave its regular ball
in Military Hall. From the number pres
is as popular and its members as enthusi-
astic as ever. Paul Selby and Miss Adams
led the german, introducing some pretty
and graceful figures.
Among those in the first set besides these
were: Miss Helen Nelson, the Misses
Lohse, George Sessions, Miss Beale, Mr.
Kayser, Miss Crit, Mr.. Sharon, Miss Allen,
Clarence Greed, Miss Vrooman, Joseph
Rosborough, Miss Selby, Miss Hale, Tom
Knowles, Miss Grace Baldwin, Miss Fore,
Harry Chickering, Miss McElrath, Mr..
Potter and Miss Cliff.
The Butte football team was given a
sumptuous banquet Friday night at Bar
NUNS restaurant il Oakland, by the Re-
lance CLUB. President Robert Fitzgerald
of the latter organization presided, and the
evening was passed very pleasantly, with
speech-making and anecdotes. The fes-
tivities were carried far into the night.
Manager St1vers, in behalf of Butte, said
that he was extremely sorry that the
boys from Montana had been beaten, but
since they had, he was glad that Reliance,
and not some other team, had defeated
them. Defeat at the hands of such team,
he thought, was no disgrace.
Fernwood, near Oakland, the country
home of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Dingee,
was the scene of joyous Christmas cele-
bration, to which nearly 100 guests were
invited. The spa cious house and magnifi-
cent grounds were brilliantly illuminated
and decorated. The guests were received
by the family, including Mr.. and Mrs.
William ]. Dingee, Mrs. Rose, the mother
of Mrs. Dingee, Lieutenant and Mrs. w.
D. Rose, the lieutenant being Mrs. Din
gees brother, and Colonel and Mrs. AL
vinza Hayward of San Mateo, the latter
being the parents OF the wife of an
other brother of Mrs. Dingee's, who
is now absent in Europe, but who was
especially remembered and toasted in the
course OF the evening as being among s'the
absent ones" Among the guests were
Mr.. Dingee's employees and their respective
families. and for each and all Santa Claus,
under Mrs. Dingee's guidance. had a hand
some present.
Christmas day was the occasion of a
family reunion at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Hiram Tubbs in East Oakland.
Yesterday from to 7 o'clock Mrs. ca.
Holt of Madison street, Oakland, gave
high tea followed by dinner to the re-
ceiying party.
The fourth annual Christmas festival
and ball of the Danish Society was held in
Washington Hall, 35 Eddy street, last
evening. The exercises began with
Christmas tree presided over by the Rev.