The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-08

town with society people back for all the we'd
dlngs that are 10 take place.
4 dance will be given at the Hotel Rafael to-
morrow evening. A number of San Francis
cans Will go over.
Miss Genevieve King entertained eighty of
her young friends at the residence of her
father, Homer King, on Leavenworth and Pine
dancing party was given by Mrs Bowers
in honor OF her nieces, the Misses Amy and
Florence Smith, at her home on Washington
street last Thursday night. Miss Amy Smith
leaves this week to finish her education at
NaSsar.
Miss Isabel Saunders gave q euehre party on
Thursday afternoon last, and was assisted in
entertaining by Miss May and Miss Marguerite
May.
The magnificent Ralston mansion at Bel
mont, which has been closed for so many
years, will be opened again for festivities next
saturday, when Mrs. Alpheus Bull will give
her first large reception to the prominent So
clety people OF San Francisco and its suburbs.
1t is announced that the list for the Friday
Night Club is closed and no more applications
will be received. Five meetings win be held
at Odd Fellows Hall, and they will be made
more than usually attractive as regards the
music and decorations. There will be two
assemblies, on November % and January 81,
1886, and three cotlllons, on December 20 and
January 3 and II, 1896. Edward NJ Green
way will act as manager as heretofore.
The ladies of the Charming Auxiliary, the
Unitarian church, and the Society for Chris
tian Work are making the most elaborate prep
aretions for the open-air production OF Shake
speare's GAS You Like It." which is to be given
by the StockweH Company at Sutro Heights on
the afternoon of Saturday, September 81. Ar
engagements have been perfected to close the
Columbia Theater on that afternoon. The
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day afternoon, September 10, instead. The
beautiful lawn at Sutro Heights will seat COM
fortably 5000 persons, and the amphitheater
viii be so arranged that the view viii be per-
feet from every nook and corner OF the place.
The Berkeley University Glee Club will be
among those who viii participate in the
chorus, and all of the minor parts will be III
the hands OF thoroughly trained artists.
An old-fashioned Methodist love feast was
held last Wednesday evening in Grace Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, participated in by mem
bers of the Emmanuel Baptist and Bethany
Congregational churches 1t was in honor of
the retirement, after FIVE years of conscientious
service, OF the Rev. DR.. McClish, the pastor.
I. J. Truman stated that during the pastorate
OF Dr.. McClish sos 900 had been collected, the
debt of $4,000 had been reduced to SIS, 900,
and a new parsonage, costing $6000 had been
erected. The finances of the church, Mr.. Tru-
man said, were now in more aourishing con-
dition than at any previous time in its history.
The pastor was then presented with silver
table service in happy speech by Mrs. Robert
Mcclellan, to which the recipient feelingly re-
sponded. Mrs. Riggs contributed song, and
q series of resolutions, TO be engrossed and
handed to DR.. McCHsh, were unanimously
adopted. They referred TO the intimations
which, through ignorance, had been circulated,
rejecting upon the efficiency of the pastor,
and declared that his sermons were instructing
and edifying and that his Christian nature and
genial habits had endeared him to all with
whom ne came in contact. He was highly COM
mended 10 any church or people seeking the
fellowship or services of a Christian gentle
man pastor.
Dr. McClish viii preach his last sermon in
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church this even
ing The place of his future labors is as yet
undecided