The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-14
OUT-OF-TOWN PERSONALS

Avalon, Catalina Island, CAL, Aug. 13.-
Sunday night witnessed the largest crowd of
the season at Catalina. 1t is estimated on a
conservative basis that fully 5000 people are
on the island, yesterdays arrivals alone foot
ing up 500. The hotels Metropole and Island
Villa are packed from top to bottom, and the
100-te in the canvas addition to the villa
are full Cots have been spread in the halls of
both hotels, and the staterooms on board the
steamer Hermosa lying at anchor in the bay
are utilized to accommodate the overflow.
Every hotel boarding house, clearinghouse,
cottage and tent on the island is full to over
flowing. Among the important arrivals were
C. f. Croker, H. E. Huntington and ]. A. Muir
of the Southern Pacific.
The pyrotechnic celebration and illumina-
ton last night was superb. Every building
fronting on the ocean boulevard was gay with
colored lights and lanterns. Crimson lights
burned from every mountain peak surround
ing Avalon, and signal fires blazed from Sugar
Loaf to greet the incoming steamer which, as
she approached the wharf, burst into perfect
ship of fire, with colored lights burning from
her highest mast to the waters edge and rock
cts shooting from her decks.
Guy Cochran. captain of the Stanford foot
ball team for the coming year, has arrived and
is the champion swimmer and diver on the
island. The strong, swift strokes of this splen-
did young athlete are the envy of all ambi-
tious swimmers. Avalon Bay is literally white
with yachts. The mackereI fishing in the bay
was never so good. Hundreds OF pounds are
hooked daily by men, women and children,
who go out III skiffs every morning and pull in
the flsh as last as they can throw the bait. E..
c. Fitzgerald, G. l.. Curtis, wife and daughter,
of Oakland, arrived at the Metropole tonight.
M. j. Frisbie and c. Maxwell of San Francisco
came in by to-nights steamer. Mrs. Charles
a. Mariner of Los Angeles has gone north to
the Mount Shasta region. Mrs. /. N. Van Nuys
and Mrs. S. c. Hubbell, two well-known society
ladies of Los Angeles, have been spending some
time at Bartlett Springs and will next week go
10 San francisco for short stay before return
ing south. The marriage of Miss Jennie Wins
ton, the sweet singer, formerly OF San Fran
cisco, to Colonel Albert Z. Castle of San Fran
cisco, will occur next Wednesday evening in
Los Angeles ]. d. Hammond, Mrs. f. F. Hen
ing, Mrs. Lyman ]. Masery, Mr.. and Mrs. L. f.
who visited Echo Mountain this week Mr..
and Mrs. ]. A. Henderson and daughter, Mrs.
George Steckel of Los Angeles have gone to
}o,n me Los angeles Gs contingency at Lake Ia
been staying in Los Angeles for the last
two or three months, have gone to San
Francisco to reside; Mrs. W. G. Stafford
various resorts in Southern California, re-
turned home this week. Miss P. NJ. Silva of
Oakland is visiting Los Angeles friends. Miss
Mrs. McCrea. and family in their luxurious
cottage tent at Avalon. Mrs. Bradner Lee is
one of the many Angelenos summering at Lake
Tahoe. George H. Siebe and bride OF
San Francisco are at the Metropole, Catalina
Island. MI. and Mrs. II. w. Stevens and P.
Joseph are among recent arrivals at the Hotel
Metropole. Count G. Bentzoni and his niece,
Countess g. Won Schiutterbach of Los Angeles,
are at the Metropole. The Countess is a young
and beautiful widow and plays the cornet
divinely. james Hervey Jones and bride OF
San Francisco are doing Southern California.
Mrs. Gass and daughter OF San Jose are in Los
Angeles. s. c. Combs and n. L. Combs OF
Visalia are at the Hotel Lille, Los Angeles.
Congressman W. W. Bowers of the Seventh
California District is a guest of II. L. Storey OF
Altadena. A. w. Barrett and wife of Sacra-
mepto arrived at the Metropole to-day. Miss