The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-17

threeS- Ihey wandered all over the eX-
tensive grounds.
The varieties of the gardens exotics from
Brazil and the Cape of Good Hope were
hailed with admiration. Not least among
these was a wonderful scarlet Gamma and
the strelitzia regina or bird OF paradise, a
strange growth which exactly resembles
birds neck and bill. Some found their
way to a unique little turret summer-house,
which terminates one line of the battle
ments. 1t was furnished as an amateur
studio. and formed an ideal solitude for
tete-a-tete.
Then there was more informal dancing
and the people began to go away, but not
before the hospitable punch-bowl, ices and
other delicacies had refreshed the de-
lighted guests.
Miss Hazard was much complimented on
the success of the fete, and truly it served
good purpose, besides its purely social
one, in bringing into close touch the man
agement and some of the chief workers in
the fete, upon whom the burden and heat
of the day have fallen.
But one fact cast a little shadow over the
bright fete, and this was the feeble health
of the hostess, which prevented her from
mingling with her guests. Miss Caroline
Hazard filled the office with tact and dig
nifty. She is a brunette with luminous
dark eyes and has her mothers stately
carriage.
She was simply but elegantly attired in
French gown of black velvet, made en-
traine, with a slashing of black satin about
the bottom of the skirt. Her only orna-
ment was a small diamond crescent at her
throat.
She was assisted in her duties by Mrs.
Admiral Harmony, a sweet-faced, gray
haired woman, who wore a mauve gown,
with pink roses as her only ornament !;
Mrs. Oliver, lady greatly esteemed in
Santa Barbara society, wore black silk
with white crepe corsage; Mrs. Clinton
B. Hale, attired in a striped black ard white
silk, with corsage filled with lace; Mrs.
Edwin Sawyer, whose recent bereavement
was betokened by her quiet gown of black
silk and crepon Miss Rogers, attired in
striped silk tissue of an ivory tint, half
low corsage. diamond necklace clasped
about her throat; Miss Panehita Dibble,
whose brunette beauty was frightened by
her CHEEKY and black costume and Miss
Stoddard a pretty brown haired blue
eyed girl.
The majority of the ladies wore pretty
afternoon reception dresses, clearing the
ground, and although there were some
rich costumes seen, they were as rule
modest, summary gowns, adapted to the
day and occasion.
Some of Santa Barbara s prettiest society
girls were present. Miss Ethel Doulton
der silk sash and violets in her hat. Miss
Inez Dibble wore brocaded silk of some
elusive tint that was like sunlight and
moonlight blended Miss Doubleday wore
natty visiting costume of brown MORE;
Miss Bakers toilet was plain blue crepon,
trimmed with valeneiennes; Miss Reding-
ton was clad in a pale green dress, with
simple straw hat trimmed in the same
springlike color. Mrs. Dreyfus, pretty
young matron, wore French toll ct
of thin silken fabric, striped in
black and corn color and old rose.
Miss Everhart, the handsome Chicago girl,
who, after years of effort in the Hull
house philanthropy, has come to Santa
Barbara to make her home and to recruit
her impaired health, wore a combination
of green wool and velvet, with a touch. of
crimson magenta in her hat.
Among the guests were George Agassiz,
grandson of the famous scientist, and Miss
Gould, daughter of the famous Harvard
astronomer. A very pleasant surprise
came at the last moment in the presence of
Mrs. Higginson, wife of the commander of
the Monterey, who had just come up from
San Diego with her sister, Miss Holdine.
Among the resident guests were Rear
Admiral Harmony and his wife and Lieu
tenant and Mrs. Eliot, and as the bond of
social connection in the navy is even
stronger than in the army, the presence of
these and other guests caused many pleas
ant reunions and promoted the kindly tone
of cordially among the company.
The Honorable Rowland Hazard is gen.
tleman who has had distinguished place
in national politics, and whose family is
one of the Oldest and most cultured in New
England,
Nine generations of Hazards have been
born in the old colonial mansion standing
upon the great estate comprising more
than 1000 acres of woodland, upland and
meadow, known far and wide as lakewood,
in the Narragansett country back of Prov
idence, Rhode Island.
This beautiful ancestral home Mr.. Haz-
ard annually leaves for Santa Barbara,
where, because the mild and equable
winter climate has proved of benefit to his
wife's health he has established his winter
home in this pretty cottage.
Generous and public-spirited, of a broad
intelligence and possessed of a rare execu-
tive ability, he has for years been Santa
Barbaras most valued worker in all public
measures, while his wife, with her noble
presence, gracious spirit and kindliness of
heart has exerted great influence upon the
little city's social life.
Miss Caroline, the only unmarried
daughter, is writer of ability and rank.
Her quaint study of family history, en-
titled Thomas, the Son of Rob-" has,
unlike the ordinary family gene
alogy, taken rank with the most
valuable of recent contributions to
New England history, and received
the high honor of an extended and very
complimentary review in the Atlantic
Monthly. Her lately published book of
poems, "Narragansett Ballads" gives her
leading place as poet.