The San Francisco call., 1896-04-11
Brilliant Reception and Dinner
for Mr.. and Mrs. E. B.
Holiday.
YOUNG LADIES SERVE TEA.
Kirkpatrick Luncheon at the Palace.
The Scott Tin Wedding-Per-
Sonal Notes.

Mr.. and Mrs. E. Burke Holladay were
the guests of honor at dinner and recep-
ton given on Thursday evening by Mrs.
Jewett at her charmingly appointed home
on Bush street.
The Jewett home, with its vast apart
ments opening into one another, is ad-
mirably adapted for entertaining and lends
itself readily to the decorators art. On the
evening of the reception the decorations
were dainty and artistic.
In the corridor, cordons of snowballs
and smilax twined the balustrade. In
the main drawing-room Lady Banksia
roses. with just few sprays of wisteria
TO heighIen the color, banked the mantel.
In the other apartments there were set
decorations. Costly bowls and exquisite
vases were freely distributed and filed to
overfowing with fragrant blossoms.
In the dining-room the decorations were
all in pink and green. Pink and green
shaded candles, pink roses and cool green
ferns were used TO carry out the effect.
At table covers were laid for fourteen
and the guests were: Mr.. and Mrs. S. w.
Holiday, Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Holiday,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Huntington, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. Kruttschnitt, Mrs. Huntington,
DR.. Chismore and Mr. and Mrs. Frazier
After dinner fifty guests attended the
reception and there was a musical pro-
gramme of unusual excellence.
Mollenhauer played in his delightful
wav, Mrs. Edgerton recited and Miss Della
Mills gave several vocal solos. Hamilton
Howe was accompanlSt.
Among the guests at the reception were ::
Mr. and Mrs. Homer King Mrs. Edgerton, Mr..
and Mrs. W. II. Mills, Miss Mills, Judge and
Mrs. Evans, Mr. and Mrs Goewey, Miss Ger
Curry. Major and Mrs. Darling, Mrs. Eleanor
Martin, Mr.. smith, Judge and Mrs. McKenna,
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. H. de Young, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wildman. Miss Aldrich Mr.. and Mrs w. F.
Herrin Miss Herrin, Mr.. Aldrich and MANY
Others.
A prominent and interesting engagement
announced is that OF Miss Alice Gerstle, daugh-
ter OF Lewis Gerstle OF the Alaska Commercial
Company. and J. B. Levison marine secretary
of the Firemsn's Fund Insurance Company.
The prospective bride is talented and accom-
plished, and like her fance, is very popular
amid her large circle of friends. The date for
the wedding has not yet been arranged,
although IL is expected that it will be cele-
bTated before he summer season.
Ii the afternoon teas. which from to-day on
are 10 be feature of the Woman's Exchange,
prove as successful financially as the inaugural
one OF Thursday afternoon then the move was
q wise one, and the treasury of this deserving
institution viii soon be filled to overfowing.
The disagreeable weather mad no visible
effect on the large number OF fashionable
ladies who attended, and the tower-decorated
tables were occupied continually during the
hours OF : TO O'Clock. a mum Der of gentle
men looked in during the afternoon and dis
tinguished themselves by the vast quantities
OF tea, coffee and chocolate they consumed at
10 cents per cup.
Miss McKinstry presided at the tea table, and
was ably assisted by Miss Ella Morgan, Miss
May Hoffman, Miss Jennie Blair, Miss Laura
Bates, Miss Belle McKenna and Miss Cora
smedberg- Mrs. schmiedel, Mrs. Morgan,
Mrs. Alfred SPOTS, Mrs. Lilienthal and Mrs.
Louis Sloss acted as reception committee.
On Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Kirkpatrick en-.
tertained a number OF ladies at luncheon al
her apartments at the Palace. Covers were
laid for nine. Seated a the table were: Miss
Newlands, Miss Lena Maynard, Mrs. T. c. Van
Ness, Mrs. Hall McAllister, Mrs. Lille Colt
Mrs. James NJ. Allen, Mrs. Langhorne, Mrs.
Eastcourt Sawyer and Mrs. Kirkpatrick
On Saturday evening last Mr.. and Mrs P
McG. Mclean entertained small party oil
guests were the Misses Williams, Miss Edith
Mclean, Walter Hobart, Harry Stetson and
Robert Eyre.
On Monday evening at their charming home
1880 Page street, Mr. and Mrs. ]. H. Scott cele.
brated in a novel and original fashion the
tenth anniversary OF their wedding. Ten
years ago Monday evening last, Miss Curtaz
and j. Fl. Scott made runaway match, and
their tin wedding was the only wedding ceIe-
bration the happy couple ever had.
The decorations OF the house as well as all
the accessories OF the tables were suggestive of
the occasion. Scrolls OF tin twined the chan
delier, decorated the mentels and outlined
door and window easements. The sumptuous
supper was parteken OF from lin plates, toasts
being pledged with tin mugs Games music
and dancing were the features OF the evening
as was also a mock marriage ceremony al
which Z. NJ. Marsh otiicaled. O. CurtaZ
added TO the evenings entertainment with 6
slcight-of-hand performance, Sheriff Whelan
reclted and there was q serenade by Blfnch-
ards band
Among those who assisted at the charming
entertainment were Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Stallman, Mr.. and Mrs. Jason w. Nash, Mr.
Wallace A. njamin, Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Henk
Mr.. and Mrs. George K. Armstrong, William
+. Dixey, Oscar H. Curtaz, Walter \. Brunt,
Walter J. Stone.
The wedding of Miss Carrie Schweitzer and
Mr.. Hirsch will be solemnzed on the 21st inst.
at the Concordia Club, on Van Ness avenue.
Miss Minnie Houghton will spend the sum.
mer N the East with her sister, Mrs. Buckley
of Hartford, Conn.
Mrs. Hager is preparing to entertain her
niece, Miss Florence Lucas OF st. Louis. Miss
Lucas IS expected daily and will arrive in time
TO be present at the theatricals.
Miss Jennie Sherwood, who has been visiting
here from her home in Spokane, left for home
on "Wednesday morning. During her stay here
Miss Sherwood was the guest of Mrs. Colonel
J. d. Fry. On Tuesday evening Mrs. r. D. Fry
gave delightful informal reception in the
young lady's honor, at which her MANY
friends ayalled themselves of the opportunity
10 bid her au reYoir.
Miss Mary Harrison is visiting friends al
Portland, Or.
Mr.. and Mrs. George H. Howard have secured
the residence al $500 Pacific avenue
Mrs. n Dillon and the Misses Kate and Marie
Dillon are once again occupying their Pacific.
avenue home.
The second OF the series of the popular Hoff:
meyer matinee musicales will be held to-mor.
row al the studio, 20 OFarrell street. In these
musicales Professor Hoffmeyer charmingly
blends the instructive with the amusing and
devotes a portion of each morning TO a con-
tinuous sketch on the "Origin of Melody and
the Rise and Development of Musical Forms y
An unusually fine programme has been ar.
ranged for tomorrow TO illustrate the lecture
and comprises gems from Schubert, Chopin