The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-31
PRINCE CARNIVAL IS BALL,
Hopkins Institute Is Being Pre-.
pared for the Grand
Mardi Gras.
Society Is Arranging for One of the
Best Affairs Ever Given by
the Association.

The Mardi Gras ball to be given at the
Hopkins Art Institute on February Is
promises to be one of the finest affairs
eTer arranged in San Francisco.
Tickets admitting gentleman or gentle
man and lady will sell for $40, and single
lady's ticket for So. Supper privileges are
included.
The preparations are already beginning
and promise to bring forth some unique
results.
The driveway on the Mason-street en-
trance is to be brilliantly lighted with cleo
trio lights strung all around the evergreen
hedges and run clear around the mansion
to the Stanford side. Guests are expected
to enter from Mason street, where the
ladies and gentlemen will separate at the
doorway and pass on either side of the
main staircase to their separate dressing
rooms. after which they will meet in the
different rooms set aside for dancers. Sub
committees will be on guard at the doors
to prevent the admission of any obiectiona-
bic characters.
The musicians will occupy elevated plat
forms suspended from the ceilings. Thirty
pieces, divided into two different orches-
tras, will furnish the music.
Names may be submitted to the execu-
tive committee for invitations and only
names that are approved will receive
tickets, which must be presented by per-
sons whose names are written upon them.
The rule as to masking is the same as
that which has obtained in other seasons /:
Ladies must wear masks, without which
they will not have the privilege of the
floor, and masking is optional with gen.
tlemen; but 1T is particularly requested
that both ladies and gentlemen wear cos
tune and thus contribute to the artistic
character of the entertainment.
Officers of the army, navy and National
Guard are requested 20 wear their uni
promptly at 8 P. NJ, led by Prince Carnival
and his suite.
The various committees will consist OF
the following named members of the as
ISOLATION:
Executive committee-James D. Phelan
Edward Bosqui, Joseph B. Crockett, Horace G.
Plat, Louis Sloss Jr., William Keith, Fred
erick w. Zeile, Henry Heyman, Henry J
Croker, Arthur Rodgers.
Committee on music-Henry Heyman, L. P
Latimer, Mrs. Alice B. Chittenden.
Committee on decoration-John A. Stanton
Douglas Tilden.
Committee on refreshments-J. B. Crockett
Henry ]. Croker, James G. Phelan.
Reception committee-Major ]. L. Rathbone
William Keith, Captain Henry l.. HoWison, II
s: N, Frederick w. Zeile, Frank ]. Symmes, w
Mayo, Newhall, Walter S. Hobart, George T.
Bromley, Louis Sloss Jr., Frederick X. Webster
Joseph B. Crockett, General J. w. Forsyth u
S. A., RussellJ. Wilson, Henry ]. Croker, John
NJ. Cunningham, A. Gerberding, Horace G.
Plat, Colonel C. f. Croker. Jerome A. Hart
Emile M. Fissis
Floor eommittee-Edward NJ. Greenway. w.
r. Heath, Lieutenant w. r. Smedberg Jr
WalterL Dean, George B. belong, L. B. Miner
That society will be there in full there
is no doubt, as the following list of patrons
and patronesses will show:
Mr. and Mrs. William Keith, Mrs. Caroline
L. Ashe, Mr.. and Mrs. C. G. Hooker Mr., and
Samuel W. Baekus, Mr.. and Mrs. George II
Howard. Edward NJ Greenway, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Whittell, Captain and Mrs. Samuel
Blair, Mrs. John S. Hager, Mr.. and Mrs. David
Bixler, Captain H. L. Howison, U. S. N; Mr..
and Mrs. A. P. Redding, Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
W. Zeile, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry J. Croker