The San Francisco call., 1896-03-02
The Verein Making Elaborate
Preparations for a Grand
Ball.
TO SPEND THE SUMMER ABROAD
Large Theater Party This Evening.
Warde to Address the Forum
Club-PersonalS.

at the elegant clubrooms corner of Post
and Leavenworth streets. 1t Is to be
strictly leap-year affair and twelve mar
ried ladies will have the entire manage
ment of the entertainment. Many de-
lightful novelties are promised. The young
ladies are taking an especial interest in the
ball and are preparing a number of inter
esting surprises.
There is to be large theater party at
the Columbia this evening, to be given by
Miss Minna Schwabacher in honor of Miss
Jennie Schwabacher and her fiance, Charles
Rosenbaum.
a number of prominent San Franciscans
have arranged to spend the summer
months in Europe and will sail on April
23d on the Augusta Victoria. Among
those who have already secured passage
are Mrs. l. Hecht, Mrs. Helen Hecht,
Miss Elsie Hecht, Summit Hecht, Mr.. and
Mrs. l. W. Hellman and family, Mr.. and
Mrs Haas and family. Mr.. Simon and Miss
Anna Simon, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Meyer
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bier and
Mr.. and Mrs. Meyer Ehrman and Miss
Amy Ehrman. who go to meet Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Rosenbaum (nee Ehrman),
who have been spending the past two
years abroad.
Frederic Warde will address the ladies
OF the Forum Club this afternoon at 3
o'clock in the Maple hall of the Palace
Hotel. The ladies of the club have issued
a limited number OF invitations for the af-
fair.
A prominent Oakland wedding an
nounced for March IL is that of Miss Lou
Bromwell and Shelby Martin.
The ceremony viii be at the Bromwell place
on Madison street and will be very quiet, only
the family of the high contracting parties be-
ing present. DR.. Richie of st. PauPs Church,
oakland, will officiste.
Mr. and Mrs. NJ H. de Young sailed on
Saturday from Paris for New York en- route to
their home in this City. The De Young chill
Houng's mother, Mrs. Deane.
Mrs. Requa, Miss Amy Requa and Miss Julia
Crocker, who have been passing several
months in the East. are expected here shortly.
The third grand concert OF the Knicker-
hooker Male Quartet, assisted by the Chicago
Lady Quartet, will be held on "Wednesday
evening March 4, al Odd Fellows Hall. D. NJ.
Lawrence, R. P. Evans, D. B. Crane and L. A.
Larsen compose the male quartet, and the
members OF the lady quartet are Pearl Hod-
son, Elizabeth Ludwig, Grace L. Dickie and
Alice Merrill Raymond Netue NJ. Jackson,
the famous impersonator, will also assist.
The programme for the evening is as follows:
tet; reading, But Then: Ben King. Nettie
NJ. Jackson; solo, "Israfel" (Oliver KING r. P.
Evans; Ben Bolt'' (Kneassl Chicago lady
quartet; "Tannhauser March (Wagner-Liszt),
Roscoe Warren Lucy; THE Equinox" (Kreut-
zer), Knickerbocker quartet; Solo, .'Tieti Sig
nor (Meyerbeer). Elizabeth Ludwig; Scotch
songs (arranged by Mrs. Raymond), Chicago
lady quartet; solo. ''My Dreams (Tosti), D. ".
Lawrence; reading, Opinions of Small Boy
Nettie N. Jackson; solo, Songs OF Araby,''
Alice Merrill Raymond; "Good Night pin
suti), Chicago lady quartet.
The home OF Mr.. Clifford and Arthur Sobey was
the scene OF an enjoyable leap year party Fri
day evening. February %: The evening was
very pleasantly spent with games, music and
dancing, after which the guests retired to the
dining-room, where very enjoyable Tepast
served.
Those present were: Miss Christabel Sobey,
Miss Jessie Sobey, Miss Amy Cookson, Miss
Daisy Lee, Miss Penelope Standard, Miss Rose
Standard Miss Gertrude Baldwin, Miss Alice
jenkins, Miss Evelyn Bullen Miss Eva Moote
Miss Carrie Johnson. Miss Daisy Hewitt, Miss
Gertrude Holmes, Miss Arabella Kelly, Miss
Viola Van orden, Miss Jeanie Oliver, Miss
+ ora Walton, Miss Bessie Pennington and Mrs
Sobey; Messrs. q. Sobey, A. Sobey, Ashland.
Bullen, Staud, Lovett, Bryan, Ssnkey, Ed
ward, Smith, Moran, Ford, sanborn, Walton
The friends OF Miss Mary Grant rendered her
a most enjoyable surprise party on Friday
evening, February %, at the residence of MI
and Mrs. Charles Kruck, 63612 Mlnna street.
Roses, smilax and flags tastefully adorned the
parlors.
The music was furnished by the Acme Club,
composed of the following named artists:
Henry and Albert Eberspacher, Eddie Riley,
Walter Riley and John Bolton. Miss Ella
BourKe presided at the piano. The feature of
the evening was fancy dance in costume by
Miss Fanny Raye. The young people amused
themselves with games, music and recitations
until IL O'Clock, when delicious supper
served Those present We're: Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles kruck, Mr.. and Mrs James II. Riley,
Mrs. May Burke, Mrs. Belle Sullivan, Miss Ella
Burke, Miss Flora Clifford Miss Minnie Fan
ming, Miss Ella Hopper, Miss Maggie Daily,
Riley, Miss Maude Riley, Miss Marie Sullivan,
Miss Fanny Raye, Miss Emma Eberspacher,
A. J. Rosen thai, John Bolton, Harry Wilson,
aTrh oil oil
Artie Riley, Albert and Henry Eberspacher,
Henry Clasbers, Johnnie Magee, George and
Frank Lasalle, Aaron Cohen, Mat Sullivan and
Two Raymond & Whitcomb parties and the
first Golden Gate special for 1896, sent out by
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, have
helped to swell the throng during the week at
Hotel del Coronado Everything on wheels
has been pressed into service, and the avenues
at this popular resort have been gay with peo-
pie. The weather has been glorious-so say
pilgrims from frozen lands. From ships to
shore there has been a constant whirl of social
diversions, and the giddy round OF the week
closed Saturday night with water carnival
John Dolbeer, daughter and party, of San
Francisco, and Mr.. and Mrs. William Carson of
Eureka are enjoying seaside life at Coronado.
Captain Harry Knox, John Irwin Jr c. l..
Hussey and Yates Stirling Jr., all OF the United
States steamer Thetis, are pleasantly quartered
at the hotel for another sojourn. Mrs. Knox
and son are also spending the winter at the
southern resort.
s. w. Fordyce president of the st. Louis and
Southwestern Railway, brought party of nine
by special car to experience some OF the Febru-
cry delights in the land of sunshine.
The engagement is announced of Miss Grace
Z. Moore to Frank ]. Viebrock, both of Stock
ton. The wedding will take place in the early
part OF March.
DR.. and Mrs. ]. H. Joliffe of New York, who
have been passing seven weeks of their second
Southern California winter at this resort, are
about 10 sail on three years cruise around
the world.
j. W. Mcbride. a wealthy New York tea i'm
porter, is at Coronado with his family ell
route to China and Alaska.
The family of Lieutenant E. F. Lieper of the
Monterey occupy pretty cottage on Adella
avenue, between bay and sea.
Mrs Oscar Luning of Oakland was surprised
one evening last week by q beautiful birthday
anniversary dinner, given in the Hotel del
Coronado banquet-room. The room was elab-
orately decorated and covers were laid for
twenty. The pretty com pliment was rendered
by her husband. Mr.. ard Mrs Luning have
been guests OF the hotel Tor many months.
Miss Birdie Levy of San Pedro CAL is visit
Ing ner aunt Mrs. Harris, of 1413 Jackson
street
Miss Minnie Sisenvine is visiting her friends
the Misses Charmak, of Woodland
Mrs. l. Czerninsky, Mrs. L. Speyer and Miss
Eona Speyer OF San Diego are at the Baldwin
Hotel. AT home Saturdays.
Ihe Independent Rifles have sent out invita-
tons Tor their nineteenth anniversary ball on
Saturday evening, March z, at Saratoga Hall.
Members OF military companies are requested
to appear in uniform