The San Francisco call., 1896-02-13

The whole lower floor became a charm
ing maze of guests, and from the many en-
gagged in animated conversation the low
dense murmur of mingling voices rose in
an almost continuous vocal buzzing, above
which, soft yet clear and penetrating,
sounded the sweet strains or orchestral
music that came from somewhere beyond
bower of palms at the rear of the main
hall.
In every room choice blossoms, miniature
palms, and tall brakes reaching nearly as
high as the curiously wrou2 ht great clock
in the hallway, freshened and enlivened
an already beautiful background of paint
ings, bric-a-brac. ard exquislt pieces of
Dresden and Doulton ware. with here and
there bronze statuette amid the dark
green OF ferns.
Purple, white and pink hyacinths La
France and Jacquenot roses, great clusters
of peach blossoms, and mantels laden with
California yiolets contributed a delicate
floral perfume suggestive of dreamy bow
ers. And the suggestion of ease and lux
ury was heightened in the main parlor by
lights mellowed through pale pink and
Nile green shades on tall piano lamps that
illuminated the large room lust enough to
and where the reflection OF mammoth
mirror took up and continued picture
that it gradually faded into.
The ladies who had assisted the hostesses
in receiving were given supper party in
the evening, and around small tete-a-tete
with them Claus Spreckels, A. b. Spreck-
els. J. d. Spreckels, ]. H. Mangels, Samuel
NJ. Shortridge, Mr.. Gibson, E. H Sheldon,
Mr.. Wiseman and Mr.. Watson.
Those present at the tea were:
Mr.. and Mrs. Anson P. Hotaling Jr., Mr. and
Mrs. A. 7. Hotaling, Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Hough-
ton, c. N FELTON,, Robert Watt, Dr. Luke Rob
inson, Miss Houghton, Mrs. R. C. Woolworth,
Miss Woolworth, Charles N. FELTON, Jr, Mr. and
Mrs. William G. Lowry, Miss Alice c. Schussler,
Ter, Mr.. and Mrs. John Flournoy, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Oxnard, Frank B. Peterson,
Miss Gertrude Sans Forman, Miss E. Buck,
George Almer Newhall, John r. Loosley, Mrs.
Bigley, Miss Jennie Bigley, William G. Lowry,
Augustus Taylor, Miss Taylor, Mrs. Chauncey
R. Wins.ow, Mrs. w. Mitcheson Dodd, Mrs H.
Watt, William II. Taylor, Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Pope,
William p. Morgan, Ernest L. Hueter, Miss
Emma Lemke, Mrs. H. Zwieg, Miss Elma Cad
walader Graves. Mrs. Z. +. Bishop, Miss Walker,
inson, Miss Oxnard, Miss NJ. d. Oxnard Miss
Morgan, Miss Burling Mr.. and Mrs. Henry s.
Mrs. Howard Colt, Henry. T. Scott, Mrs. Or.
vile c. Pratt, Miss Alice NJ. Sprague, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert T. Sprague, Miss sprague, Miss
Gornelia o,Connor, Mr.. and Mrs Isaias W.
Hellman, Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius O'Con-
nor, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Edwin Dean I.
W. Hellman Jr., George Almer Newhall, the
Rev. John Hemphill, Waiter Leonard Dean,
Mr.. and Mrs. William S. Wood, Miss Wood,
Miss E. Buck, Mrs. John A. Buck, Antoine
Borel, Miss Burling, Mrs. A. Borel, the Misses
Charles E. Miller, Mrs. Sands W. Forman,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ. Baumgarten, Mrs. L. C.
Lane, Miss Preston, DR.. and Mrs. James w.
keeney, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward w. Hopkins, Mrs
Edgar F. Preston, Mrs. F. Tillman, Miss T.
feldmann. Mrs. c. Mangels, Mrs. William
Alvord, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Goodall, Mr..
ana Mrs +. Iillman Jr., Miss Alice Muller
MISS Isabelle Violet Whitney, Mr.. and Mrs. D.
". Earl, Mr.; and Mrs. Robert Watt the Misses
Joseph McKenna, Miss McKenna, Mrs
Edward Martin, Oswald Rothmaler, Mrs
Jewett, Mrs. Edward Martin, w. Frank Whittier
MISS Whittier, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Blair, Miss
blalr, Miss Woods, Miss Hill. Mrs. Edgerton,
MIS-. winfield s. Davis, Z. F. Preston, Mr.. and