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Mrs. Hotop Celebrates Her Sixtieth
Birthday.

pleasant surprise party was given to Mrs
Julia Hotop in honor of her sixtieth birthday
by her daughters, Mrs. Carl Wefland and Mrs,
6. w. Gardner, at the residence OF Mrs Carl
Welland, 2l22 Jones street, December 81.
Games, dancing and singing constituted the
programme for the evening. AT midnight
supper was served in the dinine-room, which
was elegantly decorated tor the occasion.
Among those present were: Mrs. Julia Hotop,
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Weiand, Mr.. and Mrs. q. II.
Gardner, Mr.. and Mrs. F. {. Kendall. Mrs. S:
Louderback, Mr. and Mrs. Mickeisen, Mr.. and
NJ S. Z. Loude back, Mr.. and Mrs. Meisner.
The many young friends OF Master Harold
Katschinski rendered him a surprise party
Sunday, December 27, at his arents resi-
dence, 6OS Oak street. Games. music and
dancing were among the features OF the even
ing.
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City and Miss Flora NJ. Martin, daughter of
the late Captain and Mrs. Martin of Alviso.
The wedding, which was quiet affair. only
members of the immediate families ana few
very intimate friends being present, was fol-
lowed by a splendid repast after which the
happy couple departed for their future home
in this City, 100112 Guerrero street. Mr.. and
Mrs Dunno were the recipients of a great
number of costly and magnificent presents,
Auong those present at the ceremony were:
Mrs John Martin, Mr.. and Mrs. Neal Pitman,
Mr.. and Mrs Charles V. Kavanagh. Mr.. and
Mrs T. P. Martin, Mr.. and Mrs. w. d. Joiner;
Misses Maggie aud Esta Martin, Miss Daphne
Pitman, Miss Zita Kavanagh, Miss Lorraine
Martin and Messrs. Peter, John, James and
Theodore Martin ana James Spingler
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Reunion at Berkeley.

A pleasant reunion took place on New Years
day at the beautiful home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Earle, on Hilgard avenue and Bonte
street, Berkeley. Some eighteen or twenty
relatives and friends partook of the bounteous
ess Dinner being over the party INDUCED in
various games and music under the direction
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Fred King. Atrio of we'll
known musicians, Messrs. Parker, O'Brien and
White, of this City entertained the gathering
until a late hour, when the guests departed,
wishing Mr.. and Mrs. Earle many happy
returns of the day
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Whistles.

The Weekly Whist Club should join the Pa
cific Coast Whist Association and enter
team for the Rideout and other trophies that
are offered. If the secretary of this whist club
will send our Whist Editor list of its officers
and members we will see that you get some
interesting whist literature occasionally.
We have in our care copy of Miss Kate
Wheelock's new book. She sent it to us for the
Wheelock Club of Oakland. Will the club
kindly send us its address SO we can forward
same?
The fifth edition of Milton G. Works 'Whist
of To-day" just came to hand. We will look
it over and report next Sunday.
There is good-sized rumor afloat that the
Concordia Club is soon to have whist annex
We hope it is true, and the first thing they
want to do is to apply for membership in the
Pacific Coast Whist Association and capture
some of the trophies, prizes, etc., that will be
offered for play.
The problem we give below is from the
Albany IN. W Evening Journal:
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the children from DR.. R. H. Mcdonald, who
had sent them from London to the home.
There was one for every child. The coasters. :.
and larger articles were distributed last, and
the fortunate owners promptly escorted their
prizes outside, where they fell to work testing
their capacities 10 the utmost.
the home is the most homelike OF the many
institutions bearing the name shome," and
the matron, Mrs. Blnme, seems to take per-
sonel interest in every child of the two hun
dred and odd now IN the institution. The
other officers follow her example, and the
children have none of the appearance OF being
machines, SO common in institutions oil the
kind, and the Good Templars of the State have
good reason to be proud of their enterprise
and its management.
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some displays OF deep-sea fish were in evil
dence.
G. p Castle of Honolulu was guest at Coro-
nado over Christmas
DR.. and Mrs. Brouse of Vancouver, B. c.,
were recent visitors at Coronado.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. K. Bull Jr. of New York City
arc staying at Coronado.
Mr.. and Mrs D. NJ. Collins of Pittsfeld, Mass
are at the Hotel Coronado.
Mrs c. B. Stone of San Francisco, w. C.
Stone, Emily Stone, Arthur and Charles Stone,
Miss ]. +. HOBBS and Mrs. A. Wiley and Hazel
Wiley Of Arcata are sojourning at Coronado.
Hon. Estanisao Valasco, member OF the Mexi-
can Congress and director of the Mexican Cen
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SAILED AWAY.
A Large Number of Tourists to
VISIT Hono1ulu.

Among those sa ling on Tuesday, Decembe
%, on the steamship Australia for Honolulu
were: A. H. Bachelder Mrs. A. G. Baker and
two children, John Bishop, John T.. Blake,
Mrs. r. B. Brenha m and child, L. Brooke, God
FREY Browu, ]. c. Cham berlin, d. F. Chapman:
H. 8. Cross, Frank Dayey, l.. A. Deianux ard
wife, Miss Marion z. Dowsett Mrs: K. w. Ed
gar. Mrs. H. Focke, H. F. Glade. G. B. Greig, e.
Hale and wife. II. P. Hugus, NJ. D., ard wife,
H. D. Miller C. A. Peacock. w. c. Peacock and
wife, II. .Pohlmann. Miss Ida Poston, Miss
NJ B. Scott A. Somers ana wife, Gt orge Stur-
geon. E. P. Sullivan, Mrs. Wray Taylor and
child, O. NJ. Thunier and wife, Frank Vida,
g. J. Waller f. o. White, wife and child. g. o.
White Jr., George B. Whitney, w. d. Wilder
and Wilder Wight
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SILVER WEDDING.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peters Surprised on
Their 25th Wedding Day.

The silver wedding anniversary of Mr.. and
Mrs. Silas Peters was celebrated Saturday even
ing, December &c, at their residence, 28lO
Howard street, by surprise party given in
their honor by their daughter. Miss Lilly L.
Peters. The couple received many congratu-
lations and the evening passed off pleasantly
in music, games, etc.
Those present were: Mr.. and Mrs. Silas Pc
ters. Mr.. and Mrs. Forsyth, Mrs. F. K. Baker,
Mrs. Mohl, Mrs. Collins, Mr.. Burner, Carl
Mohl, Henry Walters, George Collins. Elmer
Peters, William Lee, Miss Lilly Peters, Miss
Annie Berg, Miss Nellie Walters, Miss Mabel
Peters, Miss Cora Wanz, Miss Florence Peters,
Miss Bella Forsyth, Miss Olive Peters and Miss
Ida Collins
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AT CORONADO.
Interesting Items From the Popular
Southern Resort.

Among the prominent San Francisco guests
now at the Hotel Coronado is Mrs. A. R.
Baldwin, accompanied by Alex R. Baldwin
and Miss F. A. Baldwin.
Mrs. L. L. Lewis of Boothbay, Me-, is at Coro-
nado to remain through January.
Mrs. T. C. Amory, Miss NJ. L. Amory and T.
D. Amory, OF Boston. are wintering on the
beach.
DR.. Herbert Gum and Miss Gun n of San
Francisco were among the Hotel Coronado's
Christmas guests.
A number OF fishing parties were out from
the hotel during Christmas week and hand
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THE KINGS DAU GHTERS
Inmates of the Home Make Merry
During the Holidays.

The inmates of the Kings Daughters Home
made merry. during the holidays. spec,al
CHRISTMAS service was given Christmas eve Dy
the Tobey family. After the services, wnlcn
were mainly musical icecream and CAKE were
served and boxes of candy distributed from
the hrge tree that lowered in the hallway.
ON Christmas day steady stream OF vlsltors
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Oakland Whist Club.

The tournament committee have received
assurances from fully half the members of
their intention to take part in the annual
tournament of the Pacific Coast Whist Associa-
ton, and some of those elegant prizes offered
by the various clubs are likely to find their
way across the bay after the battle is over.
The Rideout teams have not yet been chosen.
The lady mem bers of the club intend giving
the gentleman another opportunity to distin-
guisn themselves, a series of games-ladies vs.
gentlemen-having been arranged for the first
and second weeks of January.
Hereafter the ladies will play at the club
rooms on Thursday afternoon, and now hope
and expect visitors from the City over very
frequently. Itwould be pleasure to the Oak
land members If teams of four or eight ladies
from the San Francisco and Trst clubs would
arrange to play in Oakland alternate Thurs
day afternoons.
In order to begin the new year Alright the
Oakland Club gave an old-fasnioned blow
out I'm whist sense) last evening. There
were prizes aud refreshments in profusion.
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Mrs. T. H. Andrews of Philadelphia, Mrs.
Joseph r. Hawley of Washington, D. c.; Mrs.
Waldo Adams of Boston, Mrs. Clarence Brown
of Toledo, O., and Miss Susan D. Biddle OF
Detroit.
There is possibility OF the call being made
to convene at Put-in-Bay.
We have been and are now strong advocate
OF women in whist, but
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came bringing gifts and greetings to those
within the home. Last but not least, de-
lightfu musical entertainment was given
Saturday afternoon under the direction of Miss
Josephine Leszynsky.
The programme included recitations, fancy
dances, songs. duets and piano, violin and
mandolin solos. and was rendered entirely by
her talented little cousins, Julia, Viola. Josie,
Hazel. Stella and Marc LesZynsky, Bella Lev
ingston and Ray Spiro.
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Spades trumps South TO lead.
North and South take nine tricks, East an d
West doing their best to prevent. All cards
are exposed and every play should be made
with view of taking full advantage of their
observed location. Correct solution will be
published.
Three Cheers for Fisher Ames.
The American Whist League Trophy goes to
the American Whist Club of Boston, of which
Fisher Ames, the great whist authority, is
president. This club is now the happy pos
SCISSOR of four trophies, all that could be
played for by the club since the last A. w. l..
congress. The great Hamilton team of Phila-
delphia fought hard fight and lost. The
same day the team won from Hamilton, an
other team from the club won the New Eng.
land Whist Associations vice-president's
trophy. They also previously won the presi-
dents trophy, and successfully defended the
Brooklyn trophy in match against the New
Jersey Whist Association, and they have good
reason to be proud OF their grand success.
MidWinter Meeting of the Aneri-
can Whist League.
This meeting will take place in Nashville.
Tenn, January % and continue three DAYS.
The whist event of the meeting will be play
ing for the American Whist League challenge
trophy.
At that time, under the rules, the cup will
be played for between the holders, or, in case
they waive their privilege, by some other club
representing the East, as against the ST. Paul
club, the former holders, which, under the
rule, will represent the West If the cup re-
mains IN the East. play will probably continue
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CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES.
Inmates of the Good Temp1ars'
Home at Vallejo Celebrate.

The inmates of the Good Templars' Home
for Orphans at Vallejo had their Christmas
tree on December 30 and very jolly time
they had, too. thanks to the kind thoughtful
ness of the Good Templars OF the State. A
Christmas tree for over two hundred children
is quite an undertaking.
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rooros we're handsomely decorated for the oc-
20 sion and the genuine hospitality for which
the Peabodys are noted reigned supreme.
Dancing continued until ssrHes lsts hGar pnrng whep 3bs
aUoning the Company were entertained with
pieno Solos by Miss Rosalie, and duets on the
pisno pi and mandolin by Mrs. Peabody and her
daughter.
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The Great Whist tournament.

Friday and Saturday next the great whist
tournament the Pacific Coast Whist Associa
tion has been making such great preparations
for viii take place in the rooms of the two
whist clubs-the San Francisco, at 326 Post
street. and the Trist Duplicate, in the Berk-
shire. First on the programme will occur at
IL A. NJ. in the San Francisco Club rooms. The
annual meeting OF the association will take
place. The business that win come before this
meeting is OF great Importance to all members
OF the association-proposed changes in the
constitution and bylaws. Some OF the men,
bers of the association think the annual meet
ing should take place ill the summer mon tbs
instead of in the winter The next business of
importance will be the election OF officers.
All the officers retire except eight directors
1t is the desire of President Termey of the
association that every club having member
ship in the association send as many dele
gates to this meeting as possible-from one to
one hundred. The hour is IL A. NJ.
The whist-playing commences at O'Clock,
or as soon after as possible, at both clubrooms.
All the clubs entering for the Rideout trophy
will remember this match takes place in The
rooms of the Trist Club in the Berkshire, and
this contest con ntinues two afternoons and
evenings. All other matches take place in the
rooms of the San Francisco Whist Club, 326
Post street. If there are any whist-players
that have not received a pamphlet giving
full list OF matches, etc., please SEND their
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Senator HaII,s Cnntas4

The Senatorial contest in the Twenty-third
District, where Sidney Halls seat is contested
by John G.. Terrill, NJ. J. Welch and D. ]. Nc
Carthy, will be on trial in Judge Daingerfields
court next Tuesday morning.
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IN THE FUTURE.
Fashionable Organizations Prepare
for the New Year.

The third party of the Assembly Cotillon
Club, to be given on Wednesday, January 6, at
Lunt's Hall, promises 10 be one OF the events
OF the season. Some original and novel fig
ures will be introduced by Wilfred G. Yanke.
Independence Social Club will give a social
dance at Mozart Hall, 1858 Market street, on
Friday evening January g.
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IT. ~ AHllil!IE .Al'il!; ]. .E!zE:;;j z;:;I. . J

as at present, one match each week. II it goes
West, matches will probably not occur oftener
than once a fortnight.
Mr.. P. J. Torney, director of the American
Whist League for the Pacific Coast, will be in
attendance at this meeting. He will leave Tor
the East directly after the third annual meet
ing of the Pacific Coast Whist Association,
which takes place next Friday and Saturday,
January and 9, in the rooms of the San Fran
cisco Whist Club.
Center1ille to Be Congratulated.
There is fair prospect OF whist club being
forraed in the beautiful little city of Center
Vile, Alameda County. We know of one en-
thusiast in Centerville that is whole whist
club in himself-C. w. Riser. We know Charlie
is called "whist crank" because he knows
the necessity OF studying the game to become
proficient in 1t. The nucleus OF the new club
is II. w. Emerson, +. M. Smith. R. E. Smith, M.
Norris. ]. Norris, B. Emerson. c. Emerson,
DR.. Emerson, f. T. Hawes. f. Dusterberry, F.
Eggers and the champion fisherman of the
State-C. w. Riser.
Milton 6. Works Words of Praise.
Mr.. Work is known all over this country as
the first whist author who had the courage of
his convictions to come out and say5 in print
what other writers dare not. His work,
s'Whist of To-day" has had wonderful circu-
lation. He is also Whist Editor of the Even
ing Telegraph of Philadelphia, the only paper
published in the world that has daily whist
column. In speaking of our whist queens
new book he says: "A most valuable addition
to the literature of whist is whist Rules, by
Miss Kate Wheelock, the whist Queen Miss
Wheelock easily ranks as the most successful
of the many able whist teachers of the day,
and the experience she has gained in impair L
ing the theories and rules of the game to her
many pupils has evidently proved of great
value to her in her present work, as Whist
Rules is q model of .clearness, conciseness and
accuracy.
at i1nparts Information in manner that is
attractive, and also most apt to make a lasting
impression upon the readers mind. We pre-
dict that many who are unable to become
mem bers of Miss Wheelock's classes will find
in whist Rules simple, clear and reliable
guide, and that it will prove boon to all who
are trying to learn whist without teacher
"Miss Wheelock's pupils will find it as a text
book most valuable supplement- to her les
sons.''
Women's Whist LEAGUE.
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AT. .GnRoY.
Charming Dance at the Porter
Peabody Place.

Mr. and Mrs. Porter T. Peabody gave charm
ing dancing party at the Haya farm Saturday,
Decem Der 26, in honor ofthe birthday OF their
daughter, Miss Rosalie Hunter Peabody. The
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THEY'RE ENGAGED.
Some Interesting Betrotha1s Are
Made Pub1ic.

The engagement is announced of Miss Sarah
de Camp Bluxome to j. Benjamin Wooster.
Miss BIuxome is the third daughter of the late
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Women's Whist League.

The formation of Women's Whist League
has taken another step forward by the follow
ing committee being appointed to issue call
for meeting of women whist players of Amer
lea. The following are the names Of the COM
mittee:
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Popular Plan for Pair-Playing.

Individual duplicate, sometimes called
single-table duplicate, which involves the
overplay OF the hands by the same players,
Is seldom or ever played among expert whist
players and straight whist has long ago been
reiegated to back seat, as far as match games
as test OF skill are concerned, as it amounts to
about as much as throwing dice, although the
game is some etimes put into q tournament as
sort OF a consolation" dish. The Trist Dupli-
cate Whist Club have plan ready to be intro
duced after the holidays of "club pairs" Bv
this scheme each pair plays against every other
pair, not as in the system now in use, where half
OF all the players play against the other half;
ano then the score reekoned on the average
system, 1t is entirely different Each pair
plays one side or the other of every hand, and
are compared for results with those pairs who
hold and play the same cards. To accomplish
this it only requires without duplication of
deals) the least number Of deals possible, viz.
one less than the number Of pairs contesting-
for example, it only requires deals for 16
players, and so along up; or if there were 64
contestants but 81 deals. In other words.
% pairs can play q match against 25 pairs
with 40 deals, OF which each pair would play
one side or the other of ali. This viii be
great improvement on the present unsatisfac-
tory merry-go-round fashion. 1t is style of
game that is entirely new.
When the evenings contest is over each
player not only has his total made out tor
himself, and at once, but he knows Just whom
he has beaten and just who have beaten him.
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address to P. ]. Tormey, 220 Sutter street,
chairman tournament committee.
lrist Duplicate Whist Club Match.
straight whist contest ~ took place last
Monday evening in the rooms OF the Trist
Duplicate Whist Club for the possession of the
Payot straight whist trophy. This sort of
whist play is no test of skill whatever and
should be abolished. The winners could as
easily be determined by throwing dice as by
playing the cards. If the donor of this ele-
CANT trophy, which, by the way, is far hand
somer than the Rideout trophy, had offered it
for club pairs, restricting the number so that
each pair could play match of certain
number OF deals against each pair of the op-
posing club and have the whole constitute one
contest or match the interest taken would be
lar greater than in even the Rideout trophy
games. AT the annual meeting of the A. W. /.
no contest takes place outside OF the Hamilton
and A. w. L. that excites the interest that is
taken in club pairs. A sort OF three-cornered
match was played for this trophy couple of
weeks ago, when the Trist Club won it. The
clubs competing were: Oakland San Fran
cisco and Trist. Both clubs having challenged
for the trophy, the San Francisco Club played
both matches at one time. If both the Oak
land and Trist had won the trophy would have
been claimed-and rightly, too--by both clubs.
Al WIG last mdtCu Lue Dhu francisco CIuD won
by twelve tricks.
San francisco Whist Club for
January.
The regular tournament play will proceed
every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday even
ing during the mouth of January, 1897, the
nights on which prizes will be played for being
as follows: Monday, January 4, Wednesday,
January l3 and 27, and Saturday, January %.
Two prizes will be played for on each OF
these evenings, the couple making the high
est score above the average (handicaps de-
ducted) winning. An individual prize will be
given TO the person making the highest aggre-
gate above the average for all Monday.
Wednesday and Saturday evening play
Tuesday afternoon, January &C. ladies will
play consolation whist for two prizes, and to
this game they may invite their whist friends.
but prizes will be awarded to members only.
All other Tuesday afternoons the play will be
for lady members only, they choosing their
partners and playing for individual record for
the month. Two prizes will be awarded to
those having the highest score for the month.
Whist talks will be given each Tuesday after
noon from 1 80 to 2 o'clock p NJ, to which all
lady membe are invited.
During January, gentlemen desiring to play
seven-point games of straight whist in the
smoking-room can have their score certified 10
by the players and deposit same in locker la
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beled "straight Whist" Two prizes will be
awarded to the players who have won the high
est number of points and have played at least
thirty games.
Saturday morning at 10 o'clock, January 80,
the ladies' tournament, for possession OF the
Bates trophy. viii be played for in teams OF
four under the Howell system.
Prize Dummy Problem.
Composed by the late F. H. Lewis.
40, 8, =
OK, J, s, q
Ss-A, 8, 3
o., 3,
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SURPRISE PARTIES.

by his daughter, Miss Flora c. f.
Hill, and Mrs. Willetta S. Hill.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-07-30
The Life Beyond the Grave.

There is little book entitled The Lite
Beyond that presents the truth OF the
resurrection in a wonderful manner"
writes Evangelist Moody in the August
Ladies' Home Journal. ut is an allie
CORY and pretends to give the expert
ence of little dragon fly grub. The
little insect longs to know what is
beyond the sphere of its little world. In
vain it inquiries of the FISH that live in
the same pond, but they have no expert
ence in any other sphere, nor can any OF
it's fellows satisfy its anxious yearnlng.
The only world it knows is a little
meadow pond; all its experience is
limited by the bounds of the surrounding
banks. At length the grub is overcome
bv strange attraction upward, and
gathering about it all its fellows it tells
that it must leave them for the reglous
above. and promises to return to tell them
what it has found to exist in the beyond,
if, indeed, there may be anything above
the bulrushes of their little pond. And
then quietly it disappears from the sight
of its fellows and emerges into the bright
sunlight OF the greater world. Here it is
transformed, and now with GU stretched
wings it darts hither and thither reflect
ing the brightness of the sun from its
gorgeous body. But it does not forget
the promises it has made to the friends it
has left below. 1t tries to return to the
world from winch it has just been resur-
rected. but cannot now leave the atmos'
phere in which it lives. All it can do is
to wait for them to come to where 1t
now lives, beautiful dragon fJ.
"And thus it is with those who have
disappeared from our sight. Their love
for us is not lcssened because they are
not able to commune with us, but they
are waiting in the presence of the Master
for that glorious moment when in theil
resurrected bodies they shall unite once
more with those whom they have lovec
on earth"