The record-union., 1897-06-27

Following in the footsteps of the
Northern California Philatelic Society,
the younger generation of citizens
seem to be taking up in thorough earn
est the fad of stamp collecting. Time
was when to fill yards and yards of
string with hundreds and hundreds of
buttons of every size, description and
variety, was considered the accom-
plishment par excellence of the school
girls ambition, each button on the
string being commemorative of some
event or the souvenir of some friend.
Now our youngsters seem to have
turned to a more profitable and in
structive pastime, and stamp collect
ing seems to rule the day. Every
country on the face of the globe is
called upon to contribute to the fasci-
mating occupation, and stamps of all
sizes, colors and age, including some
that are of really great value, are the
result Young America is not far
behind his elders in this. A club has
lately been established in our city for
the furtherance of the interesting work
among our youngest young people,
WHICH IS turning Oul cASSShiISAS N~AA-
The President of this aspiring young
club is Edwin Pierson, the Vice-Pres-
dient is Archie Watson Secretary and
Treasurer, Miss Ethel Mclaughlin, and
Miss Edwina Crouch is the Exchange
Manager. A meeting was lately held
at the home of the young President,
and there were present, beside the reg
ular members, Frank Canon, Rufus G.
Harmon, f. Book, A. Chandler, and
w. d. Dearlove of the Northern Cal
ifornia Philatelic Society. On behalf
of the other visiting gentlemen of the
N c. p. Society, Frank Canon spoke
at some length in commendation of
the new club, encouraging them in the
work, and giving them many useful
hints and bits of advice in the pursu
ance of the same. The young people
are very much in earnest and deeply
interested in the work, so it will not
be surprising if we hear of them again
before long.
Mrs. H. c.. Smith is making an ex-
tended stay in San Francisco, visiting
last week at the lovely home of Mr..
Perry in Belvidere.
Polly Oliver has been misinformed
as to the date set for the wedding of
Miss Sophie Snow, and begs to cor
rect the statement made in last Sun
days issue. The truth has been as
certained, and the young lady will be
married in the fall.
Mrs. Willard Fitzgerald and daugh-
ter and the formers mother, Mrs. Aims
worth, have gone to Redondo for the
summer.
James Hamilton Howe is engaged
upon the composition of a grand Choir
US which is to be performed and sung
to full orchestral accompaniment at
the fall festival. Homer Henley is
enthusiastic in it's praises and declares
that Mr. Howe should use his talents
in the production from his own pen
of an oratorio. Il know of no one else
who could do it, said Mr. Henley last
week on listening to the piano score
of the chorus in question, but this l
am assured of, Mr.. Howe can and
should. He owes it to himself and to
the musical public So say we all of
us.
On the Dist inst Maud Guthrie, eld-
est daughter of Colonel Guthrie, was
married at the home of her parents to
Thomas H Fraser, engineer with the
Southern Pacific Company. A feature
of the date selected for the wedding lay
in the fact that it was the wedding an
niversary of the brides parents, which
of course made it doubly interesting to
good win, which were many, was one
that was more useful than ornamental.
Still 1t was in some ways pleasantly
suggestive of domestic life, and many
happy hours in the future to be spent
in its company. The token in question
was saw and sawbuck, and it occu-
pied a place of honor among the we'd
ding presents, in consideration of its
high standing among the attributes of
housekeeping necessary to genuine
comfort and domestic felicity.
The hand of death has again been
stretched forth to snatch a prospective
bride almost from the very altar. Miss
Lille Harmson, who resided on H
street, between Twelfth and Thirteenth,
after a somewhat tedious Illness of
some weeks. died on the 21st inst The
young lady was to have been married
sometime in the near future, and her
death has suddenly destroyed many