The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-02-21

Hank want to be popular2 Do you want
LSXIe to be in the glddy, whirling swim,
where the people laugh and smile and
giggle and chat, and never say much after
all? Do you want to wander through mar
BILE halls and gaze on paintings and tapes
tries and rcre antiques until your soul ex-
pands with Joy and wonder and then
sbrivels up with its own insignfiicance
Well, here's the recipe:
Commit to memory few dozen jokes
good, bad or Indifferent, new or shop
worn-only have jokesl Learn three or
four neat little verses and aim to cultivate
style of your own when reciting them.
Be au fait in everyt hing. Never try to be
candid and sincere; few people succeed in
that art and retain their friends and ad-
mirers. Cultivate polite sarcasm, and
above all be important in manner and
look. Remember that you must be ex-
elusive and polite, very difficult com BIZ
nation.
Be particular in choosing your tailor,
bootmaker, haberdasher and barber and
never, never forget that soap is a very
good thing when used freely with warm
water. Have beaming smile for all who
are higher up than you in the social scale,
and don't accept every invitation to all
sorts Of affairs. Observe these rules and
you cannot fail in being popular and
sought after wherever your fortune takes
you.
NJ. Bauer and family of San Francisco
arrived Thursday from an interesting trip
in Europe. They will be guests at the
Holland during their short stay in New
York.
Miss Eugene Ferrar of San Francisco is
a great favorite among the California con-
tingent in Gotham. Her gifts as a musi-
clan are as well known here as at home
and during the past few months she has
been very busy teaching pianoforte to a
large number of pupils. She has an
apartment at the Gerard on Forty fifth
street.
II. van Bergen and Mrs. H. van Bergen
are registered at the Holland.
Young and athletic is one of the guests
at the Holland. He is one of San Fran
cisco's fine specimens of Western blood
and spirit. He is Emile A. Bruguire and
student at Harvard. On Friday he ran
down to New York just to pass the time
and see few friends He will return to
Boston next week.
Miss Annie Apperson and Miss Kincsid
are guests at the Netherlands.
The spring days will soon be here and
though things look very dreary in the
great park it will be few weeks only be-
fore BIRDS will be nesting and singing
and beautiful dainty spring flowers will be
peeping out upon the mighty throngs
which rus and push and toll upon this
little brown planet.
Ach, meini but it's cold white winter
now, and the icicles hang from the roofs
and balconies and look like crusaders
spears in the sunlight. Spring is near.
w. P. Scott of San Francisco is in town,
having arrived on Saturday afternoon.
Edgar Rckard arrived on Wednesday
and registered at the Gilsey.
The Metro polltan Hotel, once known as
the "Coleman House," looks like white
faced beggar summing, lately. Since mr..
Flies failure and the visitation of the
Sheriffs, who helped the movers to trans
port the hotel's belongings to other and
more safe quarters. every body wondered
what would happen to the old place. A
few days ago big white cloth was hung
over the door. on the Broad way entrance,
and in big fright letters is the announce
ment that in February some time the hotel
will be reopened, refurnished and reftted,
all OF which will be under entirely new
management. 1t is to be hoped the new
venture may provo successful.
w. H. Pearson and his three handsome
sons-Charies, Harry and Fred-made
the Coleman House exceedin ly popular
when they owned it six years ago. Cali
fornians looked upon it as a sort OF Mecca
in the desert of New York.
At the Grand Hotel are a number OF
Californians. Among them is Arthur L.
Bell, resident of San Francisco, who ar.
rived on Thursday.
E. S. Irvine is also a sojourner in OH
midst.
The great cycle show during the past
week has excited great enthusiasm among
the wheelmen all over the State. The
L. A. WIS grand reunion at Albany was
at splendid time, because hundreds OF
delegates from all over the United States
came down to New York 10 view the won
derful display of wheels at Grand Central
Palace.
Among the Californians wi o took adyan.
tage of the opportunity were Judge Frank
a. Kerrigan and r. NJ. WEIGH, mem bers OF
the L. A. W., both delegates from Califor-
mia. They came down to New York i'm.