The San Francisco call., 1897-09-05
SOCIETY IS At
LAST RELIEVED
A New Swell Dancing Club
Issues It's Exclusive
Invitations.
May Be Tabooed by Many
Whose Aid Has Not
Been Asked.
The Secret Committee Will Do All
It's Work Through a Private
P. o. Box.

OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALI
90S Broad way. Sept. 4.
The invitations to the new dancn club,
for which society has been looking for
many weeks, were issued to-day. The
new organization is to be known as the
Saturday Evening Dancing Club, and it is
evident that its purpose is to take the
pace of and to prevent The revival of both
ths Fortuightiy and the Denx Temps.
The Invitation list has been carefully
drawn and has been comp led by a secret
committee Of three. Those who have laid
the foundation of the club are now exist
ing in fear and trem bling till they receive
the accertances. Upon the acceptances
depend the future of the club and they
will at once show whether the new am bi-
ton is 10 be the success that its organizers
anticipate or whe her it is to he the club
of an exclusive set with a rival organized
by social leaders who may consider them
selves ignored.
The invitations state that there will be
eight dances during he season. the first
on October Q and the last on April p.
The following little paragraph is what is
causing the trepdation of the Saturday
Evenings founders:
at is imperative that definite answer
be given and forwarded to the committee
not later than Septem Der Is. Should no
answer be received from you by that time,
il will be conside cred an irtimation that
you 10 not wish to become member and
your place will be filled"
As the committee is anonymous, and as
the club is entirely new it is not easv TO
see how your place" will be filled if
favorable answer be not received, because
it would plainly show that the invited one
never wished place in the Saturday.
There is very buslness-like flavor about
the reference to the subscription. 1t
clearly informs social lights that 1t must
De paid in advance.
The ladies who have kindly consented
to act as patti ionesses" are: Mrs. Henry c.
TAFT, Mrs. r. w. Gorrill. Mrs. ]. z. Nc
Eirath. Mrs. E. B. Beck. Mrs. II. X.
Belden. Mrs. William H. Chickerins,
Mrs. G. w. Baker, Mrs. A. w. Hayens
Mrs. W. E. Sharon.
"The nmiitee' has signed the circu-
lar, and it distinctly states that all COM
munication with it pust be carried on
| through the postoffice box rented by it.
As usual, there is much curiosity shown
regarding the Identity of the committee,
and it is not unlikely that they may be ul-
timately discovered. On former occasion
when rivalry ran high an espionage was
kept on the postoffice box, and the secret
agency that relegates to itself the power
10 send out or TO withhold Invitations was
verv scathingly criticized.
The new club enters verv largely into
| the place of the Fortnightly, but fills no
| rortion of the place occupied by the Deux
| Temps, which was organized bv Mrs. /. L.
| Redua 1t is noticea BILE that Mrs. Requa
| name is not en- the list of patronesses and
| Mrs. Mark Reeua explained this by say
| ing that her mother-in-law, having NO
| daughter 10 go out this year, did not in,
| tend 10 take any part in arranging for the
seasons dancing.
| AS all the dances are to be held there is
| likely 10 be a revival of the trouble that sc
seriously disturbed the Deux Temps two
years ago. The young people danced till
| so near the dawn of the Sabbath that
some of the natives made complaint tha,
the young ladies were too tired to so to
church next morning, as they did not ar
rive home till after midnight This DOS
sible difficulty seerls to have suggested
! itself to the organizers of the Saturday,
! for they nave caused it to be known tina,
| they have onfined their invitation list
to the older mem bers of the neux Temp.
| and the younger members of the Fort.
nightly. This thoughtful provision is nc
doubt to off ,et the possibility that young
| society is dancing when it should be in re-
pose.
Between now and Septem Der Is society
old and young, will do much Illuminating
concerning the coming season, and if thai
| postoffice box is cleared without small
scandal ''the committee" will be lucky
Every effort has been made to keep the
new club a great secret ii the list of &C
! ceptances is received, but the lines have
teen drawn so risidly that the rum bling:
| of discomfort are already heard,