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artistic standpoint. The number of men and the quota of engtbles regulate the function from the girls standpoint.
 After the cotillon we went to a delight full supper at Mrs Martins. Romie Wal lace was particularly bright and enter taining. Indeed most of us managed to not wholly bad. I remarked as much to Dick. He said I reminded him of bril- liant lamp-with the light gone out.
 Mrs, Martins suppers always delight. arrange those sort of affairs.
 correct girly-girly place for luncheon now. after a mornings shopping. Mabel and dropped in the. other day, Some of our she enjoyed herself immensely. She is not one of those who having eyes see not, and and having ears hear not. Bless her dear lit tie heart, she looked so puzzled.
 Flo v she said. when we were on the street. do you suppose the girls real ly mean to go summing with them to- night and not take chaperone?'
 "Oh, they'll take a chap alone" num- bled I. and Mabel regained her moral equilibrium. After all, her ears are not
 By way of a sensation there is a rumor to the effect that Murphy pere refuses to say, "Bless you. my children: to Ethel 1t is said, fails to come up to MT. Murphy's money standard At least that is what gossip says.
 However, Ethel has snapped her fingers and her mother is said to be silent part ner to her attitude So on Wednesday al most a hundred guests will shower Mr. and Mrs. Riddle with rice.
 In the meanwhile we are all on the qui vive as to whether MT. Murphy ST. will be in evidence.
 We went to two luncheons this week. and, needless to say, 1 enjoyed them. l love to have my palate ttckled. Dick says would be a credit to the other sex be- | cause I know good thing to eat when l | taste it and I can lie like a gentleman. 1 The first luncheon Mrs. Samuel Knight | gave us. Ollie HOlbroOk looked particu- l larly pretty, and we spent most of the time talking of her forthcoming tea. Jo- l sic Loughborough, the Carolans, the Hop kinses, the Salisburys, Carrie Taylor, Su- sic Blanding and myself were the galaxy l of beauties who sat around the festive 1 board.
 Thursdays luncheon was at the Var 1 sity Club. Mary Belle Gwin was hostess and looked bewitching. Really. Peg. I'm glad I'm simply good-looking. If you are i more than that you get a reputation for being a beauty. Once acquired, you like to live up to that reputation, and it's too l much work. In love, your
 FLORA McFLIMSEY.
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town in the county Palatine were not surprised when a male individual or their number came forth With cnal- lenge to the effect that he would kiss anybody for an hour for $2O Slde anu give his opponent fifty start.
 The challenge was promptly taken m and then set of rules were drawn out which were to govern this curious coupetition Two judges Were ap- nointed. and it was decided that no kiss should count as good one WnlCh was not distinctly heard, and that the lips should be properly closed Tor ~ ~eacn l.iss Five faulty kisses in succession Tere to disuualify the competitor.
 When matters had been settled thus far a serious difficulty presented ltseh in that. eithe because or modesly or fear nobody could be found who would undergo all the kissing. when now ever. it was decided that the lduy kissed by the winner should receive D from the stakes many came forWaES' and two were selected WHO pdIIeh|iS underwent the operation. ,
 The challenger commenced business and, kissing in very good torIn' "ouIdo dnd un with a score of a little over iooo for the hour. His opponent lheh essayed the task of beating thls hs e' and started off at great rate IF seems. however, not to have husbandeo his forces with sufficient care, Tor ne soon fell off badly, and after thlrty-hVe minutes. with only 700 to his credit he came to a full stop quite eXhausteo.
 A young German living at Munlch has also been trying to set up klssliS record. and though he did not quite accomplish all he wished to do ne nevertheless did surprisingly well. inc conversation at a party turned upon kissing and some one remarked that the familiar phrase, ''ten thousand kisses, so often appended to lovers letters, could only be a rhetorical flourish, and that nobody would really be able with in a reasonable time to accomplish such a feat.
 However, this young Teuton, who was engaged, boldly undertook, with the consent of his betrothed, to print 10 900 kisses upon her fair lips in ten hours, stipulating only that he might be allowed a very brief interval for re- treatments every half-hOur. Some ladies might resent such condition as being ungalant, but this one con- sented. and when umpireS had been apnointed, the proceedings began.
 For some time it looked as if the kissed would do the trick. The score stood at 2O00 at the end of the first hour. and though only 1000 were added in the second hour his prospects still looked good. In the third hour, how ever, the proce edings came to an abrupt and unpleasant conclusion, for at the 75Oth kiss the operators lips be- came paralyzed and he lost conscious ness.
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day evening at the residence of the brides mother in this city: The groGSm com is br9ther n or Ice Gay or EEesh9 Sanrb1 ter of D. F. Verdenal of New York.
 MT. and Mrs. George Crocker and Mir. and Mrs. Charles A. Childs of New York at their villa in Burlingame last week.
 Miss Alice Boggs has returned from a visit to Colusa and will be at the Palace Hotel for the winter.
 MT F. M. GreenWay has been spending the past week at Coronado Beach and Los Angeles.
 Miss Keeney and Miss Blakeman have been visiting Commodore and Mrs. Wat son at Mare Island.
 Mrs. L. H. Clement and Miss Ethel Clement returned Saturday from abroad and are located at the Hotel Bella Vista. been spending the past few weeks at Mount Lowe and Echo Mountain, near Los Angeles.
 1y, U. S. A.. have taken rooms at the Co- Iorlial for the winter. Lieutenant Detch- mendy was formerly on General smarter staff and has recently returned from Ma nila.
 The engagement is announced of Miss Matte Davis, only daughter or MT. and Mrs. Max Davis, to Jesse Newbauer, poth of San Francisco. They will receive their friends on Sunday, November 2T, and De- cember i: also first and fourth Mondays in December at 1908 Pacific avenue.
 A pleasant surprise party was rendered to Emile C. Gross by his friends at his residence at Golden Gate Saturday even ing. November 12 to celebrate the anni- versary of his birthday. The evening was spent in singing, dancing and merry mak-
 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew W. Turpin were rendered a wedding reception at the resi- dence of MT and Mrs. F. L. Turpin, 4O Bartlett street, last Friday evening. duet by Miss Minerva Van Doren and Mrs Harold Smith, accompanied by Mrs D. A. Hodghead, also vocal solos by Miss Jennie Williams. Mrs. Coping and Dr. D. A. Hodghead.
 Mr and Mrs. Turpin will reside per manently at the new residence, TAT Guer- rero street. where they will be pleased to receive their friends on the second and fourth Wednesday evenings.
 The Winter Cotillon Club will hold its initial assembly for this season on Tues day evening, November 29. at Cotillor Hall. Some very pretty figures are tc be led by George B. Bennett, assisted by MT. and Mrs. William NJ. Abbott, Mrs Leah S. Young and MT. Doxey.
 Mrs. M. R. Britton has returned home after a six months visit to her daughter Mrs. Howard, at Fort Wayne, Ind. The reception given by the California | Pioneers at Assembly Hall Saturday evening" November F, was a very enjoy | able affair, a large body of the member | being present. The evening was spent II dancing amt merrymaking. Robert Van 1 dercook was floor manager and the foo
 committee consisted of c. F. OCal l laghan, J. R. Corvell Jr., R. R. Russ, H
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P Morgan will give a dinner at their resi- dence. 22l1 Clay street, complimentary to Mrs. Edward Pond will give a euchre party at her residence, 14lS Cough street. Miss Greenwood has issued cards for
 tea next Saturday.
 The first meeting of this season of the
 Friday Night Club will be held at Native
 Sons Hall on the evening of December g, and will be an assembly.
 The Saturday Fortnightly Club held it's third meeting of the season last night
 The Cinderelias will give their first par
 ty of this season at Golden Gate Hall
 The Datronesses will be. Mrs. Charles Page, Mrs. Austin C. Tubbs, Mrs. Perry
 P. Moore, Mrs. C. de Guigne, Mrs Charles Charles Josseiyn, Mrs. Robert L. Cole
 man, Mrs E. E. Eyre and Mrs. Joseph A. DonohOe.
 his new home, at the corner of Pacific avenue and Pierce street. on Thursday l evening Those at the table were Miss 1 Greenwood, Miss Ethel Keeney, Miss Lil- ian Follis, Clarence F'ollfs, Lawrence Van Wrinkle and Horace G. Platt. The engagement is announced of Miss Mary C. Van Schuyver, daughter of Mrs. w J. Van Schuyver. and Dr. Albert Me
 Kay of Portland, Or.
 Another engagement announcement is
 that of Miss Margaret White and Clark
 D. Miner. both of this city
 Miss Grace E. COrWin daughter of Mr and Mrs. c. E. CorWin, and Charles L. Hubbard of Los Angeles were married last Thursday evening. The ceremony took place in Emmanuel Baptist Church, which was handsomely decorated with yellow and white chrysanthemums, smi- lax and ferns. Instead of the usual ush- CTS the bridesmaids in pretty frocks of white organdie, ruffied and lace-trimmed. 1 seated the hundreds of friends who crowded the church. and instead of the | ladies quartet. preceded the bridal party, singing the bridal march from "Lohen- i grin.
 The wedding was solemnized just before ] Q o'clock The bridesmaids were Miss ! Grace Berry. Miss Lila Berry, Miss Lena l Worth and Miss Lottie Underhill Miss ! Edith Welsh was maid of honor. | The brides gown was cream duchesse l satin. The long train was plain, but for | a trimming of chiffon rosettes, and the
 waist had lace yoke and tucked bodice | and sleeves. Orange blossoms held the | tulle veil and she carried Niphetos roses. | The groom's best man was Melville 1 the officiating clergyman.
 After the ceremony an elaborate supper 1 was served at the home of MT. and Mrs. i Corwin, 2604 Howard street. After a week | in Northern California MT. and Mrs. Hub- bard will leave for Los Angeles, where
 they will reside.
 Last Wednesday evening Miss Elizabeth 1 Wainwright and John S. French were united in marriage at the residence of
 the brides parents, sos Taylor street. l quiet home wedding of the week was | that of Miss Louise Crocker and De Witt
 Gray, which was solemnized on Wednes-
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@ EAREST Marguerite: The world II Mlooks topsy-turvey to me this
 lmorning. Perhaps 1t might spin l1right side around if minded my
 morning maths instead of wiring ing the weekly wash for you. But I'm pledged to serve your Royal Highness though forsooth I think I more than earn my salary.
 It's a rumble-ju tumble that will be hung out for your ladyship's view, for l crowded so much into Saturday that all the rest of the week is tangled up in my memory and l can't untwist the knots.
 There was the Holbrook tea in the af- ternOon.
 There was a tremendous crush Every body was there and it took on old-timer like myself to maneuVer through the crowd. I hung on to Dicks coat tails and he landed me safely at the tables, where there were goodies enough for Uncle Sans volunteers. Therese Morgan, who helped receive, steered us around for a while, but we gravitated back to the punch bowl, for it was too hot to do the glad-hand act
 Therese looked better than I have ever seen her. She no longer affects the un"
 Ollie wore white satin and tulle. That is, l think she did. 1 had to rubberneck at her across a vista of Jacks and J1lls
 There were more men there than usual ly. l counted thirty myself and then stopped for fear the shock would be too much if 1 discovered another. For that is the highwater mark in my experience at teas.
 We stayed for dinner in the evening and had a jolly good time. so
 There were two other lnyltatlohSS, S,,,Iol. TOT Saturday night-the Oakland and Miller cotillons. Three cards for one night al ways makes me grow reminiscent ana prate of other days. ~ e.
 On Friday night we did the light fan tastic at the Fortnightly. Really l wish some of the girls would get new gowns. Manners may make man, but clothes ,olya a when lovely woman stoops to the folly of making the same gown do duty dozen times no art can soothe my melancholy. ,,5 ,
 Were l a modern Midas would pen pen sion off the gowns that have seen nara service I would give in exchange Tor the veterans of many ball and rout, creations fresh from Madame Mod1ste.
 But 'tis impossible. l must Wend my weary way through the season, striving to view with kind eyes gowns that openly Haunt the sad badge of servitude.
 To be sure there are few Whose clothes never look like back numbers But unless one carries a pocket micro scope those few are lost in the mutt tude. And since we nave all taken (o ways look as though they were made TOT
 Peg, whist! while whisper something Oh. it's true Her dressmakf99r S af9 4 boia o+be, me morning, "zat is tres easy. can make you look almost ze same You would like it. nest pas? the Tobinesque. It may sound like heresy but really I have not educated myself ur to that standard. Some day may be modern notch. Cultivating taste is al, ways difficult for me. Even oysters and olives came hard at first,
 To return to the cotillon. There was a very plentiful sprinkling of men. so it was 2 success For beautiful women and gowns only make it success from the
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He has done it in the past and MRS. CARRIE JUDD MONTGOMERY.


 
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@ OCIETY has been kept comfort
 (( ably busy during the past week,
 N although the season can scarcely
 )l yet be said to be in full blast. G-/ This will not happen until the
 Friday Night Club has given the first of it's series of dances when the last of the buds will have blossomed into youthful flowers of the gay world.
 Of the debutantes. Miss Olive Holbrook seems to have been the center of attrac- tion the past week. several charming en- tertainments having been given in her honor. First there was the luncheon given to her on Wednesday last by her sister, Mrs. Samuel Knight. And then the tea on Saturday, at which Mrs. Knight was again the hostess, and which served to formally introduce Miss HolbrOok to society. This was followed on the same day by a very delightful dinner party given in her honor by her father at his residence on Van Ness avenue.
 Other events of the week were the lunchon given on Thursday by Miss Mary Bell Gwip at the University Club; the sec ond meeting of the Friday Fortnightly, which was held at Cotillon Hall on Fri day evening, and which was chaperoned by Mrs. Monroe Salisbury and Mrs. Cor don Banding; the farewell tea given on Saturday by the Spinners' Club to Mrs. Frank L. SIeeth. president of the Sketch Club, prior to her departure Tor New York: and the tea given by Mrs. J. k. Wilson Saturday afternoon at her Pacllc- avenue residence.
 This last was very large and fash ionable affair. The large drawing rooms were taStefuliy decorated with chrYaan- themums violets and roses, and Mrs. Will son and Miss Wilson Were assisted in re- ceiying by Mrs. Sarah B. Earle of PaSa- dena, Mrs. J. C. Stubbs, Mrs w H. Mills. Mrs. C. Elwood Brown, Mrs. Will jam T. Reddington. Mrs. George F. Bow man. Miss Emily Deane, Miss Ames. Miss Bessie Ames, Miss Edith Stubbs, Miss Alma McClung, Miss Della Mills, Miss Jo- sephine Pierce, Miss Bowman, Miss BeSSsle Bowman, Miss Anna Shepherd and Miss Ethel Melone.
 The present week holds a wedding of more than passing interest-that of Miss Ethel Murphy and John McGowan Riddle, which Is scheduled for next Wednesday at high noon. It will take place at the home of the brides parents, MT. and Mrs. Samuel G. Murphy, on the corner of Pa cific avenue and Pierce street, and will be a very quiet affair only about seventy guests having been bidden to witness the ceremony. Miss Murphy's only brides maid will be her sister, Miss Adelaide Murphy, and the grooms best man will be John G. Follansbee.
 The ceremony will be followed by re- ception, immediately after which the cou- ole will depart for Washington, D. C., which is to be their future home.
 Only few other affairs are listed for the coming week.
 On Monday evening Miss Gertrude Car roll will give theater party at the Bald win in honor of Miss Josephine Lough- borough.
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right third finger, and everybody knows that she is widow.
 A clever doctor, says a contemporary, advances the theory that monarchs live long because they have little to worry them and not much to do. They have less bodily fatigue than ordinary mortals; their lives are so we'll ordered and lived with such regularity that wear and tear are avoided. As in- stance, he gives the King and late Queen of Denmark, the late Emperor of Germany, and Queen Victoria, who, though old in years, is healthy and strong. Ordinary people, he goes on to say, do not rest enough to recuperate the impaired vital forces Many of the
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Spaniards have weakness for pro- verbs Among these are some about women that do not show a very high estimation of the sex, and most of which would not apply to English women, whether or not they may be true of the land of the castanets. Some of the best known are:
 Choose neither a wife nor linen by candle light.
 Women and weather are not to be trusted.
 No reason is as brief as woman's love.
 He who has a handsome wife or a castle on the frontier is never without fear. A woman may be loyal In love, but never to lovers.
 Woman is a curious creature with long hair and short ideas.
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deaths caused by failure of the hearts action are avoidable by a proper de- gree of rest before it is too late. Even ten minutes will rest tired brain and body.
 Diana de Poictiers, who at 50 charm ed a king, always took an hours rest every day after her dinner, and Ninon de 1Enclos, who was a wonder and beauty in extreme old age. periodically went away into the country quite alone for absolute rest. During the time she talked very little. lived out in the open air, went to bed at g, and generally pre- scribed for herself a sort of modified rest cure. It is said that she wore a mask at night and a thick greasy paste over the face in the day during her se- clusion to feed the skin.
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RECORDS IN KISSING

Of all the strange records which have been set up that for kissing must be reckoned among the strangest; and it is certainly a fact that serious at tempts have been made at different times to accomplish big kissing feats, and that some of them have met with a large measure of success.
 Lancashire people are much given to organizing odd competitions and making strange wagers. and, there fore, perhaps the folks in one small
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BEAUTY SLEEPS.

T HIS is the way they do in Den
 mark to designate widows. In
 stead of the engagement ring, as
 our girls get, and wedding ring, they are given a plain gold band ring and wear it on their left third finger
 which is also the marriage finger in that country. When the husband dies the widow changes the ring to the
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In the earlier ages dancing was ad- vocated as a cure for sickness. Lycurgus brought back from India and Egypt to Lacedemonia notions of medico-religious dances and enacted that the Spartan youth should be brought up gracefully and symmetrically- In Greece Socrates com mended dancing with view to educating the mind and body, for he looked on it as a health-giving device.
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COLORED DRESS GOODS!

At 2Sc. s5 nieces 37-INCH FANCY MIXED DRESS GOODS, assorted styles, value for soc yard, will be placed on sale at 25c yard.
 At z5c. 47 pieces BENCH ALL-WooL FRENCH LADIES' CLOTH, all colors, worth $1 yard, will be offered at 75c a yard.
 At 85c. 32 pieces 4s-INCH FRENCH NOV ELTY SUIT1NG, new colorings, crepon weaVes, good value for s1 25, will be placed on sale at Soc a yard.
 At $1.OO. 2e pieces 54-INCH FINE ALL WOOL MIXED COVERT CLOTH, latest colorings, worth Sl 70 ward. will be offered at $1 a yard.
 At $1.OO. % pieces 44-INCH NOVELTY or TOMAN FRENCH PLAIDS, ele- gant styles, will be placed on sale at $1 yard.
 At $1.25. IT pieces 46-INCH HIGH CLASS NOVELTY REPP. PLA1DS. full line of colorings, worth Sl 75 yard, will be offered at $l 25 yard.
 At $1.SO. 21 pieces BENCH SUPERIOR ALL WOOL ENGLISH BROAD CLOTH, all shades, value for $2 a yard, will be placed on sale at S1 50 yard
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OA1ASN DRESS GOODS!
 At 25c. 25 pieces 37-INCH ALL-wOoL LADIES' CLOTH, extra good value for 40c, will be sold at 25c 8 yard.
 At 4Oc. 25 pieces 45-INCH FIGURED !, BRILLIANTINE, worth 65c, will be sold at 40c yard.
 At soc. 25 pieces 45-INCH ALL PURE WOOL ENGLISH BOURETTE, marked down from $1 to soc a yard.
 At 75c. 20 pieces 46-INCA CREPONS, in new designs, actual value $1, will be placed on sale at 75c a yard
 At $1.OO. 20 pieces BENCH ALL PURE WOOL SCOTCH CHEVIOTS. worth $1 50, will be sold at $1 a yard.
 At $1.OO. 20 pieces 46-INCH FINE ALL WOOL MOHAIR NOVELTIES. worth regular $1 50, will be sold at $1 yard.
 At $1.5O. go pieces 5S-INCH ALL-WOOI, ENGLISH SERGES AND CHEW IOTS, suitable for tailor-made suitings, actual value $2, will be sold at $1 50 a yard.
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WAS CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
 RESPONSIBLE FOR HAROLD FREDERIC'S DEATH?

Continued From Page Twenty-one.
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@ EAREST Marguerite: The world
 II Mlooks topsy-turvey to me this II Umorning. Perhaps 1t might spin lH right side around if I minded my
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trust only in him for the present and the future. He knows what is best for me and if he wants me healed he will do it.
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OCIETY has been kept comfort ably busy during the past week, although the season can scarcely yet be said to be in full blast.
 This will not happen until the Friday Night Club has given the
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20 pieces BLACK BAYADERE AND FIGURED SATIN, rich, handsome designs, worth S1 75. will be placed on sale at $1 9 a yard
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At S1.SO.

21 pieces BENCH SUPERIOR ALL WOOL ENGLISH BROAD CLOTH, all shades, value for g a yard, will be placed on sale at $1 50 a yard.
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At Sf.5O.

90 pieces 5S-INCH ALL-WOOJ ENGLISH SERGES AND CHEV- LOTS, suitable for tailor-made suitings, actual value $2, will be sold at $1 50 a yard.
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10 pieces 24-INCH BLACK GLACE
 TAFFETA SILK. extra quality,
 worth $1 25, will be placed on sale at $1 yard.