The San Francisco call., 1898-02-20

notably a brilliant one, IS deS-
 tined to close without any osten-
 tatious or elaborate function.
 The reception which was to have been given at the Presidio on Monday evening. February 21 has been indefinitely postponed. owing to the recent calamity and loss of life on the United States steamship Maine.
 Mrs. John Boggs gave a most enjoyable reception and informal dance on triday evening at her residence, 1880 Sutter street complimentary 10 her daughter, Miss Alice Boggs. Hall, reception-room, dining-room and library were thrown open into one and placed at the ulSpOsai A card-room had been arranged for the chaperones and found many visitors dur- ing the evening. in the festivities of the evening. The home was elaborately decorated Tor the occasion, each room boasung of an lndl- vidual and original decoration:
 The Entre Nous Cotillon Club held thelr fifth assembly and german of this season on Friday evening in the Maple Hal, Pal
 This gathering. which Is the last this popular club will give until after Lent, was a most delightful and brllliant a1dIr.
 Sanford G. Lewald led with Miss De Haven and introduced six new and pretty
 Those in the leading sets were: MT. and Mrs. George W. Lippman, Gastoh ROnSSV mann and Miss Pockwitz, R. C. Thomp- son and Miss Ludiory, -A. H. Meussdor11eI CT and Miss Minnie Young. D T, Berry a aIq Miss Schroeder, Robert F. Halgnt ana ana Miss Phillips. Hawthorne DoXey and Miss Hollis. Merritt Robinson and Miss HaaS Joseph Korbel and Miss Pohelm, pr J' c. Stimson and Miss O'Brien, James Ludlory and Miss Clara Byington, J; J; Van Nostrand and Miss Leahy, Paui Westerfeld and Miss Lipp, Mir. and Mrs George D. Graham, Al Imhaus and Miss Macauley. Henry Bass and Miss ClaWson William Hoelscher and Miss Fredericks Dave Wise and Miss kavanagh. Wllllam Hooker and Miss Gait, Wallace Alex, ander and Miss Eisen. Vincent c NelI and Miss Folsom, w. B. Meckfessel and
 The residence of Colonel and Mrs. Charles H. Blinn, 1527 Post street, laSt Friday evening was a scene or 1nlTthi music and melody. the occasion pelnS given in honor of the return home rom her long absence in the Eastern States o1 Ms Nellie HolbrOOk. Blinn and of the one hundredth performance at the ftoyaIty Theater. London, of Chester Bailey Fer nald's play, The Cat and the Cheruo, under the direction ot Holbrook Bhnn. The parlors and library were dalntly decorated with smilaX, ferns, JonqulS and violets, and the company comprised many of the bright lignts in the literary and musical world. An evening or Keen enjoyment music (vocal and instrumen- tab. readings. rectations. witty sayings stories. etc, made up the programme At Il o'clock a choice repast was served and the entertainment continued into the small hours. Among +nose who honOred the occasion were: Hon. and Mrs. A: W. Scott. Captain Frank L: Fernald e. g. NJ and Mrs. ,Fernald, Hon and Mrs Frank McGowan, Hon. Jefferson Chandler of Washington, Mrs. Dr. Brown-Girard, Miss pr. Amorette Beech CT of New York, Colonel Isaac Trumbo, Captain and Mrs. John Leale, Hon. and Mrs c, L. LaRue. MT and Mrs. w. C. Morrow. MT. and Mrs. Chester Bailey Fernald. Mrs. Lois Anderson, Miss Nellie Anderson Miss TrumbO, MT and Mrs: TewinEton. Howard Trumbo and Colonel and Mrs. Charles H. Blinn.