The San Francisco call., 1898-01-02

be the most important function of the .Yaar.-
 =,<. Oh. the 7th the next cotillon of the -Triiay Night Club will take place. As :lsual, MT Greenway will lead. He will :be assisted by Miss Helen Hopkinc. On :: the 8th Mrs. Gordon Banding will give z daughter, Miss Susie Blanding. Mrs.
 BlandiDg will be assisted in receiving by = Mrs. Charles Page, Mrs. Monroe Sails bury and thirty of the most popular /: The next event of importance will be -t}ie' ball to be given by Mrs. Antoine JI0rel in honor of the Misses BOrel. The
 affair is scheduled for the second or third week Of January, although no def- mite date has yet been decided upon.
 The old year, from a social standpoint, went out in a great blaze of glory. New Years eve was marked by a number of .ijrominent social events, the most inter :of the popular and fashionable Friday 'Fortnightly. Previous to the dance Miss Goad gave a dinner in honor CTS were laid for twenty, and Miss Goac' s guests included the following young
 ladies, who took part in the first set at the Fortnightly cotillon. The ladies were: Misses Kate and Margaret Salisbury, Miss Edith Mclean, Miss Lillian Follis. . Miss Susie Banding, Miss Miriam Moore and Miss Romie Wallace.
 =. The New Year eve cotillon was some
 what more elaborate than the usual
 meetings of the class. The hours were prolonged until midnight, when New Year :greetings were exchanged amid q shower of confetti, and all joined hands and took up the chorus of 'Auld Lang Syne." : Miss Goad, who led most delightfully."-,
 introduced a number of charming figures, the sleigh bell being especially admired.
 MT. and Mrs. Robert Dickson have
 sent out cards for an "at home" Satur
 day, January S. from till z at their resi- dence, northwest corner of Haight and Baker streets. The affair will serve to
 introduce their charming debutante daughter, Miss Ethel Scott Dickson, and will be also somewhat in the nature Of : farewell, as MT. and Mrs. Dickson leave
 shortly to make their home in New York. =; Mrs. Captain Patterson of Berkeley sister, Mrs. Captain Goodman, from Aus
 tralia, on Wednesday afternoon. The table was prettily decorated. In the
 center was placed a bank of ViOletS, and at the plate of each guest was a dainty :. boutonniere. A silver coffee spoon with '.an enameled violet on the handle was given each guest as souvenir. Selec- tions from I'll Trovatore," with piano
 and violin accompaniment, were rendered .. while the guests were at table. Those :. present were Mrs. Captain Goodman
 Mrs. Middlemas of Alameda, Mrs. Cath
 cart, Mrs. Floyd, Mrs Mumford Mrs
 Davidson of San Francisco Mrs. Dodge of Arizona and Mrs. Beck and Mrs. Stone The Beta Chapter of the Delta Iota Chi
 Fraternfty entertained its sister chap '' lers with a dance in the maple room of :;iBe Palace Hotel on Wednesday evening" The members of the chapter receiving ; were: Misses Mabel Glenn Aronson Pearl Clark, Ada Follansbee, NJ. Duncan :: Edna Hughes Ruth Jackson, Edith Nor :: ris, Clara Rulofson, Amy Mccarthy, Salda Dealy, Gertrude Wheaton, Made line Wise, Spieker and Gladding. The
 iirait, mapte room was beautifully and appro-
 PTlately decorated for the occasion, and Hugo's orchestra furnished suitable music, The festivities were continued on Ihursday afternoon with an outing on