The record-union., 1899-12-24

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been issued for the reception from =
to 4.
Miss Mauriel Hubbard is spending the
holiday season with her family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Elkus and chill
dren leave tomorrow for week IN
San Francisco. Among other pleasures
which the metropolis affords, Mrs.
Elkus expects to enjoy the De Pachman
concerts to be given there this coming
week.
Mrs. Henry Toll Of Sausalito Is
spending Christmas holidays with her
parents.
Mrs. Elba O'Neil returned on Thurs
day from a two weeks visit to san
Francisco.
Mrs. Annie Campbell left Thursday
for a few days in San Francisco.
Horace Davis of San Francisco spent
a few days Of last week in the city.
Mrs. Walter Witherbee has returned
from a short visit to San Francisco
Miss Ethel Schneider celebrated her
twelfth birthday by inviting a NUMBER
of her young friends. Among those who
shared in entertaining the guests was
Miss Lulu Lumbard, who gave several
vocal and instrumental selections. A
most enjoyable time was spent, ano all
left with many expressions OF thanks
to the little hostess and of pleasure at
being so favored.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Trainor and fam
lily went on Saturday to Suisun to
spend Christmas there with relatives.
Mrs. Walter Miller of Placerville is
visiting Mrs. F. e. Myers.
Mrs Cannon '(nee TolD is down from
the north to spent Xmas in her Old
home.
A surprise party was given last Sun
day evening by Mrs. M. Levy to cele-
brate the eighteenth birthday OF ner
twin daughters, Ruth and Naomi
Miss Lillian Hechtman spent part
of the week in the city.
Miss Alice Montford is down from the
Chico Normal School, where she has
been pursuing her studies during the
past term.
Miss Ruby Cooper is up from San
Francisco for her vacation.
The Misses Belle and Gwendolyn
Matthews came up from San Francisco
Thursday night. The latter comes from
college for her Xmas vacation.
Among the knowledge seekers who are
taking advantage of the times for a
rest from their labors are Miss Edna
Mckee and Messrs. Charles Jones and
Russell Williams.
Adjutant General Seamens and wife
will spend their XMAS holidays in San
Francisco, after leaving San Jose,
where the former represented the Gov
occasion of the celebration of the f1f-
tieth anniversary Of Californias State
hood
The Misses Leisenring of San Diego,
daughters of DR.. Leisenring of this city,
who attend the teachers convention,
will be the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
S. Hoskinson, 1415 Eighteenth street.
Mrs A NJ Henderson has returned
from a short visit to San Francisco.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Phillips are
happy in the possession Of a newly ar
rived daughter
Miss Effie Hall, accompanied by her
brother, w. c. Hall, is spending Christ
mas holidays with relatives in Dixon.
Mrs. Pierre Olney, with her little
daughter, arrived on Friday from Port
land to visit her mother, Mrs. ]. Olsen.
Letters received at various times
from Miss Eta Steinman, who went
East scme,weeks ago to attend the mar
riage of a cousin in Chicago, tell of the
perfectly delightful times she is hav-
ing in Eastern social circles.
Although California, too, can boast of
snow scenes and sleighing, together
with every other known thing produc-
able in every cline, from that which
covers with hoar frost-presumably-
the brass ball on top of the North Pole,
from which America-in the due course
of time, through the possible concentra-
ton of electric energies so wastefully
distributed by old Aurora Borear-hopes
to swing the Stars and Stripes to that in
which finds its undiscovered source
dark Egypt's ancient river, yet to one
living in our middle northern country
a snowstorm is an unfamiliar and de-
lightful sight, and it is OF these which
our young Californian writes most
glowingly. To us Sacramentans who
have been born, have lived, and have
stayed right here. and expect to die
right here, unmourned by living crea-
ture beyond the foothills, sleigh ride
would be the realization of an unheard
Of and venturesome dream. But we
can all of us, that is if we are gener-
ously inclined, rejoice with our friend
in her pleasures, and die in the hope
that Mars, or the next planet (Which
ever it be) on which we are to continue
penance for the souls original sin way
back in the infinite past, that is. if one
believes that, though rising with US, the
soul hath had elsewhere it's setting
and cometh from afar"-and goeth afar
most probably Wordsworth
forgot to tell US so, If my memory de-
ceives me not, before it reacheth it's
end-may have an abundance of in