The San Francisco call., 1899-02-05

- to take them down for a
matinee tea. However, we've
| had tempest in our own little teapot
! that is a gale compared to the gentle
zephyrs of gossip that float ones way at
a bona fide tea. The girls have just gone
home, and from their temperature you d
never guess that it's colder than Green
land.
For we had very spirited discussions
sort of Indignation meeting-in fact the
girls fairly oozed anger to such an ex-
tent that had the hapless youths dis
cussed wandered in they would have been
inundated.
It's all about champagne. We were dis
cussing the late Oakland punch bowl.
For now and forevermore cotillon punch
and circus lemonade are TO be synono-
nous.
Well, we shed a crocodile tear or two
over the fact that the papers had taken
it up. Then we played basketball with
the names of the two girls who are sup
posed to have bowed too often to the
flowing bowl.
From cotillon punch of course we evo-
luted to champagne, though it is long
STEP We really talked above whisper
about the now you see it and now you
don't" act which is sure to take place
whenever there is champagne in sight
At the last big ball, where it flowed like
water, some of the young men made no
pretense of hiding their preference for the
poppery cork rather than basking In the
sunshine of our smiles.
So we compared notes and decided that
something must be done. We determined
that we must ostracize somebody and
make the criminal pay for his crime. Up
to this point we were unanimous. But
when it came to a question OF whom 10
ostracize we weakened and showed the
vulnerable spot in our arTnor of reform.
For. one by one, as the culprits' names
were mentioned, it became apparent that
the eligible youngsters were to be al
lowed license while the non-eligible were
not even to have liberty.
1t was useless to try to make the girls
! confess that they were giving the priv
ileges by d dollar and cents standard. AS
a matter of fact one would have to play
Diogenes with search light to find a
! youth in our set who has not either been
born with a thirst, acquired it, or had 1t
thrust upon him. l myself am either for
wholesale reform or none at ALL.
Despite my protests, however, the girls
drew up a list of those who are to be
given one more chance.
If YOU miss several names in the So
cie:y column after Lent you Will know the
wherefore of it ALL
| Club and fell into print at the head OF
the list of among those present" Gen
| eraI Shafter and staff in gold lace were
the occasion of the younger people adorh-
ing Century Hall. You know we can not
belong to the club until we have reacned
wears of discretion and discernment. Inc
ghosts of essays on 'oiogies and 1sms did
not disturb our enjoyment, for we ala not
| understand them any more than thelr au-
thors did.
Wednesday afternoon there were Two
Iunch parties Gertie Carol gave one 10
! Mrs. Fred Kohl, and Emily Carolan was
| hostess AT the other, with Miriam Moore
az p,lest of honor. l have not yet discoV-
cred the secret of being in two places at
| once. so Mabel and l drew straws ana
the family was represented at both lunch
cons Mabel held up her end at Gerties,
while I did myself proud at Emily Caro-
lan's. All Emilys bright particulars
were there. Carrie Taylor, Cora Smed-
herg. the Morgans and Miss Cadwaiia-
der. Cora Smedberg has become accll-
mated once more, after her long absence
We chaffed her about her golf playing,
but she took it so good-naturedly that 1t
turned the edge off our fun.
While Cora was East we heard enthu-
siastic reports of her playing. So we all
held our breath at the last game, when
she was to take part for the first time.
Well, Eleanor Morrow made the course IN
eighty-three strokes, and Therese Nor
gan in eighty-one strokes. GenevieVe
| Carolan and Cora made no returns HoSv-
ever. Cora says she will get in some play
| ing that will bolster up her tottering rep
utation as a golfer. Daisy Van Ness is
playing regularly, and the girls say she
will soon take a reserved place in the
front rank of amateur experts.
Miriam Moore looked better than l have