The record-union., 1899-02-23

tied in bows, running diagonally across
each table; red and white carnations in
abundance filled the vacant centerpieces
of each table, and the inches every
where in the room were filled with
ported plants, vases and national col
ors. Chandeliers were striped with
smilax, and from many hanging bas-
kets variegated flowers were suspended
in profusion. The napkins were folded
in the form of continental hats and
from each an American flag emerged
as a souvenir of the day Mrs. Alden
Anderson and Mrs. c. K. McClatchy
sat at the right Of the President; to nel
left Mrs. F. l.. Coombs, toast mistress.
Between each toast was interposed a
national air, and the afternoon passed
between music, oratory and banqueting
The following was the set program,
which was followed, with the omission
of Mrs. Bart Burke's number. She
was detained by an accident to her lit
tie son:
l. Introduction of Toast Mistress, by
President of the club, Mrs. A. j. Johnston.
Remarks of Toast Mistress, Mrs. F.
l.. COombs.
3. THE State Of California, Mrs f. P.
Colgan.
4. Sacramento Mrs. c. NJ. Belshaw
6. Our Fair Visitors" Mrs Frank
Miller.
I. Recitation, ''The Minuet," Miss Glea-
son.
S. Our Hostesses." Mrs R. N. Bulla
9. What Dreams May Come" Mrs
VIM. T. Beckman.
10. Legislative Women" Mrs. Alden
Anderson
II. To the memory of one who has been
called from our ranks. To be drunk in
silence. tMrs. J. H. Pond.l
u. Social Calls Mrs. VIM. Mead.
IS. Women of California" Mrs. Frank
IA. ."Then and Now" Mrs. Bart Burke
Is. Labor and Reward Mrs. #. J.
Kirk
Is. Final address by the Toast Mistress,
Mrs. F. L. Coombs.
The first speech on the program was
Mrs. A. ]. Johnston's address of well
come. She spoke as follows:
ITO our honored guests and members,
in the name of the Club of go l give
you a cordial greeting. Our short sea-
son of pleasure will soon be a tale that
is told and if our fair visitors have en-
joyed being entertained half so we'll as
we have enjoyed entertaining them, we
shall feel that we may retire with the
greatest possible satisfaction. The poet
tells us that
Pleasures are like peoples spread.
You seize the flower. its bloom is shed.
But all the flowers of the garden are
not peoples, nor are all the pleasures
of life evanescent Our own experience
will point us to many a happy past
event which still fingers in our mem
DRY, like sweet and lasting perfume
We fondly hope that this our last re-
union may be one of that character and
that at some future time we may again
be able to resume the pleasant relations
that have existed during this season.
So now I say unto you, ladies, let's ON
with the feast Let joy be uncon-
fined and may your last remembrance
of the Club of '99' be a bright and a
happy one"
In response Mrs. Coombs said:
Six years ago to-day I had an oppor-
tunity of realizing the grandeur of this
anniversary 1t was in the harbor of
Hongkong. whose smooth surface was
dotted over with the mighty ships of
war representing every nationality and
gaily bedecked with the Stars and
Stripes. At the hour of noon from
the American flagship sounded the sig
nal gun, once. twice. thrice, until the
national salute of twenty-one had been
fired. This in turn was repeated by
each of the foreign warships in the har-
Dor until the hills above the city rever-
,berated with the echoing thunder. Tho
nations of the world had united to
honor the birth of Washington. Thou
sands of miles away from my own
country, a thrill of pride came DER me
for. friends, let me tell you, when in
far distant land. there is nothing that
touches the heart as quickly as a tri-
butte to our flag.
Ladies, there is not a port nor har-
Dor in the civilized world but in the
name of Washington unfurls from the
mast of every ship the beautiful folds
of Old Glory, emblem of peace. vet at
the same time and under the same col
ors are our. boys in blue. sons of our
friends and companions who are com
memorating in a far different way the
memories of this hour. When the days
of this session Shall be over. and we
separate to go to our homes, let us take
with us those noble lessons which wo-
men should teach successive ages. those
lessons of simple patriotism, which.
learned at home, yet broadened. have
taught the boys of California how to
do and die"
Following Mrs. COMBS remarks.
Mrs. F. p. Colgan was called to re-
spond to the toast. THE State of Cali
fornia.' Mrs. Colgan said:
Our pioneer forefathers, toiling
across the weary wastes in search of
the golden guerdon, little dreamed of
h1, no 10 he =
Land of Promise for which they were
striving
From the snow-capped mountains on
the north. upon. whose rugged sleeps is
heard the rush and roar of water and
the din and crash of stamp mill is
heard, whose relentless grind wrests
from the flinty rock it's ruddy gold,
down past the sunny slopes covered
with vines hanging full of the purple
vintage; past vast orchards of fruiting
trees; past sheltered home and busy
hamlet; through cities with the hum
of commerce, and whose factory wheels
are driven by the lightnings silent
force; on, with occasional glimpses of
the broad Pacific. or sheltered bay,
fiecked by sails from every land down
through vast plains of ripening grain;
then turn aside to pass through the
groves of the giant Sequoia, whose sub
lime hight and solemn quiet are fit in
deed to be a temple of the living God !;
onward to the Yosemite, where is UNI
rolled a panorama before whose grand
eur the lips are dumb, but the flowing
eye will speak of the revelation to your
soul of the might of the Creator: back
through rugged ways to the valley and
plain once more, and on through the
desert, whose touch of gray only
ir1tensifies the warm coloring of