The San Francisco call., 1901-11-19

the Palace Hotel. The sale will last but
the one day and the motto Of the ladies In
charge will be, ''Undersell rather than not
SELL" No admission will be charged.
There will be music, pretty girls galore
and all kinds of tables with all sorts Of
salable articles that will tempt all tastes
and all purses.
There will be candy booth, q doll
table, a fancy and art table, an apron
table, necktie table and a refreshment
booth.
Mrs. S. B. McLenegan will be in charge
Of the candy booth. She will have the as
sistance of several charming young ladies
and three tiny misses-Carmelita Warren,
Enia Turner and Evelyn Jones.
At the doll table Mrs. Leake will pre-
side. assisted by two charming bellies,
Miss George Spieker and Miss Ruby Ses-
Sions.
At the fancy and art table will be Mrs
F. V. Wright, Miss Sarah Cowel and
host of pretty assistants.
Mrs. A H. Martin and Mrs. Alfred
Dernham will take care Of the apron ta-
BILE.
At the necktie table will be Mrs. E. F.
Preston, assisted by the Misses Preston
and several popular bellies.
The refreshment booth will be in charge
Of Mrs William Hollis, who will have
the assistance Of the young ladies of the
Mrs Herbert Law will be in charge of
many raffies.
Mrs o. B. Burns will devote her cner-
gies to the rafting Of an order for a
handsome tailor suit valued at SIS and a
love of hat worth SIS.
There will also be a fortune telling
booth, where Professor ForSelli, the palm
ist, will preside
An orchestra will be in attendance both
afternoon and evening.
A cockade of red, white and blue Is the
most noticeable feature of the New White
House livery, although the national colors
are in evidence throughout the costume
in which the Presidents coachman and
The coats and the trousers are of heavy
dark blue vicuna, the best quality of
goods obtainable being used. The outer
seams of the trousers are bound with a
The long paddock driving coat, which
terminates midway between knee and
ankle, is of military cut and has a snug
waist and broad, square shoulders. The
skirt has a decided flare. Down the front
from the tight-f1tting narrow collar to the
waist line, run parallel lines Of silver but
Underneath the coat is worn a long
sleeved tunic Of the same material as the
other garments and fastened in front bv
a single row of silver buttons.
Mrs Roosevelt selected the material
and the pattern for the livery. The or
der was given to a fashionable New York
livery tailor.
Henry Perrin. the Presidents coach
man. and Reeder. the footman, were
highly elated when. clad for the first
the box Of the smart new surrey and
took Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss Alice
Roosevelt for a drive.
President Roosevelt's aversion to horses
with docked tails is making it difficult
for his stable manager to find a suitable
team of bay geldings for White House
use The markets of New York, Balti-
more and Washington have been visited,
but the right team has not yet been
found.
Invitations have been issued for the
nuptials of Arthur Meyer and Miss Edna
| Lyman, which will be celebrated at the
/ California Hotel, Thursday evening, No
vember 26.
Mrs. r. H. Warfield has sent out cards
for reception on Saturday from till Z.
The following is a description of the
Astor table at the first big dinner of the
| New York season. The description shows
how they do things in the Empire City:
The table was weighted down with the fam.
! Gus Astor plate. In the center was large
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