The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-05
GOSSIP
FROM THE
BAY CITY
Items of Interest
About People
We Know.
OURRtY REVISlIS
OLD FRISCO SCENES
Grossnan Coming in StyIe-Mary
Forbes Now a Leading
~ Lady.
Especial to the Advertiser.)

SAN FRANCISCO. Mar. 2o.-Aiber
Gerberding died near Santa Barbara or
March IS. from heart disease. He WA
head of the grain brokerage firm OF A.
Gerberding K Co. Of San Francisco. his
partners being William Baehr and +. w
MacfarIane. Of Honolulu.
Gerberding was only hfty-one years
old. but had suffered for some time from
heart disease. as the outgrowth Of rheu-
matte trouble. About a month ago he
went To the ranch OF Sherman p stow.
near Santa Barbara. to seek relief. He
was born In San Francisco. his father
being C. o. GerberdIng. who founded the
San Francisco Bulletin. He was educat-
cd in Germany. and when twenty-five
took charge OF extensive grain and bean
warehouses at Heuneme. I'm Ventura
County. He came to San Francisco in
IS7s. and started the firm OF Gerberding
< Co. He served as president of the
Merchants Exchange, the Produce Ex-
change. the San Francisco Oil Exchange.
and the Bohemian Club. being a director
OF all these organizations at the time OF
his death. He was a brother-in-law OF
United States Senator Thomas Bard
GyRREY AMONG OLD SCENES
- r. Gurrey. the secretary of the
Underwriters in Honolulu. has been here
for three weeks. renewing old acQuain-
tances and familiarizing himself with the
scenes among which he passed score
of years. Gurrey went to- Honolulu about
three years ago from San Francisco. He
a.. hx- nth nd
his age remarkably well. His son is the
well known civil engineer in Honolulu
The father has considerable ability
landscape painter. and has exhibited At
the RiIohana ANIMALS. 1 had never met
him in Honolulu. but ran across him a
few days ago at the Bohemian Club
When he told me he was from Homo
lulu, and caught his name. told him
that had met his brother there.
Not my brother. but my SON. said
he.
My astonishment was Of course natter-
ing. but was genuine. as father and son
might well pass for brothers. especially
IL the pere kept his hat on and hid his
shining pate. Gurrey. was a prominent
member OF the art colony here a dozen
years ago. and was an intimate OF such
men as Jules Tavernier. who died I'm
Honolulu: John Stanton. Thomas Hill,
william Keith. and other oldtimers. He
was an original member OF the Palette
Club. which was composed OF artists who
broke away from the Art Institute
Gurrey loves Hawaii. and would not
come back here to live. AS an artist he
admires intensely the magnificent colors
OF ocean. sky and landscape-those mar
yeIous hues, the intensity of which defy
paint to counterfeit them However. he '
~ as all artists do. that despite the '
alton of surroundings. the humidity !
often keeps one from working with the
brush The spirit is willing. but the
flesh is perspirfng-
G lrrey returns on the Alameda today
rcI wed in strength from breathing the
air mere. and from rubbing up against
the friends of years ago. While here
he had the courtesy OF the Bohemian
Club. Press Club. Olympic Club. and
other homes of pleasure and health. ana
has enjoyed himself immensely He is a
believer in the commercial fu- ,
turs of the Islands
SRoSSsfAN BRINGS A TRoUSSEAU.
Dentist Grossman. who has been here :
FOR a fortnight. Is preparing to astonish
not only the natives of Hawaii. but
al who will look upon him on his re-