The San Francisco call., 1903-09-20

-HE summer, with its allurements
Of meadow and mountain. Of val
ley and forest, and the calling OF
the sea. is slipping into the ma
turity Of winter, leaving in its
wake the perfumes Of many memories.
And truth TO tell more tangible things
than mere vaporous memories remain of
those Andulusian days, for behold the
numerous pledgings and plightings of
love.
During the transition period the maids
and matrons are resting ravenously.
Need it? Assuredly they DO. for a tre-
mendous season is ahead. and the de-
mands upon their mental and physical
equipment viii be enormous. Therefore
the hybernating of the present weeks.
'Hybernating' is perhaps not quite the
word in this case, however, for it i'm
plies a complete cessation Of activities,
and such is not the state Of things, for
our maidens are busy-diligently busy-in
furnishing their minds and hearts with
new matter. culled from books. and. bet
ter still, from intercourse with people
whom they know not except under the
generic name Of the poor. Here it is that
The maids and matrons expand mentally
wherein they labor with viii. It is a
fact noted by travellers and sociologists
that I'm no other city in the United States
60 they Of the social set so concern them
selves with the affairs of the unfortunate
rs DO the women Of San Francisco. At
this early date many important affairs are
planned for the relief or benefit Of some
charitable body, and while furnishing en-
a fo~ he Al SET
wedding the byways Of sorrow and i'm
planting a happiness that comes only
through welldoing.
Purely intellectual work has been taken
up by many Of the girls of the smart
set and especial pride is manifested in
the work Of one Of that coterie Of clever
minds-Miss Ednah Robinson-who con-
tributed a well written and altogether
clever sketch 10 this months Sunset
Time was when a maiden was agreeably
received by society when she was mega
lively eligible-not poor. not unhandsome.
not underbred- But to-day the girl who
shines must be positive quantity; she
must be, first Of all, unhampered by a
puny purse. That goes without saying,
for the luxuries Of dress and housing and
entertaining have, with our present stand
ards, become necessities. But she must
possess positive personal qualities: she
must first and above all things be wom-
anly woman-one who can lend a symDa-
thetic ear TO a tale OF woe and at the same
time enter joyously into the fraternity OF
good fellowship, this term used in its
true sense Of untrammeled and untraves-
tied friendship. Then, too, she must be
tactful, tender and clever. And il is the
appreciation Of the clever maid that has
brought about the renunciation Of the old
order OF things where giris-the girls of
our grandmothers' days-weren't supposed
10 possess opinions. But to-day-weIl
she possesses opinions, and. what is more.
she expresses them. And il is lust this
expression, unrestrained by false and silly
blue laws, that has developed in the suc-
cessful society girl Of to-day charming
confrere, a sympathetic friend. a wise
counselor; and when she marries-and this
is contrary TO many oft expressed but
wrongly conceived opinions-she performs
the functions Of wife. friend and mother
with honor 10 herself and happiness 10
Ter husband and children II is Of this
type Of society girl whose engagement
was announced on Wednesday-AIiss Ber-
ME Drown.
The wedding Of Miss Anne Apperson.
niece Of Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, and Dr. Jo-
scph Marshal Flint. that took place on
Wednesday at the Hacienda. has been ex-
tensively commented upon as the consum-
nation Of elegance without the sin Of
Cstentation. No sounding cymbals nor
ilalling brass Dresaged the affair, one of
The most eNquisitely arranged weddings
that has taken place for many years
For purposes Of entertaining the Haci-
enda is perhaps without a peer in Cali
fornia-that is. for entertaining in old
california stKle and why depart from a