The San Francisco call., 1904-12-03
BRILLIANT DEBUT OF
SMART SET MAID.
MRS. ELEANOR MRRTIN IS
. HOSTESS AT FUNCTION
Warm Welcome to Debxtant6
By Sally Sharp.

Youth, Youth. how buOyans are thy hopes;
Like nar4Eolas. toward the sunny side
Buoyant In good truth was youth last
night. as the smart set dropped its
lowest oUrtsy in honor OF the fair
young daughter OF the house of Har-
Vey-
Not IN the memory Of a score of sea-
sOs1s has there been so brilliant a com
lng-our function as the ball given at
The St Francis last night in honor Of
Miss Anita Harvey, daughter Of Mr..
. and Mrs J. DoWney Harvey. In fit
ting fashion was the stunning maid
- presented 10 the smart folk Of the West
by her grandmother, Birs- Eleanor
Martin, whose entertainments have,
IN years past, been synonyms for
splendid hospitality.
The maid who last night was formal
y initiated into the world of elysian
pleasures IS well fortified for the con-
spicuoUs position which shall hence
forth be hers Thrice lucky maiden,
who hath thus been blessed by nature
and her handlneidens with all the
gifts the ficlle danes doth hOldi
The ball was the joyful baptism Of
the white and gold ballroom, and the
scene in the mirrored palace will live
p. long in the annals Of the smart set
functions
The guests were received in the
Louis XVI drawing room, which was
Eraced with white chrysanthemums in
. great vases. From the draped entrance
the beauty Of the ballroom, with its
ivory walls pecked out in gold; its
- great crystal globes ablaze with light,
rejecting the exquisite glimmerings Of
q summer rainbow; the mirrored pan
els catching the hundreds Of beautiful
women as they passed TO and fro; the
hanks o. American Beauty roses piled
. Ia urOdigal prOfusion in jars on the
-. luantel shelf; the forest Of ferns, glis-
tering magnolias, palms and wood
wardias, caught and given back by the
= silTered panels set in the walls OF
ivory
Round about the ballroom crimson
satin divans beckOned the weary
dancer or the patient chaperon, While
from window, balcony and doorway
cri nlson satin hangings fell in soft
luxury.
Screened from the curious by Orien-
tai ecreens-and there are few curious
- folk round about-the west wing Of the
hotel. with the mezzanine floor, became
a tropic garden
or the stairway 10 the mezzanine
floor and in the ladies' gallery great
. vases filed with huckleberry stood
. about. hanked by ferns and towering
From the balcony overlooking the
. ballroom the vision was dazzling, for
from the heights only could the full
beauty Of the scene be appreciated,
with It's scores Of beautiful maids and
-. Tnatrons and smart men on pleasure
. bent
-. And the hoori All, here indeed was
-. q Joy, Twas not unlike the smooth.
glistening surface Of a pond in winter
-fiaie. -icebound, without a flaw.
The dancers-the feminine part
came shockingly late, leaving punches
and punches Of men standing about in
dismal expectancy.
At midnight an elaborate supper was
served in the grill. where American
. Beauty roses graced each table.
.. After the feast on went the dance
: more merrily than before, bringing to
o a brilliant close the most elaborate
. debutante function Of the winter of
s904-a' winter distinctive for gay af-
fairs.
Among the smartly gowned women
were Mrs. Eleanor Martin, in a white
satin gown with gold trimming. while
Mrs. Walter II. Martins gown was of
blue spangled net over blue chiffon