The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
INDIAN TEA Is
GIVEN BY SMART
CLUB WOMEN
BY Sally Sharp.

Well may the vagabond dog and the
errant cat congratulate themselves
that now the day is nigh when they
may look forward to a refuge" in
their old age, or even in their inf1rm-
tiles, where the pitiless poundman
and the diabolicaI youth no longer
linger in their memories as emissaries
of the evil one. For be it known that
the animals refuge, with Miss Maud
Smith president. has grown richer by
many dollars since yesternight's pass
ing, and there's more coming to-day
and tonight at the Indian tea at 2226
Jackson street. Indians revivified
Well you'd think so if on ringing the
doorbell you were greeted dumbly by
an earthen coIored maid OF the plains.
clad III aboriginal robes. beaded and
caparisoned. and leading you nilly-
willy into an amazing Indian court.
where baskets. blankets and plaques
cover the walls and overflow profusely
upon the floor, where hosts of maid
ems crouch about.
Baskets there are from the puny
tribes OF basket makers on the coast.
the Pomos giving generously of their
precious store. So. too, the Klickitat
gave a bit Of dextrous workmanship.
a papoose basket that bears the proud
distinction OF having held and coddled
the babes of four generations. This
evidence OF industry is the property OF
the stunning Indian maid of the bunch
last evening Mrs Arthur Cornwall.
who looked the part of Wawona with
her heavy black hair falling loosely
over her fine shoulders.
Then there was Mrs George Law
Smith, the hostess, who looked a hand
some squaw of tremendous dignity; but
it must be confessed by an unpreju-
diced observer that she is indisputably
bandsoner as a Colonial Dame than
as a Navajo princess. Then there were
Indian maids. whose social procHvities
had been enormously developed under
the tepee regime, who received with
the sang froid OF their stole ancestors,
save when they saw quarter in sight.
They grew busy to Win 1t by clever
cajoling, and who could resist the wiles
of dusky Sybil. who could forecast the
future with all its hopes and fears? :?
..Sybil? Who?' Why, she it is whom
We know in clubdom as Mrs. Bucking-
ham, and a mystical syren she made,
likewise many dollars.
Mrs John Loosely created quite
panic in the afternoon by appearing
in the garments of Piute squaw, with
her dusky papoose hitched to her head
in it's basket, as becomes every down.
to-date Indian matron.
Mrs. Ernest A Leigh as Anona was
a bewitching maiden. but her color was
a trif1e pale fer a Klickatat-
The handsome home of Mrs. Smith
was a stupendous Joy to the basketry
and blanket lovers, those who recog-
nize in them the earliest and by far
not the meanest art in America
Among those who lent their treas
ures to Mrs. Smiths splendid collec-
tion were:
A. ]. Moore. Miss D. c. Drifheld. Mrs. A.
c. Freeman, Mrs. winn Stanley, Mrs Bailey.
c. C Lord. Mrs ". A Deane. Miss Donnelly.
Mrs BienefeId. Miss Maud Smith. Mrs 4 w.
Scott Mrs Joseph Manuel Martin. Mrs Arthur
Cornwall. Mrs. V. 6 Bradley and Miss Elsa
EverdIEg.
Peacefully the Sioux dwelt beside
their hereditary foes. the Kiowas. the
former represented by the following
named:
Miss Elizabeth Edwards. Miss A. Edwards.
Miss Helen Hess, Mrs s P Walsh and Miss
V. C. Driffeld.
Alaskan tribe-Mrs W. A. Deane Mrs. Err
nest Leigh, Mrs Kate Waters, Miss Lottie
Holmes, Miss Myrtle Chance. Miss Fredericka
Gomez papocses: Frank Gomez, Valentine
Dean Alice Gomez. Mariatte Gomez. Amy
Raisch. Leila Raisch and Jack Rafsch-
FSfoua T-fbe-Mrs- Cornwall. Mrs. Loosey.
Mrs Freeman. Mrs Buckingham, Mrs Bir-
| mir CHAM and Miss Smith.
Navajo Tribe-Moon in Face Mrs. G. Law
Smith.
Tea, cakes and candies were dis
pensed during the afternoon and even
ing. and oh. such stupendous surprises
in the way of dances, croons and cere-
) monies. To-day and tonight the melo-
dramatic Lo will hold forth at the cerc-
monial house, 1926 Jackson street-and
all are welcome-at the usual tax. And
the homeless dogs and erring cats will
| thereby be the gamers
The cards are out for the wedding
of nratfy Miss BilrdCe of Oakland and