The San Francisco call., 1904-04-17

Unhappy lies. the head that hath no
country house 70 shelter it. True il is
that many a good and eminently re-
spectacle citizen gives daily thanks for
town house-just a lone, single, soli-
tary abiding place in town-but that
is not the fellow who constitutes the
smart set, so away with him.
The necessity for a country home in
California is Of recent origin. We bor-
rowed the praiseworthy custom from
the effete East, where no one abso-
lutely no one with any social preten-
sions gets on without a hut up the
HUDSON, or a bungalow in the Adiron-
daclks. or a bonny cottage at Newport,
the latter the elysium Of social su-
premacy.
And while these rural possessions
have come TO be a stepping stone to
social eminence, they carry with them
a fine influence for mental, moral and
physical betterment. Away among the
hills. by the side Of the sea, or in the
depths Of a forest the mind grows, and
grows the way il should-no dwarfing,
no pettiness. no limitations. Therefore
are we glad that the East which bor-
rcwed the custom from England, has
bestowed the beneficent custom upon
US.
And where in all the world is q coun-
try home more perfectly a country
home than in our own new Italy?
And the gods be thanked that Cali
fornians are awakening to a fact that
the Spaniard, the ease-loving ancestor
OF our State. discovered a century since.
that out OF door sleeping is the leading
luxury Of the rural home and ours by
right divine. Therefore are the new
summer homes growing up with YER
andas ard patios. those fuxuriant gar
dens betwixt walls where the sun
shines and the flowers bloom for every
room IN the dwelling. This is the typi-
cal country home Of California-and
may we see more Of 1t.
Among those who are ensconced
among the hills and dales are the Laur-
ence Scots. the /. L. Bakers. the De
Sablas. General Shafter, the Borels.
the John Brices at .Napa, the McKitt-
riCks. the Walter S. Martins, who. by
the way. have taken the Tubbs place
at San Mateo. but will later occupy the
Joe Tobin home. And as to San Rafael
and its surrounding burgs. there isn't
a smokeless chimney in the county
now.
Much gayety is propheSed for San
Rafael this summer. especially at
"Meadowlands," where by the way. a
charming little party took place last
week, with Miss Helen de Young as
hostess. Among her guests were: Celia
Tobin. MIR. and Mrs. Jack Spreckels.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Wilson, Miss Pearl
Landers. Miss Ethel Hager, Ed Tobin,
Dick. Joe and Cyril Tobin, a happy
coterie.
Last week was rather a gay week
but since all things are measured by
analogy. perhaps the announcement is
rather rash after the leaden forty DAYS
On Monday Miss Sara Drum enter
tanned charmingly att card party at
her home on Broadway. Among those
who tried their skill at 500 were Mrs.
Latham McMullin. Mrs. George Martin.
Mrs. Herbert Moffitt. Mrs. Henry Clar-
ence Breeder. Miss Ardella Mills. Miss
Baldwin. Miss Stella Kane. Mrs. Dieck-
mann. Mrs Douglas Watson, Mrs. Eu-
gene Lent. Miss Eleanor Davenport.
Mrs George Wheaton. Miss Mary Jol-
life. Miss Grace Holt. Mrs. r. o. Nc
Cormick. Mrs. +. @. Drum. Mrs. Sam
uel Buckbee. Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Morri-
son. Miss Grace Buckley, Mrs. Robert
Harrison. Mrs. Gushing. Mrs. Fred
kimble and Miss F'iorinne Brown.
So. too on Monday night was the
Junior Assembly at the Palace q