The San Francisco call., 1904-07-07
RETURN HOME.
BY Zoe Green Radcliffe.

! OAKLAND, July 6.-MrS. oscar F1tZ-
! Allen Long is home again and very
! happy over her husbands recent pro-
motion and retirement.
! He has been made a brigadier gen
eral and may now rest from the ardu-
/ Gus labCrs that have so long made him
! a conspicuous figure in the nations
war plans.
Mrs. Long has returned from her
Washington associations. winsome and
unspoiled as in the days when, as Amy
Requa, she was the most popular girl
in Oakland. Aside from her position
as the wife of General Long, Mrs Long
is exceedingly interesting in herself,
possessing a clean-cut wit and des-
criptive power that gives a keen relish
to her "reminiscences of life at the cap
ital.
Mrs. Requa and Mrs. Long enter
tained a few friends at an informal
luncheon to-day at Highlands and the
affair. though small. was in keeping
with the lavish hospitality for which
Mrs Requa is noted. Around the
board We're seated Miss Anita Thom-
son. Miss Loretta Hanley Mrs A. D.
Thomson, Miss Moliie Connors, Mrs
John r. Connors. Mrs. Prirgle. Mrs
Requa and Mrs. Long. Little Amy and
Sallie Long, ever since they were old
enough to sit in a chair, have presided
with their grandmother at the head Of
the table, occupying seats at either
side, and the sight of the two beautiful
children there is always one of the
most pleasing features of a visit to the
hospitable home.
Mr.. and Mrs. William LYMAN
Shiels have returned frcm Honolulu.
where they spent two delightful
months. Mrs. Shiels is the picture of
health and brown as a berry-a very
becoming hue it is, too
Prince Luigi and Admiral and Mrs.
Glass were in Honolulu during the stay
of the Shiels, so the picturesque Ha-
waiian town presented one constant
round of entertainment and gayety
Mrs. Shiels viii be in town only few
days, leaving for Rowardennan for a
sojourn Of two months
Mrs. Bennett, Mrs. Shiels' mother.
who was also in Honolulu, has gone
to the McCloud to visit the Thomas II.
Williamses in their country home.
A jolly little luncheon was given at
the Golf Club house Monday After
luncheon the party enjoyed a game on
the links, which viii soon be turned
over 10 the Cross-Country Club and dl-
verted to other purposes. In the Mon
day gathering were: Mr. and Mrs.
George e. de Cola. Miss Noele de
Cola, Mr.. and Mrs. William Pierce
Wheaton. Miss Eliza beth McNear. Miss
Abbie Church. MIR. and Mrs Harry
East Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Robert NJ.
Fitzgerald, DR.. and Mrs. James P. H.
Dunn, DR.. Carpenter, DR.. Charles Min
or Cooper. Charles Hubbard Mrs. Mat
thews, c. B. Gould. NJ. w. Kales
Miss Estelle Kleeman and her moth
er, Mrs. w. N. Kieeman, will be the
guests, for a time of Mrs Washington
Marion at Camp Meeker.
Mrs. Brace Hayden is spending the
month of July at Highlands.
Mrs. Edgar Stone is recuperating
from her recent long illness at Los
Gatos. Her sister, Miss Anna Weeks
of Sacramento. is with her.
1
ALAMEDA, July 6.-Mrs. William Sr.
of this city and Mrs. S. r. Garcelon of |
Oakland left to-day for a months So
journ at Pacific Grove
Mrs. f. D. Ellis will leave Friday !
morning for Boston and Bar Harbor. |
where she will visit relatives and |
friends. Mrs. ELS will be away from |
Alameda for three months and before I
returning WIFI view the ST. Louis expo
sition.
Mr.. and Mrs James Hamblv, Miss /
Helen Hambly and Miss Fannie Martin |
viii pass the remainder of this month |
at Camp Vacation.
Mrs. George Whitney has returned ]