The San Francisco call., 1904-09-14
SECRETS ARE OUT
BY Zoe Green Radcliffe.


OAKLAND. Sept. 13.-Now that the knights
and the Native Sons have had their innings
and society has fallen back its old resource
Of tea and gossip, the newest engaged girl
furnishes always interesting topic OF con-
versation. Then there rumors, which will
not down, of other announcements soon to be
made. Several important secrets have been
told and retoId until the little gloss of secrecy
has been worn off and the ill concealed facts
shine through. 1t has leaked out that beauti-
full lone Fore will become a bride next month
She is expected home this week from the SOUTH
where she has been visiting. The lucky man
is said to be Eugene 4. Hewitt, prominent
attorney of San Francisco. and Miss Fores
girl friends. who have noted his untiring de-
votion, have been almost tempted to envy.
Miss Fore is the youngest and most beauti-
full OF the three charming daughters of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles W. Fore. She Is tall,
slender girl of dashing appearance, with
e,u EXQUISITE profile She belongs to oakland's
smart set and her marriage will equal in in
terest any that has ever occurred here
Dame Rumor is also exceedingly busy with
two other well known names. and the social
set has been waiting impatiently for the f. NJ.
Smiths TO return from New York, when their
daughters engagement TO a young attorney OF
this city is expected to be announced. inter
est has centered about these young people for
some time. The young lady in question, al
though the heiress to great welath. is a very
charming, unassumtng girl Arthur Goodfel-
low the other half Of the secret which friends
can no longer keep. is a son Of w. S. Good
fellow, the well known lawyer, and, II is said,
has inherited his fathers ability. At any rate,
he is much liked in both social and business
circles and in the contemplated union with the
family of the "Borax King he has the con-
gratulations and good wishes of hosts of
friends
Frequently Oakland's fair maids ond bloom
ing young matrons turn their attention from
the glistening froth of mere social pleasures,
ana. shoulder to shoulder. work heroically in
will find many of the fairest buds of the smart
set following where duty leads and lending
their aid to the success of a church benefit.
Mrs Emma Shafter Howard has given her
beautiful gardens for the occasion and the
ladies of Chancel Chapter of st: Pauls Episco-
paI Church will conduct an al fresco bazaar
for the benefit of the church funds.
Numerous artistic booths will be erected in
admssion fees of 20 and 10 cents win be
Charged There will be music, also palmist
and a vaudeville performance, which last is
being MANNED under the direction of Mrs.
Newton Koser and Miss Sevilla Hayden.
Mrs. James G. Allen is general manager and
follows: Fancy articles-Miss Florinne Brown
and Mrs Andrew Mosely. assisted by Misses
Ruth Kales Rose Kales, Carolyn Oliver, Anita
Oliver Bessie coghiH and Elsie Schiling; tea
booth-Mrs Arthur Crelin and Mrs. N. A.
Acker. assisted by Mrs. William A. Barbour,
Mrs. Frederick Page Cutting, Mrs Horny
Meek. Mrs. Frederick Hathaway, Mrs. Charles
Walkerly Mrs. Vernon Waldron. Miss Edith
Beck and Miss Bessie Fillmore; lemonade-Mrs.
lanes Mcclure assisted by Miss Noelle de
Cola Mrs. George Bornemann, Miss Lucretla
Burnham, Misses Alma and Adah Brown, Miss
Viva Nicholson Miss Jane Barry, Miss Irene
Bangs Miss Ruth Houghton. Miss Anne Nc
Flrath and Miss Elsie Marwedel; candy-Mrs.
Harrison Clay, assisted by Mrs. George H
Wheat Mrs. Edison Adams, Mrs. Thomas Pra-
ther Miss Ruth Knowles. Miss Alice Knowles.
Miss Bessie Palmer, Miss Evelyn Hussey' Miss
gan Miss Edith Gaskin, Mrs. c. Minor Good
an Mrs Samuel b. Prather and Miss Marie
and Margaret Buffers; handkerchiefs-Mis
assisted bV Miss lean Cliff Miss
Ethel Crellin, Miss Emma Mahoney, Miss AL
berta Jones. Miss Gertrude Allen. Miss Ritchie.
Mrs Robert NJ. Fitzgerald, Miss Jane Gull
len, Mrs. Arthur Harris, Mrs. Fred Allardt,
Miss Lottie Allardt and Miss Gertrude Allen
will preside at the gates A grab-bag will be
conducted by Mrs. G. W. Manuel assisted by
Miss Hazel Palmanteer. Miss Hilda McElratn.
Mrs. Phoebe McEirath and Miss Evelyn
Mrs. walter Mackay has loaned curious
Partisan novelty-a swimming iady-and It
will be in charge of Misses Lillian Isaacs
and Gladys English. Mrs Halstead will have
charge of the flower BOOTH.
It was well for EbelPs clubroom capacity,
to-day, that many members are away,
visiting in ST. Louis and other places, for the
COW auditorium was crowded it was. The
Occasion was the first luncheon of the season
and the reunion after the long vacation was
Mrs. T. b. Hume presided for the first time
since her reelection and in her greeting to
the club paid q pretty tribute to Mrs. c. w
Kinsev who as vice president supervised club
affairs during the unsettled period between
Mrs Hume resignation and reelection. She
said that Mrs Kinsey had taken up the refns
of government at a crucial moment and too
much could not be said in praise of the splen-
aid manner in which she had performed the
duties of an office that she had been so sud
denly called upon to fill. Mrs Kinsey's gra-
cious manner and kindly personality have
won for her host of friends, who warmly
applauded the sentiments expressed by Mrs.
Hume to-day
Mrs John Bakewell who has Just returned
from St Louis, where she acted as EbelI's s
delegate to the biennial convention of women 8
clubs. read an interesting report of her visit
Mrs Jane Sinclair, well-known club woman
and a visitor in Oakland. also read a paper
her topic being the progress of women and
the beneficial effect of suffrage
The musical programme had been arranged
by Mrs Harry p. Carlton and was unusually
good the following excellent numbers being
'''0' Piano solo. Miss Edna Sides
(a) ''The Loreley". "...................... Selling
(b) Hungarian ...-.-.-..-..-.-- MacDowell
Songs Miss Mary A1verta Morse,
Accompanied by Miss Ruth Morse
fa) There Is No Spring But You. :...
..................-. Mrs. Rudolph Lehman
(b) May lay --.-..........--I. Walthem
Violin solo, Mrs. Arthur Gwynn,
Accompanied by Mrs. Louis T. HengstIer
(b) Hungarian Dance ..............B Brahms
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