The San Francisco call., 1905-08-15
NEWS OF. THE COUNTIES ABOUT THE BAY
SUPERVISORS PROBE
EXCESSIVE BILLS.
HIGH SCHOOL
FRATERNITIES
MAY BE USEFUL
BY ZOE GREEN RADCLIFFE.


OAKLAND Aug 14.-Like freshet after
storm, the stream of humanity that has
so quietly wended its way through the city S
streets since vacation began, became, wlth
the opening of the schools to-day, busy
torrent of merry students and interested shop
pers Until the daily procession OF school chill
dren was thus suddenly resumed TINS morn
ing we did not realize how much we nave
missed the pleasant sight Of these young pill
grlms of progress.
Aprppos OF schools Superintendent Water
man Oh Berkeley has been paying his respects
to the High School frat" in no uncertain
terms. He even says lit has nothing to
commend it, Surely he is too severe. Lay
ing aside the pleasant social life which is a
feature of the frat it has it's uses. Money
mas come to be the aTistocracy of America
the line between the rich and the mere per
son must be drawn some time-why not in
school? The discrimination causes many a
heartache, of course, but while they are learn
ing other things, the non-frat may well
learn to be philosophical. The girl who is
TO frat or not, and the other kind doesn' t
count, so the snub that the frat girl bestows
occasionally est mall where she thinks it will do the
most good should find the sensible non-frat
lnVuineranie to the intended hurt.
This windy weather that is so yexing to the
woman who cannot keep her hair in curl is
the delight of yachtsmen and many a trip
around the bay has been enjoyed recently.
commodore and Mrs. Shaw are always en-
TER @1ertalning merry party aboard their yacht,
Ihe ldler. which is one of the most COM
Ihoolous on the bay. day ago q
cruise and luncheon enjoyed by Mr.
ana Mrs c. w. Armes Mr.. and Mrs. William
O!ney, Mrs. E. D. Yorker, Miss Yorker, Miss
65lzapeth 54l4l scupham, Fred de Brutz and DIR.
M mrs. John j. Valentine Jr. is among those
VINO nave entertained for Miss GaskiH a red
Ilnner at her pretty little East Oakland
meme leine peing one of the pleasant events of last
WefaI WeeR, AT the table were Miss Gaskill, Miss
Nalehtlne Miss McCabe, Roy McCabe, Stanley
moore, George Hawthorne Mr.. and Mrs Ed
"Sra ara hume 5 and the host and hostess.
-, on Wednesday next Mrs. Montell Taylor
honor of Miss Gaskill. Mrs Wickham Havens.
mrs. William EIDE Mrs. Irving Lundborg. Mrs.
trude Allen. Miss Alice Knowles and Miss
McCabe will be the invited guests.
In plain American that was 'quiet sneak
that DR.. Charles F. Gross made when he slip
ped off to Santa Cruz and married one of
MS oakland friends. The bride is Miss Mar
saret olive Fagen the daughter of c. F..
Fagen. president of the National Bank and one
o. the prominent men of the seaside city.
Dr. Gross is a successful young dentist and
4 the ID popular president of Athens Parlor. y. S.
marriage to Miss Mabel Gage a few years ago
was an important society event.
Musicians are coming and going and being
entertained on. the wing, as it were. Mrs.
Beatrice Priest Fine, the singer who is visiting
ner OLD nome, VIII share the honorS with Miss
Grace Rollins another visitor here, at mus-
Gale this evening Miss George Cope will be
the hostess and in all about seventy guests
viii enjoy what promises to be a delightful
hour two.
On next Friday evening Eugene Blanchard.
whu leaves on September for Europe. will
be entertained by Miss Christina Rose and
Miss Emily Fairchilds. Mr. Blanchard is the
young pianist who gave very successful re-
cital in San Francisco recently--a success he
intends to repeat here. on August 30 at Reed
Hall. He is Very clever performer and
his work has received nigh coulmendation from
noted artists, who have urged him to make
music his career. So he is going to Europe
to study and his recital on the 30th will be a
farewell for several years A number of So
ciety women are interested as patronesses in
cluding Mrs. Oscar Luning. Mrs T. B. Cog
Eiii, Mrs. George c. Perkins, Mrs John F.
Conners Mrs. Charles Egbert Mrs William
Kleeman Mrs. George w: Cope, Mrs. Thomas
Men, Mrs Gordon Stolps Mrs. w. w. Stande-
ford, Mrs. Elizabeth Yorker. Mrs. J. G. Allen.
Mrs. e. B. Sanborn. Mrs Edward Remilard
and Mrs. Henry Wetherbee.