The San Francisco call., 1905-03-22
CLUB HONORS
A SUCCESSFUL
YOUNG WRITER
BY ZOE GREEN RADCLIFFE.

OAKLAND, Marcn Il
In serious mood or vein that Is lighter,
We meet and discuss the living writer.
First, his biography unfold
No event of his life is left untold.
His manner age, hair and complexion
Are we'll known to the Living Writer'S Section.
This bit of information was one of the
"Glimpses of Living Writer'S that was given
in rhyme by Mrs. Elizabeth Dow Yorker to-
day at the Ebeil reception She took peck
at every writer of recent distinction, from
Jack London down to Eoelfs own modest
enjoyed by the throng of women that filled
the clubrooms to the doors.
Though ST. Patricks day is now well back
among the yesterdays, the living writer's sec
tion was not to be deprived of the pleasure
of honoring the holy man, who was such a
the mass of decorative green, the Stars and
Stripes and the emerald flag blended their
folds on the wall back of the platform. Sham
rock-real shamrDck-was worn by the ladies
of the section. and every coiffure sported a
knot of green.
Good music and clever papers distinguished
the programme. over which Mrs. Ogden, the
curator, presided but the lion-shouid one
say lioness ?-of the afternoon was Elinor
Gates Tully. 1t has been said that a man
Is never a prophet in his country, but
the little woman who has given us the '.Biog-
raphy of a Prairie Girl took quite naturally
to the honors of prophecies that were forced
her.
Following graceful and well-written re-
view of the Prairie Girl by Mrs William
Frederickson and read by Mrs. John Beck
with, the authoress read chapter of the
simple story that seems to have crept into
sion of the programme the little writer-she
seems rather frail-was given an ovation al
most, by her new admirers and old friends
who had known her when she was Just Elinor
Gates and not one of the days successful
writer's
The entire programme was as follows:
Overture, Don Juan Mozart -Lysberg
Two pianos four hands
Miss Laura Prentiss and Ralph McFadven
'GlimpSeS Living Writers''
BY Mrs. Elizabeth Dow Yorker
Group Of songs-.Maids of cadiz.'' Ave
Maria, Irish Ballads. BY Mrs. Taylor
Mrs. r. H. Auerbach accompanist
Review of Biography of Prairie Girl
By Mrs. william Frederiekaon allnnr Gates
Extracts from Biography of a Prairie
Girl reading by the author ....
..,o. -; :; Mrs. Richard Tully (Elinor Gates)
Two pianos four hands ''
Miss Laura Prentiss and Ralph MeFadyen.
Songs, Under the Lindens' DUDLEY
Buck), Little Irish Girl Q.ohr) -.
............... Lowell Redheld
Mrs. F. b. Ogden assisted in receiving
the sections guests by Mrs. J. c. S. Ackerly.
Mrs. Frank Leavitt, Mrs. NJ. D. L. Hadiey.
Mrs. w. II. Graves. Mrs. W. G. Manuel. Mrs
A. A. Denison, Mrs. c. G. Cummings Mrs
c. Ressaguie Miss Machin Mrs John A.
Beckwith. Mrs c. Kellogg. Mrs. William
Frederickson, Mrs H. Norris, Mrs W. E.
Montgomery, Mrs r. G.. Perry Mrs E. D.
Yorker. Mrs. ]. j. Meiggs Mrs H. Lang Mrs
A. w. Burrell, Mrs Ralph Kinney, Mrs J.
Ollie, Mrs. III. +. Carlton. Mrs. VandergaW.
Mrs. L. Wheeler, Mrs. H. A. Powell Mrs T.
Gaytes.
ST. Patrick still continues to cast his erner-
aid shadow upon US, for every day one hears
of some green luncheon or tea that has hitherto
escaped notice. Mrs. Harry Roche was one
of those entertained last week, seventeen guests
being seated at luncheon that commence
rated the nth of March. Those that saw II
say the table a dream in green OF course
and the place cards were the dearest
things s''-cardboard shamrocKs with little pipes
tied to them with green ribbon A guessing
contest during the luncheon was the cause of
much amusement and altogether the day was
happily spent Mrs. Roche and her sister,
Mrs. M. NJ Campbell, were hostesses, and the
|, guests Mrs. George Faulkner Mrs
Frank Shay, Mrs. T. c, Shankland, Mrs c. P.
Mrs. F. B. English Mrs. William Gassaway,
Mrs F. A. Campbell, Mrs. E. II. Griffith Mrs
A. A. Sawyer. Mrs. John Allen Park, Mrs E
NJ. Condit. Mrs. Frank Merguire and Mrss Eva
Shepston
Miss Clara Boardman gave a handkerchief
shower Saturday afternoon In honor of Miss
Tallman. She was assisted by Miss Myrtle
Progressive games were played and the prizes
were won by Miss Ruby Smith and Miss Alice
Osborn The guests Misses Bessie Tall
man, Jessie Hardenbergh, Laura Fenton Edna
Ford, Gertrude Mansfield, Clara Brown Mis-,
Audeffred, Misses Bessie Cotton Ethlyn Rem
shaw Lillian Brink, Agnes Cole Flora Miller
Addie Dowdle. Alice Osborn, Ruby Smith
Mrs Thomas Quayle Mrs. w. H. Halsey Mrs
Charles Lathrop of San Francisco, Mrs Glenn
ent Rust of San Francisco.
Mr. and Mrs H. Shepard Brickel and son
Russell BriclSell. have just returned from ST,
months of travel in Europe.