The San Francisco call., 1905-02-19
Ok NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA 70
PI DELTA KAPPA
DANCE Is EVENT
OF THE SEASON
BY ZOE GREEN RADCLIFFE.

OAKLAND, Feb. 1S-The lights that
glowed redly upon the merry maze of
men and maids at the Pi Delta Kappa
dance last night were not more rosy
than the dreams that have been
dreamed for weeks past Of what pleas
ure this particular function would
give. Much credit is due the energetic
committee of arrangements that antic-
ipatlons were realized and that their
dance was one of the prettiest affairs
OF the season. The decoration Of Reed
Hall was never before so effective or
so brilliant
hundreds Of pennants, scarlet. with
the Greek letters of various fraterni-
ties In white. fiuttered overhead from
scarlet streamers stretched from the
central chandelier to walls and gal
lery. All the chandeliers were con-
cealed In a feathery arrangement Of
brake ferns and long grasses, the cen
ter lights being softened with red
globes. The orchestra, which gave US
some very inspiring music, by the way,
was tucked away in q perfect bower
of palms and ferns
1t is always hard to pick out the
prettiest girl in an Oakland crowd-we
nave such a lot of pretty girls on this
side of the bay, and they were there
by the score last night-but Miss Trixie
lgoe was, in the minds of many,
worthy Of that distinction at the P. D.
k. dance. Her dress was a marvel of
pale blue chiffon and silver embroidery,
and the stunning mandarin coat that
enVeloped her petite form when she
left the ballroom was the finishing
touch to a very charming picture.
Miss Hazel Palmanteer, in a dainty,
girlish gown of figured organdie. was
one of the attractive girls in the room,
and so was Miss Ruth Houghton in
similar becoming gown.
Miss Vera Cope's pink frock, with its
thin skirts and deep, graceful berthe,
was one of the noticeable gowns, and
Miss Blanche Laymance in pale pink
silk looked unusually we'll.
Among others who wore very charm
ing and dainty gowns were Miss Flor
ence Edmundson of San Francisco,
Miss Gladys Coffin, Miss Edith Coffin,
Miss Winte Perkins, Miss Carmen
Percy, Miss Katherine Brown, Miss
Evelyn Adams. Miss Bessie Haven,
Bell, Miss Katherine McElrath, Miss
Edna Prather, Miss Edna Lenhardt
and Miss Clara Franck
The paironesseS were Mrs. George
Percy, Mrs. w. G. Palmanteer, Mrs.
Louis f. Cockroft and Mrs. Harry P.
Carlton. The committee which worked
so hard to make the affair a success
was composed of Leslie Hayes, Leslie
Rice, George Couradi and Harry Gray.
It Is evident that we Westerners are
still wild and woolly in many respects
and If one may judge by the rising
generation, Oakland will continue to
be wild and woolly for some decades to
come. The p. d. K. dance last night
rx-o hy-i1I fa1
ter managed than the majority of
these affairs are, but even there the
lack of courtesy in introducing strang-
ers was evident. Many of the lads
and lasSies who came from San Fran
cisco to attend the affair had to be
content with about half the number
Of dances on the programme, while
the Oakland boys In several instances
danced eight or nine times with the
same girl. 1t appears this matter of
introduction is managed much better
in the East One of the chaperones
told me last night that there the pat
ronesses, instead of being tucked off
into one corner of the hall. as is Gus
tomary here, act as hoStesses. The
dancers are received and introduced
by them as in a private home, and it
is their duty to see that there are no
wall flowers. A very pleasant way,
surely, that might be inaugurated
mere very satisfactorily.
Clement Rowlands is home from
England, vastly improved in health
and voice and with fund of inter
esting data concerning musical doings
in London. While there he studied
with D. Franklin Davis, instructor in
the Royal Academy and possessor of
the most finished barytone in England
to-day.
NJ Dor1op6o yeor5 +ba hast tI,o+
London had to give in musical way
and comes back convinced that Ameri-
cas- singers are more up to date in
general work and superior in natural
tone quality to the English vocalists.
Mr.. Rowlands was accompanied to
England by his wife and son, and they
returned with him Thursday.
The stork seems to have a supply
of baby boys in stock just now that
he is doing out to the joy Of the fa-
vored ones. Only yesterday the spin
dle-legged bird paid a visit to the
San Francisco home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Fenwick, and now there is great
rejoicing in the houses of Fenwick
and Duff over the arrival of an heir.
Mrs. Fenwick was Agnes Duff of
Berkeley.
Word comes from Mae Sadler in
Nice that she is enjoying a rarely
pleasant visit there, SO pleasant, in
fact, that she is planning to stay in
Europe another year. during which
time she will probably be joined by
her mother, Mrs. c. M. Sadler of Ala
media.
Miss Hope Cheney is now Mrs Har-
old Havens, word from New York an
nouncing the fact of the marriage
there on the 14th. The pride will be
a charming acquisition to the colony
in Piedmont, where the newly married
pair will establish themselves when
the honeymoon is over.
The large reception given by Mrs.
A. ]. Snyder was one of the weeks
smartest affairs. The decorations,
suggestive of the valentine season,
were very elaborate. In the receiving
party were Mrs. Frederick Morse.
Mrs. Churchill Taylor, Mrs. John T.
Maxwell. Mrs. Edward Knowles. Mrs.
Frederick Winchester, Miss Madge
Cunningham, Mrs. Harry A. Noble,
Miss Noble, Mrs. William Curtis, Miss
Maud Hunt, Miss Belle Hunt, Mrs.
Charles William Canm, Miss Lucille
Parker, Mrs. Frank Gowell, Mrs. A.
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