The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25
BY SALLY SHARP.

What a dash the army and navy give
to the social life of San Francisco! And
to a ball Why, the two arms Of the
service are as paprika to cheese. And
so 1t was last night at the Friday CO.
tillon at the Palace-the last of the
dizzy dances of the newborn dancing
club, when tons of gold braid and bull
lion on the manly bosoms of young
warriors gave the affair fine distinc-
tion-and to the total extinction of
mere civilians.
But will not some good Christian lift
GERS, that some sort of sane dress
coat be adopted, instead of the carica-
ture that is now worn? It's not so ter
ribly bad for big, athletic fellow, but
the dapper little chaps look like the
deuce under those Garibaldi epaulettes.
Those navy men-coats or no coats
were Immensely popular with the girls
last night, however generously sharing
honors with the Presidio and Fort Ma
son fellows. And l entertain a strong
suspicion that the lads about town are
not keen on army and navy dances
they wouldn't admit defeat, of course
but they weren't enthusing DER much
over the innovation.
With the colors aloft and cleaning
bravely from the ivory pillars, the uni
forms made a gay picture, threading in
and out from among the groups of
stunning women. Not without value,
however, were the "plain-clothes' men.
whose black and white furnished a
strong note in the ensemble-and some
rather clever dancers.
Punch was served in the vestibule
and in the Empire Room, and, as usual.
supper in the Maple Room. Here the
green foliage, with pink, red and green
shaded cand5iabra. There was the
usual outpouring of debutantes. bellies
and youngish matrons for this last
dance, and some mighty fetching
gowns were worn. Among them were:
Mrs. Ynez shorb White. in white crepe de
chine over white silk.
Miss Ethel Shorb, iridescent sea green cbif.
fon over sea green silk.
Miss Dorothy Dustan. spangled and en-
broidered white chiffon over white silk
Mrs. Draper. black satin. striped silk jetted
heavily.
Miss Elizabeth Kohl. gold spangled black
lace over white silk
Mrs. James Hall Bishop. yellow dotted cbtf-
fon satin.
Mrs. Lewis de Noon. white dotted chiffon
Miss de Noon. pink dotted chiffon silk and
pink chiffon. aA.1
Mrs. A. W. Foster. pearl gray chiffon satin.
Miss Sophie Borel. pale blue chiffon over
chiffon.
Mrs. Henry Glass. white lace over white
silk.
Miss Maude Woods, striped Dresden snr
Mrs Eleanor Martin black spanRIed iaca
over bodice OF white silk and oyerskirt of
Mrs; CASTOR Ashe. black velvet with white
lace sleeves.
Mrs. Frederick Tallant. black lace over
white.
Miss Elsie TalIant, white embroidered lac.
over pale green silk girdle and bertha of
green velvet, embroidered in pearls
Mrs. 7. T. Williams. pale blue chiffon cloth
with white lace yoke.
Mrs Charles Krauthoff. black spanrled lace
over black
Miss Elsie Dorr. green striped 3u.ie cloth
over silk.
Miss Grace Buckley. pink chiffon silk with
Insertions of white lace.
Miss Violet Buckley. white lace embossed IN
pink roses over white chiffon
Mrs. James Potter Langhorne black and
white striped etamine over white silk.
Miss Maise Langhorne. pink lowered chif-
fon-
Miss williams, white embroidered chiffon
over white silk; embroidered bertha, trimmed