The San Francisco call., 1905-06-18

To what race does the Smart Set be-
long? To the brown race. 10 be sure-in
summer -Tis bourgeois to belong 10
1.-The Aryan or white race" after Tie
month of May IS of the calendar.
In truth It's the day of the nut-bro~n
maid and The tint Of the Samoan is the
proper thing
Drugstore?
No. Out Of doors. I:le drugstore pat
ronace begins with the fall. for q coat of
tan and a chiffon frock are not elements
of harmony and chiffon is the dominant
winter fabric Hence must the tan ge.
But it's to-day with which the smart
set maid concerns herself and therein
lies a philosophy worthy Of wiser heads
Sho lets the tan come, as il should
and as 10 its going-why, that's another
story.
In the first place. there's the automobile
that takes her whiZzing along IN the
glare of country roads with the fresh
breeze brushing her skin TO 4 glow
Then there's the bathing in the sea-
with the grinning sun agleam o'erhead.
To be sure, she wears bathing suit.
but that doesn't cover much Of her-and
therein lies its valUe-and beauty. Hence
the tan.
Another mode Of obtaining the soft
Samcan tint TO cheek and brow is the
Canter bareheaded, the rarest JOY that
falls TO the lot OF decorous maldens. And
happily the English country custom is
obtaining among US. for on the roads
over the bay the bareheaded maid, a-can-
tering by, is no longer matter Of con-
Germ
Then there's tennis and golf and boat
ing all doing their little part to tint the
skin Of the smart folk as ii should be.
tnGt they may be externally distinguished
from the plebeian. But beneath the fash
ion OF il lies the health and the happi-
Of
well-theres question. But as all tastes
are acquired, 50 perhaps the beauty of
copper-colored skin may grow upon US
uuawares.
But there's me winter coming. when tan
Will be de troD. What. little maid,
Will you do then. when you must again
be an Aryan?
SUNDAY
Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis Searles, entertain
ing al a large reception at their home in
Piedmont in honor of Miss Cornelia Dean
Gordon and Isaac Oliver UDham.
MONDAY.
Wedding Of Miss Constance Jeffreys and
Hugo r. Rsmacciotu-
Miss Laura Farnsworth, hostess at an
informal bridge party.
Mrs. Harry Rice Mann. at home"
WEDNESDAY.
Wedding Of Miss Carrie Sweigert and
Yokohama.
First annual exhibit of paintings by
artist members of the Nile Club, Oakland,
of whom are Xavier Martinez, w. Z.
Rollins and c. p Nielsen.
Sketch Club exhibit in club rooms on
California street.
THURSDAY.
Mrs. Philip G. Galpin, hostess at a
luncheon at her home on Broadway in
honor of Miss Leslie Green.
Wedding of Miss Frances Irish and
Frank l.. Hus IN Oakland.
Wedding of Miss Lillian Haines Cook
and Edward Crinton Small at the St.
Andre.
FRIDAY.
Mrs. Harry Nathaniel Gray. hostess at
a dinner for eight at ST. Dunstans
Mrs. T. V. O'Brien and Mrs. George F.
Gray, hostesses az a tea at the st. Francis
in honor of Mrs Walter Dean O'Brien.
In the receiving party were Mrs. Louis
Lane Dunbar, Mrs. Harwood Morgan,
Mrs. James w. Edwards Mrs. Percy H.
OBrien, Miss Elsie Dorr. Miss Gladys
Deal, Miss Laura Farnsworth. Miss Edith
Muir, Miss Gertrude Palmer, Miss Persis
Coleman, Miss Van Wyck and Miss
Currier.
SATURDAY
Open air fete given by the Woman's
Club of San Mateo for benefit OF the pub
lie library.
gay time is ahead of pretty Miss
Edith MetoaIf daughter of Captain and
Mrs. John Metcalf who journeys TO New
York in 2 few weeks TO visit her aunt.
Mrs Z. S. Swan.
Then in October she crosses the water
tC visit another aunt, Mrs A NJ Carlisle
In Belfast, Ireland, with whom she will
tour the Continent, planning to remain
away from home about a year
Ac Mpsc la-
steo from school. il was expected that
she would be one of the debutantes of
the winter. but the trip abroad will defer
her coming out until next season-wiss
little maiden
A funny story is out about the swagger
club in Tonopah. the Mispah.
Having cleaned up a lot of money, II
was decided by the lucky chaps to give a
bali-g real smart ball. such as Ned
Greenway would have planned had he
stayed among them. Fine? said the
listening members who wired for their
dress suits forthwith. Then the plan was
unfolded to the ladies-and thereby hangs
the tale.
Who's goinR2" asked the wife of q
leading member. who had accompanied
her husband from New York. and knew
a thing or two about sociaI customs
WHY. all the friends of club members
oI course. This isn't Fifth avenue, my
dear"
Well. the wife went. So did the
friends of the club members-but the
wife and the rest Of the wives didn't sta,
long, for obvious reasons, and the
friends soon had the ballroom all tC
themselves And thus it was that Tono
pah took its FIRST lesson in social segre
sation, and pow an enterprising inkstel