The San Francisco call., 1905-02-26


for San Francisco-to offer a bazaar
for charity. Even is vaudeville passe.
Theatrical stunts? Really, / haven't
heard.
It is now the Charity Dinner.
How does that strike you?-a little
promiscuous? Well, that would ap-
pear TO be true, but those who move
in the same set take good care Of that
and buy up the table, and invite their
friends Thus is the inviolability Of
their persons unassailed by the
bourgeoisie.
Really it is said that the charity
dinner has the charity ball beaten a
block-for fun.
AS everybody knows. a charity ball
is more or less promiscuous. And
that the real fun only develops at the
latter end Of the function. suspiciously
close TO the supper hour.
What's that?
True Of most functtons?'
Well, the truth TO tell, it looks pretty
much that way, with the Friday
Cotillon the lone exception. That's
essentially an early affair, and COM
posed largely Of the children"
This innovation, is, however, not to
be despised, since most of the chaps
who attend work for a living. thereby
escaping the contempt that centralizes
about parasites. And that they may
be clear Of brain in the morning de-
mands a reasonable amount of sleep.
And for this is Mrs. Inez Shorb
White TO be given an extra 1t was
primarily Of her planning.
f,aolr TO the 1l,o ~ ain
ner, why couldn't San Francisco try
it2
Surely there's enough wit and clever
ness among the men and women Of
the smart set TO keep things going in
their own set.
And as for spectacular effect. what
could be more brilliant than the st.
Francis ballroom agleam with light,
the mirrored walls rejecting a half
thousand splendid women and alert
men dining at bedecked tables, or the
Palace ballroom aglow with ruby light,
as K was at the Greenway Christmas
dance?
At the last brilliant charity dinner
at Sherry's. a dance followed. for those
who hadn't dined too well. nor vet out
grown the simple pleasures Of the two
step.
And, by the way, here was where
the debutantes scored-and the laddies.
The elder folk preferred" TO chat
Remarkable, isn't it, with what
facility some people can substitute
compulsion for choice?
Still, that is a splendid phase of
and a condition of mind TO
which all men must come. if they
would be happy.
Why can't San Francisco hold a
Charity Dinner?''
Think of the dazzling possibilities Of
gowns and jewels, For opportunity,
it far surpasses the horse show and the
opera
Besides. it would furnish us chroni-
clers Of the smart set dOings weeks Of
smashing copy"
Won't some one propose a Charity
Dinner. even for the noble purpose of
keeping us close up to New York?
Now that The Liars" is over, things
are undeniably fat
MONDAY.
Mrs. B. B. Cutter entertaining at
bridge at the home Of her daughter,
Mrs. Downey Harvey, on Webster
street.
Mrs. Frederick H. Beaver. hostess. at
a bridge party, entertaining thirty
guests
Miss Eliza Kline, entertaining at a
tea in honor Of Mrs. Francis Burton
Harrison of New York. The guests
were: Mrs. Laurence Scott, Mrs.
Eugene Murphy, Miss Katherine Her
rim, Mrs. Augustus Taylor, Mrs. Will
liam Taylor. Mrs. McNear, Miss Hyde
Smith, Miss Florence Bailey.
Mrs. I. Lowenberg and Mrs. Abra-
ham Lincoln Brown, "at home" at the
Palace Hotel, receiving a large num-
Der OF callers.
Miss Florence Whitten, assisted by
Miss Jennie Crocker Of New York,
hostess at an "at home" at the St.
Francis.
TUESDAY.
Mrs. George D. Toy, dinner hostess
at the St. Francis in honor of Cap
tain John J. Corlery Of New York.
Wedding in Santa Barbara of Miss
Alice Bacon and Thomas Driscoll Of
San Francisco.
Mrs. Joseph Trilley, entertaining at
q large bridge party, among the guests
being: Mr.. and Mrs. Pelham Ames,
Major and Mrs Van Vliet, Major and
Mrs. Devol, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Van
Wyck, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Pond, DR..
and Mrs. John Rogers Clark, Mr. and
Mrs. A II. Vail, Mr.. and Mrs. Steven
son of San Rafael. Admiral Farenholt.
Mrs. L. A. Kelley, Mrs. George Gibbs
and Judge Angellotti.
Mrs. Robert Armstrong Dean and
Mrs. V. T. Tingley Lawrence "at
home"
Miss Gertrude Bates, hostess at a
eard party in Hotel Cecil
SeQuoia Club reception in the Palace
Hotel in honor Of Lawrence d'Orsay of
he Earl Of Pawtucket'' company and
Bliss Carmen and the Dolmetsches.
Mrs. Francis J. Sullivan, hostess at
iinner, entertaining Miss Ada Sulli-
van, Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Spreckels,
Mrs. Augustus Spreckels, Miss Lurline
5preckels. Mrs. Reginald Brooke, Sir
James Talbot-Power and James d.