The San Francisco call., 1906-07-02
CLUB AFFAIRS
ONLY SIGNS OF
SOCIAL LIFE
Success Of Them, How
ever, Briightens Dull
Summer Days.
BY ZOE GREEN RADCLIFFE.

OAKLAND, July 1.-Society has GER
tainIy returned to the simple life Van
ity Fairs most ardent followers, even,
have slipped into obscurity and the
woman VINO fancies she is under obli-
cations to entertain for visiting
friend or a newly engaged girl-the
engaged ones still bob up serenely'- -
experiences considerable difficulty in
/ getting together crowd large enough
to make her efforts worth while. Near
tly all the clubs have entered upon the
vacation that is to last into september,
the few card clubs that still retain
their integrity meeting only when a
| social spaSrn seiZes the members. On
Friday night last the members of the
Palette, Lyre and Pen Club bade each
other farewell for the summer and
Monday night the Hughes Club will
give, the last of the concert series or
! the season.
4 The Hughes Club, which is the oldest
and most prominent musical organiza-
tion composed entirely of women, has
done some excellent work under the
direction of its name patron and leader,
| d. p. Hughes, and the concertS-four
year, l belieye-are invariably brilliant
social affairs. The concert tomorrow
evening will be interesting particularly
from the fact that Llewellyn Hughes
will be the principal soloist. Mr.
Hughes returned from Europe about
year ago after period of hattertng
| success there, first as violin sol0ist
and later as. director of an English
1 opera company. His appearance at the
concert tomorrow will be his first at
any large affair, SO considerable in
terest is being manifested by those
who know what the gifted young Oak
lander can do.
The chief choral feature will be the
cantata, Legend of Granada the mu-
/ sic for which was written by Henry
{ Hadley and the words by Ethel Watts
Mumford. The solos are for soprano
and barytone and will be sung by Mrs.
Llewellyn Williams and Robert Hughes
Other promising numbers are "The Lost
Chord" "A Spring Song" and charm
ing lullaby.
The concert, which is to take place
at Hamilton Auditorium, was to have
taken place in April, but was postponed
for the same reason that every other
date in that month was changed.
Mrs. Wilbur Walker is president of
the Hughes Club, Mrs. Llewellyn Will
liams vice president. Mrs j. e. Hen
derson secretary and Mrs Charles Shaf-
ter treasurer. Mrs. Margaret Davis
Hughes Is the clubs efficient accom-
panist
The members of the Palette, Lyre
and Pen Club enjoyed a pleasant re-
union at the home of Mrs. Florence
Hardiman Miller, of the clubs lit
erary members, last Friday night. In
spite of the fact that many of the mem
4 bers are away. there was a goodly
4 gathering and the evening most en-
'fjeyable. Harry Samuels, the vio-
linist, whom San Francisoo's disaster
4 has given to Oakland for a time, very
kindly contributed several violin num-
tx,9th fha cfc+o - III
beth Simpson at the piano. Mr.. Sam
uels plays very well, indeed, and with
rare feeling. "The Humoresque" by
Dvorak and nazourka by Musin were
among the things he played.
Miss Lillian Swales has frequently
been heard in various things, but she
} seemed to be at her best Friday in a
clever monologue entitled "An April
Shower" Miss Swales has a pleasant
voice, a good facial expression and con-
siderable histrionic talent. Her friends
would not be a bit surprised to see her
on the stage some day.
Herman Whitaker, of course, is al
ways interesting, whether writing or
talking and his five- -minute-he insist
ed he had been allotted only five min
uteS-address on The Writing of a
Successful Book" was as full of good
things as even he could crowd into so
short time. He advised the would-be
successlul writer 10 go back several
generations in search of literary abili-
ty, giving out the impression that a
writer must be born before he is made.
1t is. too bad that aspirants to literary
fame cannot all interview Mr.. Whitta-
, ker before beginning a career for
which so many are i'll fitted.
At the close of the authors clever
little talk poster game was started
that taxed every ones knowledge of
recent books and was the more ex-
citing, as the prize was '"The Proba-
tioner," "a successful book" by Herman
Whitaker, and was won by Mrs. Isa-
belle Robinson, herself a writer of some
note
A few of those who enjoyed Mr..
!, and Mrs. Miller's hospitality were Mrs.
Joseph Z. Baker. Mrs. Baker, Mr. and
Mrs Charles Woodbury., Miss Klein
schmidt, Franz Kleinschmidt. Mr. and
Mrs Walter Manchester, Miss de Neale
Morgan, Mrs. Florence B. Langworthy.
Miss Alice Eccles. Miss Christina Rose
Herman Whitaker, Harry Samuels,
Miss Elsie Whitaker Mrs w D.
Compton, Mrs. Julia B. Foster, Henry
i, Snow, Mr.. and Mrs. III. E. Robinson,
t Mrs Elizabeth Wore, Mrs Frank Soule,
Mrs J. Perry connor. Miss swales.
little note of sadness subdued
somewhat the pleasure of the members
of the Palette -Lyre and Pen Club in
being together once more, for DR.. Or
vile p. Phillips of Berkeley, whose
sudden death recently so shocked every
one, was one of the cIub's most gifted
tand enthusiastic members. On two oc-
casions since he had become a member
he had given addresses that were full
of bright humor as well as vastly
interesting, and it was his cheerily ex-
pressed intention just few days be-
fore his death to participate in the
clubs last meeting AT the Friday
night gathering the members passed
resolutions of sympathy for the be-
reaved wife of DR.. Phillips and copy
thereof was ordered sent to her.
DR.. Phillips was only 3S years old,
but had already accomplished more
than most men do in a lifetime. A
graduate of the Pennsylvania Univer-
sity and professor of botany there he
spent three years in the universities
Of Europe and was the only American
to be admitted to the students corps
at Berlin. He was professor of biology
4 for six years in the Los Angeles Uni
versity, the vacation times being de-
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