The San Francisco call., 1906-06-07
PEOPLE And Things
BY LOUISE WELLER.

To save their cIothes-their very I'm
est and best cIothes-so that they could
lafterward lose them. might have been
the sad fate of Mr. and Mrs Alexan-
der Shields had not :estiny guided by
Mrs. Milton Unger decided otherwise
1t is a thrilling tale. A sort of a
kind OF aAout-o frying pan-into-
the-fre story.
There is no telling but that it may
be dramatized- An automobile. falr
lady in distress with her hair hang
ing down her back. and a doughty sol
dier to the rescue are a few of ths
salient features OF the incident that an
up-to-date earthquake playwright
might make use of.
Mrs. Alexander Shields has the repu-
tation of being one OF the finest dressed
women in San Francisco. AS a dresser
Mr. Shields fame is not far behind that
of his charming wife. What more
natural then. that when they saw the
flames approaching on that terrible
April morning they should decide TO
save their clothes?
They did them up in bundles;
clothes certainly would. tied them up
in sheets and despatched them to the
golf club for safe keeping.
Mrs Shields golf club was turned
into a relief station and Mrs Milton
Cnger was put in charge. Bundles upon
bundles of clothes-mostly tied up in
( sheets. We're sent out there and soon
Mrs. Unger assisted by kind friends be-
gan the distributiap of clothing to the
needy.
In the course of the days work they
came upon the Shields bundle My. Oh
my. What beautiful things. Who could
have sent them? Custom made tailor
gowns all lined in white satin. Long
coats of the latest and most modish
cut. Hats that were dreams. Long ell
bow gloves Silk stockings and lin
gerie of the sheerest lawn and trim
med with billow upon billow of lace.
And the other bundle. Tuxedos. SAT-
in-lined evening dress suits. White
waistcoats Perfectly creased trousers.
I'm refugee" said Mr.. Milton Tn
ger as he sazed upon all this mascu-
line spIendor. Here it was that Mrs.
Unger's remarkable intuition came to
the front. She went carefully over all
the handsome clothes and attached TO
the button of an immaculate waist
coat she found a cleaners tag and the
name of Mr.. Alexander Shields thereon.
DR.. Reynolds was appealed TO. An
orderly was quickly despatched to the
Shields home with instructions TO bring
back an explanation
He returned in az automobile with
Mrs. Shields at his side. The lady was
so anxious to explain that she did not
stop to put on her hat.
She. took back her clothes She real
lied what a narrow escape they had.
But she left behind her for those who
were in want-weII. 1 promised not to
tell.
A wonder as Mrs. Urger is at hnd-
ing out things. stin she has not been
able TO discover who sent that great
big box that was labeled "Zenobia.'
1t was unlike the other boxes thar
were forwarded to the relief stations.
1t was a great big wooden box all
nailed up and looked as if prac-
ticed hand had attended TO the pack
ing And it's contents-rnost delicious
home made cookies. appetfzing home
made doughnuts. dozens of glasses OF
finest homemade jellies, dozens and
dozens of hard boiled eggs. all the
latest magazines and illustrated
papers and dozens of nursing bottles
for the babies.
Who could have sent it? Who was
the kind friend whose sweet thought-
fulness inspired that splendid. won
derful box?
Generous Zenobial The Stanford
boys. who helped unpack the case. in
their wide wisdom declare that ZEN
obia is the name of .httIe town not
far distant.
Dear generous Mrs. Linda Bryan.
now that she has seen TO it that the
400 children of the burnt-out fremen
have all been provided with plenty
of good and useful clothes. she is
turning her attention to the wives
of the noble FIRE fighters who are
soon to become mothers In this
splendid work she has the co-opera-
tion of Mrs. /. Lowenberg, president
of the burnt-out maternity home that
was situated at 1918 Harrison street
DIR. A b. Spaulding is giving his
personal attention to each case and
each mother has in addition the SER
4 vices of trained nurse. and each
i baby gets a complete layette.
Any freman's wife who needs as
sistance is requested to call upon or
notify Mrs Bryan at her home, 2422
Buchanan street.
L cannot do too much for those
brave fellows and their families Mrs.
Bryan told me. They are worthy of
leterything any one can do. They are
the incest class of people one can
come in contact with Thav are an