The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-04-08

and Mrs. Sprague an affair will be given
in Native Sons Hall for the benefit of the
organ fund of st. Dominic's.s
Some of the same sprightly stunts
will be turned that kept the audience
al Frederick Greenwood's Mi-Careme
awake till sun-up. OF course. there
may be some Examinations in Difference
to the good st. Dominic. but the same
musical features will be presented
Mackenzie Gordon will sing. with and
without Charlie Dickman and Will Hop
kins. the with" composing the now
famous Neapolitan trio, costumed. of
course. and made up like the president,
the bouncer and the executioner of the
Malta
George de Longs smart playlet. The
Broker and the Blonde" viii be given
with cute little Pearl Landers in the
cast.
There's talk in the air of Bernhardt's
playing "Phedre" in the Greek Thea
ter on the afternoon of May II. If the
deal be contaminated, Professor Will
liam Dallam Armes may be thanked for
what should be an unforgettable per-
1 Torrance.
Such a setting, for such drama, by
such an artist-even if she be of dry
and withered leaf stage-is a beauti-
4 full thing TO picture. If Mr.. McAdie
:
weather act right the performance
would become a chapter in the art
growth of the West
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These are great days for the golfers
at Del Monte. The links are as velvet
stretches and the sky a caressing blue.
Everybody strolls to the links in the
morning before bathing time.
And. by the way. there's some talk
about a tournament in May on the Del
Monte links-which would be a capital
idea-on account of the number of
Eastern players who will finger OF I'M
til then.
Speaking of famous California golf
ers have YOU ever noted their cute lit
tie names-Mr. Maud. Mr.. May and Mr.
Lille? Each of these has at some time
or other held a championship, and in
spite of their names they are fine manly
chaps But it cannot be denied that
their names are a little weird.
The opening of the Hahnemann Hos
pi,aI Tuesday night promises to be
an affair of note. as behold the list
of patronesses; Mrs. John F. Merrill,
Mrs. F. G. Sanborn, Mrs. William P.
Fuller. Mrs. w. w Van Arnsdale, Mrs.
Hartland Law, Mrs. /. Lowenberg, Mrs.
Z. A Drexler, Mrs. Cyrus Walker, Mrs.
Ira Pierce, Mrs. David Jacks, Mrs.
1neDe A dedfSl, MIS-. "A SneSeDFOuSfi.
Mrs. E. r. Lilienthal, Mrs. Marshall
Hale, Mrs. William P. Shaw, Mrs. Will
liam H Mills. Mrs. E. B. Towne, Mrs.
William Let's Oliver, Mrs. Ynez Shorb
White and Mrs. Horace Davis.
This interest in the degenerate, in
the sick and in the out-of-luck brothers
and sisters is the very worthiest of
Lenten devotions. 1t is expressed
prayer. 1t is the deed rather than the
thought that dies a-borning.
As to Lent, it cannot be said that San
Francisco has really gone into the
shadows of gray and purple-surely
not in the sense that our mothers did.
less Christian in our thoughts and
deeds than they. though less hysterical.
However. the Christian observation of
Lent cannot but make for moral regen-
Grafton, because it induces reflection
the first step toward the emancipation
Of the soul
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur W. Cornwall
leave for Japan on the 14th, where they
will visit for several months.
Had it not been for Mrs. Cornwalrs
recent severe illness they would have
now been on the seas.
Owing to the lateness of the season
they have abandoned their intended
visit to India.
Miss Elizabeth Downing and DIR. Albert
r. TRULY have named their wedding day
for April 26. when a quiet ceremony will
be performed at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver p. Down
ing. on Green street. Miss NOZZLE de Cola