The San Francisco call., 1906-08-07
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OAKLAND. Aug. 6-The workers Of
the Associated Kindergartens are Of
Ierlng incense at the altar of tho
weather god and are praying that Sat-
urday, August Is. will be such a rare.
beautiful day that even the boasted
June days of the poet will fade into
1hs1gniflcance. Then it is that their
annual garden fete will take place.
Pretty Idora Park, with its lawns and
trees, its attractive pavilion and COW
hooks, will lend itself as the setting for
the carnival. The concessions will be
presided over by the dainty maids and
matrons whose care it is to see that
the kindergartens are properly organ
lied and equipped
The Oakland women by sheer hard
work and the generosity of their
friends, have maintained the kinder
gartens of the association and earned
the earnest praise of those communi-
ties in which the schools are located.
Many weary mother has sent her tiny
child to the gentle kindergarten teach
er, thankful for the few hours for rest
or maybe. for the work which other
wise would be quite impossible. Onea
year is the public asked to come and
help, and when the invitation comes
there is always delightful attraction
that makes the summons well night ir-
resistible.
August 1S will be one of the gala
days Mrs. E. B. Beck, Mrs Thomas
Crellin, Mrs. T. G.. Coogan, Mrs. A H
Eastman, Mrs. Gilbert L. Bilcher Mrs
Murray l.. Johnson. Mrs. E. c. Farnham
Mrs. B. Hayden, Mrs w. G. Palmanteer,
Mrs. Thomas j. McManus and Miss
Emma Davies are planning the entire
programme.
The Central Kindergarten, of which
Mrs. Crellin is president. is busy fash
ioning pretty paper novelties and
studying recipe books for all the choice
home made candies which might tempt
purchasers. East Oakland workers
have established their regulations as
waffle bakers. and unhappy indeed will
be the guest that does not partake of
the delicious hot dish.
Good will is Offering to tell fortunes
and at the same time provide tea, cof-
fee or lemonade in exchange for a
small coin. West Oakland will not ap-
peal to the inner man. West Oakland
has decided to provide amusement for
the children. Whips and balloons will
be offered for the smallest children or
for those too old to indulge in the wild
excitement of donkey rides or quieter
bliss of the pony carts.
The flower booth, over which Mrs.
Oscar Luning, assisted by bevy of
pretty society maids, will preside, will
be one of the most picturesque of the
concessions.
Mrs H. B. Hume and Miss Eleanor
v. V. Bennett will leave within a fort
night for a tour of the East. They will
visit in Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston
and New York. Miss Bennett will rep
resent the University of California at
the Kappa Kappa Gamma convention
before her return.
Miss Grace Fisher and her mother. ac-
| TT;eA
Ruth Fisher and Miss Sue Guliek, re-
turned last week after a two years res
;dence abroad. The travellers spent most
of their time in Germany and devoted
themselves to the study of the language
and music. Two delightful weeks in
Italy completed their European wan
derings.
Miss Florence Pardee, daughter of
Governor and Mrs. Pardee. has been in
Oakland the past week visiting with
her old friends. Among those who en-
tertained her were Mrs. Frederick
Morse and Mrs. J. Walter Scott.
Or. and Mrs. Frederick Mosse and
Mrs. Homer Craig are at their summer
home near Los Gatos.
Mrs Irving Scott, with her niece, Miss
Eff1e Brown, has been spending the past
weeks IN Berkeley. MIS-. scott expects
shortly to see the work begun upon
The residence which she proposes to
build on Parkway, in Piedmont
Miss Edna Adele Prather will leave in
September for six months tour
abroad
DR. and Mrs. James Coolidge Gilbert
son, formerly Mrs. Gertrude Estelle
Maddaux, will be "at home" after Sep
tember is at $50 Thirty-fourth street
Mrs. e. ]. Cotton, who has been
spending the summer in Santa Cruz, has
returned.
Mr. and Mrs. Abe Leach have re-
turned after months outing in Sc
noma County.
DR.. and Mrs. Eugene Brinkerhoff
who spent the month OF July at the
Warren place in Hayward, have re-
turned home. Many of their Oakland
friends enjoyed their hospitality at
weekend parties. Among tho guests
were Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander T. Stew
art
r. H. Chamberlain is spending short
va tio1 Al Anplerate.