The San Francisco call., 1906-10-01
Society in tbe Cities
Across the BAY.

week promises TO be a busy one for the
club women on this side of the bay !
Ebell has appropriated both Monday
and Tuesday. The October reception
will be held on the afternoon of Tues
day at the Home Club in East Oak
land. Mrs B. H. Langley will preside
as chairman of the afternoon and de- !
lightful programme of music will be
presented by Miss Hyde. Miss Olive
Hyde. violinist and pianist; Miss Clara
D. Rauhut, pianist, and Edwin Cham
oeriain, soioist. A large receiving party
will assist Mrs Langley in her pleasant
duties: of hostess, among them being
Mrs. Charles ]. Woodbury., Miss Eva
Powell, Miss Jennie Hill, Mrs. John
Bakewell, Mrs. J. W. McClymonds. Mrs
E. c. Merrill, Mrs. E. c. Won Helm, Mrs.
z. c. Morris. Miss Grace Burrill, Mrs
H. c Capwell, Mrs. z. J. Cotton. Mrs
G. A Willard, Mrs z. c. Timerrnan
Miss Leonie Schland. Mrs. Elizabeth
Dow Yorker. Mrs-A- H. Glasscock, Mrs
w A. Childs, Mrs. j. C. Lynch, Mrs.
c. w. Kinsey- Mrs. B. S. Hubbard Mrs. i
w De L. Hadley. Mrs. John Beckwith.
Mrs. Lowell ]. Hardy. Mrs. George w
Kelly. Mrs. NJ F. Jordan, Mrs. Melvin C.
Chapman, Mrs William Morris and Mrs.
D. B. Hunter
At the brief business session preced-
Ing the reception delegates to the Ala !
media District. California Federation of
IL
Stockton, Will be elected
On Monday the Building Association
Will hold its first annual meeting when
the officers for the new year will be
elected The building committee has
been incorporated under the State law
Mrs. w A. Childs has been the efficient
director of the associations work since
its inception. with splendid corps of
assistants. While there is a possibility
that the new home will be ready for
occupancy by the first of November, the
difficulty In securing materials may
postpone the date somewhat. The plans
for the formal opening Of the club
house are elaborate in detail.
Wednesday will witness the regular
weekly assembiage of the members of
the Oakland Club at the home of Mrs
George j. G. Marsily on Harrison street
Mrs Cora Jones, the president, will pre-
side. business meeting will take up
the earlier hours Of the afternoon. The
musical programme is to be announced.
later. Enjoyable programmes are being
arranged for the Wednesday afternoons
in October.
On Thursday evening the Home Club
viii open its season by an elaborate re-
ception in the beautiful clubhouse in
East Oakland. The remodeling and
identifying of their quarters has de-
layed the formal opening until this
time, but the affair promises to lose
nothing by the later date. Mayor Frank
K. Mott will be the guest of honor He
VIII address the members, his subject
being the Robinson pIans for improv--
ing the city. Dancing will offer diver
sion for the late hours.
Miss Ethel Moore proves a happy
choice for president, and. while she is
still giving her thought and time to
the relief work which is being carried
on indefatigably. she has not allowed
the club work TO suffer by neglect
The Twentieth Century Club received
on Tuesday afternoon last at large
reception in Berkeley. The artistic
clubhouse of the Town and Gown Club.
with its quaint garden they claim as
their home, and. it was here that the
affair was held. Mrs. Robert Potter
Hill. president of the State Federation
of Women's Clubs. and Mrs j. E
Thane, president of the District Fed
Grafton. were the guests of honor.
stringed orchestra from San Francisco
rendered music during the afternoon
hours When the two hundred guests
adjourned out among the flowers both
Mrs Hill and Mrs. Thane addressed
them from the balcony. On the occa-
/ sion of the next club gathering on Oc-
tober the Shakespeare section will
offer the afternoon programme. Mrs.
Julia Foster is busily arranging for
delightful day.
The Writer'S Club held an interest
! ing meeting this week at the home of
! one of the members. Several original
! stories were presented and the evening
concluded about the supper table.
! Among the members are Miss Charlotte
: "a fxT AIT-C -
Smith. Miss Helen Powell. W. B. Comp
ton, A ]. Mcknight, Jesse Dibert and
several. others.
The announcement of her en-
gagenent to Frank .Knoblauch
1 of Minneapolis . has brought to
Miss. Florence White many well
wishes from her friends in the bay
cities. The secret was told at a recent
I informal gathering of the Alpha Sigma
sorority, of which Miss White is. "a
prominent member A definite date for
/ the marriage has mot yet been set, all
though in all probability 1t will be .an
event of the coming winter.
! For. several years Mics. White has.
made her home in San Francisco. al.
Though she formerly resided in this
1 city. She has been popular in social
affairs on both sides of the bay. She
+ is the daughter of George White and
a clever girl of charming personality.
Frank Knoblauch is well-known
young business man of the Eastern
city
Miss White has planned an afternoon
for October at her home in san
/ Francisco, when score OF friends from
this side OF the bay will be numbered
among the guests.
Miss Grace Cock and Miss Edith
Alexander left this week for an ex-
tended Eastern trip, including in their
itinerary the largest cities and points of
! interest.
Miss Jane Rawiins has been spending
fortnight at the Rawlins country
home, near Los Gatos.
Miss Caroline Hawley. Miss virginie
de Fremery and Miss Eleanor de Frem-
cry are the patronesses for an extension
lecture course on Modern Poet Pro-
phets" which William Norman Guthrie,
NJ. A.. is giving Monday afternoons at
Miss Ranscme's school on Prospect ave-
nue.. Mr.. Guthrie is the lecturer in gen
eral literature in the University of Chi
cago. and these afternoons are being