The San Francisco call., 1906-04-06
SMART SET
BY Sally Sharp.

Society will be fully In evidence this
evening at the Maple Room OF the Palace
to greet the well-known tenor. Frank
Pollock. IN an operatic concert A fins
programme of classics viii be presented.
Mr. Pollock to be assisted by Miss Ber-
tina Boffa, the young violiniste. and
Frederick Maurer Jrs pianist Among
the compositions will be those from
s'Donizetti'' and Carmen" with songs
Of Hahn, Massenet, Tome. Brahms. Rich
ard Strauss, Chadwick and Mrs. Beach.
This evenings patrons and patronesses
include: Mr.. and Mrs. William Babcock.
Miss Bourn, Mrs Joseph B. Crockett, Mr..
and Mrs. Horace Davis. Mr.. and Mrs.
Norris King Davis, Miss Sara Drum.
Frank Drum, Mr.. and Mrs j. A Folger.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Follis, Mr.. and Mrs.
Mark Gerstle Mr.. and Mrs Horace Hill,
Mr. and Mrs. j. Downey Harvey, Dr. NJ
Herzstein, Mr.. and Mrs. James Horsburgh.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer King. Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse W. Lilienthal, Mr.. and Mrs.
Latham McMullin. DR.. and Mrs. Herbert
c. Moffitt, Mrs. Eleanor Martin, Mr.. and
Mrs Walter McGavin, Mr. and Mrs.
George H. Mendell. Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Martin. Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Pilisbury.
James d. PheIan. Mr.. and Mrs Henry T.
Scott, Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Sutro, Dr. and
Mrs. Grant Selfridge, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Ellis Tucker. Mr.. and Mrs. George Whit
tell. Mrs. Ynez shorb White and Mr.. and
Mrs. Mountford Wilson.
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| Signcr Ventura was host at an elaborate
dinner last evening given at downtown
restaurant, amid the surroundings and
color Of Italy. AS large number of the
guests were SeGuoians. there were intro
ductions Of cartoons and toasts bearing
pointedly and wittily upon matters dear
to Sequoian hearts and tastes.
The guests included Mrs. David Bixler.
Miss Helen Hyde. Mrs. Louis H Long.
Mrs. Gerritt Livingston lansing, Miss
| Geraldine Bonner, Miss Grace Llewellyn
! Jones, william Greer Harrison, DR.. and
Mrs. Stapler, DIR. and Mrs Gutsch. DR..
and Mrs. Mace. Mr. and Mrs. r. V.
Whiting, Mrs. c. Risley. Mrs lie Breton,
Miss Bretzler, Miss Montgomery. DR.. and
Mrs. Edwin Arnold, Mr.. and Mrs A. E.
Graupner. Mr.. and Mrs. L. Eugene Lee.
Mr. and Mrs Maynard Dixon, Royden
Williamson. Charles Sedgwick Aiken.
James c. Sims. Sheriff. SchelI, Barnett
Franklin, John Gamble. RothweII Hyde,
w. B. Knapp and H ". Wood.
Raphael Well will be host at a dinner
at the Bohemian Club Saturday evening.
/ April IL in honor of Uncle George
Bromley. whose eighty-ninth birthday it
will be.
Miss Ruth Merrill viii entertain at
! tea today at her home on Washington
street The affair is to introduce two
young Eastern visitors-Miss Mary Roy
ster and Miss Mamie Royster of Nor
folk, Va.
Mrs. Marriner-CampbelI directed very
delightful musical evening at the sequoia
Club on Thursday speaking upon
''GIimpses Of Early Colonial Melodies"
/ At the close of the talk vocal solos were
/ given by Mrs. Klippel- FDpranos
Mrs. NJ. E. B. Robinson, contraltO; Her
bert Williams. tenor, and Walter G /
Campbell. basso. with Miss Therese Ehr
mann at the piano.
i Next Thursday evening Sequoia will pre-
sent Professor Blodgett OF the musical
chair at Stanford University. He viii talk
upon '"The Genesis Of Modern and Ro-
mantle Music" and selections will be
heard from Mendelssohn, Chopin, Wag-
ner and Schumann.
Austin Lewis gave a reading before
the dramatic and literary section Of the
California Club yesterday afternoon.
| which proved to be one of the most in
teresting discourses that has ever been
heard in this city
Oscar wilde's "Salome.' the subject.
was comprehensively analyzed and in a
1 vein commanding the absolute atten-
tion of the hearers.
Mrs. A. w. Scott will receive today at
her home on Buchanan street.
Eyes" remarked the professor. II
rather pride myself on the discovery OF