The San Francisco call., 1906-06-27

Miss Mabel Aver. the warm hearted
and efficient president of the local Sun
shine Society. is a mighty happy girl
these days. She has three new books
to start her library with. and each one
of the volumes bears the autograph of
the author-dOnOr, Elizabeth Jordan. ed
itor of Harper's Bazaar. The titles Of
the books are Tales of the Cloister,
Tales of Destiny and May Iverson.
Her Book" For long time there has
existed between Miss Aver and Miss
Jordan warm and close friendship.
The two women correspond regularly
in spite of the fact that they have never
met. They became known to each other
through mutual Sunshine friends and
are as interested in each other as
though they were lifelong acquaint-
ances Miss Aver had B. Q. library
of over 1000 volumes. The fire swept
ued possessions. In writing TO Miss
Jordan Miss Aver deplored her books
more than her countless other treas
ures. and her corresponding friend at
once got to work to start a new library
for the well known charity worker
Unlike most book lovers, Miss Aver
was not selfish with her books. She
lent them out 20 others who were not
as fortunate as she. She established a
sort of circulating library and had on
her membership list large number of
working girls. whose taste in reading
she directed as well as providing them
with material to read. Since the fire
Miss Aver has kept lookout" for
these girls of hers. Much of the cloth
ing and provisions sent out by the Sun
shine Association has gone to relieve
their necessities and those of their
families.
According to reports from fashion
able London, next season will find girls
dancing with girls in all swell London
bathrooms. Lady Leith of F'yvie. who
is to stand sponsor for this social innO-
walton. declares that this winter will
see her dancing in mans position on
the ballroom floor. I'VE must be in
dependent of mankind" Lady Leith has
declared.
Talk of emancipation of women. That
is going it some. And the men, as
usual only have themselves to blame
1t is the failure of so many men to
turn up at balls. thereby forcing scores
of pretty girls to sit round as wall
flowers that has started all the row.
see mans downfall a-coming fast, For
many and many year man has done
just as he likes in the world of fash
ion. He accepted an invitation to din
ner just as though ii was due him and
rarely paid dinner call. A man who
had enough OF the innate sense of the
fitness of things to call after eating
his hostess dinner was cited as a rar-
avis.
AS for getting men to go to dances.
that has always been regarded as the
height of all social achievements. When
girl asked him to go he expected her
to literally grovel at his feet. and when
he accepted he considered that her
undyfng gratitude was his
But, oh. JOY. all that is to be of the
past. If fashionable London starts the
ball a-rolling the custom of girls dane
ing with girls will soon be adopted
here.
1t is the first move in the right di-
rection. Let the men feel that girls
can have and do have just as good a
time all by themselves as when men are
present. and every mothers son of them
will be begging round for invitations.
The greatest mistake a girl can make
is TO run after" the men.
Mans natural instinct is to be the
pursuer. not the pursued Man is like
the baby. He is always crying for
what he can't have. He is always
reaching out for what he can't get.
suppose it is the primal instinct of the