The San Francisco call., 1907-02-23

of much gayety this week as the
polo teams from the south are all
staying there and there are any
number of dinners and luncheons being
given by the members. Yesterday was
particularly gay and preceding the polo
games of the afternoon, played at The
Crossways," the CarOlans' field, We're
several luncheons Mrs Francis Caro-
Ian entertained at one of the most elab-
crate OF these in honor of Miss Katrina
Page Brown, who is her guest for the
winter The twenty-four guests were
seated at large round table in the
main dining room of the club, which
was prettily decorated in daffodils, tu-
lips and jonquis.
Among those present were besides
Mr.. and Mrs. Carolan and the guest of
honor, Miss Genevieve Harvey, Miss
Mary Keeney, Miss Barbara Parrott.
Miss Jennie Crocker, Miss Helene Irwin
Miss Jeanette Won Schroeder, Miss
Hyde Smith. Miss Drown, Walter Ho-
bart. Harry Scott. Frank HoughteIing,
John Parrott Jr., Stuart Lowery, Harry
n. Stetson, Mr.. Loughborough, Gerald
l.. Rathbone, Joseph Parrott and W. s.
Ronaldson.
Others who entertained were Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel Knight. who had a party
of twelve or fourteen: Mrs Henry T.
Scott, Mrs. Mountford Wilson and ]. o.
Tobin.
A delightfully."- unique and enjoyable
AFFAIR was the chafingdish dinner given
last night by Mrs. E. Walton Hedges at
her home on Broderick street. Twelve
guests were present and the six men
were the cooks of the occasion, prepar-
ing ten courses of chafing- dish cookery
which were especially toothsome. Soup.
creamed sweetbreads lobster la New
burg and reed birds were some of the
dishes. but not all of the credit may be
given the men, as each one was assisted
by feminine guest in such degree as
seemed in each instance necessary for
the salvation of the particular dish in
process of manufacture. There was
much merriment as the result of this
arrangement and it was indeed a sue
cess. The decorations for the occasion
were most elaborate and were espe-
clally commemorative of the day.
hatchets and cherries being much in
evidence. All the cakes and candies
were either little hatchets, punches of
cherries or tiny stumps adorned with
cherries The menu cards were adorned
with hand-painted cherries, as were the
cards on which were written the recipes
Tor the different dishes. Red carnations
and red-shaded candelabra were used
on the table. In the liying-room pink
roses and daffodils were used, in the
sitting-room were lilies of the valley
and orchids and in the hall were daffo-
dis and violets. Those present were
Mrs. Marguerite Hanford, Mrs Ynez
Shorb White, Mrs. Malcolm Henry, Mrs
Katherine Shirley, Mrs. Richard Derby,
James Reid, DR.. Presley, Lieutenant
Commander Barnes, Philip Paschel,
Dwight Leeper and Percy Towne.
One of the pleasantest affairs of the
week was the dance given last night
by the officers of the Preside Club in
the hoproom of the post. which was
attended by a large number of guests
from here and from the posts around
the bay. The room was prettily deco
rated with flags and green's and pre-
sented most attractive scene
The hop committee consisted of Cap
tain ]. +. Brady, Captain Charles c.
Pulls and Lieutenant Rollo f. Ander-
son. who were assisted in receiving by
Mrs. j. A. Lundeen, Mrs. John L. Glenn
and Mrs. Edward t. Brown.
Mrs. Charles Shiels has sent out cards
for tea at her pretty Sausalito home
on Thursday afternoon, February %,
from to o'clock
An event of today will be the bridge
party to be given by Mrs Frank H
Kerrigan in honor of her step-mother,
Mrs. James McNab. The affair will
take place at Mrs. Kerrigan's home on
Clay street, and nine tables of guests
will be entertained.
Mr.. and Mrs. John L Taylor, the lat
ter formerly Miss Daisy Van Ness, who
have been visiting Mrs. Taylor's par