The San Francisco call., 1908-09-14

Mrs a. A. Hfb- Mrs. James W.
5ard.. wife OF mag- Orr of san Fran
ar Of BoSfoEs Il CISCO II never
consider that spoke dIspaFaging-
have beer the butt ~ Of the wife OF
- malicious fzlNe- Mayor Ribbard OF
h0Od on the part Boston. All that ]
Of Mrs. 5aEnes W. said or the official
err Of San Fran Hfe there was that
SEQ AiEs. Orr is we did not see Gov
grossly bnixeG in ernor Guild at the
all she said. I VAS reception which he
NJ all haxty had rendered the
while at the rccep- TyOmcr's clubs in
lion in question the state house.
and ] sfood in the We heard the gov
receiving line two ern0r'S speech and
hours. follow that WAS all. alrS.
my husbands poll Hubbard is surely
cies and assist miSirformed."
him.
Gossip, which has ever had z repu-
taion for exaggeration, seems 20 have
achieved its tour de force among the
women's clubs of America. What W 5
mentioned 20 Mrs Grundy in San
Francisco as . Massachusetts, gov
ernor's wife becomes the wife of Bos-
toms mayor by the time that the tale
is repeated on the stern and rock
bound coast of Back bay.
Mrs. James w. Orr, San Francisco
clubwoman, and Mrs. George A. Hib-
bard, wife of the mayor of Boston, are
the receiving and transmitting ends. re-
spectively. OF gossip's transcontinental
telephone.
The trouble started when Mrs. Orr
returned from the national association
Of women's clubs held in Boston. She
made a report Of the Boston doings TO
her colleagues in the Laurel club. and
then the trouble started
Mrs. Hibbard. the better half of the
mayor Of culture, heard account OF
what Mrs. Orr told her fellow members
Of the Laurel club Of this city. She
heard that Mrs. Orr had said that Mrs.
Hibbard was discourteous. hasty and
not attired as she should have been at
the Official reception given the dele
gates to the national federation of
women's clubs, which met in Boston
IN June.
With that pseudo report tingling in
her ears Mrs. Hibbard said yesterday
IN Boston;
RESENTS ALLEGED REPORT
I consider that / have been the butt
OF malicious falsehood on the part Of
Mrs. James ". Orr of San Francisco
and ] believe that ] am justified in re-
senting II through the same channels
she adopted in making her statement
the press. Mrs. Orr is grossly mixed
In all she said. It was no doubt purely
a case Of mistaken identity on her
part, as the result OF being wrongly
informed while at the reception she
attended in June at the state house"
It really seems 10 be the gravest case
of mistaken identity on record, with
mayors wife confused with a governor
On the day of the reception" con-
tinued Mrs. Hibbard, Il was invited
with Mr.. Hibbard TO receive az West
Minister. The day was very warm and
the reception large one. I went pre-
pared for June day and wore a white
silk dress Of very light material The
sleeves were short and ] wore long
white gloves. ! was not at all hasty.
The reception was given under the
auspices of ladies knew; especially
was ] well acquainted with Mrs Aus
tin c. Wellington, head of the com
mittee on arrangements. and 1 wanted
to please her.
REMAINED IN RECEIVING LINE
Il stood in the receiving line for full
ly two hours. I noticed Mrs. Orr said
/ was in line less than half an hour
Mr. Hibbard remained during the en-
tire reception and I remained with him
It is always my purpose when attend
ing receptions TO remain until the end
as it is Mr.. Hibbard's custom and /
want to follow his policies and assist
him as much as / can in his duties"
Mrs. Orr said last night that Mrs
Hibbard was grossly misinformed.
i never spoke disparagingly of the
wife Of Mayor Hibbard of Boston, she
said -AH I said OF the of1icialA life
there was that we did not see Governor