The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-04-19

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~ are over and there is no more
IN need of demure frocks and early
4 n hours and choir practice. There
is no further need Of heroic de-
NAL in the matter of theater going and
candy eating. and every one can begin
to enjoy life with a clear conscience.
BY this time each debutante has
opened at least ten boxes of candy and
giggled at the cards, and eaten the
cherries and the pineapple Off the top
layer. And tomorrow night the thea
tiers will be filled with joyous parties,
eager TO make up for lost time. Lent
may have it's advantages, its compen-
sations-as the blooming compilations
and bright eyes Of society girls tes-
tify, but after all 1t is delightful to
have the social wheel begin its rapid
turning again and the discarded slip
pers and fans and jewels ali in demand
at once. Costumes for the big dance
are, Of course, already the subject of
much anxious thought, and the maids
will vie with their mothers and aunts
when the ships come in and the Fair
mont hotel dresses itself in flags and
banners. swords and guns, to do honor
to the visitors.
Mr.. Greenway. by the way. did a very
clever thing when the awful moment
for asking his receiving party ar
rived. In fact the tact developed on
all sides by the arrangements for the
feet shows us OF the west to be Dip
lomatic people. To go back to Mr..
Greenway, however. He thought back
to Ehe social set Of a decade ago, to
the men who were associated with him
in oiling the social machinery. and
they came TO about a dozen. or per-
haps ffteen-and he quietly asked
their wives. At first the names of half
a dozen unmarried women were on the
list and also the names Of three or
four of the modern social set (Which
IS indeed a different thing from the old
guards OF early days.. But when Mr.
Greenway had the happy thought of
asking only the wives of his old
friends his problem was solved and the
line was infexibly drawn And drawn
il will remain.
Miss Beatrice Flies engagement to
Captain ShortIidge, which was an
nounced on Thursday, took nobody by
surprise. and yet proved one of the So
cial sensations of the year Ever since
Captain Shortlidge first came to the
city, four years ago, he has been a
devoted admirer of the pretty Miss Be
atrice. and their nearest friends con-
hdentIy expected Thursdays announce
ment two years ago. However, the
officer went to the Philippines, and
there was no news. and came back
again last fall for a visit, and still
there was no news, and so the younger
set had had its suspicious rather
lulled, when suddenly the fact was
made known. Captain Shortlidge came
from Delaware, where he is now sta
TONED, a few days ago. Immediately
after he reached the city the news Of
his engagement began to go the
rounds. No formal announcement was
made. but Miss Fife had planned to
tell a certain group OF her friends at
the luncheon to be given by Miss
Roberta Deal on Wednesday How
ever, the secret crept out beforehand
Both families, 1 understand, are de-
lighted with the engagement, and a
round OF entertaining has already be-
gun for the principals. Captain Short
lidge. who has been called the best
liked man in the service, is well known
here. He is a great friend Of DR.. Ru-
pert Blue, and the two had apartments
together at the Cecil until the fire two
years ago. His little fancee is ex-
tremely pretty. with masses of exqui-
site red gold hair, and is a leader in
her exclusive little set She is a
granddaughter Of oscar Luning and is
connected through both her mother
and her father with some OF the
states best families. After their
wedding Captain Shortlidge and his
bride will make their home in Della
ware. The officer is here on three
months leave of absence and 1t is
probable that the wedding will take
place late in May. at the Flies San
Mateo home.
One OF today's pictures is of Miss
May Perkins. whose sister. Miss Pansy,
is TO be married in the fall to CIeve-
land Baker. The Perkins girls sailed
from New York last week. and will
spend two or three months in Eu-
rope before returning to California
When they do come back, wedding
plans viii be Immediately under way,
and rumor is already asserting that
the wedding will be one Of the most
numerously attended we have had for
many seasons. Wedding rumors, how
ever, are not to be depended on-for
m'sieur and mam'selle have a fashion
sometimes of quietly walking around
the corner, with mother and father and
the girls, and having the whole thing
over before you have even decided
what TO send them as a wedding gift.
The other picture is of Miss Ruth
Sadler, who is prominent IN a certain
delightful little circle, and whose sis