The San Francisco call., 1908-08-15
FAT BABIES TO AID
LEAN, POOR ONES

The fat. well fed babies of the West
ern addition-the babies whose small
white socks are always immaculate,
whose pique frocks go weekly to
French laundries and whose shining
little heads are brushed three times
daily-will hold out their small hands
in good fellowship today to their less
fortunate little brothers; to the 40 or
so sickly, half nourished little boys and
girls who are spending the summer at
the Telegraph hill convalescent farm,
near Bothin, in Marin county
OF course, the Western addition
babies don't know this. They are too
small to understand that by going to
Ross valley for the Mother Goose fete
and by spending their warm little
nickels and dimes for candy and ice
cream and by emptying their little
banks at the grab bag they are really
giving many weary little invalid a
taste of country delights this summer.
But they will enjoy the event immense
ly, even without the satisfaction of the
philanthropist, and its enchantments
will be discussed in select nursery cir
cles for many a day to come.
A score of society women have had
in charge the details of today's good
time, and they have not omitted a fea-
ture that could add to the enjoyment of
the little guests. The chief feature of
the program is, of course, the Mother
Goose play, in which the dear familiar
characters of the immortal book will
take part. Mrs. William Hamilton of
Mill valley has trained the players and
arranged the costumes and the result
promises to be both amusing and
clever. The Bothin estate, where the
affair will take place, is one of the
handsomest in Ross valley, and the
theater. which occupies the entire up
per floor of the house, win be used for
this performance.
Outside and scattered throughout the
grounds will be a variety of attrac-
tions. Every delicacy dear to infancy
viii be for sale-candy, ices, popcorn
and cake. AT the tea table, which will
be in charge of Mrs. George Pinckard
and Mrs. Porter Ashe, tea leaf fortunes
will be dispensed. and even if the tiny
tots are not interested in this their
elders will be. Mrs. George Page and
a group of young society girls will
manage the lemonade table and Miss
Frances Martin and Miss Dolly Mac
Gavin will be in charge of the grab
bag to see that no girls get tops and
no boys dolls. The candy table. which
Miss Mary, Miss Louisiana and Miss
Martha Foster will have in charge. will
be placed high up in the famous oak
tree, and their little patrons will have
eAiC JoS VI SiifHoAHS up through the
green branches to the wide platform.
Carriages and motors will meet the
guests at the station, leaving them at
the Bothin gate, and preparations have
been made to handle several hundred
persons.
At the convalescent home, which has
been conducted in connection with the
Telegraph hill neighborhood house for
several years, there are now about so
rhf1drar 70 rfrc In, -
years. They are Kept on the farm
sometimes only a few weeks, sometimes
months, and have every advantage that
life in the open air, fresh fruit. good
food and careful watching can give
them. Also at the farm are some
eighteen or twenty adult invalids. who
have been sent over from the neirh-
borhood of Telegraph hill from time to
time and who are taken care of en-
tireiy by the organization. The patron
esses of today's affair and some of
those who will take part In IL are.