The San Francisco call., 1908-03-08

terested in the marriage of Miss Ruth
Goodman and George North, which took
place on Thursday last Miss Ruth is
follows that of her sister very closely. !
She is pretty and clever girl, an ex- !
pert horsewoman and a talented musi- |
clan. Mr.. North belongs to San Fran
cisco family and met Miss Goodman
while on business visit to Napa sew
eral months ago Since their engage
ment, which was announced last Sep
tember, they have been constantly en-
tertained, for the Goodman family is
one of the most prominent in the north
ern town, and every one is fond of the
pretty daughters of the house. The
try home. with exquisite gardens. where
all the younger set have been accus-
toned to meet for all sorts of good
times. Miss Ruth or rather. Mrs.
North. will be much missed. She and
her husband sailed yesterday on the
Mariposa for Tahiti, where they viii
stay for some time.
The blossom fete left long wake of
delightful reminiscence behind it, and
will be talked of for many years as the
crowning merriment of merry winter.
From half past one in the afternoon
until quite that hour in the evening
the young people tof the smart set had
possession of the Fairmont hotel and
every moment OF the II hours was en-
joyed. Every child present was in Jap
anese dress and the gay colors We're ex-
Wherever three or four of them gath
cred there was an impTomptu tableau,
and they enjoyed the effect as much as
any one The tableaux were arranged
IN an immense gold frame, just behind
the stage, and between the frame and
the audience thin white gauze had been
stretched, which gave the pictures Just
the right touch OF unreality. Rich en-
broideries and masses of green made a
background for most of the pictures,
but wherever the subject permittedaI
branches of fruit blossoms were used.
marked eyebrows and highly coloreo
cheeks made a perfect disguise for the
city's girls and even the fathers and
mothers in the audience had difficulty
in recognizing them. Miss Alexandra
Hamilton, who was posed as samisen
gray and silver screens, was not recog-
nized for several minutes. Some of the
girls said afterward that it was because
in the tableau she was smiling, and
usually she wears rather serious look.
Another tableau of single figure was
Miss Mary Keeney as a geisha, in a
scarlet kimono, which was unrelieved
by any contrasting color, for the back
ground the blossoms, the fan she car
ried, and the flowers in her hair were
all scarlet
AS always, the work of all this af-
fair, the terrible and overpowering de-
tails, fell to a few persons, and it was
only by the most untiring effort that
they were able to transform the big
room with blossoms, lattices and Ian
terms into the bit of fairyland it was,
and have the curtain rise promptly as
it did and carry the two long pro-
grams through without a hitch. But
they did get frightfully tired. and on
Saturday morning the Norman room
at the Fairmont looked like little
cyclone. One Of the performers told
me that she asked busy matron Cat
this distracted moment) if the girls
were going to dress for the tableaux
before leaving home She says that
the matron said:
My dear, I am glad you asked me,
for that is very important point
(Look at that boy knocking off . bios
som every time he stirsD We had q
discussion about that; some one tele-
phoned to ask. (You can imagine how
my telephone has been ringing day
and night! And that reminds
me that promised but no