The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05

hlDE 70 ISAe Inc 1eSt out or skating
and, besides, things really don't stop all
in an instant; there is always a cheer
fu1 wake OF more or less informal af-
fairs that couldn't be squeezed in be
fore Ash Wednesday. So the years
girls make solemn resolutions about
church and choir practice. dress in
dainty grays and violets. and Just shut
that door. viii you. please" before
they play bridge.
But as tie slow 40 days wear away
and events become fewer and fewer.
and as everything begins TO he shifted
TO Faster week, really Lent becomes
very difficult. The last fortnight is q
genuinely quiet time, and no amount
OF walking and reading and prscticing
j. enough 10 hll up the days. So that
EaSter-only two weeks away now-is
not welcomed by the most rigid ascetic
any more heartily than il is by the
younger set
Charming Mrs. whitelaw Reid. whose
visit here has been just long enough to
make. people feel that she really be
longs to Ser Francisco again and whose !
departure yesterday was consequently
a blow. may not come to California
again for several years. She will sail
from New York for England and there
viii join Miss Reid. who preceded her
mother 10 London. Mrs. Russell Will
son was cue or the recent hOstesses in
Mrs. Reid's honor. and a group of old
friends accompanied the traveller TO the
train yesterday and wished her afrec-
ticnately bon voyage"
One Of lodays pictures is of Miss
Anita Day. who is to be married TO
Ass B. Downing on Saturday next.
Mss Dag is an extremely pretty and
lever girl and although she has bare
+ finished her schooldays. is already an
Accomplished house keeper. Her for
nal bow to society was to have been
made last winter. but the appearance
IF solitaire or her third finger en-
.ifeiy changed her plans, as it so often
Goes, and when she does appear in the
social world ii viii be in the ranks of
lha young natrons. Miss Day has al
ways preferred things athletic and out
of doors 10 ANY charms Of ball or din
ner. and does not at all regret missing
her 6ebutante year. The wedding is to
be very quiet one and will be wit
messed only by relatives of both fam
iies The ceremony will be performed
by Rev. George Eldredge. and both
bride and groom will be unattended.
The bride viii wear her travelling
gown A supper viii follow the cere-
1nony. after which Mr. Downing and
his bride viii leave town for a short
honeymoon trip.
The other picture today is of pretty
Miss Helen Grey, who is extremely pop
uiar with the younger set and will be
one OF. the bridesmaids at the wedding
Of Miss Genevieve Schultz next month
Miss Grey has not yet been formally
presented to society. but is a favorite
already and has no strangeness TO
dread when she makes her social bow
next winter
The foitnightly dances at the Pre-
sidio are always enjoyed by the citys
Girls whether they come in November
or May, but just now, when society is
dividing It's time between dress makers
and church services, the service dances
are an unlimited joy The details Of
these affairs ere always perfectly man
aged: there are plenty Of men, 10 be-
gin with, and, what is more. they
really dance instead OF merely fringing
the room and commenting upon the
scene. Then there is always group
of gracious mstrons VINO will not per-
NIT girl TO sit out a single dance and
would feel seriously to blame IL one OF
their guests was neglected, for two or
three dances. as sometimes happens at
the winters big cotillons. These chap
erones are busy with introductions and
dance cards until the third or fourth
dance, when their labors for the even
ing are over and they are free to watch
The result. So that no girl who ever
goes TO a Preside hop need worry
about her card. Then the floor is per-
feet, and the music has the swing that
only a military band seems TO be able
o accomplish, and, lastly. there are al
Ways delightful suppers to follow the
aance in the various big homes al the
post.
society's matrons, and maids, too. for
hat matter, will be sorry TO say good
BY to Mrs. George Harding, who leaves
tomorrow for her home in Philadei-
phis. Mrs. Harding is one OF the So
rial leaders of the eastern city and
-ery well known here as we'll She has
made several visits TO San Francisco.
where she divides her time between
her mother, Mrs. o. C. Pratt. at 1918
California street, and her sister, Mrs.
James Keeney, whose pretty home in
Clay street is center for entertaining
Of all kinds. MRS Harding is an ex-
.remeiy handsome woman and possesses
4 pair of dark eyes that eclipse even
those of hsr pretty nieces. She is de-