The San Francisco call., 1909-10-03

hair. She made her debut last winter,
but quite informally, and since that
time has taken active part in the
gayeties of the younger set and has
passed part of her time at the family
home in Broadway, and her summers
at her mothers country place in Mill
Valley. The wedding will be an event
of this season, and will probably take
place in town. although the details are
not yet settled.
Miss Alma Birmingham. whose photo
graph is shown on the society page, is
travelling in Europe with her mother.
Mrs. John Birmingham. and at last ac-
counts was in Paris. where she was en-
joying the musical events of the season
abroad. Miss Birmingham is one of the
attractive girls of the younger set and
will probably make her formal bow to
society upon her return from the Euro
pean trip.
The echoes from Newport can not fail
to interest society here. for there is a
sentimental inclination toward that his
toric society stronghold However, the
latest reports have an anarchistic rum
bic. Really. Newport is no longer in
it," writes Peggy Shippen in the Phila-
delphia Ledger Like Saratoga-the
resort par excellence in the middle of
the last century-it looks, as though
really interesting and stirring people
were forsaking it for new fields Dow
ayers, of course. will remain anchored
to their palaces. but those who can run
seem TO be taking to their heels. Even
humble but sporty Narragansett pier is
swapping its dexterous fingers under it's
stately nose and stealing its traditional
piece de resistance-polo-w no
fuming and genteel 'cussing' can stop
the course of its mad career The
sphere, my dear is to the intelligent
and enterprising young-especiall
when, like John II. Hanan, they can
back their enterprise with substantial
metallic prop, as in the present case.
OF the two ingredients for perfect So
cial success. however, enterprise is the
more important; and Phil Randolph's
moderately large fortune will suffice to
carry away the polo for his beautiful
daughters friends against the united
millions of the Newporters if these have
no superior and enthusiastic leader to
intelligently resist their neighbor's
grab At present Newport's defenders
are Alfred and Reggie Vanderbilt and
Livingston Beekman
Not all the gilt of Vanderbilt
Can make old Newport glitter;
Yet see him strive TO keep alive
The glories that can not survive;
You can't call him a quitter.
Again there is more comment about
Newport that will apply in many places
with the modern tendency for touch
and go. The new rich" who made the
splendor of Newport went in for style
and form, and it is but fair to say
that they have played the game as it
seldom has been played before. But
today, who on earth cares a button
for style and form, my dear? Life is
too short. EVERYBODY is hard at work
in the pursuit of fun, trying to work
up a sensation. Our swelIs have got
going-they are going to keep going
When gay Mrs. Percy Madeira leaves
her favorite haunts for the wilds of
African jungle she is after sensation
not after form and style. What do
the Drexel Biddles and their kind
though l admit their kind is rare
care for form and style? See if they
don't start soon in their auto after
polar bear-incidentally to look for
that brass tube Cook thinks he left
dangling on the north pole, while he
led the rest of his brass band to
Europe on his triumphal march to the
day of judgment. Why, my dear, with
in the next 10 years there will be a
clubhouse at Etah, where our sports
will spend their summers, taking peri
odical flights to the north pole in their
private air yachts and getting at first
hand their stock of furs. Then Bar
Harbor will be in the position of New
port today-a back number-and the
simple life will be sought at Etah.
New rich" is a title conveying contempt,
And many are wont to abuse IT,
So very few families fairly exempt.
1t really is risky to use It.
One of the most delightful of the re-
cent bridge parties was given by Mrs.
C. V Meyerstein and Mrs J. c. Meyer
stein at the Fairmont and nearly 100
guests enjoyed the hour at bridge and
tea afterward. There were many at
tractive gowns and the card party was
one of the most elaborate in point of
decoration and number of guests that
has been given during the early sea-
son.
Mrs. Minnie Sabin Cooper will con-
tinue her morning lectures this month
in the red room at the st. Francis,
and the first informal talk will be
given Tuesday at 1890 o'clock. The
general subjects for this seasons Sc
ries viii be Great People," Great
Events and Great Cities" The octo-
Der lectures will be on the following
subjects: Prince Henry the Navi-
gator" The Spanish Conquest of