The San Francisco call., 1909-10-17

Norman hall. The affair was of greater.
Importance this year, as the state has
declared a legal holiday for the oc-
casion.
The international ball of the Portola
festival, which will be held at the Fair
mont on the goth of October, will take
its place among the notable functions
which. have been held at this hostelry.
/ This is the great ball of the festival
week To it will be invited all the
foreign visitors, the officers of the Wis
1ting ships, the foreign conSuls the
local officers of the army and navy and
all the city and state officials, as well
as the society folk who appear on the
exclusive Greenway list. Greenway has.
after much persuasion. agreed to give
the ball his personal attention. and that
in itself is the guarantee of its sue
| cess. The present plans call for the
use of the white and gold ballroom.
the red banquet room, well the
main dining salon, which will be used
for dancing on this occasion. The sup
! per will be served in the great Norman
| hall and the seating capacity of more
than 500 will be taxed to the limit.
If the evening is pleasant the ter
race will be thrown open and used as
a promenade-giving a wonderful pano-
| rama of the city in its gorgeous festival
| dress with it's myriads of twinkling
| lights and brilliant illuminations of the
ferry and water front with the battle
ships of all nations. Requests for in
vitations are pouring in from ali parts
of the state.
! The arrival of Prince and Princess
| Kuni of the royal Japanese household
| adds another to the already long list
| of distinguished personages that have
been the guests of the Fairmont- They
| have been making a leisurely tour
around the world, visiting the principal
cities, and made stop of nearly
week in San Francisco. The party in
! cluded the Prince and Princess Kuni,
Madame Nagasaki Colonel Kurata,
Lieutenant Colonel Tanaka, Madame
Kumura and Mr.. Takeda. On Monday
splendid luncheon was given in their
| honor by Consul General Nagai at the
| Fairmont. A few evenings before Con-
| sui Nagai gave a beautiful dinner at
| his home in honor of the prince. At
this affair everything was served in
/ the real Japanese style. Just before his
departure the prince himself gave a
luncheon in the gray room TO his
! friends and representatives or the
mikado in this city.
| Among other prominent foreign Wis
itors at the Fairn1ont the past few
days were Mons, Nine. and Mile. de
l Loynes of Montreal, Canada. Mons. de
Loynes is the French consul general at
| that point and is making an EXTENDED
| pleasure trip to the coast. Arashama
| Aratawa, consul general from Japan TO
Mexico, stopped for few days while
en- route from his post to his own
! country.
| The climate in this city will be more
| favorable to the transparent wraps that
| threaten to eclipse heavier stuHs for
evening wear than the cold or the
eastern cities, but society women west
and east are delighted with the new
vogue There has been a craze recent
| ly for airy stuffs of every variety, and
/ In most places the fiImy evening wraps
4 must seem curiously Inappropriate for
winter. The thin wraps are provided
with warm Innings In almost every IN
! stance. but the effect is lrreVocably
spoiled according to the dictates of the
| fad unless there is the completes result
of fragility and gauziness in the i'm
| ished garment. The Parisians nave
the extreme effects in the lightest mate
rials, and one costume that has merited
descriptions by many fashion writer's
| was a cloak of coarse gray net en-
! broidered. or rather daPned-wlth silver
| thread, and falling In full straight
folds from neck to hem. The silver
darned net was hung over silver tissue
1 and all around the edge OF the cloak
4 went a border of gray chlnchllla fur.
Inside was lining of rose pink satin,
veiled with gray chiffon. Inc erect or
! this wrap was ethereally delicate, but
/ the four LAYERS of fabric really offered
substantial protection from cold.
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Miss Ruth Richards has been chosen
to fill the office of bridesmaid at the
| Baker -MacGavin wedding. for the
tragic death of Miss Dolly Cushing's
! father necessitated change in the
| personnel of attendants for this inter-
! esting ceremony, scheduled for No
vember 3. James Jenkins, the iance
of Miss Cushing has withdrawn also
from the wedding party, and his place
will be filed by Ra1ston Curtis The
remaining ones of the bridal party are
4 as the former announcement indicated.
and Miss Dorothy Baker will serve her
sister as maid of honor, with the fol-
lowing coteries of bridesmaids: Miss
1 Louise Boyd, Miss Sara Coffin, Miss
Alexandra Hamilton, Miss Lou Foster,
4 csn chi Miss Dolly Mae