The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03

fore their formal introduction and have
a host of admiring friends. The New
hall girls have friends without num-
Der and the latest addition to the for
NAL rank of society buds, Frances and
Virginia Newhall bid fair to be as
popular as the attractive trio which
preceded them in the whirl of social
affairs. There is truly a bewildering
galaxy of debutantes for the later
dances of the season
Miss Helene Irwin will entertain this
week at the first affair since her re-
turn from abroad and it is to be a
luncheon for the debutantes. Miss
Florence Hopkins is to be the feted
guest and the luncheon will take place
Wednesday at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. William G. Irwin in Washington
street. A dozen of the seasons buds
are anticipating the happily little re-
union.
Mrs. Joseph B. Crockett was the in
spiration for several of the more i'm
portant affairs of the past week. Mrs.
Crockett is going on long voyage to
foreign countries and her friends were
anxious to entertain for her during
the busy holiday season The dinner
that was to have been given last
Wednesday evening in her honor was
postponed by the host and hostess. Mr..
and Mrs. William G. Irwin, in consid-
Grafton of the recent death of Mr.. Claus
Spreckels. Mrs. Crockett was the hon
ored guest at a delightful luncheon
given Wednesday by Mrs. Samuel
Knight at the st. Francis Among
those who assembled at the farewell
party were:
Mrs. Crockett Mrs William G. Irwin
Mrs. J. Athearn Folger Mrs Joseph ID. Grant
Mrs George Fl. Lent Mrs. Robert oxnard
Mrs Robert ]. Woods Mrs. Mountford Wilson
Mrs. osgood Hooker Mrs. Henry T. Scott
One of the latest fads in New York
is the '.sit-on-the- floor tea. The plan
was devised by an original hostess and
the experiment was so successful that
it has been repeated number of times.
There is plea for its popularity on the
excuse of comfort, but ii is probable
that the novelty of the affair will
appeal to those looking for the unique
in the matter of entertaining.
OF course there is the argument that
tea parties may be more comfortable
when one is sitting on the floor instead
of on fragile or uncomfortable chairs
The plan for entertaining grown up
people as children is part of the new
thought process. perhaps. of casting off
the cares and worries of life and being
as a child again. The attitude of a
child on the floor prepares one to tct
as a child, ready to listen to fairy sto-
ries and whatever appeals to the imagi-
nation is apt to become popular. The
first hostess who entertained in this
novel way is quoted as saying that her
idea had the astonishing effect of MAX
ing every guest talk more than usual
while they sat on the floor in free, un-
conventional attitudes and the cakes
and of na
if they were sitting a the table. Her
experiment appears to have been a
great success and several others who
have followed the daring example of
the first are also enthusiastic over their
first unconventional party. 1t remains
to be seen whether the novel tea par
ties will become the rage-after a
while.
dozen friends at luncheon given Tues
day in the green room at the st. Fran
els. and among those who enjoyed the
informal occasion were:
Mrs. R p. Schwerin Miss Jennie Flood
miss GeoTse eTs roRf Mrs Ro,t athea TSlger
Mrs. W. H. Taylor Mrs. William G. Irwin
Mrs. Henry I. Scott Mrs. William Babcock
News comes from Washington of the
uCOut VI niloS Ally y4lid 1dlDOl, VINO mas
just joined the group of debutantes who
are receiving attention this month at
the capital. Miss Talbot and her moth
er, Mrs. Amy Talbot, have many friends
in this city, where they were enter
tanned several months ago. The debu-
tante reception was a very pretty af-
fair, with the usual assortment of
handsome gowns. Mrs. Talbot wore a
directoire gown of pastel blue silk, and
the debutante received with her mother
in an empire of white tulle over satin
: The marriage Wednesday evening of
Miss Mercedes Huffman, daughter OF
Mrs. Charles Henry Huffman, and Lieu
tenant George Edgar Nelson of the
United States army, at the handsome
Huffman home in Broadway, was one
of the attractive events of the busy hol-
iday week. Decorations In poinsettia
and Christmas berries gave the season
suggestion to the pretty rooms The
brides costume and those of her at
tendants were quaint as a picture and
the company, less than five score. spent
a pleasant evening. An army wedding
Is necessarily more showy than one in
civil life. WITH Its formality Of uniform