The San Francisco call., 1909-10-10

of alarm to the fair lady who has
borne his name. By the way, | re-
Gently heard bon mot on the subject
of the Vanderbilt name that / must
pass along: A clever former American
not long ago was dining in Paris with
some .Englishmen of note, who natu-
rally asked him if he knew the Wander
bilts. You know to Europeans Ameri-
cans resolve themselves into Astors,
Vanderbilts and Goelets. Well, the
clever former American whose lines had
been cast with the old New York set,
rose to the occasion. No he said L
do not know the Vanderbilts. You see,.
when I lived in New York they were
Vanderbildingr
Those Yanderbilts much seem to lack
Affection that will stick
For making love they have a knack
But all fall out TOO quick.
While almost every girl has been
provided with her winter frocks there
are one or two places in every ward
robe that might be filled acceptably.
and here is the description of model
dinner gown that may help in the
selection of another dress. One of the
newest dinner gowns is the one to be
described and has a pink satin cuirass
from the bust half way to the knees,
not tight fitting. and closing in front
with slashes bound with satin, through
which ribbons or cords may be laced.
The frock itself has foundation of
white taffeta, over which is laid thin
gauze edged with inch deep lace ruff1es
at both top and bottom, and between
these are ruff1es six inches wide shirred
an inch or so from the top, ruffie of
lace, finished at the bottom with a
similar lace frill.
The corsage comes out above the
satin cuirass in a baby puff, showing
the fiat puffs edged with lace frills and
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elbows are also covered with several
puffs and ruffies edged with lace.
One of the most interesting ban
quets which has been given to Presi-
dent Taft on his journey about the
country was that given by the citizens
of San Francisco in the stately Norman
hall of the Fairmont Tuesday. Here
under an arbor of real California grapes
fresh from the vineyard, surrounded
by the most beautiful decorations typi-
cal of the rich bounty of the autumn,
the president and his party sat down
with 500 representative California citi-
zens. Before the banquet they gathered
in the white and gold ballroom. where
the reception was held. The president
sat with the governor on his right and
Mayor Taylor on his left. and the words
of his speech in response to the wei
come extended to him have taken an
important place in the utterances OF
the executive on this journey. The
president spent but the one evening in
San Francisco and departed for the
Yosemite early Wednesday morning.
The laurel court tearoom of the Fair
mont is the daily scene or many de-
lightfully informal gatherings. Society
women have learned that mere they are
almost certain of meeting their friends
of an afternoon and many an I'M
promptu party is tire result. And, of.
course, there are the more formal af-.
fairs, which are continually taking
place, making the laurel court gay in
deed. Mrs. William Abbott, wife of
Captain Abbott of the signal corps, was
hostess to party of 10 OF her young
friends on Monday, and on Saturday
Mrs. Charles L. Weller gave a reception
to a large number of her lntlmates,
more than 125 guests enjoying her hos
pitality. Mrs. Weller received her
guests in the laurel court. which was
prettily decorated for the occasion
Among the recent arrivals and adj
ditions to the service set at the Fair
mont are Rear Admiral and Mrs. Holly
day, who have been out of the city Tor
few days; r. A. Bachman, U. S. S. st.
Louis; r. c. Shepherd, u. S. M. c., and
Mrs. Shepherd; Thomas Catren, o. 5. A.;
H. " Bootes, U. S. A., and family.
Travel from the orient is heavy and
the incoming steamers bring many new
faces to the Fairmont each month.
Many of them are around the world
travellers who come TO San Francisco
for the first time and are delighted
with the city and it's superb situation.
Some of the arrivals from abroad now
at the Fairmont are Harvey Bowring
and party, from London; III. K. Frye.
and wife, London; DR.. Franz Pepper,
Vienna; M. and Nine. Rossallin de
Crandeville, Paris; DR.. Francis de Crue
and family, Geneva, Switzerland; Julien
Printer and Alexander Frankel Buda-
pest, Hungary; Alexander Kniever, VII
emma: H. Prudhomnne and wife, Ant
werp. Fred J.Halton and family are
at the Fairmont en- route TO Hongkong.
The society woman who wants to
devote part Of her time this winter to