The San Francisco call., 1909-02-21

tends the Greenway dances ana is a
general favorite.
.The Mardi Gras Will take place Tues
day evening. and every debutante is deep
In preparation for the event. 1t is
said that the costumes will be the
prettiest seen at any of the winter
affairs and that many Of the girls have
planned TO surprise their friends with
original Mardi Gras costumes. The
costumes are being kept carefully Sc
cret. and no question has been discov
cred that viii help betray the deep
design for disguise planned by the So
ciety girls The costumes are dis
cussed generally, but every girl is
carefully avoiding any specific descrip-
ton.
The patronesses are enthusiastic
over the affair. and Mrs c. O. Alexan-
der will have the delightful affair un-
der her personal supervision. There
is every prophecy for success, ana
the affair will be memorable not only
as the second successful colonial party,
but probably as the most enjoyable re-
union of the pre-Lenten season.
There Will be several hundred guests,
since every one is Interested and the
younger married set are quite as busy
with their costumes as the debutantes.
II viii be brilliant close TO a success
full season, without doubt.
Miss Helen Jones. whose portrait is
reproduced on this page, is the daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton Jones and
one of the debutantes or this season.
She is conceded TO be one of the pret-
tiest girls in society and is personally
popular with wide circle of older
hyounger girls who entertain for her so
freeuPntlV
Miss Jones is fond OF informal enter
tanning and often presides at small
dinners given a her attractive home
in Buchanan street. with the occasional
afternoons at bridge, so popular with
the younger set
She is q blonde with exquisite color
/ ing Of pink and white. blue eyes and
fluffy hair, that frames her delicate
face most effectively. She is accom-
plished and. it must be said, has had
the advantage of travel and a varied
education in art and music.
1 Two of the interesting parties of the
week were given for Miss Katrina Page
Brown. the guest of Mrs. Francis Caro-
Ian Mrs. Carolan was hostess at a
luncheon given Monday for Miss Brown
and the decorations are remembered as
/ a remarkable effect in miniature The
plan was an Italian garden, and the
! foreign flower pots We're a convincing
proof Of the reality of the scene. The
odd shaped vases were brought from
/ abroad by the hostess, and it was a
happy idea to incorporate them in the
decoration of an Italian garden. The
little garden on the luncheon table
was filled with early spring flowers
with the attractive variety of prim-
roses daffodils and hyacinths.
Among those seated at the table with
the hostess and her guest OF honor
( were:
Mrs Baldwin Wood Miss Alice oge.
Miss Elizabeth Newhall sIiss Julia Langhorne
Mrs Gerald Rathbone Miss Ethel McAIister
Miss Frances Howard Miss Katherine DoDohoe
Miss Helene Irwin Miss Mary Keeney
Miss Louise Boyd Miss Claire Nichols
Miss Florence Hopkins was hostess
! Friday at an informal bridge party
given for Miss Brown. when a numbe-
OF the debutante met Miss Brown or
renewed acquainta nee, for this win
some girl has many friends among the
girls here since her visit a few years
ago
Have you noticed that women of So
ciety are discarding dogs at pets. and
that seldom. if ever, you see the petted
poodle or the fluffy Pomeranian in the
seat of honor in the automobile?
! Strangely enough. the automobile is
advanced as the reason of doggie's
dismissal 1t is only few months
since an enterprising manufactures put
on the market patent basket for the
dog in the automobile but now both
dog and basket are being cast out.
It has been found that dogs are
anything but convenient on all but the
shortest OF automobile rides. and as a
result OF their dismissal from the mo-
tor car they are being dismissed from
/ the home
1t is sad. this passing or petted
fad. but few society women are loyal
10 pet after X has gone out of fash
ion.
You could easily count the number
of society women who take their dogs
about with them since they have be-
! come inconvenient and nuisance on
! their pleasure trip. Perhaps the dog
has been relegated 10 the past Will
other sentimental attachments, and
the society woman of today is 10
emerge as a new being. devoted to au-
tomobiling and only the material en-