The San Francisco call., 1910-11-27

Moreover, she does not like their in
teresting themselves in public affairs.
On the other hand, we have Russian
countess who, in order to offset the
Japanese baroness, insists upon it that
our women are terribly frivolous and
that they fliYt and smoke as well as the
expert Russians and are quite given
over to light femininities.
so you see those things are all
ma tier of point of view. Indeed, the
situation reminds me of Lafontaine's
fable OF The Miller. His Son and His
Ass, and of the formers efforts to
please everybody. I should therefore
strongly advise women to follow their
own bent guided by what seems best
for themselves and the children, leav-
ing their brother man to fall into their
track or not as seems best to and for
him. After all women are human
beings and have right to their life
have they not? Some women may
choose to fly in a biplane, while others
may prefer a monoplane. Time alone
can show which is best and for whom.
For, as you see, it is sometimes diff
cult to follow Wordsworth's advice and,
like Pater's Epicurean Marius to
contemplate the spectacle of life with
appropriate emotions that spectacle
is so simultaneously contradictory, my
dear
selecting q husband. OF course. is q TASK
That needs fine discretion and tact;
A maid who says yes TO the first to ask,
May wish she'd got daddy to act.
Miss Helen Taft will be presented to
Washington society at a tea TO be
given Thursday afternoon, December l.
at the White House. The debutante
needs no formal Introduction to the
majority of the friends of her parents,
official or personal, having participated
n. oil q shin and
Beverly, but the forthcoming reception
will mark her first formal appearance
in any large company In addition to
having completed her sophomore year
at Bryn Mawr in June with high
hnnors. the presidents daughter has
enjoyed exceptional advantage of travel
in Europe and the Philippines. She is
the ideal American college girl, say her
friends, a student fond of learning for
learning's sake She will attend the
first Monday german in Baltimore.
December u, and the first bachelors
ball in Washington, January 4. So her
social career begins under the most at
tractiYe auspices.
The Woman's auxiliary of the Cali
fornia Pioneers will hold their annual
breakfast December 10 at the Palace
hotel and there will be several hundred
guests. The organization is responsible
for some of the most elaborate as well
as delightful entertainments each year
and the members are looking forward
to the reunion next month. Another
breakfast of the month Will be given
December 8 at the Fairmont when the
Colonial Danes will assemble at the
festive board for speeches and a
banquet.
The hop at the Presidio last wednes-
day dances at the post and was an en-
joyable affair The decorations were
flags and greens. with touch of red
introduced with the Christmas berries
The hob was Informal, but there was
a large assembly of guests from town
at the party for Thanksgiving eve
Next Wednesday evening will be the
country dance and the hoproom at the
Officers club will be crowded with
guests. The girls will wear shirt
waists or linen suits and the men will
be in outing garb for the informal af-
fair. The dance is to be a benefit af-
fair for the Army relief society, of
which Mrs. John A. Lundeen is the
presiding officer. The hop will be the
largest affair of the week at the post
but there are innumerable smaller re-
unions planned for the next few days.
Last week was gay succession of
days with bridge parties and teas a S
the cnlef aversion. MRS. %. L. Down
ing gave a bridge and tea last Wednes-
day at her home in Filbert street, but
there were several army matrons at
the affair. Among those who played
cards during the afternoon were Mrs
John A. Lundeen. Mrs. Thomas Quin-
cey Ashburn, Mrs. Louis Chappelear,
Mrs. J. P. sO'Neil and Mrs. Frederick
Stopford. Mrs. Lloyd le r. Krebs en-
tertained at bridge Friday at Fort
Baker and large contingent from the
Presidio attended the affair. Yester-
day Mrs Charles Baker presided at an
informal bridge party given at Fort
Scott near the Presidio, and among
the players We're Mrs. Charles st.
John Chubb, Mrs. George Grimes, Miss
Bennett and Miss Fanny Troope. The
dinner parties were a pleasing part of
the social program at the post, and
among those who entertained in this
delightful way were Major and Mrs
Joseph P. O'Neil and Captain and Mrs.
Isaac Erwin.
5 Last Wednesday evening the we'd
ding of Miss Helen Loeb and Melville
WE'LL took place at the home of Mr..