The San Francisco call., 1913-08-17

joying a brief vacation at the Casa del
Rey in Santa Cruz, as are j. w Sey-
more, f. w. Madison and d. Nv. Earl.
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| The members of Los Amigos cotillon
were entertained at an informal gath
ering last Saturday evening in the San
Mateo home of Charles Meyer Jr.
Among those present were:
Miss Kitty Murphy Fred Field
| Miss Virginia Payson Walter Mclaughlin
Miss Edith Brandt Walter Wiebalk
Miss Margarite Gardener Charles Meyer Jr.
Miss Ida Murphy George Matson
Miss Lillian Woods Raymond Leo
Miss Edna Ullman lStanley ]. Tyson
After summering with friends on the
Russian river, Miss Mae Thomas. the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs William
/ Thomas, has returned to her home in
Fourth avenue. Miss Thomas and
party of friends, including Miss Anita
Moore, Miss Ada Mccormack, Miss Or
vetta Steber, Miss Ruby Stock and Miss
Josephine Becker, left in the early part
of the season for this delightful coun-
try and passed the last three months in
visiting the different homes along the
| river.
The second of the summer entertain
ments to be given this season by the
Deutscher club took place F'riday even
ing in the German House. The operetta
! '.Nalalani," the libretto of which was
written by Jesse G. NJ. Click, and the
music by Irving NJ. Wilson, was given
before an appreciative audience, with
Wallace Macdonald and Irene Aubrey
in the leading roles. William F. Roch-
ester staged the production
The Players club, which scored a
number of successes last year, entered
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Tuesday evening, when the active
members met in the cluhrooms to dis
cuss and arrange plans. The year
| promises to be a busy one for the
| Players, a many requests for perform
ances have been received from the lead
| ing clubs and charities, not only IN
this city but also in the other cities
about the bay. number of outdoor
performances will be given in addition
| to the regular presentations, and the
evening performances, chief among
which are those for the clubs asso-
ciate members will be inaugurated
by the presentation of Sir Arthur Wing
Pinero's brilliant satire on the new
woman, The Amazons..
An unusual amount of interest is be-
\ ing taken in this play, due to its sue
cessful revival in New. York. with Miss
| Billie Burke playing the role of Lady
Thomasine. Mrs Jeanette Alfaritz
viii be seen in this part The play
will be produced in Scottish Rite hall
during the month of September, with
the following strong cast under the
personal supervision of the clubs di-
rector. Mr. Reginald Travers:
harrington, Viscount Utterly Arthur Owen
Caifred, earl OF Tweenways William Rainey
andre count de Griyal. Louis H. Danhaur
Rev. Roger Mnchin. Louis. II. Danhaur
Eltten. .-------.- Joseph Macauley
louatt. Edward J. queen
Miriam. Msrchioness castejordan Mrs l. r. Ebert
| Lady Noeine Belfurbet. Mrs. @. A. Muefdorffer
Lady wilhelmina Beltnrbet. Miss Mae 0Keefe
Lsdy Thomasine Belturbef.... Jeanette Aifaritz
Sergeant Shutter. .....-....... Rowena Danhaur
A noteworthy announcement to the
effect that the club has made arrange
ments with the Little theater of New
York for the production of many of
| its successes has been made by the
directors of the players. These plays
will be given as matinee performances
| In the Sorosis club hall under the aus
pices of the leading women's clubs of
! San Francisco. Among the plays are:
John Galsworthy's Pigeon which
will be produced In October; Schnitz-
lers Affairs OF Anatol," two episodes
of which were given by the club last
season, and which created very fa-
vorable impression, and "Pruneila' or
Love in a Garden by Grenville Baker
and Lawrence Hausmann.
! The present season finds many new
names on the clubs roster of active
members, chief among which is that
of Richard M. Hotaling, whose appear
ance is being looked forward to with
great interest.
| Many plays by local authors have
been submitted for presentation DUR
ing the coming season. Among these
are: The Desert Shall Rejoice" by
Kenneth Perkins of the. University OF
California; three curtain raisers." by
Miss Zoe Ackerman. and a clever So
ciety comedy by Mrs Ella M Sexton.
| +Herod,'r by stephen Phillips, which
lately served as starring vehicle for
William Faversham. will be produced
by the Players. in the near future
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Mrs George Brandt and Mrs. Edgar
de Wolfe were among those sailing last
week on the George Washington for
an extended European tour.
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Three hundred members of the
younger set. including residents of San
Francisco and Marin county. enioyed
| the hospitality of Miss Delphine Far
mer and Miss Mary Lamb, who enter
tanned last Friday evening at a dance
in their summer home in Corte Ma
dera.
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| Mr.. and Mrs. P. Nugent Hanrahan and
| their son, who have been summering at
| Coronado, will depart shortly for Ven
| ice to attend the dog show, where their