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A SSEMBLYMAN BEATTY'S bill to provide a way for con-
ZA demnation by municipalities of water supply plants is- well
-•o intended, but in its present shape it appears to be incomplete.
Apparenth T it does not touch the machinery
of such proceedings as established by the code
of civil procedure, which requires the con
demning party to have ready money in hand
for payment to the owner within thirty days
of judgment. If the amendment' is to be
worth anything as a practical measure it must provide some means
by which this difficulty can.be overcome. The insincere opposition
to the Hetch Hetchy grant inspired by Spring Valley has made a
great deal of the failure of the city of San Francisco to institute
proceedings for condemnation of the present water plant. In no
way was their insincerity more manifest than in their suppression
of the fact that the law of California makes condemnation impossible
or impracticable in such circumstances.
How this difficulty of providing money to complete the pur
chase shall be overcome we are not prepared to say definitely at
the present moment. The businesslike way would be to discharge
the obligation with municipal bonds for its face. A corporation
engaged in supplying a city with water could not equitably object
to taking the securities of the municipality in payment without dis
count. By the very nature of its employment and business a water
company supplying a city expresses in the most practical way full
confidence in the credit of the municipality. If an issue of bonds
were authorized pending judgment of condemnation payment by
this method would be just and equitable. If some better plan can
be suggested the matter is open for consideration.
The Call regards the plea made before congress in this relation
by Spring Valley as nothing better than a dishonest bluff. The fact
that it was caught up so eagerly by the so called "nature lovers"
aids the' suspicion that they are tarred with the same stick. They
did not take the slightest pains to inform themselves of the legal
difficulties that block the way, and even when these were pointed
out to them they persisted in the charge. Their action in this regard
was to the last degree discreditable.
Spring Valley does not want any condemnation suit, and, in
fact, fears nothing so much. The corporation lawyers and their
tools imagined that it was a good bluff to, run on congress for what
it might be worth as a temporary expedient, but, in fact, a con
demnation suit with legal obstacles removed is the, one thing they
fear most because they know that a jury would pay no attention
to the inflated valuations about which they make pretense. Never
theless the}- have themselves suggested condemnation and they may
have to swallow their own medicine if the legislature can. clear
CondemnaMon !
Of Spring
Valley Plant
IT seems as if Assemblyman Cogswell were barking up the wrong
I tree when he attacks the scientific work of the state university
* agricultural college. We had supposed that this attitude of
hostility to what used to be called contemptu
ously "book farming" was extinct, and espe
cially in California, where there are so many
rural problems that are not readily solved by
the rule of thumb or the light ol nature. In
fact; a farmer or horticulturist who has learned
his business on the other side of the mountains finds > himself alto
gether at sea when he comes to California. The chemistry of soil,
the laboratory work on tests of processes, the perpetual war against
insect pests — these and other phases of country life in this state
are essential to the most profitable use of the agricultural poten
tialities of this wonderful and as yet only half explored region
endowed with a fertile soil and a perfect climate. In the treatment
of orchards to guard them against the ravages of insect pests alone
the university researches have paid their whole cost many times over.
If there are defects in the conduct of the college and Mr. Cogs
well knows of them he will do the state a useful service, by putting
his finger specificalty on the blot, but vague talk about "gentlemen
farmers" carries no weight and is deserving of no consideration:
The scientific work of agricultural colleges on the other side of the
mountains has been worth millions of dollars to the farmers. Such
work is even more necessary in this new and practically untested
field. It will continue, and if it requires amendment or change of
policy or direction it is a proper function for, members of the legis
lature to point out mistakes with specifications. Give us the 1
particulars.
Work of fhe
i Agricultural
CollegS
IT rests with the shippers and producers of California to work
out their own salvation in the matter of freight rates. They are
in geographical position on the seaboard and can avail
themselves of water competition. They can
not rely on the government to give them
relief irom excessive rates. The Hepburn
\u25a0 law providing for the regulation of rates, is,
in its present shape, a broken reed, and the
best that shippers can hope to get from that
measure and the machinery of the interstate commerce commission
is a lawsuit that may last half a dozen years or more. In the mean
time the railroads will fix rates to suit themselves and the shippers
must pay or take to the water.
All this was perfectly well, understood by the railroad people
when they raised the tariff. They had succeeded in emasculating
the Hepburn law by depriving the interstate commission of power
to suspend the operation of rates pending inquiry, and they are able
with the help of "the gray wolves of the senate" to block amend
ment of the law in this regard at : least for the present, session^
Further, the railroads believed that the measures taken; by theni
to minimize or destroy water competition' would prove. effective;
To a certain extent that is true, but the condition can be .met
gnd remedied. by the establishment of an* independent line of steam
Shippers
Must Get
Together
EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE CALL
Hurripty" Duptipty S^t on a : ; ;VyTall
ships. In that work the national administration can help, through
its control of the Panama railroad, and it has promised assistance.
The way so far is clear if the shippers are true to themselves and
will supply 'the freight without regard for railroad threats and
intimidation. It is quite certain that the overland railroads will use
every means of coercion in their power to ; frighten or punish ship
pers interested in any independent line. Probably rates will be cut
and favors promised. We have been through all that before, and
experience gives assurance that the salvation of shippers lies in
their own hands if they will present a united front.
SENATOR BLACK'S bill to define water. rights, and their appro
priation is well intended.. It is, in fact, a bill to preserve public
property from spoliation and save whatever may be left of state
rights to "running water. /California has
utterly neglected her duty in this relation with
. the result that power corppanics have been
permitted to seize and appropriate without
c*>st most of the valuable rights. It is a con
dition to which President Roosevelt in a recent
message to congress forcibly directed attention when he said :
The. people of this country arc threatened by a monopoly far more
powerful, because in far closer touch with their domestic and industrial life,
than anything known to our experience.. \u25a0
The history of the oil industry will, be .repeated in: the hydroelectric
power industry, with results far more oppressive and disastrous for the
people. A single generation will see the_ exhaustion of our national resources
of. oil and gas and such'a rise in the price of coal as will make the price of
electrically transmitted water power a controlling factor in transportation,
in manufacturing and in household lighting and heating. >- :f:
To give away without conditions this, one of the greatest of our re
sources, would be an act of folly. vA~ '' :N: N
The president" accurately describes what California, has been
doing. We have permitted powerful corporations to seize public
property without conditions or compensation to the real owners,
and the process of creating another dangerous monoply in this field
is going on' before our eyes. • - . ; V
The same policy defined and followed by the national forestry
service for the government reserves as applied to the power com
panies should be extended to state property of this character. Every
unit of power developed by these companies should be made to pay
To Save tke
Water
ANSWERS TO QUERIES
NERVES— Subscriber. City. Do the nerves of
the eye terminate In the brain? Would a pres
sure of the nerve* of the eye affect the sight?
A medical -work says: "The nerves
are white cords which serve as tele
graph wires connecting the brain with
different parts of the ; body. From
every portion of the skin nerves' run
upward to the center of the brain, so
that every impression -.made upon \u25a0 the
skin is communicated at once to the
organ of the mind; the eye, the ear
and other; organs of special sense stand
In "similar communication, with the
brain. If the nerves be, cut or injured
the transmission of the- nervous force
is interrupted and impressions are not
perceived- in the jfrain."
THEATERS— F. H. 8.. City. What was the
date of the opening of the. following. theaters in
San Francisco rtnee 1&06. and what was the
plar on the opening night? . Darts, Central, Co
lonial, Alcazar, - American, Princess and Van
Ness. :-y.'.. \u25a0.-\u25a0.-:* -. -"\u25a0-". '•'\u25a0'- \u25a0' \u25a0
-Davis, June 30, 1906, "The Sparkler";
Central (opened, as the Park), 'July *30,
1906, "Heart of Tennessee"; .Colonial,
October 6, 1906, "The .Man From Mex
ico"; Alcazar, March : 18, 1907, "The
Altar of. Friendship"; American, JJa r
vary 21; 1907. San \u25a0 Francisco: » opera
company in' *!The' Strollers";*. Princess,
August . 31, -1907, vaudevilleVshow; I Van
Ne.ss, March 11. Savage English opera
company : in . "Madame Butterfly." •
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QUESTIONS— Reader, City. Honr sooa are
questions , answered :in - the • department of an
swers to queries in The Call? • .
The answers are'published, as soon as
possible after the answer can ."; be ob
tained and' they, appwar ifrprint* in the
order in; which they arc: turned in. It
often 6ccurs.;that; there i must be .cor
respondence with ' distant? points :in or
der to obtain the "answer that is de
sired. . .
SECOND PAPEES— J.. City. In^ 1901,*. No
vetuber, declared my! intention "to 'become; a citi
zen of the United States.'.but on.account of hav
ing to be out'of .the city. a great jdeal,; neglected
to apply 'i for v naturalization ='\u25a0 papers. y~ As *_lt \u25a0is
now more . than « seven > years ; since ; I : " applied . for
first papers. -must I make » new declaration; to
become a. citizen? :, \u25a0••'\u25a0' • [:",-; ' • ~-\~
You will have'tb make anew declara-
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tion and at the expiration of two years
you may apply for -final; papers, pro
vided you have resided continuously In
the United States five years and one
year of that time in the state in which
you make application for final : papers.
STEAMERS— lnquirer, Oilfield. Cal. What Is
the | length and tonnage of the , following steam
ers:/ Campania, Lucanla and Minnesota? .
; The first two, 620 feet . \u25a0 each and
gross tonnage 13,000 tons: each; and the
latter, 622 feet, . gross tonnage 20,718
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FARO— J. M., city. What are the -odds in
favor of the banker at; faro? \u2666 ,;
That depends upon -the -number of
cards remaining. undealt.V ln-. the r older
edition of. Hoyle there: is; published a
long table on this subject. This de
partment has not ; the space:- to repro
duce It. : \u25a0 .
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M.iJCUy. Whaf is the weight of
a; cubic foot of. gold?; What would it.be worth?
The weight 15: 1,204.9"p6unds avoir
dupois. Its intrinsic value, if pure gold
would be about $323,750.
THREE CENT PlECE— Subscriber, . City. An
swers as , to the value lof - United States 3 cent
pieces or any. other coin iwlll be given by, mail
when the \u25a0, question is accompanied by a self-ad
dressed and; stamped envelope. ' ' -.
OLD . COINS—A. S.v Carson City, Ner. 'Where
is- a ; catalogue setting forth .the .value of old
coins obtainable?
Through any first class book seller.
_•\u25a0 WILL — A Subscriber. City. i Must a holographic
will; that Is. one written wholly by the testator,
be witnessed? - :'
-.;\u25a0; It does not have-to be witnessed. •
.; BATll— Subscriber/ i I-ivermore. Cal. Which
is correct "Take a bath", or ''HaTe a bath'"?
: Both expressions are correct.
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RUEF—S. E. :. Oakland, ! Cal. -What was the
date of the sentencing of; Abe Ruef?
December ';29J-' 1908. : \-
< TRANSPIRE— D..Melroße,' Cal. :Is it propVr.to
use the • word trausplre . in • the sense of perspire ?
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Letters From the People
LIBRARY SCHOOL ADVOCATED
Editor Call: May I ask the courtesy
of your, columns to explain briefly to
your readers why the California library
association is asking for the establish
ment, of a library school in California?
The , association includes in its mem
bership the llbrarians : of. all the. large
libraries In the state, and most of the
small pnes. It has. twice in annual con
vention resolved that a library school
was a' prime necessity to library
progress in this state. Mts committee
on this subject, appointed at the San
Jose conference : of February, 1908, Is
made up of the librarians of the five
largest libraries of central California,
namely; J. L. Gillis of the California
state library, Joseph C. Rowell of the
University of California. George T.
Clark of Stanford university, William
R. Watson of the San Francisco public
library, and m>'Belf of the Oakland free
library. •; . i
It was no whim that caused the se
lection of this committee, but the
knowledge that.' as men responsible for
the -running of - large libraries, they
were most keenly aware of the pressing
need of some source of supply of trained
library assistants. The smaller li
braries need them no leas, bub the largo
libraries feel the demand In. more con
centrated form.
The trained library attendant and the
library school are not experiments.
There are good library schools In sev
eral eastern, states, though none west
of the Mississippi. The best known ia
that at Albany in connection'' with the
New York state library. Everywhere
they . demonstrate their great utility,
and their graduates are In demand all
over the country. A dozen" or so of the
Albany, graduates are already em
ployed in responsible positions in Cali
fornla'libraries. This concrete success,
I submit, is worth much more as proof
than any general reasoning.
..To ; answer, however, the argument
that. a college education is better than
a' professional ..training for a librarian
is easy. We have no quarrel with the
desire vfor 'general education . in the
profession: we want more of it than we
can get. But to. try to induce college
graduates to take up" libraries is vain.
It would be like requiring college grad
uation .; for teachers \u25a0 in r the primary and
grammar , grades— desirable, perhaps,
but impossible. • California libraries do
not yet pay salaries that command such
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But as the normal school is the direct
road to so much. of knowledge and pro
ficiency, as " is • essential in • the " conduct
of a; school' of .less than high school
grade, so a training-school for librar
ians will -turn out a 'supply of attend
ants capable of ; , doing ; good library
work in the small libraries and in the
lesser. posltionMn, large ones. Indeed,
there are some persons who maintain
that the normal school graduates make
better ( teachers than college graduates,
because * they"? have .specialised all
through the- course on- just; the /one
thing. i# So \u25a0 library, school graduates
have;a grasp: of technique not attained
until -after- long service by the self
taught. librarian: =' ".\u25a0" '\u25a0\u25a0 .\u25a0 '
.; It 'wiirrbegood policy to raise the
standards of general culture in the li
brary school . just " as r fast ' as conditions
in the state-warrant , it: In New York
a full college pburse -is- a> requirement
for entrance, to tHe Albany. school. The
consequence' of uthat ; is 1 that when San
•Francisco sought^a - librarian recently
an **Albany- graduate -was chosen, and
when the t trustees: of the;stato: library
had to fill the.. place; made vacant \ by
Mr.- Watson's \ promotion* we considered
nobody/buta, graduate] of Albany,. and
went to 1 Oklahoma. to get -one." .
\u25a0•\u25a0* But ; such < positions are '\u25a0 rare in " Cali
fornia; and' the present' need is
for competent', -.young 1 .women . to take
charge - of \u25a0 the : small that are
springing up \ all over -the state, a score
or- sOiayear, and to fill the desk and
catalogue -.< positions rin<-;.the larger li
braries at salaries approaching those of
teachers :' : in , the 'graded schools. .vWe
must have Buch a school before we can
hope) to establish a'proficiency:require
ment in library .work;- to" be determined
as -the" teacher's ; proflciency is<by-cer
tlflcate.^ When;that |s done professional
standards can *be. set" up ' and we can
gradually do"r away - with the idea > that
."anybody,-: can-;. give out£ books ovtr a
counter," go * that ; ; charity , and politics
are- considered** rather -than ability to
render; the intelllgentiservice that the
public demands.. 'S*WBtBBBR3S&UmBBHM
\u25a0 . Library: development; has progressed
with .marvelous-celerity, inrthis country
in the lastifew. decades— the public li
brary; as .we' have it:, was" 5 unknown till
1848— for two ; reasons.-; One is th« in
herent-meritjof; the ideaVthe ample, - re
turnUt,makes.the people for the money
they / spend* on- itr. and -the other istha't
i t }has j the analogyi of ithe^publtc; school
to ;guid»,it;; ; Following In;that f path the
libra ryi school f is* ours next: requirement
and I rejoice inthe belief that the pres
ent legislature's about to. give it to us.
Very "truly/ your*. '.-. -- . . ...
CHARLES ?S. : GREENE. -
MIGHTY-CASEY IS
AT BAT AT
PRESIDIO
He Strikes jn and Strikes
Out Hoi- Polloi From
The Military' Hops
Evermore
Within Presidio's ballroom myriad
lights are »h lni og bright ;
Gallant epaulettes are whirling dainty
partner* In delight; •,
And sweet smiles greet the sabers to
the martial music's din.
Bat hoi polloi Is absent— -mighty Caaej
* ' has sHtmek In!
—From .Officers' Effusions.
\u25a0-r-APS have .sounded for informality
j at Presidio hops. Captain Henry
1 R. Casey blew the blast. Captain
Casey, Jack the Giant of Giddiness
Killer," surnamed Petronius, has gone
to the citadel of the socially careless
and bidden the inmates keep their
ground. They. dare, not now to cross
1 the threshold of -the officers* club at
; the Presidio on hop nights.
An officer at the Presidio garrison, a
gallant soldier and a nifty dancer, re
cently brought to one of the hops a
giddy young widow. Then followed the
social revolution led and won by^Cap
tain Casey, who now is general ticket
agent for-the Presidio aocial line.
This young widow had the time of
her young life at the dance. She was
dazzllngly dressed; she won the hearts
of all the shaved tail lieutenants at the
garrison and upset the equilibrium of
! many a major's heart. But she did not
jseem to take with the ladies of the
post. In fact, her impression on the
! army > woman was in inverse ratio to
her Impression on army men. The day
j following* the dance every tea table in
the married quarters was splashed with
critiques on the gown, the personality
and' person of the giddy young widow.
NEJVER AGAIN
Theretofore Presidio hops were the
most Informal affairs in the wide, wide
world. Invitations . were tendered in
nods and becks and wreathed smiles
to "come and trip it as they go, on
the'light fantastic toe."
But never again. .
Captain Casey heard that the army
women* were raising riots over the
presence of the dashing young woman
at the dance, so hastily he summoned
the directors of the officers' club. The
directors are Captain ' James K. Ash
burn, Captain Sterling P. Adams, Cap
tain Edwin C. Long. Captain Henry K.
Casey and Lieutenant E. E. Pritchett.
They held a council of war in secret.
Casey put the question. He de
clared that hereafter no persons should [
be admitted to the officers' club hops who
were not the bearers of cards Issued by
the directors of the club. Captain Casey
had frequently b.een to Ned Qreen
way's parties and Mrs. Alexander's af
fairs, and he, knew how things were
done beyond the army lines. The other
officers listened to .his tales of social
usages with admiration and awe. Casey
insisted that hereafter cards be issued,
and he declared that he should pass on
all the invitations. He nominated him
self as Petronius, the social arbiter
for the United States array, department
of California. He said that what
Greenway was In the civilian world he
would be In army circles »
CASTS DECIDING VOTE
The question was put to a vote. The
ballots stood two to two. Then Casey
cast the deciding vote and was declared
arbiter elegantiarum. How the other
four officers divided on the question
Is the garrison puzzle.
But hereafter, the unannolnted can't
break into the officers' hops with bay
onets. A giddy young widow never
before made so much fuss in the history
of the United States army.
GENEVA UNIVERSITY TO
CELEBRATE JUBILEE
Delegates From Colleges AH
Over the World to Attend
Although from early times Geneva,
so rich in associations, literary, relig
ious and historic, made considerable
provisions for education, yet it appears
that the city has only occupied univer
sity status since a comparatively re
cent period. VThs unversfty will in the
summer celebrate its jubilee. The prin
cipal celebrations will take place on
July 7, 8 and , 9 next. . It Is expected
that the delegates from the universities
of the. world will number about 400.
There are about 1.600 graduates of the
University of Geneva scattered through
out the universe. Some SOO degrees
honoris causa will be bestowed dur
ing the celebrations, which will : con
clude on July 10 with a students' dem
onstration. The delegates will receive
a. beautiful souvenir of the event pre
pared by Prof. Charles Borgeaud.—
London Globe.
Impertinent Question No. 90
What Do You Know?
For the most original or wittiest answer to this question— the
briefer the better— The Gall will pay FIVE DOLLARS.
For the next five answers The Call will pay ONE DOL
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THE CALL.
. Winning Answer* to "TV'hr.'Afc You" What Yon Are?"
|B prize to A." J." DaTfar, P. 0. box -.3. Petaluma.
Because Ihave been doing \yhat I have been doing.
$1 prize to' J. J. O'Metra. 64 E«J<iT «tre«t. city. • .
I'm only like this when the gas bill comes in— l have lucid
intervals.
$1 -prize to Miss Clara Glanott!. 3629 Twentx-flfth street, city. •
. A native daughter wouldn't be anything else.
$1 priie.to Mn. E.J. Hermans. 817 South" G street. S«n ila"te<»
-Because I was not careful in the selection of my parents.
$1 prize to John .TVillJams, 1501% Folwm street, etty.
; Because I vwas; captured early and tamed.
$1 prize to MU» Alice Wangb. 1504 Forty-seTe.tb aTentw/ Uclraw
' 3- C r« n S- :^ em i" '-H would ' artd I wouldn't if I could.
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FEBRUARY 13, I9OQ
SMART SET GETS
MARQUIS' COLD
SHOULDER
Anglesey Presents Bundle of
Invitations to Hotel
Porter and Then •
Leaves
SOCIETY has lost its chance to
brighten the mind and cater to the
•""Little Mary." as he would call It.
of Charles Henry Alexander Paget.
marquis of Anglesey. It'showered in
vitations to dinners and fiances and
polo games on the traveling peer from.
England, but the marquis wore his
social waterproof while In the city, and
the invitations rolled off. At 8 o'clock
last evening he took the coast train
for Los^ Angeles without a tremor or
a regret for invitations unaccepted and
unacknowledged.
The marquis kept to the seclusion of
his room. at the St. Francis in the morn
ing, lunched with his cousin. Captain
A. E. Paget, at noon, and at 2 o'clock
went with his cousin for an automobile
ride through the park and Presidio.
In his letter box at the hotel piled
up invitations from the Bohemian and
Burllngame clubs and from social.lead
era. "1 suppose these things will In
terest you more than me," said the
marquis, handing a bunch of select in
vitations to the porter at the hotel as
he went for his train.
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Mrs. Eleanor Martin waa hostess
yesterday at one of the notable lunch
eons of the winter In compliment to
Mrs. Whltelaw \ Reid- The elaborate
affair was given at the home of the a
hostess in Broadway, and 37 guests
enjoyed the occasion. The decorations
were probably the most artistic seen
at any of the recent luncheons. an<?
In the center of the largest tabte a
tall vase of pink' roses reached almost
to the chandelier and was surrounded
with smaller vases graduated Into tiny
bowls overflowing with pink roses.
There were three tables and the adorn
ment was the same rose design on
each table. Among, the guests who
were present yesterday were:
Mrs. Whltelaw Reid JMrs. Brlce
D. O. Mill* (Mrs. Jc*n Drosn
Judge and Mrs. W. W.iltrs. WblttcU
Morrow Mm. Herbert JfofStt
Judge Ros» itti. Carter P. Pom-
Mr, and Mrs. Walter 8. eroy
Martin Miss Coudert of New
Henry T. Srott York
Mr*. Roosevelt i Mrs. Ueorg« Xewhall
Mrs. McED«rnej Mrs. Horace P. Plllsbury
Baroness too . Scbroeder Mrs. Kranels SulltTaa
lln. Tonrne Mrs. Samuel Knight
Mrs. Fry - Mrs. Earl
Mrs. Ashburner Judge Cooper
Mrs. Darling Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
. Mrs. Truxtun Be ale Cooper
Mrs. Aodersoa IMrs. Ansellnttl
Mrs. CUa«e | Mrs. Thomas Dri?eoll
Mr». Detrlc-k . *!J. Downey Harrey
Mrt. Lukeas |Mrs. Calboua
• • •
-The Friday Night ciub held a de
lightful dance in Century hall last
evening, when the members met for
the final dance before Lent. About
half a hundred guests enjoyed the last
dancing party of the series, and the
evening will be memorable among th«
enjoyable dances of the winter, espe
cially for those of the younger set.
The dinner parties were an Important
part of the evening program and sev
eral of the girls had guests at home
preceding the dance. Miss Mauda Wil
son was .hostess at a dinner given
at her home and Miss Polly MacGavin
had several guest* at a dinner given
at h«r home: l* California street before
the dance. Among these who enjoyed
Miss MacGavin's hospttality were Miss
Anna W'eller. Miss Dorothy Van Slck
len. Jack Van Sicklen, George Willcutt
and Ed Gunn. Mrs. Lou?3 F. Monteasl©
entertained a number of young people
at a dinner given at her home In Pa
cific avenue and another patroness who
entertained at a dinner party was Mrs-.
Wakefield Baker.
The patronesses of the Friday Night
dances are Mrs. Wakefield Baker. Mrs.
Louis F. Monteagle. Mrs. James Potter
Langhorne, Mrs. George Moore and
Mrs^George Ashton. Among those -who
have enjoyed the series of winter
dances are: .
Mlis Katberlns Donoboe Mlm Helen Jones
Miss Anna Weller Miss Frances Newhall
Mias Eliza McMullia Mlas Virginia Newhall
Miss Ruth Boertcke . Mlas Dolly MacGarla
Mtsa Dorothy Boerlcke Georjre Bpe»eer
Mis* Augusta Foutc KUvrard N«wball
Miss Florence Hopkins Aimer Newball
Miss Julia Tbomas James Lanxaoraa
Miss Helen Thomaa Henry Tonnff
Mtu Dolly Cashing Gayla Anderton
Miss Janet Coietnan George Foot*
Miss Harriet Alexander Gerald Hals«y
Miss Maude Wilson (Charles Adams
Mia* Dorothy Van 3lek-! Allan Van Fleet
len (George Willcntt -
Miss Anita Mallliard, tha daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. "W. Mallliard. will
leave tomorrow \u25a0 for a trip to Chile.
Miss Mallliard, will be accompanied by
her uncle and aunt. Mr. and Mrs* Hor
ace G. Hellman. The. party will, enjoy
several months' visit In foreign cities
and an Interesting season of travel is
planned. - Miss Mallliard will be missed
during her absence, as she la one of
the popular girls In the younger set.
Miss Marjorle Brown entertained yes
terday.at a tea given at her home In
Green street for Misa Frances Martin,
who Is at the St. Francis with her
parents, o,lnce her return from abroad.
The afternoon affair was quite tefor»
mal. but a large number of the younger
girls enjoyed the occasion.
Mrs. Eugene A. Bresse will be hostess
next. Monday at a luncheon to be given.
at her home in Clay street for a scor*
of the younger girls. The compli
mented guest on this occasion will be
Miss Jean Tyson. , MSB
