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SOCIETY.
YET another week of dancing, mu
sic and brilliant entertainments
and the season of IS9T-98 will
have come to a close. The past
week has been crowded with
elaborate affairs, and this week
promises to be equally as gay.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Whlttler gave an
elaborate dinner, followed by a dance,
on Monday, at their elegant home, cor
ner of Jackson and Lapuna streets, in
honor of Mrs. Whittier's debutante
sister, Miss Gertie Carroll.
The affair was one of the most elegant
of the many elaborate private entertain
ments given this season. The magnificent
homo, which is so well adapted for the
entertainment of so large a party, was
magnificently decorated for the occasion.
Reception hall, drawing rooms, billiard
hall and dining room were placed at the
disposal of the dancers, and the vast ball
room was converted into a sumptuous
banquet, hall.
The guests were seated at seven round
tables, each of which boasted of an orig
inal and individual decoration. The first
table was aglow with bright red roses.
Snow blossoms were, used to beautify
table No. 2. The third table was decor
ated with nothing but delicate ferns. At
the fourth table the fragrant violet was
used with most artistic effect. For the
fifth table japonicas were used for dec
orative purposes. Daffodils made the
6ixth table beautiful, and the seventh ta
ble was prettily arrayed with delicate
pink fruit blossoms.
After the service of an elaborate menu,
dancing was inaugurated. The cotillon
was the feature of the evening. Edward
Greenway leading with Miss Carroll.
Four figures were danced. The favors
were extremely pretty. For the first
figure there was the Klondike favor— a
tiny golden pick, from which, tied with
brilliantly shaded ribbon, three tiny nug
gets were suspended. A floral wand was
the favor for the second figure, and the
much admired doll favor— tiny dolls in
cap and bells— for the third figure. For
the fourth figure dainty silver vinai
grettes and scarfpins were distributed.
Mr. and Mrs. Whittier received their
guests, assisted by Miss Carroll.
Mrs. Whittier wore an imported gown
of cream white satin, trimmed with point
lace. The only bit of relieving colors on
the gown was a spray of pale green
popples that were fastened to the cor-
t>age.
Miss Carroll -wore a dainty grown of
pink satin. The overdress was of cream
lace, the pattern of -which was traced
with a tiny frill of pink chiffon.
Mr. and Mrs. Whittier's guests were:
Mrs. Bothin. Mrs. R. T. Carroll, Mrs.
Richard Bayne, Baroness yon Schroeder,
Miss Anna Clarke, Miss Smith. Miss H.
Smith. Mrs. S. G. Buckley, Miss Helen
Hopkins, Miss Edna Hopkins, Miss May
Hoffman. Miss Alice Hoffman, Misa
Lillian Follls, Miss Alice Sprague,
Miss Florence, de Long. Miss Ade
laide Murphy. Miss Mabel Smith, Miss
Borel. Miss Kate Salisbury, Miss Ella
Morgan, Miss Margaret Salisbury, Miss
Mary Bell Gwin. Miss Minnie Houghton,
Miss Goodall. Miss Owen, Miss Celia
Tobin, Miss Beatrice Tobln. Miss Therese
Morgan, Miss Eva Moody, Miss Romie
■Wallace, Miss C. Kip, Miss Emma But
ler, Mis? Ethel Keeney, Miss Mollie
Thomas, Miss Helen Thomas, Miss Gertie
Carroll, Miss Muriel Atherton. W. F.
"Whittier. Mr. Bothin. Baron yon Schroe
der, Lawrence Van Winkle, Clarence Fol
lis, Fred Greenwood, Robert Eyre, Ger
ald Rathbone, Augustus Taylor, W. Tay
lor, Southard Hoffman, Fred McNear, B.
HoUaday. Frank Owen, Harry Houghton,
Mr. Martin, Nat Wilson, James Follis.
Ed Pringle, Lieutenant Wilcox, Arthur
Alien, Harry Poett, Harry-Stetson. Harry
Holbrook, Charles Felton, Ed Sheldon,
}:. M. Greenway, C. Tobin, Count Ceni,
George de Long. Alfred Clement, Harry
Pringle, S. G. Buckley, Mr. Graham, R.
Duperu and Mr. O'Sullivan.
Sixty members of the Entre Nous Cotil
lon will make up a theater party at the
Baldwin next Thursday evening In honor
of Miss Elenore Grusti, a former mem
ber of the Cotillon Club.
The Eentre Nous Cotillon will hold Its
fifth assembly and German at the Pal
ace next Friday evening.
In the unavoidable absence of the chair
man, Mrs. Selden S. Wright, Mrs. S. M.
Van Wyck presided. Among the dames
present were: Mrs. S. W. Holladay, Mrs.
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I 125=127-129=131 KEARNY STREET.
Henry Gibbons, recording secretary; Mrs. |
George A. Cruix, Mrs. E. W. Newhall, j
Mrs. J. H. and Miss Maddox, Mrs. L C.
Branch and Mrs. William A. Brewer of
Ban Mateo.
The Colonial Dames were the guests of
the corresponding secretary and histo
rian, Mrs. C. Elwood Brown, at her home,
southwest corner of Central and Pacific i
avenues, on Tuesday, February 1. Most '
interesting accounts of various colonial
celebrations in the East, as well as de- ;
lightful reports of the work of the East- ;
era societies, were listened to with mark- I
ed attention. The request from the Ti
conderoga Historical Society for the
Damea here resident to' have the historic
fnrt preserved by an appeal to Congress
met with approbation. This charming
spot on Lake George, New York, was re
nowned before the Revolutionary War.
as well as during that conflict, in the
colonial history. Miss Evelyn Henry
added greatly to the pleasure of the aft
ernoon by her exquisite rendering of sev
eral solos.
JheyYe Engaged.
The engagement of Miss Pauline Rosen
thai, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Max
Rosenthal of Chicago, formerly of this
city, to David Lederer of Chicago, is an
nounced. The wedding will take place on
the 27th of February.
The engagement is announced of Miss
Sarah Davis and I. Kamteri
Wedding Bells.
The marriage of Elizabeth Klink McCoy
and Lieutenant Vincendon L. Cottman,
U. 8. N., was solemnized at the residence
of the bride's mother, 141S Post street, on
Wednesday, at 2 o'clock. The house was
tastefully decorated with woodwardia
ferns, smllax and roses. In lieu of the
conventional wedding music, the Califor
nia quartet sang as the bridal couple
entered the parlors, and also after the
ceremony, which was performed by
Chaplaln Frank Thompson, U. S. N. It
was a quiet home wedding, only the im
mediate families being present. Lieu
tenant Cottman is the executive officer
of the U. 8. S. Alert, stationed at
present at San Juan del Sur, Central
America, where he will shortly join her.
Mrs. Cottman will remain with her family
for the present.
Home Qatherir\gs.
The numerous friends of Mrs. Louise
di Vecchio gave her an informal reception
on Saturday evening last at the elegant
and spacious apartments of Mrs. A. Gro
gan, 1434 Washington street. The occa
sion was commemmorative of a token of
appreciation of Mrs. Dl Vecchio before
her intended departure from this city,
where she has resided for the past quar
ter of a century.
The parlors were decorated with ferns
and evergreens, and the programme con
sisted of music, both vocal and instru
mental, with select recitations and read
ings.
Among those present were: Mrs. W.
Symonds, Mrs. A. Grogan, Mrs. McNeill,
Mrs. Louise Knowlton, Mrs. M. Bowers,
Mrs. S. Cardall, Mrs. W. Krouse, Mrs. C.
Perpoli, Mrs. A. l'rince, Mrs. K. Hubley,
Mrs. L. Bennett, Miss Flora Grogan, Misy
Daisy Grogan, Mias Alice Strong, Miss
Jeanne Geautit, Miss Sophie Marln, Miss
Kate Valente, Miss di Vecchio, Miss I.
Silvester, Miss V. Hansom, Miss Maude
Kelly; H. D. Sheridan, W. Symonds, Joe
Keller, George Hill, Leon Blanchard, Dan
McNeill. Joseph Keene, William McNeiil,
Fred Howe, J. R. Hartman, George
Sweetser, Judge Williams, C. B. McCar
thy, Dr. D. W. McNeill, George Mc-
Gowan, Henry Grogan and others.
Victor Demartini entertained his num
erous friends on the evening of Febru
ary 5 in honor of his reappointrnent as
official Italian interpreter of the several
courts of this county. The affair was
held at a downtown Italian restaurant.
The banquet hall was tastefully decor
ated with bunting, and music was fur
nished by O'Brien's orchestra. Singing
was the feature of the evening's enter
tainment. Miss Kittle Burns, late of
the Brian Boru Opera Company, sang
several selections, as did also Miss May
Jackson. Judge Campbell, Martin Kelly
and Edward Sweeney also favored with
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1898.
selections. Those present were Judge
Campbell. Judge Low, William Finnigan,
J. U. Cameron, James Becsey, Martin
Kelly. Edward Wren. Phillip Crimins,
Charles Ashcr, F. Gaspar, A. J. Morgen
stern, James F. Hallet, Sylvia Roccata
gla. J. McQuade, J. A. Kock, J. Hall,
Victor Demartini, Ed Sweeney, Paul De
martini, Len Gallagaria, John Gall, Ar
chie Campbell, M. L. Spinetti, Miss May
Jackson, Miss Annie O'Brien, Minnie Da
vis, Lottie de Vota, Klttie Burns and
Alice Daly.
About twenty-five of the schoolmates
and friends of Master Harold Brown ten
dered him a very agreeable surprise party
last evening at the home of his parents,
8148 Larkin street. <The surprise was
thorough and the enjoyment of the
young people most complete.
Glub parties.
The annual banquet of the lota Chap
ter of the XI Psi Phi of the Dental Fra
ternity was held last Thursday In Del
monico's banquet hall. The reunion was
an interesting one, and was a source of
enjoyment to all. There were present:
Dr. R. E. Gilson, Dr. J. M. Williamson,
Dr. J. D. Hodgen, Dr. C. A. Gitton, Dr.
W. B. Lewitt, Dr. A. A. D'Ancona, Dr.
U. E. Gedge, Dr. J. A. Jeffery, Dr. C. A.
Oilman, Dr. W. M. Herrington, Dr. C. C.
Marckus, Dr. J. J. Richards, Dr. B. C.
Boeseke, Frank Vaughn, C. R. Wilcoxon,
F. D. Watkins, H. G. Allen, A. C. Rulof
son Jr.. R. E. Burns, J. M. Stalder, J. A.
Cnlegrove, S. L. Piper, A. L. White, J. 11.
Finley, J. M. McChsh, W. R. Allin, T. T.
Scott, P. H. Dunbar, E. E. Rogers, C. L.
Morey, D. L. Blackburn, A. J.Hiniker, R.
J. Blake, P. S. Cummings, J. M. T. Hock
er, S. S. Southworth, J. F. Galloway.
The members of the Monday Evening
Whist Club were entertained at the res
idence of Miss Emma Prosek last Mon
day evening. Prizes were awarded to
Oscar Meussdorffer and Miss Sadie de
Haven. The consolation prizes went to J.
M. Fallavar and Miss Nellie G. Martland.
Sailed AWavj.
Among those sailing on the steamer
Alameda on Friday. February 4, were:
For Honolulu— Miss A. K. Adalr, Miss
J. Allen, H. P. Baldwin, C. P. Baughman,
Miss L. A. Curtis, H. H. Dunlap, Mrs. M.
Fennell and child, Mrs. J. Fennell, J. H.
Fisher, J. D. Ford, L. Goldstone, Miss B.
: Johnson, L. B. Kerr, Rev. James A. Mar
tin, P. F. Nolan, W. H. Paine, J. F.
Peirce, Miss E. Phillips, Dr. E. C.
Rhoades, J. Morgan Smith, Miss Jano
Souter, F. E. Udell and wife, H. Vos and
wife, S. O. Wells, Miss A. Wells, o. It.
Wilcox; William Wright, wife and child;
Miss J. E. Fisher. G. H. Wright.
For Apia— James C. Connor and wile,
Miss I. M. Hall, Miss Smith.
For Sydney— S. R. Abrams and wife, K.
Aston, H. M. Ay res, George Bandoflar
and wife, B. C. Besley, William Campbell,
W. W. Donnelly, Miss Edwards, si. J.
Foyer, Dr. J. F. Gibbon; F. Gunther, wife
and child; J. J. Power, wife and child;
1. B. Snell and wife, F. J. Sullivan. D. B.
i Thomas and wife, Henry Utard, Jonn
! Wlckham.
Join at Honolulu for Sydney— George B.
Cooksey, wife and valet; Miss E. Coolisey,
Master E. D. Cooksey, R. Fornaris.
Del J*lor\te.
DEL MONTE, Feb. 12.— A large number
of Eastern people have arrived here this
week, having been driven to California
by the terrible blizzards and other forms
of climatic discomfort now so prevalent
east of the Rockies. Chicago is espe
cially well represented upon the week's
list of visitors, and those who come from
the Windy City are doubly appreciating
the mildness of a California spring. A
notable party of Chicagoans now here
consists of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Miller
and Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Miller. Many
San Franciscans also are staying here
nnw, among them being L. Cohen and
Mrs. Cohen. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D.
Grant came down from San Francisco
this week, remaining only a few days.
They were accompanied by Miss Lewis
of Portland, Or.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Carvalho of New
York City arrived "Wednesday to spend
! the remainder of the week. f
The pleasant weather of the past week
has made out of door amusement very i
: delightful, and driving has been especially
i indulged in. Wheeling is also coming
into favor again, and between 10 and 12
o'clock in the morning the grounds are
full of riders upon their noiseless steeds.
Now that the season for quail and duck
! shooting is almost over the sportsmen
here are all the more eager for the de
lights of gunning. Early starts and late
' returns, usually game-laden, charac
■ terize the days for these irrepressible en
! thusiasts.
Some of the visitors who have arrived
j during the week are: Josephine Gro,
| San Francisco; Russell Parker and wife,
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gutman, Mr. "iork,
George S. Field, Mrs. G. S. Field, Buffalo,
N. V.; W. D. Currier, Spokane; Henry
Auger, London, England; F. Dray, J. A.
Flanagan, New York; 11. I. Stow and
wife, Miss Keifer, Forbestown, Col.; John i
Hammond, J. D. Grant and wife. San
Francisco; Miss Lewis, Portland, Oregon;
: W. \V. Mem, Oakland; Miss Jean Pollok,
! San Diego; Allen Pollok, W. C. Pavey,
F. W. Snyder, San Francisco; John B.
I Oblinger, Pennsylvania; J. E. Rugg and
i wife, Boise, Idaho; Walter H. Miller and
1 wife. Chicago; H. A. Latimer. Boston;
! James Brummahon and wife. New York
! city; Sidney W. Miller and wife. Chicago;
: F. M. Young, (\ A. Young. J. Murray,
I AVinnipeg; Fr. Wietzer and wife. Norfolk,
Neb.; Amalie Hofer, Ethel M. Hoe. John
R. Lindgren, C. P. Montgomery. Chicago;
■ J. L. Carvalho and wife, New York city;
I L. Cohen and wife, San Francisco; U. D. j
I Billmeyer, Chattanooga, Term.; Y. H. I
' Black and wife. New York; Mr. and Mrs. i
A. M. Rosenbaum, San Francisco; Mrs. j
! Ed Ehrman, Portland; Mr. and Mrs. G.
W. Parks, New York City: W. J. Chal- |
mers and wife, Miss Joan Chalmers,
Chicago.
Sar\ JVlateo.
SAX MATEO, Feb. 12.— The residence of
G. W. Dickie was on Thursday evening ]
last filled with an enthusiastic assembly, |
met to do honor to Scotland's bard, Rob- j
! crt Burns. The occasion was the forty
first meeting of the San Mateo Fort- |
nightly, a literary and musical society. ;
Several essays and speeches were given, |
j reviewing Burns as a wit, a poet, a pa-
I trlot and a moralist. The musical num- '
; hers were interesting, as illustrating: the j
I melodies Burns especially loved and !
! helped to perpetuate by his immortal '<
songs. The singing of Mrs. W. E. Den- '
I nison was much admired.
The subject "Washington and His i
Times" will be considered at the next i
meeting, which will be held at the resi- j
dence of Walter E. Dennlaos.
Among those present on Thursday |
i evening were Airs. George Wallace, Rev. i
and Mrs. C. H. Kirkl>rtf<\ Mr. and Mrs. |
G. W. Dickie, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bettle- ■
helm, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Doane, Mr. and ;
Mrs. W. E. Dennison. Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs. 1,. 11. Fuller, Mr.
and Mrs. N. J. Greathead, Mrs. C. M.
Morse, Mrs. Douglas, Mr. and Mrs. P.
: Noisat, Mrs. J. Rodgers, Mrs. F. T. Fer- !
| ree, Miss Mary Morse, Miss Mabel Law- i
rence. Miss Clara Roedel, Miss ' Anna
Dickie, Miss Eleanor Wallace, Miss Doug
las, Miss Ethel Ferree, Miss Carrie Good
hue, Miss Edna Coodhue, Miss May Rob- j
inson. Miss Eleanor Reynolds, A. R. Gil
christe, W. D. Read, L. C. McAfee. Dr.
A. E. Baldwin, Crit. Ferree, James Rod
gers, William S. Dickie, G. W. Dickie Jr.,
William Reynolds, Wyllys Hall, C. T. |
Christ, Charles Roedel, A. J. Dickie, Wil
liam A. Turnbull, Fred M. Dickie, C. N.
Kirkbrido and William S. Jack.
J^aso Robles.
Judge Buck of Redwood City, T. L.
Moody and wife of San Francisco, James
Conley of Montana are among those reg
istered at Paso Rohles.
Thomas Irvine, Mrs. de Ruyter and Miss
de Ruytor of New York have returned to i
Paso Roblea.
J. J.Valentine and a party have engaged i
rooms at Paso Robles for the month of ;
February. y
Captain James Mills and wife of Texas,
Dr. and Mrs. N. L. Hall of Florida, Mr. <
and Mrs. K. T. Hone, Miss Hone and
Master Hone of Alabama are registered
at Paso Robles.
] bos _/\r\geles.
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 12.— Miss Aurelia !
Amillo entertained Friday evening at the
residence of her sister, Mrs. 8. Quasi!, on
But Third street, in honor of Miss Flor- j
ence Scatena and George Glanninl of San j
Francisco. The decorations, which were ■
exceedingly beautiful, were of red carna- j
tions and maidenhair ferns, while the i
reception hall was converted Into a con- |
servatory with quantities of potted plants
and smilax. The evening's programme ;
Included music, dancing and cards. The
first prizes, a hand-painted picture frame
and a silver hat brush, were won by Miss ;
Helen Roth and Mr. Lalz. The consola- i
tion prize, a doll and a toy trumpet, were ! i
What Will Happen if me Fad for
" Physical Reform " Continues.
Last week my bosom friend handed
me a card bearing the following in
scription:
ASTRA CASTRA
THE NEW ERA
CONSISTORY
TO
MRS GREETING:
You are Invited, physically, intel
lectually and spiritually, to meet
with us as we were and as we are,
in Beatific Hall on January 10, 1898,
at 2:30 p. m.
NUMEH LUMEN
It Bounded creepy and strange and
promised something of a novelty, so
we decided to go.
We were conducted to good side
seats half way up the aisle, and before
the president's gavel fell we Inspected
our surroundings. The hall was large,
handsomely furnished, and, as Mo
hammed said of Hades, almost full of
women. It had no windows other than
the colored glass of its monstrous
dome, through which filtered pale rays
of light and sunshine, giving to the
scene "a magic with witchery in it."
Mrs. Bramme whispered, adding that
"the creeps were giving a shadow
dance all up and down her spine."
Promptly at 2:30 o'clock Mrs. Bram
me and I were in the vestibule
leading to Beatific Hall. At the en
trance door we were welcomed by two
young girls, rather more plainly at
tired than the average woman usher,
and with nothing especially uncanny
about them that I could discern,
though I was vigilantly watching for
something of the sort.
There were mottoes upon the walls
bestowed upon Miss Florence Scatena
and Mr. Hurlburt.
Miss Scatena rendered several piano
solos and Miss Bertha Roth and Eugene
Roth contributed vocal duets. An ele
gant supper was served.
Besides the guests of honor there were
present the Misses Louise Naud, Anna
Strohm, C. Le Urquiza, Helen Roth, M.
Potts, Louise Pellissier, M. Krille and
Bertha Roth, Messrs. Frank Barham,
Eugene Roth, Harry Belcher, R. Crow. E.
C. Wilson. E. Hurlburt. P. Lalz. J. Kor
bel, J. Scott and W. G. Barnwell.
lr\ the Future!
The Loring Club, which is now in its
twenty-first year o£ active musical work.
announces the second concert of the
present series for Wednesday evening,
the 16th inst., in Odd Fellows' Hall. The
programme for this concert Is of unusual
interest, the most important of the choral
numbers being Schubert's "Hymn to the
Almighty," for tenor solo and male voice
chorus; the fourth scene from Max
Bruch's "Frithjof's Saga"— op. 23, for
barytone solo; quartet and chorus, Bucks
"The Nun of Nidaros," for tenor solo
and chorus, with piano and organ ac
companiment ; Debois' " Mysterious
Night," for chorus, with violin obligato;
and Rheinberger's "Saint John's Eve."
Llewelyn A. Hughes, son of the highly
esteemed conductor of the club, will make
his debut before a San Francisco audi
ence as solo violinist on this occasion. D.
P. Hughes will, as usual, direct the con
cert.
The regular meeting of the Western
Literary and Social Club will be held on
Wednesday evening, February 16, at Na
tive Sons' Hall. "Pink Dominoes" with
the following excellent cast will be pre
sented: Charles Grevthorne (a cotton
merchant), Thomas P. Hickey; Sir Percy
Wagstaff (Baronet), William M. Ogilvie;
Mr. Joskin Tubbs (a merchant), Arthur
W. Jones; Henry (his nephew), George
W. Ryan; Mons. T. Perron ■(a caterer),
Alfred A. Borlini; Isadore (a waiter), Wil
liam A. Wallace; Lady Maggie Wagstaff,
Miss Mac Roberson; Sophie Greythorne.
Miss Helen Dumars; Mrs. Tubbs, Miss
Elsie A. Duncan; Miss Baron, Miss Rose
Bruderick; Rebecca, Miss May Capwell.
Dancing as usual will conclude the
evening's entertainment.
The Bay City Wheelmen will hold their
thirteenth anniversary reception in the
Maple Room, Palace Hotel, Wednesday
evining, February 16.
The Cotillon of '98 will give their next
party Friday evening, February 18, at
Sherman & Clay's Hall, 223 Sutter
street. On this occasion the Cotillon will
dance its first german.
During the Lenten season the parties
of the club will be discontinued.
The following are the members of the
club: Bruce Large, Leslie I. Coggins,
Joseph P. Lavin, Bernard P. Gleas.on,
Robert Schord, Acton Stowen, William
W. Leathe, William Schord, Robert E.
Tracey, George W. Montgomery, Allen
H. Ferguson and C. E. Niedecher.
The Flfur de Lis Club, a new social
organization, held its weekly meeting
last Thursday evening In the parlors of
the California Hotel. Final arrange
ments were made for the club's first
ball, which is to take place to-morrow
in the Maple Hall of the Palace Hotel.
The club has already over half a hun
i!r«i| members and applications for mem
bership are being handed in so rapidly
that double that number will be enrolled
before the ball. Mrs. John Pettee is
the founder and president of the club.
Personals.
Mrs. B. Stern has removed to 2207 Bu
chanan street and will be at home the
second Wednesday of the month.
Daniel K. Hayes and family, who have
been spending the winter at the Occiden
tal Hotel, have gone to Coronado beach
to remain until about May 1.
Miss J. Meta Hadenfeldt leaves on the
Sunset Limited Monday. She will join
friends in Los Angeles, and from there
make an extended Eastern tour.
Mrs. and Miss Cohen will be at home
the last Sunday of each month from 3
to 5 p. m., at 1529 O'Farrell street.
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Lyon and Miss
Jeffreys Martin have moved to "The Mar
tinet," 1101 Geary street. At home third
Monday.
Dr. R. L. Rigdon arrived here Saturday
evening .after spending three months in
New York and other large Eastern cities
in college and hospital work.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Wotftier hay rp.
turned from their tour of Europe and the
East. Mrs. AYollner will bo at home as
usual on the second and fourtn Tuesdays
of each month.
"Ouida" has beautifully formed
hands and feet, and to keep the latter
from being distorted by unnatural pres
sure on the bones, she wears open,
buckled shoes, summer and winter
alike, instead of boots.
which revealed themselves by hun
dreds, as our eyes became accustomed
to the gloom, all of them suggestive of
blackboards, which were suspended
upon either side of thepresident's chair,
and were covered with strange dia
grams of human figures. While I was
trying to read the inscriptions, the
president arose, stood quietly a mo
ment, glancing with a half-smile over
the crowd of anxious faces before her,
and then, in a low, clear, carrying
voice, addressed the audience.
She welcomed the women to a par
ticipation in the mysteries of the new
era, "each soul to as much of the mys
tery as it can absorb; to all the light it
can now receive; each to all the good
which we know from our own experi
ence is within its grasp." She said she
knew that the visitors would be
amazed at what they would presently
see and hear.
Amputating an external member of
the physical body had long been prac
ticed by civilized peoples; but it had :
been reserved for up-to-date scientists
to invade the inner anatomy of the hu
man body, and, by removing organ af
ter organ, to re-create, in a sense, and
to cause the intellectual to be adapted ]
to new connection. Much more she i
said on the same line. Her leading
id«a was that the excising scientist has i
demonstrated that it was possible to
live and to enjoy life without many of
the organs «t digestion, circulation and
nervous and muscular action.
Every umbilical and hypogastric or
gan may safely be removed, and, as
science moves, most of the organs in
the epigastric regions may also be i
taken out. Then there would be noth- '
ing left to trammel the spirit; nothing '
to give pain. But then there woufd
be such space and possibilities for hap- ;
piness as never have been conceived by
the minds of men.
"Do not for a moment imagine," said
the president, "that all this is the re- j
suit of the excising skill of the surgeon. I
When once proved that the stomach
could be removed and life not only go
on the same, but the mind thereby be
immeasurably strengthened — so that I
intense will could cause the successful
absorption of Btill another organ — it I
was at once seen that such action could
thus dissolve any organ; and earnest, ;
aye, inspired women by the score en- \
weddings
tered upon the trial."
Then some of the more advanced
members of the society were invited to
give their experiences.
Miss Williams, whose hair, eyes,
cheeks and hands were of ashy pale
ness, spoke with a voice that seemed
to come from a long distance. She said
that she had coveted a slim \»aist. She
had passed through the excision pro
cess for the sake of attaining a delight
ful slimness. Her stomach and some
other organs had been removed. The
result was that she had no waist — only
a diaphanous shred to connect the
aesophagus with the abdomen. She
had also, by the exercise of will, she
said, absorbed still other organs. Thi3
she would demonstrate later.
Then a lady who was introduced as
"Madam Ananias" gave an account of
her experience. Malice, melancholy
and envy, which had tormented her
from her youth, had left her upon the
excision of her gall and spleen and the
removal of certain gray matter from
her brain. Then, she said, her spiritual
eyes had been opened and she had be
gun to discern clearly the wisdom and
possibility of mental as well as sur
gical excision. She was no longer sub
ject to any hindrance in the higher
aspirations nor limited by any boun
daries seen by physical eyes. She said
she was willing to make ocular demon
stration of the truth of her statements.
A tall, animated blonde, of about
forty summers, with a face that spoke
resolution and activity, put this ques
tion to Mrs. Ananias:
"You Bpeak of having your g-all anrl
spleen removed, do you still retain your
stomach?"
"No, madam; it was removed eight
weeks ago.'
"And yet," said the interlocutor, "you
eat, have appetite, taste and sense of
smell?"
"Yes," replied Mrs. A. "I have a re
fined and elevated appetite, a sense of
taste and smell as much above former
life as attar of roses is above the odor
of decomposition."
A lady asked the chair if each of. the
members who would appear before the
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audience had been subjected to the
same excision.
Madam President replied: "By no
means aro all alike in their present ex
alted conditions, and a little later this
inquiry will be answered in an en
tirely satisfactory way."
The next speaker was Dr. Fox, who
advanced the theory that the only ab
solutely essential organs in the human
body are those where thoughts are
born. All others are collateral, and
with higher development not only
nun-essential, but inconvenient. Ill
nature, anger and vindictiveness de
part as the excising knife — or, better
and higher yet, the subjugated will —
dispen.se with the organs whence
they spring, and those brainy sections
where tht-y are shaped for action
and given, as it were, wings and feet.
All of the organs within the human
frame are as susceptible to removal
as are the hairs of the head or the
fingers on the hand.
"Somewhere in Arabic legend," said
Dr. Fox, "I have read of angels lean
ing over the battlements of heaven,
throwing their loosened golden girdles
to weary toilers up the shining stairs,
the sooner and- the surer to make cer
tain their entrance into the Eternal
City. To-day we throw to you one end
of our girdles with more than loving
invitation to invite and draw you- into
the fold of our ecstatic life. Will you
join us and — "
"Yes, yes, come and join us!" cried
voices from all over the several plat
forms.
"See what I was and am!" shrieked
one whom the president called "Miss
Blonm." "Obesity was my curse. Mind
has triumphed over matter! Look how
slender I have become."
"Come and join us, come and Join
us," they cried. "Mind must triumph
over matter. Sacrifice your stomachs
to higher aspirations."
The lights began to flicker in a
strange, weird way. My bosom friend
and I became frightened and we fled
from Beatific Hall.
I wonder where that society will end
if it keeps developing along such lines?
H. A. BENEDICT.