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MRS. JOSEPH S. TOBIN.
On© of th» Best Dressed U/omenln San Francisco.
There In no word In th*» Chinese laji
gruage that conveys an Intimation of what
wo term public opinion; nor 13 there &
synonym for patriotism.
The reappearance of the brighter stars
at different seasons of the year, their
height above the horizon, the angular dis
tance between them, eclipses and the mo
tions of the sun, moon and planets were
made the subject of careful study in Asia
and Egypt at least 5000 to 6000 years ago,
and perhaps at a still earlier stage of
human history. Lockyer believes that
many of the oldest temples In Egypt were
oriented with reference to the rising of
certain stars. There Is a Chaldean work
on astronomy that dates back to 3S0O B
C. and It is within the range of possi
bility that something more ancient may
>et be found in Babylonia. The earlles"t
record now known of a solar eclipse hap
pens to be Chinese, and Is 4000 years old.
In view of the well established antiquity
of astronomy and astrology, the odd little
observatory in the outskirts of Peking
which is said to be 300 years old, might b«
comparatively modern. And so it is. in a
strictly chronological sense. But all true
Observatory at Peking.
Primitive Apparatus Once Used in
ASTRONOMICAL RELICS.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Getz have Just re
turned home after :m extended trip
abroad. ,
Mrs. Emanuel Brown of San Diego is
visiting with her daughter, Mrs. H. a.
Miss Gertrude Hay ward, of 3825 Army
street, have returned from Sonoma val
ley. where they have been occupying the
Monahan cottage during the months of
July and August. While there they had
as guests the Misses Loretta and Xonio
Hay ward. J. J. Bacon, Miss Estel!e
Greene. Captain de Dural, Mr. and Mrs.
Lawton. A. T. Greene, Mrs. J. Donohue,
Mrs. E. Hyde, Miss P. La Rue and Fj C.
Ewing.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Flelssner, after an
absence of three monthis, have returned
to their home, 2314 Octavia street.
A. W. Bacon, pay director of the UnitM
Stales navy, Mare Island, and Captain W.
T. Field, commander of the United
States steamship Ranger, are among the
arrivals at Byron Hot Springs.
Mrs. Alexander Matheson will discon
tinue her Sunday afternoon at homes dur
ing September, as ehe .is to spend that
month in Monterfcy and its immediate vi
cinity.
Miss Bertha Baum of Los Angeles Is in
the city over the celebration and will be
pleased to see her friends at 614V^ Taylor
street.
Gladys ~KrJ|hen. Miss Anna Owen, Miss
Alice O'Meara? Miss Sarah O'Meara, Miss
Ethel Sears. Miss Ida Tormey, Miss Lula
Griffith. Miss Mabel Williams. Miss Annie
Jones, Archie Campbell, Ross Chorley,
Will Fleck. Garth Fcrgusson, William
Henry. George Hull, Claude Kern, M.
Mondros, Joe Pohle. I,ouis Parker. Leslie
Smith. George Williams, Mrs. A. Camp
bell, Mrs. M. J. Bodwell, Mr. and Mrs. J.
R. Chorley and Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wil
liams.
In the Future.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Wolfe of Alameda an
nounce the barmitavah of their son Ed
mund to take place bn. Saturday, Septem
ber 15. at the -Synagogue Bhorith Israel.
Mr. and MrswW. Wolfe will receive their
friends on Saturday, September 15, at 1905
Bush street.' and on Sunday, September
16, at their residence. 1213 Pacific avenue,
Alameda, from 2 to 5.
Sailed. Away.
The following Pacific Coast people
sailed for Europe on the Hamburg-Amer
ican line steamship Pretoria from New
York September 1: George Tashiera,
Mrs. George Tashiera, Mrs. F. C. Turner,
Miss Elvira Peterson, Otto Peterson,
Annie L. Stone of 221 Post street has Just
returned from Paris and is row ready to
show all the latest styles In millinery. •
The Indies' Sinsrinp Club has begun its
third season under the direction of Rob
ert I,loyd with rehearsals at Elks' Hail.
The sirtgrers meet every Monday afternoon
at 3 o'clock ami all "ladles Jrifresterl It.
ensemble singinjr are Invited to attend.
The officers are: Mrs. Nathan Frar.k.
president; Miss Marian Cummins. secr«»-i
tary; Mrs. Oscar Weber, treasurer. anriA*
Miss J. Walker, librarian.
It Is In the air that Miss Mart* "Ultb
row may shortly return to California. I
give the statement for what it is worth.
The singer's voice is not naturally *
pateful organ. It Is inflexible and lack
ing in evenness, Iositik tone altogether
sometimes In the planlsstmos. Her Intona
tion Is also uncertain at times and her
lower notes forced. But -.hen in tempo
rary forgetf ulr.ess of her surroundings
the singer gained a line draxnatic pow»r
and sang full and clearly In her strong
upper tones ar.d allowed her natural arc
of rendering full play one forpot every
thing: "lse in the pleasure. Her ending of
the Handel "Hear. Y» Wlr.ds and
Waves" was purely beautiful.
The Kalisher son? recital on Tuesdar
evening last was a pleasant affair. Sher
man & Clay's Hall was comfortably fllteti
v.-lth the admirers of Miss Kalisher and
gave her a hearty welcome on this her
first and last public appearance thia sea
son. Miss Kalisher's programme was an
admirable one and waj rendered in artis
tic fashion.
I sympathize fully with what you say a» to
the character of the work of the Conservator}".
bs to the exeat atid unselfish part which It
has taken, especially through the untiring ef
forts of Mrs. Thurber. Its four.rlcr and presi
dent, to stimulate public Interest In musical
education In the United States, and I can a.*
sur*. you the members of the Musical Mutual
Protective Union share this feeling and moat
wlllinrly recocnire the value or the work of
the Conservatory by making such formal
change in its by-laws as mljcht prevent their
being an Impediment to the co-operation of th«
members of the union In the work of the Con
servatory-
Iii view of the rational character of the
work done- by the conservatory ami rec
ognizing that Congress, in granting a
national charter to the institution, sub
scribed to its unselfish attitude' towar-1
the art it seeks to foster, sntn' promi
nent citizens of New York— among them
Chauncev M. pppew— requested the Mu
sicians' Union to amend in favor of the
conservatory the law prohibiting Its
members from playing with unpaid niJ-i
sician?. And the law in ouestion has bee:^|
repealed. In terms of hlchest apprecia
tion for their efforts Sylvester A. Mu.
phy. president of the union, said:
A curious decision by the Musical Pro
tective Union of New York haa recently
been made in favor of this pupils' orches
tra. In one clause of tue by-laws of th!3
union is a statement to the effect that
their members may not perform with un
paid musicians at anv public perform
ance to which an entrance fee is chargoi.
Now. the National Conservatory orches
tra la composed of fifty pupils who are
accepted- on their Tivrit and instructed
free of charge. Twenty professors assist
at the public performances, assuring an
artistic ensemble, and all proceeds of tha
concert are devoted t;> defraying the ex
penses of the educational work and a'.s »
to the purchasing of orchestral instru
ments, which become ihe property of the
conse/iratory-
munle" (Schubert). National Conservatory Or
chestra.
Overture, "Don Juan" (Mozart), National
Conservatory Orchestra; concerto, F sharp
minor. I and II movement (Hiller). Hiss
Ttlanche Bruner: dream pantomime "Hansel
and Gretel" " (Humperdlnk). National Con
**rvatory Orchestra; aria from "Euryanthe"
(W eber). Autust Granltxa; overture. "Rosa-
' Another interesting circular received is
from the National Conservatory of Mus.c
of America, founded by Mrs. Jeannette
HI. Thurber. A set of programmes in
closed of students" monthly concerts re
veals a very satisfactory standard of per
formance and some press notices of the
first concert given bv the orchestra of
the conservatory during the last winter
season comment most favorably upon tho
work done. The Interesting programme is
here appended:
Among operas already acquired in th.s
manner by the company are "The Am
ber Witch" and "The Puritan's Daugh
ter." The Moody-Manners company is
now In the third year of its existence.
Speaking of composition. h-;re is evi
dently the chance of a lifetime for the
' struggling genius whose inclination leads
him to writing operas. The Moody-Man-
I ners Opera Company, limited, "at present
the largest English opera company thai
has ever traveled Great Britain, sends
out the following circular:
15 KING STREET. PORTMAN SQUARE.
LONDON. W.. Aug. 20, 19C0.
The Moody Manners C.rand Opera Company
have finally decided to offer two prizes for the
best two operas composed and submitted ror
competition, one prize for a Britisher ana an
other for a foreigner. The prize is to be £->»
each, the check to be paid over on the day of
production, and In addition to this sum 13 per
cent of the net receipts.
For this the opera Is to become the sole prop
erty of the company.
The opera in to be written for a full com
pany, principals, orchestra and chorus, and
Play for a full evening's entertainment. Con
ditions and details are belnjc drawn up and ».ll
be made public shortly. With compliments.
CHARLES MANNER*
And even . further. As genius, in a wide
sense, is properly the possession of the
nation^ and its encouragement in all Its
forms a matter, of national Import— for
the only lasting glory of a people is Its
art expression — It Is the Intimate concern
of every good citizen to remove any
known obstacle in the path of its free and
full development. All of which latter is
prelude to the statement that I, along
with many other musicians, would ven
ture to advise, the retirement, for a time
at least, of our little California genius
from the concert platform.
So far La Paloma has been most wisely
dealt with. Practicing rarely more than
two hours s a day. and that at her own
good pleasure; till two years ago given
the-best teaching within her parents' lim
ited means; turned loose in the woods and
fields for long weeks in the summer; sur
rounded by doves and dolls and tret?a and
flowers in her pretty Los Ange!es home,
and given the, opportunity of a European
tour in which she met almost every musi
cian of note, her life has so far been well
and. wisely ordered. Her recitals, neither
too numerous nor too arduous, have been
a ecurce of 'inspiration to both player and
listener. Given the divine right of genius,
the right conditions of development, as in
this case, it would reasonably appear that
the child musician has> a right to an un
prejudiced hearing, to the encouragement
and inspiration that public sympathy
means to most muslc-al temperaments,
and even the same right to enjoy the
financial result of the possession of ex
ceptional talent as is accorded to the
older performer. All this and more hus
be«n generously given to her talented
daughter by Irer native State, and so far
the benefit has been a mutual one, but
the balance begins to be disturbed. When
Paloma made her first appearance two
years ago at the age of nine her remark
able performance aroused much favorable
comment. Her technique was good, her
tone full and round, her Interpretation*
artistic, her repertoire Interesting, and her
improvisations, th«*n as now. unmistak
ably the product of i genius. I have heard
child-wonders improvise before, among
them little Jcsef Hoffmann, then 10 yeara
old, In England in ISST, and oven his per
formance was mechanical, childish, hesi
tant compared with the fluent and mature
impromptu musical expressions of the lit
tle California girl. -
. That was two years ago. To-day th«
situation is somewhat different. La Pa
loma Is now In her twelfth year, no longer
a child wonder. She has not studied seri
ously since her first appearance in 189S.
Her tone has gained in strength perhaps,
her fingers in fluency, but not to the ex
tent that the passage of two years should
warrant- Her repertoire has been en
larged, but the recent additions, evidently
acquired without supervision, are ren
dered in superficial and incorrect fashion
and "edited" to an extent that only Pa-.
loma's inimitable savoir falre makes
plausible.
AH this, be it understood, exists coin
cidently with the purest musical feeling,
the most musical «bnception of her sub
jects, the keenest feeling for tone grada
tions, the finest sense of the ideals of her
art, but this all ne^d3 wise direction, and
now Is the accepted time.
If this may be and If this small feminine
Mozart may have her rightful due in the
-matter of training at this stage of her
career— and it i3 surely worthy of the
most earnest effort— I venture to prophesy
for California the possession of perhaps
the first great woman composer, it not
performer, that the world has known.
Of course. It is lamentably true that In
the case of the child-genius the possibili
ties oMmnositlon and abuse are limitless,
and difficult of correction. Lazy and
avaricious parents take cruel advantage
of their helplens; talented offspring, de
prive them of all the natural Joys of child
hood ,and overdevelop their exceptional
gift at the expense of the rest of their
faculties', until It would sometimes seem
that child and public were more wisely
deprived - altogether of the right of hear
ing and being heard rather than that one
of these little ones should so suffer from
this parental cannibalism. And here the
right of . public Interference properly
comes in." Shall an unwilling infant b«
driven to a distasteful musical servitude,
a frail child to a merciless round of labor,
a baby-Mozart to an eternal drudgery, to
satisfy the greed of those who should be
the little ode's natural protectors? Pro
test is reasonable and interference a duty.
-¦ Personally I am In favor of the public
appearance of the "wunderklnd," pro
vided music bo its native air in the full
• sense in which the atmosphere is breath
to the nostrils of the small genius in
question. Paloma plays the piano as an
other child pats a mud pie: scribbles her
"notes"— her simple phrase for her small
compositions— as the average infant
scrawls amorphous elephants on a shriek
ing slate; improvises, nocturne, march and
waltz as her contemporary pickaninnies
"make up" marvelous tales of ghost and
giant; plays tag with her fingers, instead
! of her feet, with the same natural im-
pulse that leads her little confreres to the
! latter way of the game. In short, to her
.music is the inevitable means of imagina
tive,expression— the natural outlet for her
childish energies. It is her normal lan
guage and no more to be deprecated or
repressed than any other legitimate mode
of expression.
M-yHE recent recitals of the little mu
1 steal genius from Los -Angeles. Pa
9 loma Schramm. have revived inter
' ¦*• est In the ever-vexed question of
child-wonder performance?, their
Place, their artistic value and their ethical
right to be.
Notes and Comments
of Musical World
CALIFORNIA HOT SPRINGS— Tha fol
lowing guests are among the late arrivals
at California Hot Springs: Mrs. M- L
Berliner, Mis3 Helen Nunn. George Ber
liner, Roland Berliner, G. P. Selth, Wil
liam L. Walters, E. W. Hulford. Miss
Maud Hulford, San Francisco.
KLAMATH HOT SPRINGS— Late ar
rivals at Klamath Hot Springs Include:
J. .S. Bush. C. L. Clark. C. E. Lang. D.
McCarthy, O. H. P. Sheets and wife. San
Francisco: W. M. Harvey, Miss Wilson,
Miss Harvey. Miss Snelllng. F. P. Lane.
Lakeview; Mrs. Fine. Warren Valley:. A.
C. Barry, St. Louis; E. Downing and wife.
Fort Jones: C. E. Humphrey. George T.
Baldwin. Miss Baldwin, R. W. Marple,
W. W» Hazen. Mrs. Campbell. Klamath
Falls: S. H. King, Fort Klamath: W. F.
Brown, Seattle; J. F. Sullivan, Pokegama.
Detmers. U. S. S. Independence; "William
Melander, Bakersfleld; J. L. Bryson,
Stockton. . . j
Mrs. E. A, Fazio, wSf o of tho banker
of San IMeBro, 1» vtnltlnsr tha UIbm*
Friedmiiin °* »« Geary street. -
Mrs. T. W. Haywartf and her daufhter,
Mrs. A. S. Brown of Mary»vllle Is visit
ing her sisters, th« Misses Pauline and
Kitty Aaron, at the Hotel Repell«r, 781
Butter street.
Personals.
Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Weinrtienk hare
removed to 1431 Webster street *•
Honolulu— L. S. Abraham. Miss K.
H. Bioknell, D. Center, wife and three
children: C. B. Dyke. C. A. Elston and
wife, S. P. French and wife. Misa F. H.
Frost. Brother George, J. M. Gibson, J.
W. Gilmore and wife. E. P. Gray, W. L.
Hopper, Miss K. Howard, N. J. Howes,
L. C. Howland, Miss L. K. Iokia, F. King,
Mrs. M. King. A. S. Knudsen, J. A: Low,
L. J. Maddux. H. T. Marsh, J. T. Mc-
Crosson. M. F. McDonald. L. H. Miller,
V. Patterson, "W. C. Peacock and wife,
Judge Antonio Perry, Miss M. Peterson,
Brother Philip. Miss Ida M. Pope. J. L.
Pvobinson. E. C. Sharpe, Mrs. W. E.
Sharpe. H. Strenbeck and wife, Misg A.
Strenbeck. H. B. Wftity. C. N. Weaver
and wife. Apia — R. M. McCallum. Auck
land—F. Armstrong and wife, J. Benton
and wife, Misa M. Kirkpatrick, W. E.
Lingard. H. Reid, James Thain, J. Weis
man and wife. Sydney — Hon. James.Bal
four. Rev. G. A. Balfour and wife. Miss
Balfour, P. P. Borne, W. B. Brlckell and
wife, F. Clark. John Coffey and wife, It.
Davles, Miss L. Davies. J. Fielding .and
wife, I. S. Fiorsheim. Howard Freeman,
John de Groot. K. Hall, A. J. Howard and
wife, Fred Howden, Hon. J. A. Isaacs and
wife. W. Jowett, F. J. Kilmartin, F. Leon
boldt and wife, Henry Maundel and wife,
J. L. MeCammon. George A. Parker, T.
H. Preece. H. f?. Rosenthal. C. T. Saxton,
Mrs. H. Sharpe and three children, T. B.
Smalley, George F. Todman, Miss M. H.
Todman. Joseph Traynor. L. R. Wilson
and wife. Miss Wilson. Miss A- T. Wilson.
Miss B. M. Wilson. Join at Honolulu for
Apla-W. J, Mayer. Join at Honolulu for
Sydney-H. G. Garrett.
Among those sailing on the steamship
Mariposa, which left Wednesday, Septem
ber 5. were:
Mrs. Otto Peterson, L. C. Larsen, Fran
coise A"meline.
On the Hamburg-American line new
express steamship Deutschland from New
York September 4: H. M. Holbrook, Mra.
Samuel Knight, Miss Grace Larned. Dr.
F. X. Springer and wife, Peter Baciga
lupi, Charles Specht and wife, J. Raphael,
Mrs. J. Raphael. John C. Fisher. Mrs.
John C. Fisher. Mr. and Mrs. C. Bruck,
Mrs. Anna Wilhelm and daughter, M.
Weiss. David Wagner, William Weber
and wife.
A very pretty home wedding- took pl;ic*>
Bt noon Wednesday, September 5. when
M!ps Ella M. Martin, daughter of Charles
Martin, end Horace C. Mercer of Robert
Mercer & Son were married at ".^3- Guer
rero Ptr«»et. th<» liome of th«» bride'? pa
rent*. The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. l)r. Averjr of the Westminster
Presbyterian Church, in th» presence of ¦
few intimate friends and the relatives of
the bride and ktooiti. Miss Mabel Wilson
acted aj» maid of honor and W. H. Bonick
as best man. The home was beautifully
decorated with smilax and roses. The
preneru* were both handsome and useful.
After congratulations and partaking of a
wedding breakfast, the happy couple left
Wedding Bells.
The er.gsgempnt is announced of Miss
TJay Jacob?. <la:ith!er of Mr. and Mre.
M. Jacob?, to Emil Weinberg of this citv.
The engagement 1s oxinounced of Miss
Maud O.-tz, daughter of Mr. and Mr?.
l»uis Getz. to M. O. Meyer. They will
receive Sunday, September 10,-at 1101 La
puna street. i
Mr. and Mrs. L. Lubosrh announce the
engagement of their daughter Lena to
Kitnon La.bel of San Rafael. They will re
cejve on Sunday, September 16, from 2 to
F> p. m., at their residence, 789 O'Farroll
street.
The r-ngafrement is announced of Miss
Corn. Hajrenian and Fred L. Cogswell, U.
B. N.
The formal announcement is made of
the enprafrement of Miss tiara Heyman,
fl&ttgbter fif Mr. r.nd Mrs. Jacob Heyman,
to Jos.--ph L^wis Emanuel. At hnme Bun
flay. S'-ptorriber 1C, at California
FTreet.
Th" rnprapfrnent reception of Miss Net
tie Morris and l>iuis Ettllngr wilJ b° held
Funday. September 1«, from 2 to 5, at the
rrsidenr •«» of Mr. and Mrs. J.- Morris, 7j5
McAllister street.
They're Engaged.
Misp Hopkins and Augustus Taylor were
the p-uests of honor at a dinner given on
Tuesday. September 4. in the red room of
the Bohemian Club. Those invited to
rru^t them were Mr. and Mrs. Mountford
B. Wilson. Mrs. Henrj" Bcott. Mlsa Therese
Morgan. Miss Mollie Thonxas. Mips Mc-
Besn. tb« Misses Kdna and Georgie Hop
kir.s. Miss Caro Crockett. Miss Carrie
TJaylor, Frr<1 W. McNear. Harry N. Stet-
Kin. A. H. WiJcox. William H. Taylor Jr..
Joseph Tobin Jr., Latham McMullln and
12. M. Grc+nway.
THE season Is on. The <*omlnjy week
will be crammexl with weddings.
luncheons, dinners and entertain
ments, and the proepect for the im
mnrtlaf future is equally as Brilliant. The
wed.Jir.g of Ml?s Claire Hamilton and
Adams Martin will take place on
Wednesday at the home of the brides
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Hamil
ton, out on California street. Another
"VV'-dnesday wadding will be that of Miss
Hattto Jackson and John L. I>ahl, which
will t<ike place at the residence of the
bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs. A. \V. Jack
son. ISM Page street. The firFt big dinner
of xhf* swuson will be given on Friday
• reruns: "oy Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Morgan,
comp'iinfntar>' to Miss Hopkins and Au
gustus Taylor.
A birthday party was given last Sun
day afternoon by tho Mifses Raislna Isa
bella and Emily Wynne Cosfirr.-i.ve at the
residence of their parcfits, 4214 Twenty
sixth street. Icecream and other refresh
ments were served and there were appro
priate exercises, including piano selec
tions by Olaiiys Denis and Hazel Woods.
cakewaJk by Carrie Bruutr and Genevieve
Urlttain. songs by Lily Ray and Rosie
and Nellie Mullen and a vocal duet by
Cnrrie Hupp^rt and Gladys L)enis. The
following were present: * M:.-s Carrie
Bruner, Miss Genevieve Prittain, Miss
Ruth Coffin. Miss Maud Woou«, Miss
Rosie Mullen, Miu Claire Ga.lsby Mis-j
Nellie Mullen. Miss Charlotte H««ppertJ
Mifs Emily W. Cosgrave. Misj lluiFina
I. Cosprave. Miss Hazel "Woods. Miss Lily
P.-y. Miss Gladys Denis. Miss Edna Ing
rain and Miss Carrifi Huppert.
A most enjoyable surprise, styled an in
door picnic, was tendered to Miss Xettie
Israel of Alameda on her return from the
southern part of the State, on Sunday
evening, September 2. Appropriate games
and dancing to the strains of a strinped
orchestra, were indulged in till the wee
hours of the morning;. Those present
were: Mesdarr.es Berge. Al Jacobs, C
Hirst, C. Gros?, B. Jacobs and E
Schworin; Misses C. Thieben. G. Pollack.
J. Cohen, Nettie Israel. Kschen. J. Meyer
K. Meyer, Uulu Israel, flarisse Israel
Rice, Hutton, Lizzie Jacobs, T. Galinper
and Annabel Hirst; Messrs. C. Hirst W
Hall, Joe Israel, Al Jacobs. C. Gross. Ed
Israel, Bernstein. Grant, Uhlman. Gold
stone. K<i Schwerln. li. Jacobs, Eugene
Israel; Pierre Nathan, Dave Israel, GU3
Pollack, Al Pollack and Lee Eschen.
A successful and most delightful sur
prise party was priven to Kmne. Schnetz
ler on Tuesday evening, September 4, to
celebrate the anniversary of his twentv
flrst birthday. Those proscnt were: Miss
Eva McCready, Miss Vora Allen, Miss
Klla Peters. Miss Edna Daivis-, Miss Alice
Fassold. Miss Adelaide Dearin, Miss Lulu
Sehnetzlcr. Miss I-,ark, Misses Annie and
Millie Wrenchler. Mrs. C. Lampe, Mr. and
Mrs. L. Sehnetzlcr, Mr. and Mrs. C
Piepeilirs:.
On tho .yeninpr of the 1st ir.st. there was
a very enjoyable birthday party given to
Miss Mabel A. Williams at the residence
of her parent*; Mr. and Mrs. AV. H. Wil
liams, £i»74 Market street. The parlors
ivt-re tastefully decorated with beautiful
flowers and pversreons, and after con
gratulations there was Inaugurated an
evening of musk-, song and games, after
which supper was served. Those present
were: Miss Freda Brooks. Miss Gertrude
Campbell. Miss Sophie narrower, Miss
Clara Harter, Misa Lottie Hucks, Miss
A fart-well dinner was -given to Miss
Oharlotte Corlette recently in honor of
her departure for New York, where she
will join the Bosionians. A jnost enjoy;
ab'.e time was spent. Among"the features
of the evening were singing, dancintr. rec
itations, etc. AmoTifj those present wore:
Miss Charlotte Corlette, Fred Turner,
Miss Zello Bourquin. C. Hanlcy, Miss
Mayme Mann. Frank Williams, Miss Elsie
Hrown. Waller Uanples, Miss Itose Fitz
simons. Arthur tKenny and Miss Annie
Sullivan.
A pleasant surprise party was Riven to
M, Reidy Saturday evening, September 1,
in honor of his birthday. The evening
was spent in games and other amusp
ments. Amonp those present were; M.
Reidy, Miss Kate Gancy. C Murray,- Miss
Grinfell. C. Perry. Miss S. Reidy. C. Lane,
Miss Kthel Silberstein. Mr, Aterman. Mis=s
Keta I-rf-ary. W. Connelly. Miss Tally, \V.
Grinsell. Miss Mae Gancy, Mrs Reidy and
Mrs. Little. V '
Mr. and Mrs. D. Bucking: celebrated
their silver wedding Aiipust 22, at their
resilience, <7>S Hryant street. The evening:
was pleasantly spent In musical selections
rendered by H. Seebaeh and J. Neubauer.
Mr. and Mrs. Bucking received . many
beautiful presents. A pupper was served
at SI O'clock. The following were present:
Mr. and Mrs. 1). Bucking, Mr. and Mrs.
C Peters and Mrs. I'. Peters of Oakland,
Mr. and Mrs. P. Kr~hs. Mr. and Mrs. J,
Meinke of Havwardfl. Mr. and Mrs. A.
Juchter, Miss Martha Bucking, .Miss F.
.Tuchter, Herman Burkina. Miss M. Jurh
ter. J. Eietnbockal; Mr. Dobhel. Mias A.
Jurhter, Rudolf Krrbs, Mr. and Mrs. Q.
Windeler, H. Horstman. II. Sceba.cn, Miss
Hattle Moinke, J. Neubauet, 2miks Anna
Meinke and Frieda Mfinke.
Home Gatherings.
The bride, who is a handsome and ac
complinhod Kirl. is the youngest daughter
of Mr;*. M?ypr and the late Henry Meyer,
one of the pioneers of this State, and is
a tfoneral favorite in social circles. Mr.
Hofmann, who has bern connected with
the Fireman's Fund Insurance Company
for a number of years, is the son of the
late Adolf Hofmann and nephew of Atto
kar Hofmann. best known among the
foremost metallurgists and mining engi
neers of the East.
on the evening train for the Lakes, and
will be home to their friends at 315 Scott
street after October J.
Miss lion ha M. lfreund and Ralph Lee
Gamier were married at noon Monday,
September 3, by Rev. Mr. Sanford, at the
residence of th<» bride's mother. 508
Franklin street. The wedding was quietly
celebrated. Breakfast was served at the
residence of the bride's mother. Mr. and
Mrs*. Gamier will spend their honeymoon
at Pacific Grove, and then will go to their
future home at Los Angfles.
Waller A. Ifofmann and Miss Eleanor
ITeyer were married last evening at 8
o'clock in Bt. Mary's Cathedral. Kev.
Charles A. Bamm officiating. Miss Lillian
Lubhcn aou-.1 as maid of honor and Miss
Theresa Meyer. Miss Gertrude Proll, Miss
Lottie Maer and Miss Lulu Purlenky of
ficiated as bridesmaids. Richard Hof
mann of Los Aneelfs. brother of the
groom, was best man and Arthur Dollard,
Dr. A. T. Derby. Dr. George Purlenky
and Fred Meussdorffer acted as ushers.
A rpecption followed the ceremony at the
home «'f the bride's si?ter, Mr. and Mrs.
P. Flach. 2W3 Pine street.
The republic of Guatemala has imposed
a tax of $70 per head on all cattle export
ed from the country. It Is intended to b«
prohibitive. '. .• --,.:¦ , ¦ ..:
Stollnltz, IBS2 Post street, and will be
pleased to receive her friends.
Personals.
Mrs. Luke Robinson and her daughter,
Miss Bernadette, have returned home af
ter a six weeks' sojourn In Santa Cruz.
At the Resorts.
Mrs. William Gersh*.l has returned to
New York after a visit of three months
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Ep
pinger.
Miss Tessie Olson, who has been visit
ing friends in the* southern part of the
State for the past two months, returned
home Wednesday.
Ix>uls Goodman and his daughter,
Annie, have returned from Southern Cali
fornia.
HOTEL DEL CORONADO-Mme. Mod-
Jeska, Count Bozenta, Mr. and Mrs. James
A. Rice of Tustln, Mrs. Pawllckl, wife of
the San Francisco physician of thatname.
Miss Marie Lynch of "Wilkesbarre, Pa_,
and Miss Benda, a niece of Mme. Modjes
ka, were guests of Hotel del Coronado
last week.
W. S. Pierce and daughters. Mrs. W. K.
Hope and Mrs. Prendergast of New York
City, left here Saturday for San Fran
cisco en route to Japan.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Austin Goodman of
Cincinnati gave a launch party to the
Coronado Islands Sunday last for Captain
and Mrs. Nicholson of the United States
steamer Farragut.
Mrs. O. P. Posey of Los Angeles enter
tained Rev. B..-W. R Tayler, wife and
family, Mrs. S. A. Van Gilson, Miss Hag
ney and the Misses Houghton of Los An
geles and Mrs. William McAllster of New
York at Hotel del Coronado during the
fortnight just past.
Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Stillman of San
Francisco were guests of honor at a din
fler party given by Mme. Modjeska at Ho
tel del Coronado Tuesday evening.
HIGHLAND SPRINGS— Registered at
Highland Springs are: Mr. and Mrs. C.
H. G. McBrlde, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Koch
er, San Jose: Dr. and, Mrs. J. A. Rice,
Los Gatos; Mr. and Mrs. J. Craig:. Wood
land.
THE GEYSERS— The list of arrivals
at the Geysers for the week past includes:
Robert Nordman.W. C. Keogh, meor«?o
Marcus, Captain William Olsen and wife,
Robert Richardson, C. ¦Willoughbv, Jo-
Bcph Keating. F. D. 1 Maher, E» E. Drake
and wife, William I* Hugtoson and wifa
and child, P. W. Page an8 wife. Herman
N euhaus, Mrs. A. C. Smith. FVank L».
Norton, Ban FYonclsoo; . I* 3. Sherman,
H. Tjjgjry, Alamedk; MJsb B. Meyer, Dlv
onj Miss M. C. Bonrlnger, Calls to ga; W.
Another device in the collection, look-
Ing like an upright pump and its handle,
may have been used in measure the angu
lar altitude of objects In the northern
skies. But whether thl3 surmise be cor
rect or not, it is clear that the apparatus
itself long since ceased to be of any ser
vice. The Chinese are not a progressive
people. They probably cannot grasD either
the technique or the mathematics of the
most advanced astronomical practice of
to-day. But they long ago learned enough
to eee the uselessness of the instruments
here described, which are interesting only
as curious relics of an effete civilization.
Bcientiflc astronomical work begran with
the recognition 300 or 400 years ago of the
fact that the earth Is a sphere rotating on
its axis, and that the heavens are sta
tionary. Moreover, a vast proportion of
the knowledge possessed to-day regarding
the stars has been acquired by means of
the telescope,. which was not known three
centuries ago. Indeed, so enormous have
been the advances made since the time of
Galileo, and so little progress was achiev
ed from the days of Ptolemy to those of
Copernicus, that the Chinese astronomer
could not have had a much better Instru
mental equipment in 1000 than at the be-
Binnlng of the Christian era. At any rate,
that of the abandoned Peking observatory
Is exceedingly primative, and it would
puzzle experts In stellar science to say
exactly what were Its functions.
As their records show, the ancients at
tempted little more than to note the height
of various conspicuous objects above th«»
horizon, their relative distance from each
other and the time of year when they
were most conveniently situated for obser
vation. For these purposes they needed
only simple devices. One of their best
known pieces of apparatus was an "armil
lary sphere," a combination of brass cir
cles rotating on an axis that was suf
ficiently inclined to aim at the point about
which the heavens seemed to revolve. One
might be disposed to take some of the ob
jects in the old Peking observatory for ar
millary spheres, but they are lacking in
certain Important features. Hence If tfiese
instruments were founded to serve the
purpose of an armillary sphere they must
have done so Inadequately. They are very
rudimentary in character. It is not in
credible that time and the weather have
not only rendered these old Chinese relics
useless, but have also deprived them of
some of their original features. A good
many thines might happen to objects left
for centuries in so exposed a situation.
However, without a close scrutiny of the
instruments made on the spot It would
be Impossible to say with confidence what
changes and losses had occurred.'
. THE SAN FRANCISCO CAI/L, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1900.
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