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CHANGE OF 'SENTIMENT AS TO PARCELS POST
A RECENT address by Postmaster General Meyer to the New
England postmasters' association at Boston outlines his
proposals for an extension of the parcels post s\*stem on
lines somewhat similar to those that obtain in Europe., The
present parcels rate in this country is 16 cents a pound and the
limit is four pounds, but under the foreign postal convention the
sender may mail goods to Europe for 12 cents a pound up to the
4imit of eleven pounds. A man may ship a four pound parcel from
San -Francisco to Los Angeles for 64 cents, but he can send the
fmc package from San Francisco to London or Paris for 48 cents,
he presents a parcel weighing more than four pounds to be
ailed to any part of the United States it is refused, but the
" same parcel, if within the eleven pound limit, • must be accepted
tr "mailing if addressed to a foreign country. These anomalies
duce our postal system to absurdity.
Mr. Meyer announces that he will recommend a parcels post
r a- rural routes that will meet the objections of the small store
keepers and retailers. Mail order houses in the large cities will
•pay under the Meyer plan 12 cents a pound, while for delivery
from the distributing office of the rural route the charge will be
but 5 cents for the first pound and 2 cents for every additional
pound up to eleven, or 25 cents for a package weighing eleven
pounds. -This gives the- small store keeper located close to the
village postoffice a great advantage and will be a valuable privi
lege for the farmers. ". -'-.'
The plan so outlined by Mr. Meyer meets the approval of
the Xew England associations of retail merchants. Elisha Winters,
who is organizer for the National Association of Retail Merchants,
..after hearing the postmaster general's address, wrote to him, say
ing that "from being your extreme opponent I am now your
strongest possible supporter. While prophecy is dangerous, I "pre
dict every state association in New England of retail merchants
will reconsider their votes of opposition and all vote their approval."
Mr. Meyer's plan appears to eliminate the powerful and organ
ized opposition of the smaller retail merchants to the proposals
for a parcels post on modern lines. .
THE EMANCIPATION OF NEVADA
iiii government has a thousand larms to sell in Nevada, all
of them with the water laid on and ready for irrigation. The
second unit of the Truckee-CarsooT project has been com-
pleted and the price of the farms is moderate. The home
steader can locate a hundred acre farm for $8, with the obligation
\to pay $2 an acre annually -for ten years. An irrigated farm for
$20 an acre is riot expensive. The altitude is about 4,000 feet, the
climate is mild and the land fertile.
Tht government has already expended some $3,000,000 in the
r Carson ' sink upon the construction of an elaborate, system of
canals and laterals to cover 200,000 acres of land. All this means
".settlement and a large increase of population. The great develop
ment of the southern Nevada- mines provides a " ready market for
the farmers' produce. Ultimately the project will cover 400,000
acres "and the cost of thelwhole system' will, be $9,000,000.
Nevada is the first "state;; to profit by the federal irrigation
enterprise. New towns are growing up in the irrigated district.
Three years ago the town of Fallon had but three houses. Already
it has a population of some 1.500.' with a high school, hotels,
churches and newspapers.
The- truth is that Nevada has just begun to grow. The mines
we all know about, but the agricultural potentialities o7 the state
have attracted little attention. No man is so independent as the
owner of an irrigated farm., ; The vicissitudes ofthe seasons trouble
him little. - .
All this means that Nevada is no. longer a pocket borough,
whose. politics is a matter of bargain and sale to the liighest bidder!
Partly. by mining development and partly by the reclamation serv
ice Nevada is emancipated from the power of the sack.
A TRYOUT FOR ADMIRALS
IX pursuance of the sore campaign of military and naval educa
tion that puts the colonels on horseback it is announced now
that the admirals and- the commodores and the captains will
be subjected to a swimming test. The assumption is, of course
that water is. the natural. sphere of the elderly naval man, and yet
it is true that most of them have little stomach for the native
clement of the sea dog, whether; it comes fresh or pickled. There
are captious, people, nevertheless, who' insist that swimming is
'no part of a seaman's duty, and Park Benjamin; a celebrated
authority on naval affairs, writes that the real test for admirals arid
captains courageous should be an ; exhibition of their ability to
climb. We quote -from Mr. Benjamin's expert review of' the
situation:
\u25a0- It is most^timely and providential that the Constitution has just been
fixed up new at Boston. They can go up the same red rigging, they can climb
ov*r the same old mastheads, just as they did forty-odd years ago Even th?
I expanded beam of some of them will work beneficially, for it will orevent
their crawhng through the -lubber's holes" into the tops and make them
over the futtock shrouds as every nimble seaman ought to do. No doubt
they 11 squceze-the tar out of the rigging and stick. theirnegs between the
ratlines and skin the palms of their hands and even try to walk aloft in a
slow and dignified manner instead of racing up properly— and this last -may
well exasperate some very ancient mariners, who 'with- fegret will recall the
fact that on the old States frigate in the Pacific along in the- forties the
;'-jpspnngnng topmen were always pursued by the vigorously , wielded rones'
EDITORIAL PAGE
MtGarthy -s Election Would Bring Us Hard
Times, Little Work and Low Wages
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Y£ H. McCARTHY is a positive danger to the industrial, commercial and finan
\-^ , rial future of San Francisco^ or would be if he had any real chance to be elected
X A mayor. • "
The cause of the present financial stringency is no secret. It is, as every
man knows, wholly due to a temporary lack of confidence." The election of McCarthy
would simply make permanent for San Francisco the feeling of distrust that now affects
the whole country because of banking failures in New/York brought ori by gambling in
stocks. That sense of insecurity will quickly pass away and business will resume its
ordinary course if the minds of men are permitted to settle down and the large credits
due for the great staple crops and- products are realized. A week or ten days- will see
conditions normal if nothing more occurs to unsettle the public mind.
All this is true of the country as a whole. It is especially true of San Francisco
because here the practice of bankers has been sound and confined to legitimate lines.
But no financial system can withstand repeated shocks to credit. The election of Mc-
Carthy would be a shock of that character. It would be notice to the" world that the
San Francisco electorate had deliberately and .with full knowledge of the facts placed
in charge of .the municipal administration /the lineal political descendants of Schmitz
and Ruef , offered on a ticket made in the county jail and acknowledging allegiance
to Schmitz. It would be notice to the world that San Francisco with open eyes pre
ferred dishonest government and a continuance^ of the reign of graft. The election of
McCarthy would mean hard times, low wages and little doing. '
McCarthy does not represent organized labor. He represents graft and nothing
more. He was chosen by Schmitz to perpetuate the dynasty of graft. It is criminally
false to say that he represents organized labor in any^ true sense.
All this is perfectly well understood by the intelligent men in the ranks of labor.
What is the significance of the fact that every important labor leader in San Francisco
with the exception of three or four who were given office by Schmitz is making the
fight to beat McCarthy? A round dozen of these men who have given their lives to the
cause of organized labor are on the stump day and night to beat McCarthy. Look
over the list of speakers at the McCarthy meetings. Is there a -labor man in the lot?
Not one. The list is made up of job chasers. Here is a paragraph from the morning
Before McCarthy took the stump the audience heard Frank McGowan, William F. Burke, John H. Nelson,
William Clack, Sam 'Horton, Charles A. Bantel, Joseph L. Twohig, Charles A. Nelson, Coroner Walsh, Sheriff
O'Neil, Timothy Healy and John I. Sparrow. , , , .f. f
Every last one of the lot is seeking office. Not one of them is a man of influence
with organized labor as a labor man. On the other side are seen Macarthur, Furuseth,
McLeran. Sweenev, Casey and McCabe, Eagan and half a dozen others who have in
the past borne the brunt of the fight for organized .labor. - i *
° What does it mean? It means that the intelligent leaders of labor understand
that the future of San Francisco and of trie men who must make their living here
depends on the restoration 'of confidence. They know, that the election of McCarthy
means hard times and plenty of them. When hard times come it is the .poor man and
the man who. supports himself by the /work, of his hands that suffers.
ends of the bos'n's mates. But despite all such shortcomings this is the real
navy test, ' . , . .\u25a0 -.'.\u25a0, • •
The- Call has the liighest respect for the futtock.- shrouds and
laments their extinction on the modern _ man "of -wari. We^on't
quite know what they are or were. but. we? feel certain ";that the
efficiency of the navy would be greatly promoted by having a
plentiful supply of them if only for the purpose of demonstrating
how nearly an admiral may approach a monkey. .
THE Illinois politicians are fighting to the last ditch against
the enactment of a direct primary law. They hate to pass
it, but they must. The inexorable pressure of public opinion
compels and they dare not refuse... Speaking of popular senti
ment in Illinois the Chicago Tribune says :
They are tired of voting for candidates selected by taucus. They, wish
to participate in the selection, of their own candidates, as they purposed they
should do when they adopted the delegate and, convention system generally
in vogue throughout the country. That system was intended: to produce
representative conventions, but in many ..cases it has ceased to jdo so. It has
apparently contributed to the control of party nominations bjr party leaders
and party bosses. v \u25a0 - • .
The direct primary seems to be the direct road by which to return to
popular nomination of candidates. Nothing less will satisfy the people.. ..They
recognize that direct primary legislation may be difficult and intricate and that
any bill which becomes a law at this session of the legislature may be faulty
and require amendment. But three-fourths of a loaf isbetter than no loaf at
all. A direct primary law passed at this session of the legislature which is
sound in principle may be amended in detail as its faults develop.
We may expect just the same kind of a fight in California.
The politicians will not readily give up the convention system
that takes away from the. people all voice in the choice of candi
dates. They will buck and jib and balk, but in the end they will
pass the bill, because they; dare not-do otherwise.
We didn't need the legal holiday
after all. Sill
In Alexandria, \ r a.,*a pall bearers'
union has been formed and it is : pre
sumed that stiff prices for services
will be the result.
Great transformation scene at En
senada the other day. Two fisher
men got a turtle on their hook, and in
the struggle that followed their boat
turned turtle. . \u25a0 :
"What is so rare as an October day
in St. Louis?" asks the Globe-Demo
crat. They shouldn't be any rarer
than other days unless there's some
A. O. Hubbard of Redlands is a guest
at the Majestic.
' q. s. Wills, a business man of Boston,
Is a guest at the Jefferson.
George B. Gunn of ; Salt * Lake has;
apartments rat the Fairmont. :
- R. L. Hazeltbn, an b.*torney 4 of Seattle,
is a guest at the Grand Central. .
William Gibson, a Los Angeles rner-;
chant, Is registered; at the Dale. |
Charles Wagner, a fruit grower/of!
Los Gatos, is staying, at the Dale. ;:..
T. C. r Gould, and Mrs. Gould of Pasa- '
dena are registered at the Hamlin.
M- K. Scott, a mining man of :Wonder, ! i
Key., is registered at" the Imperial. ;;
. Charles Jacobs ' and s Mrs. .; Jacobs are
at the St. James from Cincinnati, O. '.
J. E. Haydenahd H.C. C Sublett of Los
Angeles arrived at the Jefferson yester
day. ,
\, Emil Fogertand Mrs. Fogert of -Port- ;
land.^Ore.,' are staying \at ; the Dor- i
Chester.
\u0084 R. iT Dorland,' a cattleman from Mer
ced," registered yesterday at,the;Grand j
Central. ,
AN INSTRUCTIVE FIGHT .IN, ILLINOIS
NOTE AND COMMENT
Personal Mention
thing the matter with the calendar
in StS Louis. -,'
. If it were only a 15 mile automobile
test instead of. a horseback test!.
. A.Chicago man named Moses is
suing ;; his wife for * divorce because
she eloped with ?a r man named Light.
Where j was Mo<?es when the Light
went out? •-><. '
Four men were killed by drinking
wood " alcohol 'in • Arizona the, other
day. That wopd alcohol is a fatal
beverage is pretty well kn wn, but
some _..•; people • refuse '{ to -, believe '„ any
thing without a personal investigation
J..T. Ronald, a prominent attorney of
Seattle, is a guest at the ; St. Francis. .7
Ben J. Marxj \u25a0 a- manufacturer of St.
Louis, \and Harry^ Rabin are at the
Majestic
„ J. ." Lincoln Steffens, Journalist and
magazine writer, of New York, is at the
Imperial.
.i Manuel .H. Rosenblatt and Mrs.
Rosenblatt of New York^are guests at
the Hamiln.
; -Mrs. Warner of, the "'Hotel del Monte,
who i&* here ' on a shopping trip,> is , at
the Fairmont. ~
.'-\u25a0- C] J. Brady of Albion and . J. P. Con
roy of Los: Angeles are registered at
the Baltimore. &S|||§gj|B3|gH|
jRi L. Harper, bead of the new Gold
field .water system, is. at the Hamiln
from Goldfleld.
;' • Fred Blanchy. a 'wine merchant from
Bordeaux, J. - Hoffer, r. former
manager ;of .\ the Hotel . Cecil, \u25a0* London,
and .of v the Salle Face thotel, Colombo,
Ceylon,.; together ; with ' :j:~ Curtett, man
ager, "of the. Grand jhotel,: Brussels. swho5 who
are; • touring., the v continent,
are registered at the St. Francis. :
.v By The Call's Jester /. |
1 TO THE YOUXGEST VAXDERBILT
Hush-a-by, baby, you're : worth sixty
million, . \
- So teething should never upset you.
Nor colic cause anguish, nor Jabbing of;
pins
o In the pit of your tummy-turn fret
you.
Just think of the cash that is coming
your way *\u25a0_ <^~
• When any one essays spank you.
And when with a cuff you, are told to be
y '^>:good . . '.fZ~£l*
Reflect on the- coin and say "Thank
you."
For sixty cold millions make up for
the pains
That fall to the lot of a baby,
And cash can buy happiness, good looks
and health
And surcease from stomach ache
maybe. . ~
"I hear that ; since old Rlchley" died
Miss Schemely has broken' off her en
gagement with his son."
"Yes. She's engaged to the* lawyer
that's settling up the estate."
W*. J. W.
• v The Smart Set .-.
AN unusual event in musical and
social circles was the large
muslcale and tea given yesterday
by Miss Fanny Danforth, In the
Danforth home In Broadway. Nearly
a hundred women.- gathered ."at 1
o'clock for a program of arranged and
Impromptu music. Both vocal and
instrumental selections made the long
afternoon seem but a few minutes, and.
It was very ' reluctantly that. the music
room was ; left for the dining room, at
half past 4. - Among the guests was
Mrs. Birmingham, always the best
loved of the city's singers, who gave
her audience some delightful moments.
No musical event of the winter will
eclipse yesterday's for size or for pro
gram, and the. departing guests were at
a loss -to express sufflcently their ap
preciation. and pleasure.
First of the coming out parties is
that of Miss Frances Reed, who ''will
be. formally Introduced at a dancain
her Sausalito-home tonight. A score
or two of young persons have been'
bidden to the . event, as well as her
mother's own friends, who will attend
tlie; reception the dance.^*
Mrs. Campbell ? and her daughter play
a prominent "part In the affairs of the
Sausalito smart set.. It was In their
homo .that the first assembly of the
season took place a week* ago.
' At the ; Francisca club yesterday Mi«s
MayeColburn was hostess at luncheon
Her. guests were, some of the year's de
butantes.^; The -event was in honor of
Miss ::;\u25a0„ Genevleve Walker and Miss
Augusta Forte, two girls who are to be
introduced this year. Decorations and
menu were perfect, yesterday, and the
occasion £ proved one fof the most en
joyable of: the season.
> A -quiet wedding, was. that of Miss
Marie Berger and -Charles Sutro. which
took: place in 1 Santa Ana on October 21
Miss i ßerger. and Mrs. Charles O. Alex
ander., with whom she had ,'spent the
last year,- left-thls city.Jor.tbe southern
ttown : alf c w days before the ; cereniony
Mrs^Alexander -returned i to her,O'Far
rclltstreet: apartment here immediately
after ie Mr. and Mrs. Sutro spent their
THE INSIDER
Tells how the success of Clara Alexander in
London music halls was brought about by
determination of the plucky Alameda girl
THE success of Clara Alexander, the Ala
meda girl who has just secured an en
gagement at one of London's big music
halls, was always a foregone conclusion. Miss Alexander is not one of those
young women who when financial misfortune befalls the family sits down with
folded hands, relying on providence and prajer for rehabilitation. "Heaven
isn't going to help me unless I help myseli," was the determination that
finally landed her in London and has now gained for her this engagement,
which means a good deal more than appears en its lace. For a success in a
London music hall means, as a nil-, an. even larger success on the Orphenm
circuit. '
Clara Alexander was born in the, south, bnt she likes to call herself a
Californian, for she was only a' young girl when?he came out here with her
sister.- She had taught school Jn her native state, 4 but teaching did not appeal
to her and she took up the study of stenography. But as she once said to
me/'lcan only make bread and butter in an office— and Ido long for a little
jam." Mrs. Louise Humphrey Smith saw possibilities in her as a dramatic
reciter and gave her a few lesso/is, but it was Honer Henley who gave ns4in s4i \
the idea which has had such sparkling realization. He heard her recite^
Dunbar poem, a little, crooning bit of darky vers*. and he suggested a\
public recital of darky poems. That recital was btt the first chapter in a
series of small local triumphs. The late Mrs. Salisbury, alway3 kind to poor
southern girls, took Miss Alexander up. Then Mrs. Eleanor Martin, Mrs.
Henry Crocker, Mrs. Maurice Casey and other society leaders followed suit
and the darky dialecr reciter became quite the rage for club and drawing room
affairs.- It was at this period of her success that she gave an evidence of
pluck which is an excellent illustration of what a girl can do when she set 3
her will to it: .
She was engaged to recite at a club function in Sausalito, sponsored by
Mrs. Ga?ton Ashe, Mrs. Jack Kilgarif and their set. Miss Alexander just
missed the boat and there was not to be another for Sausalito until two
hours laier. She couldn't wait for that; her engagement couldn't stand the
wait. She sought the owner of a launch and asked him his. price to convey
a passenger over the bay. "Twenty plunks," he said. "Well, I can't give you
that," she returned, "for I have only $10 in my purse, but if you will take
me over for that it's yours." The boatman did not relish the idea, but finally
gave in, that determined "Oh, I must get there on time " not probably
proving so potent a persuader as the pleading brown eyes. And Miss
Alexander walked into the club assembly room, a trifle flushed from her
quick walk from the wharf, a bit nervous, but on time!
Local Girl Wins
Success by Pluck
To think of Phil Branson bobbing up in Xcw
York after all these years, and in comic opera,
too! It must be pretty near 20 years since
Phil made his entree into San Francisco. He wasn't fat then, and he sang
the lover's roles in "Nanon," "Boccaccio," "The Black Hussar" and the other
comic opera gems in the old Tivoli repertory. It was at the Tivoli, by the
way, that Phil met his fate. * He. -had once be/ore been married. I've beeq^
told, but. was amicably divorced from May Branson, a stage beauty with
stunning. 'figure/ famed over the continent- But it was Tillie Salinger, the
plump blonde prima donna soprano of the Tivoli company, who set Bran
son's heart abeating as it had never beat before. Their two hearts soon
"began to throb in unison and kept time to the music of their roles. Then
the audience began to take an unconcealed interest in the love affair, acted
as* it had to be right out loud in meeting. A few short months wore on, and
came the wedding day. As Tillie was a Jewess and Phil a Catholic they
decided to split the difference and be married by a Unitarian. As I recall
the affair it took place in Saratoga- hall, in Geary street, and every theatrical
and newspaper worker in town was there. The Bransons continued at the
1 Tivoli for many moons.-Phil gradually becoming too stout and to uneven
in voice to sing hero roles, but always Johnny on the spot in utility parts.
Tillie also accumulated flesh to such an extent that she finally came to the
conclusion thatfleshings weren't the proper garmenture for her. .;
Other singers took the Bransons' places and they were almost for
gotten untiTsome one discovered Phil acting as clerk in the St. Jamea hotel,
Phil Branson Goes
Back to the Stage
honeymoon, in the southern part of the
state, and will make their new home
near Los Angeles.
Mr. and Mrs. Selby Hanna are in
town again, after, several months at
Carmel-by-the-Bea. but will not take
possession-of their pretty apartment in
the Lafayette for several months. They
will leave San Francisco in a week or
tvi o for a trip to the east, and will be
gone two months. ...
After a three months' visit here Mrs.
H. I. Laurance will- return this week
to her home in Texas. #
Society will be sorry to hear of the
sudden death In New York of Frederick
Childs. who was- married in April last
to MISs Constance -Crimmlns. Miss
Crimmlns was a great favorite here, al
though sh« is a New York grirl and a
member of a . prominent , family there.
She came to San Francisco a few years
ago . and \u25a0 was a guest for ..the winter
of Mrs. Downey Harvey and Miss Anita
Harvey. When she went back she left
many warm friends behind her In Cali
fornia and these will sympathize deeply
with her in her great loss. ~ *
Early next week Mrs. Martin Crim
mins will leave San Francisco and go
on to New York .with her children.
They returned a short while ago from
several weeks at Del Monte. Mrs. Crim
mins will pay a visit or two on the
way to the eastern city and will not
reach it until late in November. The
Crimmlnses will make their home there
for j some time.
Mrs.- Charles, Butler gave a* card
(sarti' In her home in Broadway on
Wednesday .V last, . -to which a dozen
bridge enthusiasts were bidden.
One of the month* s*we.ddlng3 will.be
that -of Miss i Joan Oliver, the second
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bartley, P.
Oliver, and Leo' V. Merle. The cere
mony will take place at Holy Cross
church on November 12. MV»s Oliver
is a very pretty and clever girl. She
finished her education at - the \u25a0 Menlo
seminary, \u25a0• after which Mr. and. Mrs.
Oliver and their eight children spent
a year or two in Europe, from which
they recently, returned. Mr. Merle be
longs to a well known family here.
His brother,- Martin Merle, although not
yet out of college, has distinguished
himself as a.plarwright. . A sister. Miss
Conditions in California
The CalLfornU Promotion committee wired tio fcllewiaj to ita •utara >nr«aa in k«w
Tors yes tsrdsy:
California temperature! fcr the last 24 hours:
Eureka ...Xiaimaa 52 JUximaxn M
San Francisco ..Mteiaxa M JUxiaiam S3
San Diejro KUia=a £3 Haximasa 63
V The temporary »aip«a«isn cf tho C*lifor*i* safe dapwit aad trust eompaay"" ham n
effect on the other oaak*. which ar« triasactisg- Vj»inea« aa nmaL Condition h«r» J!
B ocd. Bank* here axe a^aitias the rel-we <rf aM xer da« th«a fraa «a«tera Uaka.
Bank cleariosa for the we«k eadia* TharwUy , noon, Cctabsr 31:
San Fraaciaco . . \u008440,5 45,5 95.70 ' IM9 ...... «7.M5,»L«4. .D«. 14%
I *fc ...... 42,401,M5.M.. De0. *^
J*' Aa * dv 9,029.041.30 9.997.434.00. .D^. 9^
Oakland ........ 8,053,815.82 l»0t .. .V. 8,559,«17JJ..D«. 4*£
B*n J««^^5fe832,t22.43 19W MX.4n.4«..1ac s*r
SUx-kloa 757.C05.00 19C8 ..... .S. eUaria* haoae.
. Sacramento . . *.. 1,050,258.24 1806 . . . . ..y, d^ria, houa*.
Total clearing for th« weak la ux Calif orai* eitiea, $53,973,241.49.
The pric« of California cnioa* i. -Marinr. . partly oa account rf a i«rt eron. A ««r
aeo the price wat 75 centa a tack. Xow" U tow rroni Wr.to H. A T^r
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NOVEMBER 1, 1907
Margaret Merle, will be married to Ar
thur V. Conlin on Sunday next in St.
Mary's cathedral.
.In honor of Mr. Merle and Mr. Con
lin. a dinner was given last night at
the Fairmont hotel by Theodore P.
Murphy. It was served in the blue
reception room and was marked by
splendid music, toasts and speeches.
Those present besides Jlr. Merle and
Mr. Conlin were: Harry A. McKenzle.
Walter Conlin. Charles Conlin, Roy
Folger, Francis Kennedy. Francis Mc-
Gowan, John Martin,* Martin Merle.
Pierre Merle. Floyd Cook of Portland.
John Sullivan and Lyman Lacy.
• • •
On the transport Crook, which ca.nU
in yesterday, were Lieutenant and AftfcV
C. F. Andrews, who were stationed lx
Fort Mason a few years ago and have
a great many friends here. In th.3 ser
vice and out. They spent two years
in the Philippines and are now on their
way to Fort Leavenworth, where they
will make their home.
One of the week's prettfest bridge
parties was that given on Wednesday
by Mrs. Charles McCormick. although
it was an informal affair and arranged
very suddenly. Four tables of \u25a0 the
popular gam© were played and the
afternoon ended with a talk over the
tea cups.
Some of the society women who went
down to Burllngam© yesterday for Mrs.
Joseph Grant's all Halloween ball were-
Mrs. WHllam Tevta' guests yesterday
at a delightful' luncheon. It was given
ia" the Tevis home in Burlingame and
was marked by the exquflte details
and the charm of the/ atmosphere for
which Mrs. Tevls' affairs are famous.
A crowd of clever artists, painters,
writers and musicians will .gather at
the Fairmont hotel tomorrow afternoon
for a reception in honor of Mrs. Ger
trude Atherton. It will be given by
the Spinners' club and members and
guests will unite to make the affair
one of the season's brilliant events.
Mrs. Atherton will leave her daugh
ters home In Belvedere for Europe
early In December. This will be 0/
of her la3t appearances in tHe tit
ular little club, so th»t there will ÜBf
a good by flavor to tne afternoon. Tea
and Ices will be served and the hours
between 4 and S will see a steady
stream of old friends and new coming
and going at. the big hotel.