FRIDAY The San Francisco Call JOHN D. SPRECKELS ...Proprietor CHARLES W. HORNICK. ...:..... General Manager ERNEST S. SIMPSON Managing Editor Addre»» All Commnnlc«tl»m« to THE SAX FRANCISCO CALL Telephone "Kearsy K«" — A»k for Tbe Call. Thr Operator "Will Connect . Yon With tbe Department Y*n Wlsfa. BUSINESS OFFICE Marke^ and Thlrd f Streets. San Francisco Open Until 11 O'clock Every Night in the Year. EDITORIAL ROOMS Market and Third Streets MAIN CITY BRANCH 1651 Fillmore Street Near Post OAKLAND OFFICE-463 11th St. (Bacon Block) j gfegg™ 1 §£w^ |S?5 ALAMEDA OFFICE — 1435 Park Street Telephone Alameda 559 BERKELEY OFFICE — SW. Cor. Center and Oxford. .Telephone Berkeley 77 CHICAGO OFFICE: — Marquette Bldg..C. George Krogness, Representative NEW YORK OFFICE— 3O Tribune Bldg. .Stephen B. Smith, Representative WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT .Ira E. Bennett SUBSCRIPTION* RATES Delivered by Carrier, 20 Cents Per Week, 75 Cents Per Month* Single Copies, 6 Cents. Term* by Mail, Including Postage (Cash With Order): DAILY CALL (Including Sunday). 1 Year .. ; 18.00 DAILY CALL (Including Sunday), « Month* ...J4.00 . DAILY CALL — By Stpgle Month-. '. . .. 75c SUNDAY CALL, 1 Year $2.50 WEEKLY CALL, 1 Year $1.00 FORFIGN ) r)a!1 J* $8.00 Per Year Extra pn '\u0084' f Sunday $4.15 Per Year Extra i^i aol -weekly '....SI.OO Per Year Extra Entered at the. United States Poetofflce as Second Class Matter. ALL POSTMASTERS ARE AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE SUBSCRIPTIONS. Sample Copies Will B« Forwarded When ' Requested. Mail subscribers in ordering change of address should be particular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order to Insure a prompt and correct compliance with their request. IRISH ON ASIATIC IMMIGRATION IT i< hastily to be believed that the state fruit growers'. convention, in session at Marysville, realized the full meaning of the memorial to congress on the matter of immigration which John P. Irish persuaded it to adopt. Indeed, the delegates rnjght well be for given for failure to follow the wandering, twisted and obscure argu ment carried in the memorial. For instance: We reject the theory of assimilation, holding that when nonassimilating labor engages in this rtoncompetitive work it relieves us of the strain upon our racial and national standards, which strain threatens the subversion of those standards in the task of assimilating the_jnillions of European immi grants. : vjS'V-'" We cannot pretend to say what all this means, but as nearly as can be guessed it exalts or prefers a servile labor above Ameri can citizenship. Let us admit, for a moment, that the immigration from southern Europe does not always bring us desirable 'citizens. This is not true as far as the experience/of California goes, because a. very considerable element of our best citizenship comes from that region, but supposing for the sake of argument that Mr, Irish i is slating facts, that might be reason for limiting such immigration. It is certainly no argument for the admission of a form of slave labor or peonage. What Mr. Irish wants is a return to the feudal system where a few great barons held vast domains worked by i an army of serfs. \u25a0 . • ' Mr. Irish dwells upon the economic argument. We don't care a button for the economic aspect of the matter, although it might easily be turned against him. The case against Asiatic fimmigra-i tion rests on the objection to servile labor and the creation of a more dangerous race issue than that with wliich another form of slavery has already saddled this country. To what extent is Mr. Irish interested in fruit growing? Does he appear at Marysville in that interest or as a representative of the Pacific Mail steamship company? We. have seen him making himself useful in^the latter capacity 6n more than one occasion, but he did not brag of it. SUBWAYS FOR SAN FRANCISCO T;HE subway and elevated road project* mooted by Supervisor Sullivan and Isidoj Jacobs 'is interesting and inspiring as a vision, but it has prophetic rather than immediate value. The congestion of urban travel in San Francisco is not yet so great that it cannot be, adequately handled by the surface roads if these are competently equipped and served. We hope that the ex isting incompetent management of the United Railroads will not become a permanent feature of that enterprise. Indeed, the plans proposed for subways have all the appearance of haste. We do not believe, for instance, that a subway for Market and Valencia streets extending from the ferry house to Twenty ninth street can be built for $1,000,006? or for several times that sum. For one thing, the road would be laid in water all the way. '.Water stands under Market street at about the fifteen foot level, ex cept near the fern-, where it is closer to the surface. Much of the land under these two streets is "made ground." Market street -is flanked by towering buildings whose foundations must be guarded and not imperiled by adjoining excavations. All these conditions help to increase the cost. In lower Market street, especially, the problem of excluding the tide, water would be exceedingly expen sive. We believe that an estimate of $1,000,000 a mile would be moderate fora road built under such conditions. The estimate sub mitted by Messrs. Sullivan and Jacobs is $1,000,000 for two arid a ' half miles. • ... These things are not said in the way of discouragement. The time will come, perhaps sooner than we expect, when a subway system must be constructed, but we doubt very much whether the municipality will want to build it. The city has its hands full for the present and the question of water supply will shortly become pressing. The municipal res6urces are limited. . San Francisco's money is all demanded for the necessaries of municipal life UNCLE SAM'S MANY DILEMMAS ~ UXCLE SAM, good old soul, is getting it hot and heavy; from the preachers. They declare that' he is many kinds of a Sabbath breaker. He lets his soldiers and: his sailors play ball on Sunday ;-, and listen to the Rev. Frederick J. Stanley, general secretary of the American Sabbath union, who said the other day in Chicago: , § While you are at church on Sunday the postoffice employes are at work counting out the mail. You think it necessary that the mail carrier must collect four times on Sunday, so that yonr letter can catch the fast trains. \u25a0'- The United States government sells money orders on Sunday, yet it has made Jaivs that yoti, Mr. Banker, cannot draw a check- or draft on Sunday, as'it'will not be legaL It may have been that the- congregation left the church in a somewhat confused state of mind, for the Rev. John Balcom Shaw, a Presbyterian, minister, remarked after Dr. Stanley had concluded: I touted Egypt with 32 preachers, and was astounded that. they should desire to go sight seeing or pack trunks all day; Sunday. M* spoke to one of them about it, and he said that commandment was abrogable. ' : • Where doctors of "divinity disagree The Call may not pretend i to decide. But the Philadelphia-ministers do not appear to agree as to the abrogability of the commandment. Witness: Inasmuch as it has become notorious that Sunday, November 17 wit- '\u25a0 nessed a flagrant infringement -of the; Sunday laws 'of the "commonwealth \ of Pennsylvania,, with 1 the full knowledge-. and consent of the officers ' in i charge of the naval station at League island, by a public' dance and prdni- i enade of a great mass of people, probably' estimated at 40.000. on the d«clre I EDITORIAL PAGE of the American men of war, anatinasmuch as this was in continuance of a { series of infractions hi the way of Sunday football and baseball; be it y I Resolved, That we," the. Presbyterian; ministers' ( of ' Phila delphia, desire to call the attention 7 of you, Hoik Theodore Roosevelt, to' these facts, and to -beseech you earnestly that you use both yoiir^ official, and your personal' influence to maintain the said; laws of this comrnohwealth on the part .of these and all other federal officers .and men within the bounds, of our beloved state.. j : :\u25a0 ; ;.:,.:" - ; -l'" Recently/ a minister in- Washington,- D. C.," characterized the officers of the navy as "irreligious men." Chiefly 011 the. ground' that they encourage the enlisted men to , play ball on Sunday. The naval' officers resent the charge bitterly' and; insist that many of them are good church members, but ships' crews; cannot be ken/ up if the men are not permitted to play ball on the Sabbath! Indeed, they add that, the men might be doing worse, and V ball game keeps them out of temptation.. Thus we find that our dear old. Uncle Sam has his work cut out to please everybody. MR. . HARRIMAN has his finger on the industrial pulse of the r country. He knows what stuff is moving? He knows what there is to be moved. He is the link between markets and the producer, and he tells us that current industrial condi tions are too solidly founded to permit a long continued depression. His words are encouraging because he speaks- from knowledge- • "Underneath the whole situation," says Mr. Harriman, "there is industrial stability. There is too much workSto:be done and too great a capacity for doing it; to allow a long; drawn iput depression' The country is too big and the people too sensible^ allow the acts of a few men- to shake their faith in- the integrity; of our great financiers and businessmen as a whole. % The dawn of a new era of prosperity is. here. The overstrain on each is being "relieved and credit is once more being allowed to perform its normal work." We congratulate Mr. Harriman on his return to confidence and a more happy state of mind:- It was whispered -not long ago that he saw . a hard winter ahead [oi him .'and had of dered all new work stopped with wholesale 'discharges of workmen, tater it was learned that Mr. Harriman had reconsidered His future and wanted all the men he .could. "hire for building- and improving- railroads. His condition 'is once more .normal, his feet are "again^warmand in his present 'frame of niinclf he is a very agreeable person. The- Call wishes him a merry (Ghristmas. /» , Taf t is certainly the biggest circu lating Bill of this great and glorious country. ' • : ' : - ..'\u25a0'.' -\u0084,: ; \ .- . '.The: harvester .trust {sowed its' wikl oats, and£now; it is reaping the har vest of "prosecution/ ' * Dewey, the hero of Manila bay; will be . the hero of San ' Francisco bay when the fleet arrives. ' *\u25a0.: Knox's announcement that he is out for the presidency will not make any change ; in thej situation.: V - Now comes a scientist who -says that man is'^evolvcd from a fish. No wonder some of us are such.suckers! . A, Chicago ; rhan, has yeast ;germs"in his. blood and cannot recover.- He .will be rising- in advance of ; Gabriel's trumpet. ; v V "'W; '" \u25a0-: '"': ' '"".'„' '- \u25a0/• A Year's BanK Robberies iii the!l)rtitcd States THE ; annual -. report of Plnkerton's detective agency tot the national bankers' association; gives ;\u25a0 com plete figures as to' the number ;of bank robberies .and .'attempted ' bank, robberies in 7: the United States from September 1..1906/ to September 1; :190T.- Accbrdingto^thlsireportri the: robberies of members of the -association totaled six and •of nonmembers 58.*, -.There were eight unsuccessful attacks upenmem bersV and 26 upon \u25a0 nonmembarii. \u25a0 'Tha On -^ E. ; H. HARRIMAN,. OPTIMIST NOTE AND COMMENT The \u25a0 popular : song, . '?Call, Me Back Again,", appeals:, .to Abki., about this time. "'-',-\u25a0 ..••'. '_„ '-'. \u25a0"":. \u25a0'\u25a0 .-\u25a0\u25a0•'*\u25a0: \u25a0<\u25a0 \u25a0'/" . : :">;.••»; >"5. \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 " **' i. T . .1 . . - \,'j : \u25a0*-* -\u25a0 . . : .Four thieves, who* had. stolen junk from one ' of : Editor de Young's lots' were sent ;to ; jail : yesterday.' ! Now if stolen -a. stre'et-r. 1 7. " = '' ones; having- been elimi nated, the ; nevv s riding test -now. being formulated ;sHould : not • Strike > so much terror, to the army;:omcefs. •- ;. . The luniben.salesman accused of em bezzlement may,; bcmade'tC^walk the plank and -'wind ""up- 'by-: getting "free board unless' he ; .takes to v thc' tall tim^ .ber.- .-;"' :r ». L/ ;I . . .- -'' '-. \u25a0- : Hie names 6f, several dead men were found : in; the ' ' panel" from 'which 'the next grand jury ; is\ to : be drawn" • The grand jury ; that: lias v just r ajdjourned was certainly^made'up^df Jlivt .'ones/':." ." former lost \ through '.'robberies $12,643; >theilatterJJloo,449.; : \u0084<„ : " » *:. Illinois ;; leads ? Jh~e otheV^ states with nine : robberies 'andf f our, unSueessful: at temptsi'.-r Calif ornia X had '] two robberies* andvonei frustrated £ attempt.^ NoVstat'e was \u25a0entirely:: free -from of this kind,;, although some -of: them" hafi 4 only oneTattemptj'anaL l nO-''robb leries/rl eries/r namely" Oregon,: Geofgfafand : ;Mlssisslppis-NeW; ; York ; hasVaHgoodaTecord^for;, its- size with ; only fone ,\u25a0 robbery i and 'orie * uhsuc-* cessfui:* attempt.,, ,*.. _J :; : . ; '-'',/. 1' ' ;i; robbers: \u25a0 who ~ had ,* stolen frn-mf mam Kofjs^af j| the* aasoclaUnn'- »•» »j.— ; _ : : :: — _ . 1 By the Call's jester APPRECIATION When Smith: set out for congress he s '.Was filled .with high ambition, - Determined that he should adorn And grace his high position.. % For Smithville's * eyes were "on him "turned, .'- . . ' . And Smithville was awaiting The news, of 'triumphs that would give . ..The i town" a higher rating. I ~- • .- '• f »""',\u25a0.''• : » '- "\u25a0\u25a0 '- \u25a0' \u25a0 ' So Smith went into congress and, .;'Made speeches long and .fervent. And watched ; meanwhile to see/ if the Reporters were observant. It pained him much to notice that \u25a0 They . paid but , »cant attention- — Unlike H the V ' scribes who glorified Him at the home convention. And when great", journals through the \u25a0 ,-;-;•" land' '''^K '%'•'""'. '"'; ' \u25a0\u25a0 Gave' space ;to the proceedings, •-\u25a0 The name of Smith was mentioned i -/. 7 there,- %^-" ; \u25a0'•' - , '. \u25a0 i But no word of his pleadin^s.^ Poor: Smith felt his ambition ooze For lack of approbation. And lost before the week was gon« . His air of v 'ostentation; ; . 1 \u25a0'.-;' But things weire; not so bad as he ; Plad' thought in'; his depression ; The praise he lodged for came and put : Him back in the procession. For. when- the mail; arrived from home, , There; in. the weekly paper - \u25a0':\u25a0 Was -evidence. of his great worth That made him fairly caper. V^ I ' \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0-'-- ' ' ..' ':.' ' The. whole, front page was 'given up ; To •'Smith, our matchless leader"; And; in the midst of all, his face - Gazed out upon the reader. '•" ' Twas easy. then: for "Smith to see i What ailed. th*e. mighty journals: Content were they to take^the shells— ; .The weekly took the kernels. *'"""' • " . . ." /,. >w7-J.. W. Answers to Queries • > PLAYS— A. .. 5., . Ci ty. Any J. first class book seller will give you\ the* informa tion ;you desire : about sthe5 the plays named. .'.ELASTIC CURRENCY— Mi A. 8., Oakland, /Cal.1 r Elastic currency is de scrib.ed as | that kind »" which f may be is sued; plentifully when needddand; with drawn. when- the 'emergency has passed." ; : *•>'.-; •\u25a0\u25a0>. • . . >^«*' '•\u25a0*\u25a0 '. "-"«:.; . «\u25a0- \u25a0•• - - .:- : •1 CAMELLIA— T. AY. M.; Alameda. CaL' Thel Camellia is Jso; called-; for, a Jesuit pritqt named vJCamellu :..'a -traveler in Asia, Yivho first brought it to Europe from Japan.*; It Hs a native- of China, Japan^ancl the-north of India. .sentenced", during "the year,;: their, .terms \u25a0totaling'l34 r . years ;and.6 months. None ,6f these t was,sent from California; Two .were : sent\| up ctrom'; New ' York • for: In ;det6rmihate f _terms ; arid : two i are await ing v tfial in ,the l same -state. 7; f During-','the~year.; mentioned 26. for gers.lwho i had; operated 1 against ' raem \u25a0bers^of ;,theVassociation;. were fsent to prison' forHermsiaggregatine 105 'years ; montiis:. ."Twelve! were 'sentenced .toyndeterminable' terms.; -One^: AT?Car "penter;JwasTsent Uo San.Quentin. - V.Four holdup men:. were "sentenced to -indeterminate ; terms and /: one .sneak .thief^W.";Barrett.';was.glven l fiv~e years : at SlnfQuehtln;;: 1-:^:1 -:^: ,: .?-v%->..f- ".':--. \u25a0 /--y ;\u25a0 ;.£aj^^ \u25a0ingtfro>h^2o : years itojlife/forf robbery' .with % were f passed ; in '•\u25a0 Colo- | ; rado "-Kansas^ Maryland,*: Missouri .and :N«hraßioi.'. '-'':\u25a0 — \ -."-..-•,..-'..-.-. .. ..-»r - -\u25a0/\u25a0.! SSIHSSE:'.'-"'"''. 1 -"-. \u25a0\u25a0 '\u25a0\u25a0-.\;, ".-', --,- . - \u25a0...."\u25a0\u25a0 '; ; ; 1 THE INSIDER Relates interesting anecdotes concerning the eccentricities of Galve, the great prima don na,who shows herself to be truly feminine *--r — ; — r. : »,W *~ '„ rr- j TV TONE of the great prima donnas is more 'Why Calve Turned f .\u25a0\u25a0 \l • essentially feminine in her ways than Back tO Audience •»\u25a0. * Calve, thoagh she does not, like Gadski, go in for knitting and sewing, nor, like; Schumann-Hink, for household duties In "Carmen" you remember how she played one scene. aS around a powder puff, another time making a fan the motif of her coquetries. One of the newest stories about the eccentric Calve tells how at one of her concerts she had 'raised her audience to a high point of exaltation and when she had sung her last number/they called clamorously for an encore. Being in unusually good humor, she nodded to .the accompanist and he began' the opening bars of a tender little* song. # There ww a large mirror at the. back of the stage, and before Calve uttered the first^note of the song she turned her shapely back to the audience. The surprised auditors wondered wb^t caprice of the prima donna they were going to witness, but she calmed them all and made the women her friends at once by giving her hat a little adjustment and then turning to them again and beginning her song* There is nothing that makes the world of women so akin as the simple query, "Is my hat on straight?" and perhaps Calve knew it. _ --V;. --'i , Looking at Calve when she fs acting one of Queen Victoria her great parts nobody would fancy that Liked Prima Donna she did not wish to go upon the stage, but wanted -to become a nun. It was a kind fate, masquerading as a hard hearted mamma, that made a grand opera star of the would be nun. Calve Studied under M. Puget before she went to Marches:.* Though It is popu larly "supposed that Calve has had more heart affairs than any other prima donna, her reputation in that respect did not affect the late Queen Victoria's fondness for her. Calve explained that fondness as "I suppose it is because I do not know the prince of Wales." It was the queen who asked Tosti, the composer;* if he did not think Calve would make an ideal Marguerite. "Un peu trop 'd'embonpoint por cc role," objected TostL ' Victoria rather resented the slur on weight, for she was not thin her self. VMais cela n'empeche pas le sentiment," she retorted. /-. \u25a0•. .. -\u25a0 .-. fl Calve 13 the most determined woman In Goes to the Falls . r . \u25a0 . • . , . , \u25a0.•\u25a0 _ . . her \u25a0 profession, and her managers are kept and Lost in WOOdS i n a constant state of nervous worry^ in consequence of her vagaries." I am told that when the concert company was in Buffalo last year. nothing would satisfy Calve but a trip to Niagara falls. The manager remons^ated. He was afraid that the concert would not take- place if Calve went on any side^ trips, feven though the falls were but 20 . miles away. Apparently Calve gave ir£ but the next thing the manager heard was that the singer and her maid had shipped off on the early afternoon train and would not return until dinner time. The concert was to be given the next night and all seats were sold. The day and night wore on and no Calve, so when morning broke of?*^ went the manager to Niagara. He searched everywhere for the recreant star,; who, he discovered, had 'left the hotel at sunrise and paid her bill, also taking her baggage. Returning to Buffalo, Calve was still missing, and »the manager's only resource was ..to byre detectives in bunches and send them around the country in a. vain hope that Calve might be found. Finally the singer' was located, about sevens miles from the falls, in the heart of a forest, where she and her faithful maid were playing babes in the woods. Calve managed to placate her^mahager, however, and sang that night at her concert. MISS DOLLY 'MacGAVIN-S tea for a score of the debutantes yes-] terday was one of the prettiest 'events of the It took 'place in the MacGavin residence in Cali fornia street" during the late afternoon hours. The guest honor was Mls» Dorothy, Quincey van Sicklen, who^has returned to California. after a long ab sence at school In* the east and abroad. Miss MacGavin. was assisted irOrecelv ing~her guests by Miss Anita Maillard i and Miss Leslie Page,, and hostess and ! guests spent "a pleasant hour or two over the teacups. Among those present were Miss Hope Bliss. Miss Helen Ba ker, Miss Newhall, Miss Elizabeth New hall. Miss Alexandra Hamilton, Miss Dolly Cushing, Miss -Lucile Wilklns, Miss Augusta Foute,. Miss Helen TVll son. Miss Martha Calhoun, Miss Helene Irwin, Miss Julia Langhorne, Miss Louise Boyd and Miss Mary Keeney. Another 'affair at whlclTMlss Dorothy van Sicklen :will be guest of honor is the dinner "at which Mrs. Henry- W. Dodge will" be hostess Thursday of next week. Twenty-four of "^this ""season's and last season's girls will be Mrs. Dodge's guests, and the occaion prom ises to be an exceptionally enjoyable one. • \u25a0 . A \u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0 *.- • • • Miss Hope Bliss is to give a luncheon Wednesday next, and will have for her guests* of honor Miss Dolly MacGavin and Miss Dorothy van Sicklen. It: will take "place; in the". Bliss" home, and be attended by a dozen of the debutantes. ' \u25a0• >• .' \u25a0\u2666 \u25a0 • . ."•.\u25a0'.••.-" \ Miss Harriet Stafford reached/Calif or nia -yesterday, having" come •\u25a0 straight through^. from Fort : Leavenworth. She wf l_be the guest this winter of Captain and Mrs. "• de -Witt at the Presidio of Monterey. Th* De. Witt home is one of the most hospitable -at the southern post; f, and much entertaining will be done for Miss Stafford. - •-;" Another visitor at the Monterey Pre sidio is' Mi'ss Edith Farrell.~who re cently came up from Manila.' and is staying with Captain and -Mrs. George Henson ;.; Estes. Before leaving for her eastern "home: Miss Farrell will ~ visit friends In this city and at Angel Island, returning to. Leavenworth, -Kan., late.it January.," ; / '\u25a0 ' — • • • \u25a0 • '.'. ;- Today's "i meat prominent social event is the first of the season's Friday night cotillons.. *better/known as ;the Green^ way dances. It will ; take place at :the Fairmont. ' hotel.; t'and to It nearly 300 of 'society's: ; most Cwell.vknown people have f been 7 invited. ;*AII ;of - the debu tantes-will be as well as a. great " : many of San, Mateo's and , Bur- * lingame's smart set. Mr. Greenway has; personally 'superintended all the details of the-affalr, and will : receive epnciitibns in California -^ThS;C»Uforaia- Promotion coramitti* >ired the foli«wriis to It* eutara bureau la »*» York ye»terd»y: , ; ' --. , . , ' Califoraia..temp»rature* for .tlw. last 24 boun: San Francttco ........ ,-r........ . r: .Minimum 51...... Maximum 63 San Diesc ........-:........... ....Minimum 54.:.... Maximum 74 Bank "elMtlflcs for the w«ek.«nd#s» Thuriday noon. DecemborS. 1307 •' : > Sac Franci5c0..... ?30,*75,9a9.04 r ,1906 :..... $56.6 M.037 .15. .Dec 46% 1905..:... 42,399,132.80. .D«c 23% - '-- "%*» T "— I'f°' BMOt . ™» -- 13^ee.7«7.00;.Dec 43^ Oakland ........ 1,304.437.05 " 190« .%.... 3,f«.329.47. .D«. 6»:Pro.pwt;i a Twtment company bufldin, ,•* B *«?7 « d MBr^ t St J^' \u25a0« T~ad.cV «I«. U a reinforced-concreu 45x137 feS Twc ; •toriea are now, being built and a third will Padded: later. DECEMBER 6, 1907 / . : - - Smart &t his guests In the reception room t be yond; the ballroom. The dancing will begin^at 10 o'clock and laat until long after midnight. A supper will b« served at 11 o'clock. • * • • Before the Greenway ball tonight Mr. and Mrs. Jack "Wilson will be hosts at a dinner to 18. It will be given at the Fairmont hotel and Miss Kathleen d» Youngr will be guest of honor. After ward hosts and guests will attend tha dance. •. • • Mrs. H. 31. A. 'Miller will. be» hostess at a large dinner In her home Friday evening 1 next. . • --\u25a0•._• ' • Colonel and Mrs. ,"W. R. Smedberg and Miss Cora Smedberg, who have re sided in San Rafael since the flre 13 months ago, have decided to come to town for the winter,, and will taku possession of apartments at th© Hill« i* crest soon. The Smedbergs* old home in Larkln street was destroyed by fire. •• • • Supreme Justice F. M. Angellotti, dur ing the absence of his wife and daugh ter, who are traveling In the south, will make his home In San Francisco. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kirk, who have been living, in San Francisco, will spend the winter: at their beautiful San Rafael residence^ "Miller Halt." They closed their country home after the death Qt Mra. Kirk's sister. Miss Miller, but will reofren it shortly and entertaiu more or less informally this winter. One of the season's largest bridge parties will be given this afternoon by Mrs. Cyrus Walker in the handsome "Walker home at Jackson and Gough streets. Twenty-five tables will be played, and an informal tea will follow the. game. • • • Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Page. who"hava made their home at Belvedere for the past* two years, will close their hand some home there and come to San Francisco for the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney B. Cushing and their daughter.Miss DolHe. will, spend the winter in their home in San RafaeL Baron and: Baroness yon -Shroeder and their daughters. Mlas Janet and Miss Edith, -will remain on their rancb near San Luis Obispo -until after the' i holidays. ; - y ':".. I«N| •"• . • \u0084 Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. McCutchen. who have spent the past two years on the continent, returned to San Fran cisco last week, and are being enter tained extensively. -They have secured apartments *at the St. Xavier for tha winter. Mrs. MeCutchen/a . mother. Mra whiting, has given; up 'ber apartments in : Pacific avenue, and will spend che winter with her daughter and 'son in law at the St Xavler. •--. I ;. .