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JAPANESE MANNERS IMPROVE
BAROX TAKAHIRA, the -new Japanese ambassador, brings a
message of peace. We scarcely needed his reassuring; words
and, indeed, would pay small attention to them were they at
variance with the other known facts of the situation. The
language* of diplomacy is always conciliatory, irrespective of reali
—ties, and that is no reproach. But we know that nobody in America
-wants war and few would profit by it. Mr. Hearst has been labor
ing to create some sort of war scare for the sake of a few nickels,
but nobody pays much attention to him.
It is equally, absurd to suppose that Japan, in sore financial
_<li?tre?s, her people taxed to the limit of endurance, wants a war
j9i H'ith the richest nation in the world. Such a war 'would cost Japan
j-at least $1,000,000 a day, and the money is not to be had. Japan
:: ,Tieeds a long period of recuperation and is fully aware that a declara
tion of war with the United States would be the signal for Russia
c fd attack for the recover}- of lost prestige and territory.
The urbane and diplomatic Takahira is a man of manners,
- skilled in courts an h the usages of great capitals. He does not
V-Uhdulge the shirt sleeves diplomacy that characterized Japanese
contentions for a season after the Russian war. There was a cer
tain insolent cockiness about the Asiatic diplomacy of that period.
.Speaking of the dispute about the San Francisco schools a corre
spondent of Army and Xav}' Life writes:
The state department assured the Japanese government ftiat every step
would be taken to insure full compliance with our obligations to Japan,
both by treaty and by the general terms of international law, but this, of
• course, would have to be done in accordance with the constitution and the
laws of our country. I am reliably informed that when this assurance was
received by the Japanese government, a peremptory note was returned, de
. ma'nding that the Japanese children be placed in San Francisco schools.
Under our constitution the people of California have the right to determine
what is to be done in. regard to the admission of children to the public
-schools of that state. The United States has no right to decide this matter
or to conclude a treaty with any country impairing in any way this right
of the people of California or any other state.
This is very curious and interesting. It may not be true, but
"so far as public knowledge is concerned there is no reason to
doubt that the writer states facts. If that is so, then Japan was
of a discreditable bluff. It was a threat which she would
not dare attempt to put in execution. Quite possibly her honor
able ally has since told her she would better mend her manners. We
:may accept the coming of Takahira as an earnest of good behavior.
HARRIMAN OUT OF HIS CLASS
A CURRENT New York story is that Harriman said to a
/\ friend some time ago, "Within six months I will be able to
'\u25a0' £~\^ draw a -larger crowd in the west than will Roosevelt." This
remark was made before the president's latest message and
the story runs that after the delivery of that soul rousing broad
side Harriman's friend asked him if he still held to his comparative
estimate of popularity. .Harriman grunted . and his inquisitive
friend suggested that he had better make it 12 months before he
entered into competition with Roosevelt in drawing power.
We' do not vouch for the truth of the story, but it has certain
obvious possibilities and probabilities'. The wish, doubtless, was
father to the program and the machinery by- which this program
would be worked out creaks and rattles painfully in the cogs -and
joints. The concerted endeavor to hold Roosevelt responsible for
the financial stringency was industriously worked in every kept
"newspaper in America, with what effect the reception of the presi
dent's message shows.
There is a certain human side of Harriman that is likable. One
admireshis industrial courage as a man who never fears to>under
take great enterprises. As a 'financial pirate he is less admirable,
but was every, bit as successful until the hard times; took him be
tween wind and -water. We do not in the least doubt that he has
convinced himself that Roosevelt is the cause of all his woe,' and
his ill success in persuading the American people to be of like mind
astonishes and disgusts him. It is. a most annoying frame of mind
and bad for the digestion.
How serious is Mr. Harriman's affliction may be gathered from,
'the fact- that he has attached himself to the political fortunes of
Governor Hughes, notwithstanding his unhappy memories of the
insurance investigation, when Hughes did everything in his power
to involve the railroad magnate, in the exposures. But-Harriman's
hatred of Roosevelt overshadows every other, sentiment and thus
we find him behind Hughes, seekingto beat. Taft because Roose
velt wants the secretary of war .nominated. Now Harriman is. a
great and useful railroad builder. Up to a certain point he is, a
daring arid successful financier, but when he. attempts to play poli
tics with Theodore Roosevelt he is not in the same class at all.
STILL THE DARK AND BLOODY
jX one sense Kentucky is the most lawless state iii the "-union?
I Murder and violent outrage appear to have the backing of public
| opinion in that state. It is still the/dark and bloody ground>
Judge Harris, several times a murderer, was always acquitted
by Kentucky juries. Finally he niet death at the -hands of his son.
They who 'live' by the sword die by the sword; :It is still the
ancient dispensation in Kentucky.
- : Night riders are abroad in the tobacco districts. It is not alone ;
in. the mountain counties that crimes of violence are approved 7 by"
public opinion. Barns are burned afld crops destroyed,' and the
commonwealth seems * powerless to prevent. The reign oV terror
;Kas continued for nearly/ a year. A class war like . that waged by
I the tobacco growers is more demoralizing, than the family feuds
:oi' the Kentucky mountaineers.' "The tobacco growers seek-by
> force and terror to prevent the sale of crops to the trust, and this
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mandate is enforced by burning the , barns of those who are sus
pect. We quote some editorial comment, showing how easy it
would be to stop these outrages:
i The army of "night-riders" is composed of men who are interested in
the tobacco war. They are men who are organized and determined to. fix
the price and regulate the sale .of tobacco. They, stand opposed to any
neighbor who refuses to -join them and who dares sell his tobacco "inde
pendently," or to the tobacco trusj.- It cannot be the least difficult to de
termine generally just who they are. With this general knowledge and/cir
cumstantial evidence that is readily procurable a few subperias warrants
can be issued and servedT and then the old result, may be looked for with
confidence. Some of them will turn state's evidence, and thus the whole
.conspiracy will be "exposed and fall to pieces.. If the grand jury has/on
it none of the "night riders" and no members who approve their offenses,
it is not going to be impossible nor difficult: to find out just who called the
band together, who led the way and who carried the torch.
That is the general line of comment, ; but it wholly miscon
ceives the situation. Crimes committed in pursuance of a- class
war are most difficult to bring home. They, have the backing of
local public opinion, and tonnform against the criminal is regarded
as the act of a traitor. Henry Watterson" regards it as a case of
arrested moral development.
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THE fleet, is all right, says Admiral Converse. We knew that
all the time and needed no official reassurance. ; Thelveriest
American land lubber believes in the navy and is proud of
it. When we. were informed by., a sensation hunting maga
zine that the, ships \yere "floating- absurdities'' there was no alarm;
When a storm blew 'up over the .command of hospital ships. by-.a
doctor of medicine the country-. still refused^ to be alarmed:- "Our
fighting men are as much skilled in dialectics as they are in gunnery.'
It was a lovely fight and inspiring, but it was watched by the
country with a certain amused stolidity. The thunder ofMhe.
bureaus is mostly smoke. .
We desire now to record one more complaint, not because we
regard it as damaging, but in order to complete the record and in
the interest of the truth of history. A religious weekly published
in Philadelphia complains that scant provision has been made for
•chaplains on the fleet now voyaging northward to this coast. A
captious critic. of this position asks some questions about the busir
ness of a clergyman on: a fighting machine, like this:
But the teachings he would inculcate, should he exert himself at all,
would contravene the very. purpose of these men's existence and training.
How could a chaplain teach them "thou shalt not kill" when daily arid hourly
they are trained and: practiced to shoot straight in order to kill?
Their very existence is a reproach to a Christian nation. How can a
nation maintaining such an equipment and armament have anything in com
mon with the Prince of Peace? "What concord hath Christ. with Belial?"
The untutored layman may not pretend to solve these theo
logical problems. They are respectfully referred tp the Hon. Victor
Metcalf, whose way out of the difficulty appears to have been to
put a close limit on the supply of chaplains. : \u0084 \
The navy is, all right, the doctors and the parsons — few and
select — the captains and the admirals, the gallant tars and the
middies, the mascots and the Metcalves. The Golden gate's ajar,
ready for their coming.
Looks as though Boni is to have
his meal ticket restored.
Between state and federal prosecu
tions the Southern' Pacific attorneys
are earning their salaries.
Shaw confesses .that /he does not
know whether he will be a candidate
for the presidency. So he is at least
partially braced; for the shock. :
A BeVkeley lad confesses to steal
ing jewels in order to* give his; sweet
heart a good time. vThe time he will
get will be in decided contrast.
1 1 ; is alleged . that . Senator Jeff Da
vis' of Arkansas eats' with his knife.
Bat he will, be forgiven that-on the
Opportunities in Maadiursa for American Manuf actiireifs
!. There 1b a grreat opportunity in Man
churia for American manufacturers who
could put on that market machinery
for .the harvesting and hulling of beans
and for the manufacture from them of
oil and of bean : cake; according to a re T ;
pbrt~ma.de *by Consul /Roger ;S. _l Greene
of DalnyJ . v- ; :
'».- Beans'are .the; principal export-prod
uct of Manchuria: I .They" aYe g'rowrrorit
a* comparatively .: large .scale,. Jbetter,
suited -than . ordinary oriental farming
to/ the use of "labor saving' machinery, 1 ;
but at preseht : the!moßt.prlmitive;agrl-.i
cultural; methods ( prevail.]/ \u25a0TherVis ?a
growing interest in /American agricul^
tural machinery/ among 1 , ;^he ? merchan ts*
here,whOjare in" a position, to Judge/the
chances: of introducing..lf among the
Chinese. / • . < / .
The sbeanvvihes (are /now/ cut ;by. 'hand;
dried, and then* the jVines^ with s pods at
tached-are"; placed^ on a" thrashing/' floor, 1
\yhere the beans ? are] shaken J from \ the
pods by a small stone . roller^ dragged
around foyer'} tiie '\u25a0\u25a0'. vines ./ by,', a /donkey.'
They "are ' finally,' separated ibyrwinriow^
ing.-S," If machines;; of.:} moderated price
could be put' on; the/market /to^do: this
work; effectivelyj there .would^b'ea^lafge
VARIOUS CRITICS OF THE NAVY
NOTE AND COMMENT
promise to. keep his mouth closed
when he is not eating.
Sanßafael is the latest city to be
come afflicted with growing pains.'
The Shonts-De Chaulnes marriage
is declared to be a- true love match.
Love of money on one side and title
on the other? ' . '
Admiral Converse, says alt our navy
lacks is quantity. 5 -,. .That defect doesn't
furnishv the \ right "sort >of inspiration
for the '.niuckrakers./ . - \u25a0
New York society women . have
takenup' the study of ballet, dancing.
Their husbands are past . experts on
the subject of; ballet dancers. . \u0084 -
opening for their sale here and farther
north. \u25a0 „; / ;\u25a0\u25a0• -.. . / \u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0.;-.
.; While a .large part of the beans are
used'ami exported in this shape, a very
great -quantity^ is/ used ; for J the 'manu
facturerof oil and; of .bean/cake. : ; Some
moderrrmills for this purpose ;ha\'e been
put up," but' old; fashioned /methods 'still
.widely prevail.''^ While ; it , would' not be
so easy/ to,- sell such/!. machinery .as It
wouldbe necessary/to" find andUnterest
parties r with v a: greater "amount" of : cap.-'
ital./there should: stllllbe an opening.': \u25a0•
;,'i Manufacturers \6t\ machinery/' adapted
to; these purposes are .requested to' send
•f uIT; descriptive with
and.i discounts"* to/!J this!;, consulate. As
"there^ls: much "natural conservatfsm to
overcome in; introducing/new devices "on
this ; market, ,j and :it / is v difficult I: to \u25a0' do
this £ without /'ocular i demonstration,,/1
helleye lit iwould [be { good ? poli6y. in the
casej;of/ simple.^ machinery.) to/ send;] a
sample on'; consignment* torsomeJinteV
.estedjmerchant, jprovlded'he lSr'recoin
mended: by ': a \trustworthyj bankyaslbe
ing both'j reliablewand energetic./.- The
•Yokohama// specie 5 •barik.V which \? has t a
branch/ here,} has;branches /also ; in New
/Tprkj and j SanCFrancisco," so ; that Mrif or-*
matlori? as": to]" standing 5 could./ easilyi.be
', secured. s*. The: Hongkong and; Shanghai
;,banking<corporation/;hasi local.. .agents
; hers" *' \u25a0 * "r.-^ ..,-*'\u25a0 ';.-"\u25a0'--
Jean VaJj&an
Back Talk
MATTER OP SPEED
\u25a0The confirmed criminal, no matter
how clever as a' thief, nearly, always
betrays stupidity in the long run.— New
York World.
Depends . considerably . on how long
the run Is and what the policeman's
speed.
•" * . • "
Worse precedent
Mr. Bryan might have been' willing
to get out of the presidential race ! this
year, but he did not wish to establish
a precedent that might bother him In
1912, 19.16 and 1920.— Kansas City Star.
He'll follow a worse precedent by
running. . .
LACKSRHYMB
Snowing in the south, snowing In/the
east, snowing In the north. In Call
• fornla the Blnginjj rain, the dancing
sun, eong of the mocker and the mead
owlark and fields with flower aflame.
I Los Angeles Times.
Might have made It rhyme while you
were at It. - .
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._,'/* BAD EFFECT, : '
A Unitarian and a Universalist church
In New London have merged, with th©
cordial assent of -the respective denom
inational dignitaries; and tru^ religion
will be none the worse for it.—Spring
field Republican/. '- ; i*" --/:,•/
True. But it. throws one preacher out
' SOf ','••/. /
Now that Evans/has threaded the
straits he should find darn good sailing.
St. Louis Times: '
Well,- it's been sew, ; sew.
| Leather Tanning in Mexico
. Small tanneries exist in most of the
cities and towns, although the tanning
and leather trade /of the republic is
chiefly centered in Alexico City and
Leon. It is customary, also, on many
haciendas throughout the country, to
conduct tanning operations to such an
extent as to provide from the hides and
skins produced on the place all leather
needed by the laborers. These domes
tic enterprises . cannot be properly re
garded as commercial tanneries and do
not produce leather suitable for the
leather trade. They perpetuate the
crude methods which have been handed
down from primitive times, and the
products are of poor quality and bad
odor. ,
, There are in Mexico City about»a
dozen tanneries, mostly" of very limited
output, and usually located in ' and
about the patio" of the house, the sec
ond story front of which is occupied
by the proprietor as a dwelling.
That the product of/Mexican tan
neries Is of a "generally Inferior char
acter: and unattractive to the foreign
buyer, is amply shown by the statistics
for the fiscal year 1904, when the total
amount of tanned hides exported
amounted to only: $70,389, while the
raw hides and skins exported for the
same period\were valued at . $3,273,960.'
That is to say, the 'value- of raw hides
exported was nearly 43 times - greater
than the. value of the leather export
ed.— From report of • Special Govern
ment Agent Arthur B. Butman.
Answers to Queries
• PATTl— Subscriber, City". What was
the highest price paid; Pattl, the singer,
fora single; night ,
It is Bald that the highest was $6,000.
NAVAL ORDNANCE— I. .H., Oakland.
What is ' the largest ordnance in the
United • States navy?
• Thirteen inch."
. : TITIiE— A., Fresno, Cal. Must a per
son who /holds the title to v outside
lands ; in /San. Francisco establish the
same where the deed was not de
stroyed? \u25a0-.'.'-:-\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0'
should 'Submit' your question to
a reputable /attorney. This ~V depart
ment does not furnish legal advice.
• V'AVPOEM— C; M.; .VCity.; Who wrbte
the; poem, entitled * "The Mark of ; the
Man Child?' //'/ :" .
r This poem .is/ said to have ; been writ
ten" by Lord Byron; ' : btit.it /does not' ap
pear in his published works."
TIME— M. A. C, City. -What is the
difference iln .time between" San" Fran
ciscoi'and!Chicago?.., ' ; : .
When it is noon in San Francisco it'is
2 LIO/p.' m. '\u25a0' in" Chicago. ' ;
| -Imitating French Cheese: j
,-.j About ,2,000 ; imported empty , Camem
bertfcheese?boxes,'/bearing' the names
of well/known/ French cheeses.V were
imported 5 at' Newi-York : on ione'steamer
recently./; Duty; had .to .be paid/on, the
printed -/matter , on'f their .2,000> labels,
and another "duty 'on:; the .Imported
boxes \u25a0 s .According; to ;a New >York i trade
journai;;.theße-boxes 'arei distributed -in
New /York 5 stated filled ; and : sold • in", this
cbuntfyi?>^.nd /frepresented /as/ being
made\l abroad.",'-?' It > v ; is ' said . that /many
dealers Kiolaim '.•'_ that /their, domestic
cheeses/; when' put.lup in ' the '.imported
boxes /cannot' be . told . f rom"< the ' import
ed'brands "exceot ; by ; experts.
FEBRUARY 18, 1908
THE INSIDER
Relates the romantic story connected Wltn t^ ie
fabulously valuable pigeon eye ruby worn.by
Colonel Andrews, and how he got it at a song
E r VERYBODY knows Colonel Andrews
of this city, and every one who has
.. _ o - looked at him has noted that for many
years he has worn a ruby set in a circlet of diamonds for a scarf pin, yet
there are few who know the value of that pin or the story connected with it.
In 1854 the colonel, who but a few years before had come to this state
from Mexico, where he served as a captain in the army in the war with
Mexico, was in Nevada City,-where he saw the once prominent adventuress
actress, Lola Montez, in a hotel lolling on a lounge, smoking cigarettes and
sipping cognac. She" passed over to him a ruby ring which she took from
one of her fingers, and said she.wanted to sell it, for she needed money.
She also told him that while she was the friend of Louis, king of Ba
varia, he who created her countess of Landsfeldt in 1846, but of whose
downfall she was the principal cause, he had presented it to her.
— The.colonel, who has always prided himself on being a judge of gems,
after a time purchased it from her for $1,000, but. though judge as he was
at the time, he was not aware of the prize he had secured. In his younger
days he.went to Europe, making a tour lasting eight years, and while abroad
he was astonished to receive'many offers for the gem, one offer being $15,000,
not because of its historical value, but because of its rarity. During his travels
in Europe the colonel endeavored to match it, but was unable to do so,
and up to the present time has been unable to discover or hear of a mate
to-his pigeon, eye ruby. ,
Upon hh return to this city a member of the Crocker family offered
$20,000 for the gem, but the offer was refused by the colonel, who decided
that it would be something to, be able to say that he is the owner of the most
valuable ruby scarf pin in the world. _ _-__
BrOwnsOtl Keeps
Sbipmate'S Memory
amiss with Rear Admiral Brownson. Lawless had occasion to write to the
admiral a few weeks ago, and in his letter mentioned the fact that they were
once shipmates. "But that was 40 years ago," the captain wrote, "and as
you.have not seen me since nor heard of me it is^ hardly possible that time
has not erased your recollection of ray existence."
In due time the admiral's reply came to hand. The letter was written
at a time when the gallant old sailor must have been deep in the work ot
preparing the fleet for its long voyage. Here is the part that made Captain
Lawless happy: W&Ki * .... ..
. "I remember you very well. You were an apprentice on the old Mohican
and held the rating of captain of the mizzen top. 1 recommended you for
promotion and before you left the ship, I think it was in 1870, at Mare island.
I had the pleasure of handing you your appointment as master's mate."
„
Lawless to Meet
Former Shipmates
an apprentice and on the training ship Sabine enjoyed the friendship \i two
chum apprentices, Vreeland and Sutherland. . Lawless left the navy and
entered the merchant service. His chums were appointed later to Annapolis
and they now are on their way here. Captain Charles E. Vreeland as com
mander of the battleship Kansas and Captain \W H. H. Sutherland as skipper
of the New Jersey. . ; '
r-|-«HE last of the season's Gayety
« I club dances /will take- place.' to-
I night in very delightful circum
;:-*" stances. Miss Helene Irwln is to
be hostess, and the Irwin ballroom,
the handsomest private ballroom in the
city, has been offered to the membersof
the Gayeny club for their last assembly.
The 30 members of the club, all girls,
will have as .their guests a score of
society's girls who are not members and
about 60 men. so the big room will be
well filled.- Supper will be served at
1. o'clock, .after which there will be a
few more .dances.
While the dance is going on Mr. and
Mrs. Irwin will entertain some of their
friends at bridge; upstairs. The tables
willbe scattered through the large red
drawing room and the library. The
prizes wlll.be awarded ( at. midnight and
supper served. Mr. and Mrs. Irwin's
guests will be Mr. and Mrs.' Peter Mar-]
tin, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Carolan, Mrs.
Joseph Bryant Crockett, Mr. and Mrs;
Timothy Hopkins. Mr. and Mrs, J. A.
Folger, Mrs. James Robinson, Mr. and
Mrs. William H. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs.
W. Mayo Newhali, Mrs. Ira Pierce. Mrs.
Hyde-Smith. Mr. and Mrs. George Lent,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Xuttall, Dr. and
Mrs. James Keeney. Mr. and Mrs. R. P.
Schwerin, Dr. and Mrs. Alexander Gar
ceau, Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Scott. Mr.
and Mrs. Patrick. Calhoun, Mr. and Mrs.
Mountford Wilson.
• • •
The blossom fete, which Is to take
place, at the Fairmont hotel the after
noon and evening of February 29.
promises to eclipse any affair of its
nature that has taken place here for
years. Rehearsals are. going on daily
among the : young people of .the smart
set and gay little kimonos are being
made in almost all the big homes of the
Western addition. In the afternoon. the
youngest girls and boys, will take part,
and these are now being drilled by Miss
Julia Heynemann. assisted by Bruce
Porter; and William Carrigan. In this
group are the. children of some of the
patronesses,- the little sons and daugh
ters of Mrs. McLaren. Mrs. Sherman,
Mrs. Otis, Mrs., Hobart and Mrs. Eyre
and several other society matrons. * \u25a0
In the evening almost .all the debu
tantes will take part, some of those
who -are especially 'interested: being
Miss Louise "Boyd, Miss Julia Lang
horne, Miss. Natalie Hunt. Miss Florlde
Hunt, . Miss Alexandra Hamilton, Mrs.
Clarence* Carrigan, Miss Martha Cal
houn, Miss Ethel Cooper, Miss Margaret
Thompson, Miss Christine Pomeroy,
Miss Lucile Wllklns,' Miss Helene Irwln.
Miss Mary Keeney, Miss Susanne Kirk
p'atrlck,/ Miss Kathleen Finnigan, Mlas;
Gertrude^ Hyde-Smith, Miss Frances!
Howard,: Miss Leslie Page and Miss
Anita Milliard. The tableaux in which [
they will take part are to~be managed I
by Theodore Wores./ |
On; the* committee of ; decorations are
Miss Lucy "\u25a0 Coleman, : Miss / Mary Find
ley,-Miss Helen Wheeler. Miss Ella Tay
lor.VMrs. Clarence Carrigan and Dr.
Harry L. Tevis. •
Miss 'Angus gave a valentine
luncheon 'to a j dozen*. girls Friday last,
Conditions in California
The .California Promotion commltts« wired to its eastern - bureau y«*terday v fol
. / California, temperatures for the last 24 hours:
•Eureka ...:,...\u25a0..' ............ ....Minimum 38 Maxiaiam* S3
Ban Triincisco ;..'.. ...........:.... .Minimum 46...... v*Ti7mim 86
San Diejo .................. . ..Minimum 46 Maximum 82
The annual. citrus : fair' opem toaonow,, at Clorardale. - Sonoma eoanty. "
Vessels paisicg • through the Gclden Gate daring the past month, 637.
";.;^Th6ra i i»;»ctivity in tia plintinj,of sarar beets in the - upper Sacramento vallsy.
Seven thousand. acres; axe to be planted to supply. one factory at Chico, Butte county.
• v ~ The t-round' floor 'and public rooms of the annex: on * the , Hotel St * Francis, in Praell
and. Geary streets, San Francisco, \u25a0will be finished'in'three months, and th« entire struc
ture -will be completed by September. 1303. The construction cost of this third winy will
be $1,000,000, - not I ineludina;" the ground 'lot* and " f nrnishia«i;. . When completed j the total"
cost iof the: hotel/ including the \u25a0 buildiajs, land. and' furniture. Twill have been $5,000,000.
It will take more than presidential lam
basting to convince Captain Thomas Law-
] eS3 of this city that there is aught
Captain Lawless expects to meet two other
former shipmates when the big fleet arrives
at tnis port. Lawless entered the navy as
The Smart Set
her guest of honor being Miss Jeanett-
Wright.. The table at which the guests
were,seated was daintily decorated with
hearts and spring blossoms, and the
name cards carried out the same idea.
Those present were Miss Mary Angus.
Miss Myra Palache. Miss _ Dorothy
Woods, Miss Jeanette "Wright. Misa
Marian Wright. Miss Anita Davis. Miss
Milward Holden, Miss Marie Butters.
Mrs. George Converse and Mrs. George
Herrick. V • :\
Miss Irene M. Tay, who has been tn
the-southern part of the state for sev
eral weeks, returned a few days ago
and has secured apartments at Holly
wood, in Sausallto, for the remainder
of the season. 8199
"William F. Herrin. Miss Katherin*
and Miss* Alice Herrin and Mlsa Elena
Robinson left the city in Mr. Herrln'a
private car and spent the last we»k de
lightfully by making a flying trip to
the mouth of the Yosemlte valley and
back. Except for the first few miles
the trip was made entirely in a track
motor, which proved a very novel and
enjoyable mode of travel.
'The Francis Carolans are at th©
Fairmont for a few days and will not
return to their Burlingame home until
after the Greenway ball Thursday
night.
Miss Margaret Mcc had Miss Mil
ward Holden as her gusst from Friday
to Monday last In the Mcc home la San
RafaeL
Mrs. George Howard and her son
George are spending a few days with
Mrs Howard's mother. Mrs. Henry
Schmledell..at Del Monte,
Miss Mary Keeney will be hostess at
dinner .tonight, , her guests being 12
maids and men of the smart set. The
dinner will take place in the Keeney
home in Clay street and is to be given
in honor of Miss Margaret Hyde-Smith
and /Walter/ Dlllingham. whose mar
riage takes place Monday i»xt. After
the dinner hostess and guests will at
tend the Gayety dance. / .
Mrs. Thomas • "Williams will give a
large card party In her home In Pacific*
avenue this afternoon.
Mrs. Frederick Funston. who has
been hostess at several informal teas
during the winter, '• will discontinue
herat home day until after Easter.
Miss Mabel Mason's marriage to John
Bishop will take place at noon tomor
row in Sausallto. About 150 friend
and relatives have been bidden to the
ceremony, which will be performed by
the Rev. Mr. Maxwell or Christ church.
Sausalito.
Miss Christine Judah, who was to
hare spent the remainder of the winter
and the spring with Lieutenant and
Mrs. Daniel Sheanat Fort Crook, will
leave the eastern post in a few days to
return to California. Miss Judah la an
only daughter, and it is in response to
urgent letters from home that she is
changing her plans.'