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SATURDAY EVENING OAKLAND TRIBUNE. MAT 1, 1909 THE GOSSIP for it happens so often in' these days as to seem all but inevitable. Town to have been no reason for the elopement, as Father and Mother Jeffreys seem quite satisfied with the match, and although Mother Jeffreys is reported to have fainted when shdwn the report of her; daughter's marriage i bothl parents unite- in praising Schmidt as a fine young man to whom Talk. EVELYN NESBIT'S "DELMAS" BROTHER OFFICERS AND "FIGHTING BOB" To speak ill of "Fighting Bob" JF.vans in "San Francisco amounts almost to lese majeste; it's like pelting pyramids. Undoubtedly, he's -a fine, gallant old sea dog; but that Iblqultous "but." For there are those his brother-offlcers who are not uite above a smile over their Scotches times when "Fighting Bob" Is Cushing and "Jim" Jenkins have been sweethearts since childhood, and their friends have been waiting for them to grow up to wed Miss Cushing is a bright, attractive girl and a great favorite in the; younger set.

She is a very natural, frank, boyish girl, and witty and clever, a trait she inherits from her mother. Dolly Cushing. was one of the debutantes of a season ago, and is a great friend of Claire Nichols, Helen Baker, Lou Foster, Martha and Margaret and that little and his wife had lived apart for more than a year. Under the terms of th decree Mrs. MacMonnies is to resume her maiden name of Mary Fairchild.

She receives the custody of the two children, though they are to be permitted to visit thejr father they or, he chooses. 1 The alimony granted is $240 a month. Mrs. MacMonnies has two; pictures in the present salon. She denies iherewas any Jealousy on the part of her husband because of her success in painting pictures, and says the divorce was en that they look askance on.

this latest move of the daughter and nlece-in-law. Another Kermess contribution to the stage, I hear, is Margaret Thompson. She is the youngest of the three Thompson girls, the eldest pi who, Kathleen, will become the bride of Charles Gilman Norris on the 30th of this month. Kathleen Thompson left on Friday last with Mrs. Norris, for New York, where the marriage will take place at the -home of her uncle, Rear-Admiral Lyon.

In a few weeks Margaret will go East to Join During the endeavors of a process- their daughter had been betrothed server to serve Evelyn Nesbit Thaw some years with their consent. exhibltion.without annihilating the offenders. Between courses, the benedict leaves his: place at the table, strolls around to his wife's chair and bestows on her a and lingering soiil Ttiss which, howeyer complacently she accepts, is decidedly embarrassing to those forced to witness it. Then jhe proceeds to caress! her neck, hej arms, her hair, and a dead, oppressive silence falls upon the com-paijiy iintil someone breags lit with a hysterical giggle or an inane remark, and conversation is resumed until the tend of the course, when the program is repeated. One of the bride's most intimate friends has emphatically declared! that she means to erect a screen in a cornor of her dining-room so that either the osculatory couple or the for So ust.

rs- I for re with papers in a suit brought against her for failure to pay a bill of $253 evidently. Miss Dbris yearned for one more sensational paragraph for imported lingerie, a half-dozen snakes were noticed by the startled server wriggling around on the floor mentioned. For they ask why the Fighting'? Evans, they point out, tirely friendly on both; sides. The been in only two fights in his life, of the apartment. Not until Mrs.

her, and her time in New York will bicoterie of close friends. Jim Jenkins spent ostensibly in visits to relatives3 related to the and is a Wasp. Thaw picked up one and began gardin'g herself before she entered the matrimonial oblivion. The Wasi. MOOD EXPRESSED BY MILLINERY At a St.

Francis luncheon' the other day the question of clothes, extrema styles, and the courage of those Who caressing it did the astonished man great favorite in the Ross Valley set. The wedding is to take place this summer. The tWasp. There is a sub-current of rumor that her leisure moments will be devoted to a study of the stage and how to come out of his trance and conclude he didn't have 'em. "Isn't this one a dear?" said Thaw, tenderly rest of the company may during.

NO SMUGGLER are brave enough to wear whatevesl MISS ILLINGTON WEEPS i- It begins to look as though Margaret Illington, too, was getting about all 4he newspaper publicity that she eoulcjl bear, up under. Recently in Chicago, when an ingenious' scribe for. IN BURLINGAME fashion dictates, was under dlscusslosv "I don't care," ws the assertion op twisting a garter snake around her necks and tying its head and tail' in a knot. "I call him Delmas, after the man who was Mr. Thaw's attorney at his first) trial.

He is so plump and graceful, you know." The process- the amatory intervals. Some one else has suggested that a manual of etl-quettej duly marked and annotated at the Chapter devoted to 'conduct and demonstrations in public, might answer the purpose. Town one of the girls, you can.tell a whol lot about a woman's disposition by thfcj (J the first at Fort Fisher, in 1865, where he was wounded; and the second at Santiago, in 1898, where he commanded the battleship Iowa. At Fort Fisher Kvans was in the naval brigade landed from Admiral Porter's fleet to storm the Confederate batteries. "When Evans fell, wounded, classmate, J.

H. Sands, now a retired Rear-Admiral, went to his as- slstance, tearing off a piece of his own shirt to bind up Evans wound. Leaving Evans in a protected spot. Sands pressed farther on toward the enemy. After the war Sands and a Jew others were recommended by a of Admirals for advancement In grade for gallant conduct, but successive Congresses failed to carry out 4tho recommendation, mainly owing, It la said, to the opposition of but clotnes sue weaw.

just tnen a uur- server aereed that the comparison get there, and in case she receives the encouragement she hopes for, her two-months' vlslf will be prolonged indefinitely. She is an exceptionally pretty girl of a pure blonde temperamentally fitted for the career she craves, so her friends are hoping that family opposition will be overcome and thaT she will not be obliged to relinquish her ambjtions in deference to conventions. Tow Talk. SNOBBERY OF THE SORORITIES The Alpha Sigma Sorority has been lingame matron, ptvlth anything, but a The rumor will not down that some of our most exclusive aristocrats of Burllngame know more than they are to tell about the mysterious five trunks filled with Parisian costumes and finery loved by women and valued at $25,000 which were confiscated by the Federal authorities in New York. It is said that there trunks are.

the cause MRS FULLER STILL was but it is possible that the courtly Delphin Michael might not. "That other snake is Jerome," con A HANDSOME WOMAN tinued, the sprightly Evelyn. "I call him that because he is always shooting his tongue out. I tried to teach of a good deal of uneasiness In our a pajper tackled her in all iieriousnesa for an interview corroborating! the statement attributed to her that she I would like even eleven babies a year, Miss! Illington dissolved into- tears. She had much sob about old-papers, that wouldn't leave a person alone aryhow; and it wag nobody's it, If she wanted to live like other' women? And she hadijt said eleven babies, either; "she hadn't said how many.

About -jthe only thing left for Miss Margaret that I can see, since her enthusiasm woulid jseeni to range far beyond the possibilities of a mere husband, is to smiling countenance, passed the tablo with a surly nofj and a grim glance. "Yes, indeed yoft can tell," assented another of the maids, "for there goes Mrs. nowj and she's wearing a bunch of lemons, on her hat." Town -''j'- -1. KIND WORDS OF ACTON DAVIES Concerning' the death of Harry him to smoke cigarettes, but they smart set. Thee reports, I am sure, emanate from some rude personwho William P.

who, after seven years of separation, has filed a suit for absolute divorce from her husband, is still very handsome woman of youthful appearance, though she has a son 21 years of age; therefore, her friends believe she may marry again when her decree be- made him Thaw seems to be rather hard pressed for cash. Nobpdy can accuse her of a lack of wishes to propagate a scandal at the expense of our smart set. It is in resource, though. The lingerie bill was contracted at the store of Mis3 eating, drinking and making us merry in annual convention. What the Alpha Sigma Sorority may happen to be I have not the slightest idea, but I gather from my reading of their proceedings that they are something in conceivable thai there are any smugglers among the elect of San Francisco comes final.

She was Miss Laura Pike Gillig, of whom; mention' was made society. Incidentally it is incredible that the Government officials are beforei her marriagre with Mr. Fuller. last week, Acton Davies, the famous dramatic' critic of the New York Hartung, Mrs. Thaw giving as security an oil painting of herself: "Be very oareful of it," she admonished, solemnly.

"It's worth $2000." Miss Hartung was careful all right she failed the Greek letter curricula of feminine thinking of summoning the Carolans a pretty girl of the; robust type, who i get a Job somewhere as matron of a 1 I 1 was as witnesses in the United States Evening Sun, who was recently a visitor to San Francisco, has the fol Court. What do the Carolans know xtremely; popular in 'society, she was a little girl the Pike lived on Golden Gate avenue, When family snobbery of our high schools and university. These societies are, by legislative enactment, unlawful as they have appertained to the high schools about smuggling? To involve Francis to collect her bill. Then the. oil painting was sold at public auction.

then qalled.Tj-ler street, in a plain, Carolan in this Inquiry would be as ab no? It la hard to believe that any man, because his- own promotion would Jhav been hindered, would have hindered, the promotion of those who aUded him on the battlefield. Still, this 4a the story of his brother-officers md 'Flghtlng and what his kbrothrofflcers have to say. The' fcWasp, (WHY THEY TAKE OFF THEIR HATS Th women of the Palo Alto Pres-'bytrlan Church have agreed to discard their hats while attending divine worship. It Is a pleading innovation, but there does not appear to be any reason for it. It.

is an ancient Jest It brought Just $6. The Wasp. surd as to try to implicate our inval founfiling; asylum. Or she might start hatching them in Incubators. The Wasp.

WHEN THE JAPANESE, CRUISERS COME I The coming of the Japanese cruisers and jthe entertainments which are to be given in honor of the visitors at the of California; but a little thing like that doesn't feaze the young women who comprise- the membership of the nerable civic patriot, Mr. Rudolph Spreckels, who hasn't been over to Europe since 1904, when he made the various "chapters" some of the lowing to say in the Sun: "The death of Harry Gillig in Los Angeles will; be a blow to the members' of his old stamping ground, the Lambs Club, and no jmore popular man than Harry Gillig ever, came from the "Vt'est to this old town. Debonair, handsome, a wit, a globe-trotter, a cosmopolite If ever tber was one, generous- to a fault, and as big-hearted as God ever makes them, Harry. Gillig as a char-" trip with Mr. James D.

Phelan. The comfortable house of no pretensions to artistic architecture. The Finne-gans lived in the same block, also the Bljow family so prominent later In Oakland, Mrs. Fuller is considered one' ofj the best-dressed women of her set. Before the firm of Whittier, Fuller Co.

dissolved the senior partner forming another concern, the younger members of both families use to be freshest of these buds and blossoms even went so far In their denuncia Carolans are among Mr. Spreckels' most ardent aomlrers and warmest tion of the "horrid old laws" as to urge defiance of the statute in this Fairjmont brings to mind the storv; of sympathizers, and it wouldn't surprise case made and provided. But "saner me very much to learn that Mr, thie Chinese Prince, who, with the Extraordinary and Minister acter was unique. Furthermore, Spreckels, out of his passion for pun that women do not reason; but thai counsels, prevailed" and it was not necessary to call upon the police to Plenipotentiary, arrived with their en seen frequently in society ogether, I ishlng offenders against the Govern tourage "on a special mission' to this SOCIAL LIFE AT DEL MONTE Del Monte and vicinity are "in the; midst of the whirl ok things Just A number of Eastern parties have had their automobiles shipped to the coast, and with the regular contingent of California motorists, the roads are thronged. Two of the recent San Francisco bridal couples, Mr.

and Mrs. Joseph Welier Sefton, and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Selfridge, have been at Del Monte during the week. Miss -Mary Krout of who has been assisting Mrs.

Wallace in the preparation of the memoirs of the late General Lew Wallace, is makinsr a Miss Jennie WMttier -married Henry quell the rioters. Town Talk, i' ment, had resolved upon the prosecution of an inquiry into this very mat country, some time ago. Before the ship had docked the Prince, looking was a bully good friend and he. sang divinely. We doubt if aiy one will ever sing 'The Road to Mandalay' as he used to do'-prThe Wa.3P- NATIVE SONiAND' Bothih, from whom she some time since obtained a divorce.

Miss Mattie Whittier marred William Weir, and ter of smuggling, -which is one of the across the water at the beautiful white HISTORIC HOME SITE SOLD. sarcasm is neither smart nor true. These women of Palo Alto were certainly moved to their action by something more than mere femlnlnp -whim or impulse. Tet no reason is given. When the agitation for the removal of women's hats in the theaters was in progress reasons for the new fashion meanest ami most contemptible crimes Willie Whittier married Miss Eliza that a rich man can commit.

Town Talk. The Haggln property on Taylor beth Carroll. The Wasp. ACCOMMODATIONS street, between Clay and Washington, A The Grand parlor of the Native' Sons has Officially decreed that no. liquor be served kt any function held under the auspices of the order.

Durr has gone the way of many other hls- FOR BOW-WOWS were plentiful as blackberries; but the chief objection to the theater hat was TWAIN'S DAUGHTER A SINGER A tone ianq- possessions, unough a In the universal complaint of men Fairmont, crowning the Said: "Anjd whose is "the beautiful 'whfte palace I see?" "Your highness," answered! his "that is yours while you are in San Francisco." There wiltj be two important functions given at the Fairmont in honor of the visit-ing Japanese Officers. One will be a grand reception by the merchant and civic bodies 'in the ball room and the other! an imposing banquet by the Japanese diplomatic officials of this port? in honor oif their countrymen. large price was realized by the sa'le ing the deliberations resulting In th4 patrons of the theater that he hats of Miss Clara Clemens, the daughter visit to California, and for the present "stopping at Del Monte. Hayter Reed of Montreal, manager of a combination of sixteen or eighteen Canadian 105,750 there are many -of our old JJme aristocrats who, with melan rule, there was a strenuous attempt of Mark Twain, has made her debut women obstructed the view' of the stage. This objection cannot tw urged I Club is about to build, a home, and, so I hear, some novel features '-'will be introduced.

Chief of these is to be a dog; room, for the accommodation of the aristocratic canines, and as there is scarcely a member of the organization tyho is not as a contralto singer in the East, but, chcly ruminate on how different the block will look when smart new resi made by the wine influences to have an exception made in favor of California table wines. Notwithstanding the fact according to the comments she has against the church hat. There is a reason, however, and a good ona for the action of the women of the Palo Alto congregation. Th" latest fashion dences rise on the ruins of the Hag-gin-Tevis homes. The Haggln house that there 'were in the Grand Farloi i Town Talk.

hotels, is visiting all the big resorts in California see how such things are done in the West, and Lieutenant jan Mrs. Emory Winship, P. C. Harris land Lieutenant J. W.

Ward are added to the military list. Lieutenant Wrad, who is at Pacific Grove ora month, is now stationed at Fort Douglas, Utah! was much than that of the Tevls family, and as the Hagglns tn women's hats is so grotesque that not' succeeded in making any very great impression. The daughter of America's -premier humorist Sang a program embracing Handel, Schubert, Schumann, Strauss, but it Is said that her tones were uneven and muffled, although she sang with considerable feeling. The It concentrates the bulk of attention rarely came West their place was left SOCIETY 1 EXPECTANT of every member of every congrega- the mistress of a pampered pet, the innovation will be regarded eon-cessionj to necessitj-, for charming little accompany 'their, owners everywhere, and it is often a problem to know how to dispose of them for an hour or two, with due consideration, of their own and their mistresses' to a caretaker and the immense gar-' den allowed to run wild. When Dr.

tlon, spiritual or secular. Nothing dominates the new-fashioned hat of He was at Monterey when the troops Harry Tevls came into possession of his parents' residence, he had it com modern woman. No preaching, bow first came to the Old Capital, and as several wine growers, the order "was permitted to stand. In 'that the mem-'' bers of the Grand Parlor show that native good -sense, for which Callfor-nians have always been noted. Mem- bershipyjn the order can be had by an 18-year-old boy.

It was rightly' argued that a Native Son parlor banquet was no place to set before a youth whose character was not formed wines and liquors which, ho perhaps would fhot be permitteld to have at and would not himself enter a saloon to. secure. The. er or eloquent, can hold a congrega pletely remodeled, with an observa sisted in laying out the grounds and locating the buildings of the tton against the whimsical appeal of tory In the tower. Will Tevls built social rank and importance.

Children, of course, can be left at home in the The friend3 of a certain wealthy and socially "prominent woman of this City wished her "bon voyage" last week; accompanying the wjth hearty congratulations and good The lady 'Was starting eastward on what gave1 every1 appearance of being an ideal honey Judge and Mrs. Hyland. who will make himself a brand-new house, but Mil lionaire Haggln let his old home go to 1 th Queer hats Town Talk. WEALTHY YOUNG. HEIRESS HEARD FROM nursery, but dogs are.

another story. It Is niianifestly impossible to leave them In the street or on the steps, and ih the, bridge room there is alwavs the i possibility of their cheating a disturb- KILLING THE GOOSE It Is a matter of common and regrettable knowledge in financial and banking circles that the down-town section is in a very serious way. The daily press, moved by a laudable but possibly mistaken motive, is combined to suppress reports of the true condition of affairs. But the situation is a grave one, nevertheless, and rack and ruin, which the fire of 1906 completed. The flqjtMrs.

Haggln and Mrs. Tevls were sjsters, by the way the Misses Saunders of Sacramento Southern women of social prominence a tour of Europe later in the year, are guests of Dr; W. T. Jamison. MrV and Mrs.

Francis Sullivan, Miss Alyce Sullivan and Frederick Laurence Murphy are visiting the Harveys, partly as a relaxation from the pre-nuptial gaieties that have been showered upon the young people. Town Talk. 'X rtry interesting bit of gossip ance which would Interfere even progress of the game. with the So, after come from across the water regard me old Haggln and Tevls house A NEWHALL WITTICISM Ting attractive and very wealthy due deliberation and consultation, the were built again shortly after the sis young heiress, Miss Azalea Keyes. married the milllonalrepartners, moon trip.

Four days later her attorney here was; surprised to receive a wire from Chicago, reading: "How much will it cost to 'get-a divorce right away? Answer." It was from the bride, and now the particulars are being awaited: The Wasp. LOST OUT OF THE LIME LIGHT i Mls Keyes, who: has been traveling At the Pacific Union Club the other j. u. iiaggm ana Lloyd Tevls. The night, the topic of conversation hap calls for comment.

Many of the stores along Market street from In Europe since the death 0f her father, Winfleld Scott Keyes, Is now reported engaged to a good-looking pened to be the approaching Nei CARUSO'S HORN OF PLENTY president pi the club and -thearchi- tect have put i their heads I together, and the result is this spacious well aired and comfortable dog room. As yet wei have not learned the partlcu- lars whether kennels cages are to be provided or whether the canine i contingent of the Francesca is to wan- hall-McBean wedding. Mayo Newh? Wasp. MARRIAGE OF ONE 0F.THE WHITNEY SISTERS was, as a matter of course, the recipi- ent of congratulations, felicitations, and possibly, expostulations, for when Not Very much ado was made over sdjer at liberty- under supervision of the hurried marriage last, week of the Montgomery to Fifth are Just keeping above water, and that is all. The proprietors of one of the largest retail stores on Market street stated confidentially that they would willingly forfeit six months' rent to be free of their lease'.

Many of the big and small stores along Montgomery and Kearny streets, and in the new retail section, are in the same predicament. The business is not there to warrant the rents which, in 'their enthusiasm to get back down town, the proprie spectacular Miss Doris Jeffreys and a young man by the name of Schmidt; A wedding which will Interest so-j ciety people on both sides of the bay; owing to the prominence of the bride's is that of Miss Ethel Whitney of Oakland and Charles Allen of New York, which took place On April 24th in Litchfield, at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. Sey When Enrico Caruso sailed for Europe recently to give- his voice 'a rest, it is said he took with him a chest of gold as big as a vault in the sub-treasury. The cargo of good, full-weight American eagles wfs chiefly accumulated by the tenor singing into phonograph h.ornsj Ca-; ruso, it is said, gets the highest price paid to any singer in the World fofe special, attendants, but In any event, Ahe dog1 room is an assured fact. Most of first-class hotels in the east i make special provision for the comfort i i i their canine guests, and, no doubt, before Francesca building is com I young loreigner residing in x-aris.

I Miss Keyes' relatives here do not deny that the young lady Is engaged, but profess great ignorance of her in-; tended, although they acknowledge that he is a very eligible party, and that Miss Keyes will shortly-become i a bride. Miss Keyes Is a niece of I Alexander D. Keyes, who married Miss Kate Salisbury. She is a close friend of Miss Molly Dutton, and as Miss Dutton spends much of her time "on the ether slda," sh and the far Azaroa are much together. The 'Wasp.

and -yet some three or four years ago the society; columns of the dailies were filled; descriptions of the fascinating! young lady and the vari mour Cunningham, formerly Stephanie. ous foreign noblemen and society pleted, a special emissary will be dispatched to investigate and report on Whitney, whose baptismal name was tors signed long-term leases for. 'They the latest improvements and innova beaux who formed her lengthy train of admirers. With her parents Miss Jeffreys resided at the Hotel Rafael, some friend asked, "Now, what do you think of the match yourself, New-hall?" he answered, "Why, I'm satisfied. Margaret isn't doing at al as well as her mother- did4 but hes a yery nice chap Just the same." Town Talk.

JIU-JITSU FOR THE SUFFRAGETTES London suffragettes do not relish their encounter ciwith the police. To ward against apyf more "rough house" work on the part ofgreat, horrid, burly men, they are going into train- ing to learn JiU-Jitsu. Mrs. Garrud a prominent member the movement, is a pioneer in the Jiu-jitsu idea. She says it is very easy to overthrow by such methods any man who at tions.

Town Talk, are now commencing to find the situation embarrassing. The Wasp. and cut no end of a dash there. She his records. When singing into the machines, he adds to his bank roll by Just precisely $500 per minute.

It. is noticed that he never gets ahead of time with his allegrettos, either; and if he errs ever so slightly in an adagio it is generally on the rallen-tando end. Since he has been- singing Caruso has made thirty-one rec THE MACMONNIES DIVORCE DEFYING THE HOODOO was a strikingly; beautiful girl, and always dressed in the. extreme of fashion. A splendid equestrienne, she captured two prize cups offered at the celebrated paper chases those beatowed on her in! remembrance of her uncle, the late Associate Justice Stephen J.

Field of the. United States Supreme Court. Never were there five more popular and interesting girls In the same household than the Whitney sisters, daughters of the late Senator George and AJrs. Whitney. MolUe Whitney is now Mrs.

George Hughes. Violet and Anita are still single. Miss Ethel, recent bride, the youngest of the family, resided in Washington GRADUATE OF THE KERMESS The date of the wedding of Margaret Bender and Philip Young Is May 2 2d. paper. Phases enjoyed by society, but The fact that Mrs.

Horton Phlpps has been caught by the glare of the footlights once more is a matter of no great surprise, "in "oclal circles. Report nevertheless figuring not a little in famous libel suits Which the Baron von Schroeder and Mr. John D. ords than any other singer: This gives no Idea of his earnings, however, as three; impressions are always made of each record, and many of them even have to be resung. His voice, though, ha been! seriously impaired by the strain.

The Wasp. Before the boulevards and the salons of Paris have had time thoroughly! to recover from the surprise causedj by the news that Frederick MacMonnies, American sculptor, and Mary, artist wife, have been separated by a formal divorce for the last six months, rumor already is busy w'ith a story which, if it proves correct will furnish a romantic so-quel. it is that Mr. MacMonnies soOn will marry a pupil, Miss Jones jof -California. It is recalled that the wealthy Misa Jdnes passed several months last year in Giverny, where MacMonnies has his home, and for many years, with her aunt, Mrs.

Condlt-Smlth, whose death last year caused the' postponement of the wedding. Mr. Allen Is a Jawyer of some prominence in New York and a son of Brigadier-General Allen, U. S. A.

The young couple will reside permanently in New York.Town Talk. POPULAR COUPLE ENGAGED SUCH A LOVING COUPLE Evidently Miss Bender takes no stock in superstition, for not only is she willing to be married in May, but the date selected falls on a Saturday, "no luck at all," and, as if that were not sufficient, the engagement ring is- a beautiful opal surrounded by diamonds. To offset 'the evil omens, those who have! met the groom pronounce him an 'exceptionally fine fellow, good looking, attractive and well endowed with goods and gear. He will arrive during the course of the coming Week, and everyone is looking forward to meeting the man who -has succeeded in luring away another of California's talented daughters. Miss Bender has a host of warm friends who regret that after her marriage her home will be in the East, but so tempts to lay rough hands on a woman.

"We shall have a moclc sut-fragette meeting," she says, "and it will be invaded by a number of sup-posed rough men who will attack us. Then the fun will begin. I shall 'try my Jiu-jitsu on them, throw hem, and the girls will hold them, down. -It will show fceWj It is possible for women affectively to defend them-' selves against ejen the strongest and Biggest of menrt I have at present about twenty-fi ire members' of the league who are earning Jiu-jitsu anA they are makin excellent progress. The spectacle et a gathering of Lon-- Spreckels and the Call fought back and forth some couple of years ago.

Miss Jeffreys always wore a striking ridingjgarb, which did much 1 to spread her fame over the country side, though perchance it would be less remarked nowadays, eince Miss Eleanor Sears of Boston and the Ncwhall girls have introduced men's attire for fair equestriennes. However, Miss Jeffreys, in spite of her beauty and dash, failed to keep her place in the spotlight, and but little has been heard of her recently, the family having1' moved to Berkeley meanwhile, until she again burst It that the stage was her chosen I career before marriage and that the Kermess, with its attendant excitements and applause awakened the dor-. niant Inclination, so she is now to take her place again in vaudeville. Her con-' tract for an engagement of some weeks has duly signed, and the matter has progressed beyond the stage of "they say." It is said that the husband does not altogether approve of his wife's course. He be-longs to a family more devoted to church than to state or stage, and his mother and hln Miss Suzanne McEwen, president of the Doctor's Daughters, are always foremost in iurch movements.

It Is supposed The guests at one of the season's largest and most fashionable dinners were treated to a diversion dare one call It a side show? by the performance of a young married couple who evidently Tare yet too much absorbed in each to remember surroundings and the It seems to be an established custom with them, however, and society is meditating on some method of putting an end to the 1 that the sculptor was more than ordinarily attentive. Just whO jMiss Jones Is we are unable to state; the name, though sounds familiar. Little has been learned as to the grounds on which 'the MacMonnies was granted, although desertion is the A very pleasant piece of news la that of the engagement of Miss Eleanor Cushing, of Mrs. and Mrs. Sidney B.

Cushing of San Rafael, to James i Jenkins, also a dweller of Marin county, and a member of the exclusive Ross Va'lley set. don women upending Stalwart and''. fame by running away and marrying corpulent peace guardians would certainly prove inspiring. The Wasp, ciety is becoming reconciled to that. technical charge made.

The; sculptor Jwith the said Schmidt. There seems.