Colonial Times to Be Revived by Society of East Bay CitiesCOMING MONTH TO

SEE MANY AFFAIRSWashington's Birthday Celebra-

tion Lends Chance for

Costumes Display

OAKLAND, Jan. —The coming

month will witness several delightfulaffairs, the celebration of -Washington's

birthday anniversary lending an op-

portunity for the revival of the colonial

times with the rich loveliness of itsquaint dress and appointments. It isthe custom to observe the day withcharming: informality' at the ClaremontCountry club, out of door sports, with aseries of luncheon and dinner partiesfilling1 in the hours before the ballwlitch round? out the occasion.

The Claremont club, among whosemembership has been formed an assem-bly, has planned a colonial ball forFebruary 22, when all the guests arerequested to wear the costumes of a"century ago.

The appointments of the Friday Night

club of Berkeley, whose next dance willtake place February 23, will be carriedout with the colonial motif. The direc-tors of the Oakland club will enter-tain with a ball and card party in Unity

hall Wednesday evening, February 21,when again the time of George Wash-ington will be reproduced in the deco-rations and. in the gowns of the receiv-ing party.

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The calendar of the early week isfilled with social dates which will oc-cupy the time of the smart set. perhapsthe most brilliant event of the monthbeing the large reception which Mrs.Frank Watson will give Thursday ather home in Adams point. Mrs. "Wat-son has sent out several hundred cards

Among the hostesses who will enter-tain bridge clubs during the comingfew day? are Mrs. J. Pym Neville, whois planning a southern luncheon forthe members of the Monday dub; Mrs.Mdylan, who will entertain the mem-bers of the Cosmos club at luncheonMonday afternoon, and Mrs. CharlesRodolph, who will open her East Oak-land home Tuesday evening to friends

are meeting- together frequently.Mrs. George Wilhelm will entertain ascore of Piedmont matrons Monday atbridge.

With Mir^s 'Loreua Knapp as herguest of honor. Mrs. Cyrus "WilliamAbbott will entertain two score friendsfit cards Wednesday at her Adams pointhome. Miss Knapp is the fiancee ofLeo J. McCarthy, her wedding beingplanned for the middle of June.

Friday Night club and the Juniorbly Will give their Februarya on the same night tttis

dividing the interest of the smart set.Friday evening, also, Miss L,oie Hollandwill give a bouse dance, making MissHazel Laymanre and her fiance, HenryHeilbron, the guests of honor.

Mrs. A. K. P. Harmon, who was for-merly Miss Grace Stalder, has been en-tertaining in her southern home herfaster in law, Mrs. Joseph Staider. ThisB ;mm«=-r Mrs. Harmon will be welcomedto Oakland on a visit.

A score of friends included in oneof the afternoon clubs were entertainedthis week by Mrs, Frederick Snowden,who provided a game of bridge and teafor her guests.

Miss Elizabeth McNear was a dinnerhostess of the week, entertaining herguests at the Claremont Country club.Covers were laid for a score of friends.

# * *A daughter has made her advent mi

the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Oliver.Mrs. Oliver, whose .'.wedding was an ;event of a season ago, was formerly

Miss Minnie Culver.

* .'• * *Forty guests enjoyed the hospitalityof Mrs. Joseph Warner on Friday even-ing-, when she provided military euchreand supper for their diversion.

* * *Mr. Clifford Pruett was a hostess of '\u25a0

the week, entertaining 75 guests- at

cards and tea. Mrs. Milton Quigley was •the honor guest of this first elaborate 'affair which Mrs. Pruett has given since i

her marriage of the late summer. Both ;Mrs. Pruett and Mrs. Quigley are brides jof the season.

* * *Mrs. Milton Quigley entertained to-

day, asking her friends to [ meet Miss jEdith Fern Snow, who recently joinedthe ranks of the engaged girls.

* * *A number of friends will cross thebay Thursday to acept the hospitalityof Mrs. Edward Keeffe, who will enter-jtain with an informal bridge party forlMrs. Edward Hall Lodge.

* * *Early in the week Mrs. Edward Engs

opened her Piedmont home for luncheonand bridge to a coterie of matrons whoare meeting frequently in an informalway.

* * *The departure of Dr. Lillian Yardley

and Mrs. George Brunton for Australiaafter a visit of some length as the houseguests of Mrs. Mouritz, is a matter ofregret to the many friends made in thebay cities by the two English women.Dr. Yardley is a -surgeon of the Britishgovernment and is stationed in India.Both women have been delightfullyfeted during their sojourn in this partof the state. Mrs. Mercy Edwards, whoentertained the January meeting of theLadies of the Round Table, made themher guests of honor this week.

* * *This evening the first dance of thespring season of the Saturday Nightclub was a prettily appointed affair,'inwhich 150 of the younger set took'part.The patronesses of the club are:Mrs. Herbert

prettily appointed affair, in50 of the younger set took part.ixonesses of the club are:hert Br»orJ [Mrs. Ah -•\u25a0\u25a0-•

Mrs. Henry M. Ball Mrs. Warren CheneyMrs. William Halbert [Mr*. William Hums

1 Mrs. James Maclise Mrs. <>. W. Perkins

Miss Ida May Bradley is one of theOakland women who is becomingknown as an interpreter of classicalliterature. Much of her earlier workwas done in the local clubs.

lira. Churchill Taylor Is giving aseries of dinner parties during the lat«Tseason, in which she is including hercloser friends in congenial groups. Be-fore the beginning of Lent she is ar»

ranging two affairs, the dates of whichhave not yet been named.

** * *Mr. and Mrs. Lee Cole Burnham arespending the winter across the bay.

* # *Announcement is made of .the marri-age of Frederick Quandt, son : of Mr.and Mrs. A. Quandt of Piedmont andMiss Cora Sturm. The wedding tookplace Thursday evening. January IS. Inthe German Methodist church, and wasattended by 200 guests. The bride worethe conventional satin gown, with veiland orange blossoms. Her 1 aunt, Mrs.'Annette Sturm, served as the matronof honor, with Miss Pearl Sturm. :lMissLillian Quandt, Miss Hulda Runeckerand Miss Katie Anthony as bridesmaids.Hattle Sturm, Esther Sturm, Ula Sturmand Genevieve Sturm were the \flowergirls. The best man was A. Martens.Theodore Quandt, Paul Pflueger, CarlRunecker and Walter Steege were, theushers. The ceremony was read -byRev. 11. G. Hobart.

Ninety guests were Included in thereception and supper which followed at •

the home of the bride's parents,; Mr. jand Mrs. C. Sturm, in Berkeley. After jtheir honeymoon, Mr. and Mrs. Quandtwill reside in the bay cities. IMrs.Quandt was a student at the Univer-sity of California. She is gifted-as amusician. = : Quandt Is • engaged in busi-ness on this side of the bay.

In Berkeley Society '

BERKELEY, Jan. 27.—Berkeley, folkhave organized a new : dancing: club,which, under the name of the ThursdayNight Cotillon, will -hold dances atChase hall ,at regular periods. Theopening assembly was one of the lead-

ing affairs lof the kind given here this iseason. Among the guests ;and mem- 'hers who enjoyed the first occasion Jwere:Mr. ;\u25a0 and Mrs. Nelson Mr. and Mrs. W. N.

Andrews \u25a0 K>li«\v . ,

Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Mr. and Mrs..: W. G.Broich | ApplPton

Mr. and Mrs.*Blnmhpre ; Mr. and Mrs. BailpyDr. and Mrs. William Mr. and Mrs. C. A.

Billings BlanckMr. and Mrs. W. W Dr. Charles W. Brown

Bearhboard Mr. and Mrs. C. R.Mr. and Mrs. Chase. Dnnscomh " :*

Mr.'and Mrs. Fprrin Mr. «nd Mr». John ForDr. and Mrs. fJallaßhPr Mr. and Mrs. O. <;

Mr. and Mr*. Hartman Hoffman' -'v-.;.'^Mr. and Mrs. J. S. .Toss- Mr. and Mrs. B. C.

Irn HillMr..-and Mrs. H. P. Mr. and Mrs. R. Kni-k-

I^andon ' " crt>oirker ; . .

I party given at the H. L. Schnoor homeIn Grove'street last'; Tuesday evening.Progressive whist/ was: played, theprizes being won by Miss Eva Darling

and William Geary. The guests were:Mr. and .Mrs. W. Miss Kvs Darling

-:<;ear.v , Mr. and Mrs. T. H.i Mr. and «Mrs. H. Mar- Gilbert Jr. ,

tin Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Gil-; Mr. and-Mrs. B. Bull I bert .: Mr and Mrs Cliarles Mr. and Mrs. C. T.nwollCllbort Mr. M.I Mrs. Strait

; Mr. anil Mr-, Udell Mrs.; BrpwerMrs. I (arlli g •.,-.\u25a0** Miss Kahns r

Miss Harriet Stringhana entertainedI this week in honor of Miss DorothyBoericke, whose marriage early nextmonth; will be an event of San Fran-

jcisco society. Miss Stringnam is adaughter of the late Prof. Irving

I Stringham. : \»- Mrs.: James Warren Stitt was hostess

lat a- handkerchief .shower given in'' honor of Miss Ellen Downing.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Taylor ofClaremont next .month -will .give adancing party for their daughter, MissBerriice Taylor, a senior in Miss Head'sschool, who has not yet been formallypresented to society. Guests will in-

I elude several girls who will be debu-I tantes of the coming seasons.

Mrs. F. P. Morehead is planning sev-eral affairs in honor of her guest. MissDora Deer of Shelton, Wash. These

will take place during Miss Deer's stay

of a month at the Morehead home in\u25a0 Addison street.

The Week in AlamedaALAMEDA,' Jan. —Mrs. K. E.

Johnson of Hawthorne street has goneto Vancouver, B. C, where she willspend three months as the guest of herdaughter, Mrs. Colin Xicol. ' •

Kenneth> and Junior Medcraft. werehosts at an informal supper party attheir home in Paru street last Sundayevening. Among the guests were MissAnna \u25a0 Dodge, Miss Dorothy Tisdale,Miss Lorraine Jordan, Miss IlanallaMoore,, Roger Hayne, Jack Thomas andA. J. Jorgensen.

A. Dalton Harrison, with Mr. and Mrs.E.G. Lukens, departed Friday night forNew Orleans. From; the southern city

the parly will go to the Panama canal,

Brazil and Europe v returning to Cali-fornia in six month's.

Mrs. George Lamb of Benton streetentertained at bridge Thursday; after-noon in honor of Mrs. John H. Walker,

who is spending the winter in SanFrancisco. ' The . guests included Mrs.

Lewis Bissell, Mrs. J. Cal Ewing, Mrs.Herbert Page; Mrs. J. 11. Masterson,Mrs. Theodore iPoindexter, Mrs. Oliver

Haslet Mrs. Charles C. Hanley, Mrs.

.William Van Brunt, Mrs. Charles Kydd,

Mrs. Walter R. Hughes, Mrs. T. W. Ley-

decker,* Mrs. R. B. Foster and MissMiller.

George H. Mastick entertained a stagparty of 12 at dinner at the Mastickhome in Pacific avenue Thursday nigh*.

Mrs. Franklin Noah Dewey washostess this week at the meeting of theWednesday Bridge club. Sue was, as-sisted in receiving and entertaining herguests by Mrs. Edwin Pond James andMrs. Z. T. George.

Mrs. Ellen McXee and her daugh-

ter, Mrs. Percy Brown, have returnedfrom "Eureka and are guests of Mrs.Maurice W. Brown.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. | Mott enter-tained, at a dinner and dance at theTechau tavern in San Francisco :Tues-

Mr. and Mrs. F. 11. Mr.-and Mrs. V LucasLewis ' Mr. and Mrs. 11. Mc-

Mr. and Mrs. .1. V. ' \,'ill

M'n.l<Mihall , Mr. and Mrs. A. 11.Mr. and Mrs. C. A. N'ettlctonMueUor Mr. .in.l Mra. GeorgeMr. and Mrs. John S. Stodilard ;

Rom : ' Mr.'and Mrs. BtapletnnMr. and Mrs. l. Smith Mr." and Mrs. K. ;C.Mr. and Un, Jack ' Struttiors

-' S. ;i::on*f-r Mr. and Mrs. JamesMr. and Mrs. C. E. SnhaefTer

Thomas ' Mr. and Mrs. ScottMr. and Mrs. Barnes I -Whitaker *

The wedding of Miss Beatrice Ilerlitzand William Axford will take placeTuesday evening, : February 6, at thehome of Mrs. "C. I". ">Herlitz in Rosestreet. Miss Ora Scharpin will be thebride's only attendant.

Mrs. Fred Sliavely of Woodland wasguest of honor at a recent eveninggiven by Mrs. Fred i;. Moulton at theMoultOO home in Hearst avenue. ' Cardswere played, and;later a luncheon wasserved. Those who met Mrs. Shavelyincluded: ' -.!'\u25a0,*/,\u25a0Mr. and Mrs. George Mr. and Mrs. William

Bot.«ford No* - ..-' ;.-

Mr. and- Mrs. Welling- Mr.' and Mrs. Frederickton Black Kent- -

Mr. snd Mrs. Edward Mrs. Helen SturdyS"olv Miss Blackburn

Miss Justine O'Brien Phillip CarreyDale Wenrieh

Several of the university organiza-tions are planning dances for the open-ing of the ! college term, 'among thesororities to lead being the Delta DeltaDelta, which' has the Professor Far-rington home in Arch street. Therethe dance will be given." Hostesseswill I include Miss Marguerite - Ogden,Miss Edith Logan, Miss" GwendolynPowers, Miss Janet Hood, Miss"JuanitaKyberg and Miss fMildred Drake.

Several guests attended the birthday

day night in honor of their wedding

anniversary.. Covers were laid for -»guests,: including a number of personsfrom this:city./'\u25a0'.."Miss? Edna, Siegfried presided over a

bridge party at her.' home in Alamedaavenue Wednesday.' afternoon. Fifty,

players participated in the tourney.

The hostess was assisted in receiving

by'Miss Marguerite Carpentier, MissMary Bates. Miss Helen Anthony, MissLura Sargent, Mrs. R. B. Valleau. Mrs.Bayard Nourse, Mrs. William Schrotnand Mrs. William Ulrichs.

The Alameda assembly will give adance February • 9 in Adelphian hall.S. M. Haslett, Dr. W. R. Hughes andCharles Davis constitute the committeeof -arrangements.. V \u25a0

Mrs. Wynn red 1til has issued invi-tations; for a bridge party to be heldat her home in Union street next Mon-day. ':' . ' *• \u0084

Mr. and Mrs. C. IT. Howard enter-tained at whist Tuesday night.at theirhome in Walnut street. Their guests

included Mr. and Mrs. f. I. Peacock.Mr. and Mrs. Edward Albert, Mr. andMrs. Clifford Bacon, Mr. and Mrs.Charles Moody and Mr. and Mrs. CharlesParker.

Mrs. Gerald Brooks, who before hermarriage recently was Miss GraceRenner, entertained 10 friends at asewing bee Wednesday afternoon ather apartments In, Lafayette street.

Mrs. John Ten Bosch was hostess ata bridge club meeting at her home InParu strret Monday afternoon. Thjclub members! are Miss Helen Sullivan;Miss Edith Sullivan, Miss Isabelle an*Mi.-s Bess O'Connor, Miss MargueriteCarpentier, Miss Alice Poorman andIf!>. Ten Bosch.

Popular members of social sets of east bay cities, who take prominent part in round of entertaining.

OAKLAND ORDERED TOPUT $45,000 IN ESCROW

OAKLAND, Jan. 27.— The Bum of|45,0(K) wiil be deposited by the city ofOakland in escrow to secure the SamuelMerritt Hospital association againstpossible damages to property owned Ivy

the association and condemned by thecity for municipal wharf sites. Thesecurity was asked in case the city

should abandon the property afterstarting work »n it and disturbing itspresent condition.

THREE POSTMASTERS INCALIFORNIA APPOINTED

[Special Dispatch io The Call]WASHINGTON', D. C, Jan. 27.—The

following postmasters have been ap-pointed for California: Brooklane,Santa Cruz county. W. A. Hall, vice J.H. Logan, resigned; San Ardo, Montereycounty, T. Winchell, vice F. O. Smith,resigned, and Monolith, Kern county,

p C. Hurt, vice 11. A. Marx, re-signed.

ENGLISH CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS—StanfordI'nlvtrsity. Jan. 27.—The English club haselected the following- officers: President, F.H. Beach '12: vice president. Miss O. Work-man '12; secretary, Miss B. Crosby '12; treas-urer, M. M.'Fojrel '12. Beach is a member of.. I'M ,\u25a0 Beta Kappa scholarship fraternity amitook the -illrig role 1 last semester in the

I English club play, "The Compromise." MlnWorkman has taken the leading feminine part

'at most; of the recent. dramatic productions.

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. SUNDAY, JANUARY 28, 1912.24

Fourth Aye. CourtInthe Heart ofthe Fourth Aye. District

Big Roomy Lots as Low as BuildingRestrictions $2,000$15 J2O and $25 a Front Foot and $2,500

Fourth Avenue Court is one of the Fourth Avenue Court lots are allprettiest of all the Fourth Avenue within two or three blocks of the car-properties, line, on a splendid 100-foot macadam-

,, j. . r • ized boulevard, and only 15 minutesMany sites have a magnificent view b car from 12lh and Broadway .of the whole sweep of the bay.

The prices include— In the hiBhly imPortant respects ofVIEW, PRICE, TERMS and BEAU-

—Macadamized str TV OF SITUATION the Fourth Aye-

Concrete wai "ue properties of Wickham Havens\u0084r Incorporated are UNQUESTION-

—\\ ater mains ABLY SUPERIOR to any properties—and sewers. now on the market.

Terms as Low as $70 Down and $7 a Month;No Interest or Taxes Until July Ist

HOW TO GET THERETake the Fourth Avenue Cars—With the Red Star

On Broadway and Get Off at Everett Street

WICKHAM HAVENS INCORPORATEDEntire Top Floor

Oakland Bank of Savings Building, Oakland

MAKING WAY FOR J^^jL/XEJIiVQiLGQ MAKING WAY FOR

PROGRESS C Wri^^—LJitC<l=M.M»R*—^? PROGRESSTwelfth and Washington Sts., Oakland

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or prior to March 11th, 1912. . ,f. <fo_TfT { J> \ *

Time for Us to Get Ready to Move—Therefore We Announce

A Removal SaleOf High Class Merchandise which—for one reason or another—we do

not want to take with us

Sale Begins Tomorrow Morning, January 29— andLasts Until the Old Store Closes

AH goods entering this sale, and there are many from each department,have been marked at sacrifice prices

THRIFTY WOMEN WILL COME EARLY AND OFTEN