The elect ion of officers In the severalcourts is now in order, and In themonth following the election of the of-ficers for the ensuing term they willbeInstalled by the board of deputies.

The board of San .Francisco deputies

of the Independent Order of Foresters,

at Its meeting on the second Friday laNovember, decided to pay an officialvisit to the court inOakland on the lastTuesday InDecember. The board alsodecided to have a theater party sor^lline in February next

Independent Foresters.

Ivy Chapter has elected the followingnnmed: Mary Louise Reddlck, matron;

James Edward Gordon, patron: MaleWatscn Hendry, associate matron;

Eva *D'Ancona Salbury, secretary;

Carrie Augusta Anthony, treasurer;

Mrs. J. E. Gordon, ;conductress, andGeorgie Curtis Versalovich, associateconductress.

Oak Leaf Chapter has elected jllttle

Reed Watson as matron; Frank ReeveWoolsey, patron; EmilyAugusta Dan-iels, associate matron;. Cynthia Cather-ine Nelson Walter, secretary: JennieAgnes Resseguie. treasurer; Mary Mag-dalene Van Court, conductress, andCelia Williams, associate" conductress.¦ Berk*lej Chapter' has elected EvaMaude Stone as matron; Roy J. Young,patron; Alice Desire Marllave, associatematron; Anita May Sleeper, secretary;.

'Mission Chapter of the Order of the

Eastern Star, at its last"held meeting,

elected the following named officers forthe ensuing term: Dr. Louise BaconDeal, matron; Harry pa-tron; Hester Bell Oliver, associatematron; Josephine Clark .Backus, sec-retary; Mary. Zhin Thorp, treasurer;Lottie Jane Relss, ;conductress, andMargaret Bell ¦ Snell, Iassociate jcon-ductress. The same night the chapterballoted- on six candidates.

The Eastern Star.The last held reunion of. the "Ladies'

Auxiliary of. California Commandery

No..1.of, the jknights Templar was Inthe residence of. Mrs. S. A. McDonnell,who graciously tendered the use of herbeautiful jhome, :1212 Fell street, to theladles last week for the purpose of _acard party. There was progressivewhist and other games that ladies takean interest jin, and, vafter the playing,which resulted in the first prize beingwon by Mrs. George* Dyer and -JohnFraser Mclntosh,' and the second byMrs. M.

• Pearley '.and S.:A. McDonnell,

there was a programme of music. MissMcDonnell and Mrs/'-Marriner Camp-bell sang a duet and Walter Campbellsang several of.his favorite; songs- asonly he can sing them. After supperwas served a number of those

"present

spoke, 'among the number being Mr.Bragg, who recently returned from"away down in Maine," where he goesevery year to attend to the reunion ofthe pupils who attended in the little oldschoolhouse three score years ago.Those who made upthe'very pleasantgathering were: Mr:and;Mra. S. . '.A.McDonnell, Mr. and Mrs. WilliamRoderick Jones, Mr. and Mrs. T. J.Crowley, Mr.' and Mrs. ;E. P.. Heild,MrT"and Mrs. :C.• C. Moorehouse, Mr.and Mrs. Val Schmidt, .Mr. and

'Mrs.

R. L. Radke, Mr. and;Mrs. J.

'P. Jacg-

Ladies' Auxiliary, K. T. J. and Mrs. Broder (formerly MissLillian Agnes Morgan), who recently

were united in marriage in this city,

are well known in fraternal circles.Mr. Broder, who Is a business man ofPinole and has business Interests inCrockett, is a member of the MasonicFraternity, the Eastern Star, the Na-tive Sons of the Golden West, the Im-proved Order of Red Men, and Mrs.Broder is a member of several of thefraternal organizations, including theDegree of Pocahontas. The youngcouple have Just returned from a wed-ding trip In the southern part of theState and have taken up, their resi-dence In Pinole. This marriage waaa romance of the lodgeroom.

Fraternal Union.

Mr. Francis Carolan of San-Fran-

Mrs.,and ,Miss •Brown of San -¦. Fran-cisco, who are ;now in Paris, are ex-pected in-England In a few days. •

taken a much needed rest at her homeIn this city.;

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Mr. and Mrs. Joseph . Donohoe haveissued cards for a reception on Satur-day, November 28,.from 6.to 7 o'clock.

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f fj • ' ¦-•'',.• i•>"¦- ¦... Mrs. James D. Bailey and Miss Flor-ence Bailey have returned from their

!visit to Eastern cities and are at their• home, at 1915 Franklin street for the. winter. , . ., ¦ ,,^'v,''¦'.'=¦

'Mrs. Ruthers of San Francisco is now

in',London principally for the purposeof attending to some important mining. business In that city! Mrs. Ruthers isexceedingly pretty,' with-'rich goldenhair,' and is always a'/ubject of inter-est 1 to London on "account" of theromance of her marriage. It will beremembered that she was at schoolwhen Colonel Ruthers married her on'the eve of his departure for Cuba totake part in the war with Spain! Be-ing killed In this ,war his death lefthera widow. To spend Christmas with hermother, who is an Artist in San Fran-cisco, .Mrs. Ruthers intends ,to leaveLondon immediately after business ar-rangements .will allow, her, but is /ex-pecting .to return to London

_early

'in

the spring, possibly to study music.

Cisco has arrived at the Carlton Hotel,London, from Paris.

A QUARTET OF CHARMING DEBUTANTES, WHO HAVE MADETHEIR BOW AND WILL CONTRIBUTE TO.THE PLEASURES ANDATTRACTIONS OF THE,COMING SOCIAL SEASON.

ling, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Maundrell,

Dr. W. A. and Mrs. Atwood, Mr. andMrs. Eastman, Mr. and Miss Bracrg.Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Martensteln, Dr.and Mrs. T. B. DeWltt, Mr. and Mrs.Walter Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. A. M.

Cox. Mr. and Mrs. George Dyer, Mr.and Mrs.. John Fraser Mclntosh, Mr.and Mrs. Fred Marsh, Mr. and Mrs.James Young. Mr. and Mrs. GeorsceNewman, Mr. and Mrs. J. L.Prior, Mr.and Mrs. H. D. Nichols, Mr. and Mrs.T. L. Henderson. Mrs. George Haas,

Mrs. J. F. Logan, Mrs. H. J. McJunkin,

Mrs. Pearley,- Miss Susie Logan, Miss

Ada McDonnell, Miss Young and Her-bert McDonnell.

Julia Chandler Hill, treasurer; BelleSearles Payson, conductress, and LauraLillianDurgin, associate conductress.

Carita Chapter has elected MaryAnn Holts as matron; Mark EdwardGaincs, ration; Elizabeth Ma/ Bheer-an, associate matron; Magdelene AnnaNobmann, secretary; Theresa Joseph-

ine Strong, treasurer; Laura Scott Mc-Questen, ct nductress, and Amy PearlilcFarland, associate conductress.

Grand Patron George Francis Me-Noble will Instal the officers of Wood^bridge Chapter December 5 and thoseof Lodl Chapter on the 10th.

Mrs. Bessie Bowie is about to resumeher musical studies in Paris, • having

Miss Frances McKinstry will give aluncheon next Wednesday in honor ofMiss Marga'ret Wilson and, Miss Ger-trude Hyde-Smith. Covers willbe laidfor sixteen guests, most of whom

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willbe debutantes.

Mr. and Mrs*. Louis Samuel Beedyare keeping house at 2304 Devlsaderostreet. Mrs. Beedy's post-nuptial re-ception on Wednesday was the firetaffair she has given since her marriage,and the afternoon proved a very pleas.!ant one. Mrs. Beedy was assisted byher cousins, the Misses Hamilton.

Mrs. Ives and Miss Florence Ives areat Santa Barbara, where they havetaken a cottage for two months.

,Mr. and Mrs. Schwerln will shortlyleave for Southern California.

Mrs. KImball..wife of Captain Kim-ball, has gone East where she will joinher husband when the Alert goes outof commission. •

Mrs. Charles Wood gave an Informalreception on Wednesday. (The hostesswas assisted by Mrs. Gunn," Miss GunnMiss Cherry Bender, Miss JeanetteHooper and Mrs. Ferdinand Stephen-son.

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Colonel and Mrs. Tilton, U.;

8. A.,have taken apartments at the Nordhofffor the winter.

Mr. and Mrs. TiroJow, whose daugh-ter was flower girlat the Poett-Carolanwedding, will leave for the East with-in the next fortnight.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Poett (ne* Caro-lan) will spend their honeymoon veryquietly In the Hawaiian Islands. Theysailed Wednesday on the Korea, -

Mrs. Louis Welch has Issued cardsfor Wednesday, December 2,. when shawill receive from 3 to 6 o'clock.

Mr. rrd Mrs. Truxtun Betile are ntpresent entertaining Miss Wells, Mrs.Beale's cousin, at their ranch in South-ern California. Miss Wells willbe theirguest during the holidays. Other friendsfrom New York and San Francisco areexpected and a series of Jolly houseparties willbe given during the winter.

The engagement of Mliys FrancesAdele Grow of San Diego to LieutenantBeverly Cole Daly of the ThirteenthInfantry hms *>een announced inform-ally.

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The engagement of Miss Hannah P.Broeter of New York City and CaptainJulian R. Lindsey, U. S. A., is an-nounced. The groom-elect belongs tothe Fifteenth Cavalry and is stationedat Governors Island. He has a num-ber of friends at the Presidio.

The wedding of Miss Elsie Bennettand William Shlels will take place, to-morrow. Mr. and Mrs. Shlels willspendtheir honeymoon at San Mateo.

Commander and Mrs. Noel are ontheir way to China, having sailed onthe Korea.

Mrs. Helen Walker Tay will give acard party on Wednesday.

Tom Barbour gave a stag dinner inthe red room at the Bohemian Club lastTuesday to celebrate his birthday.

have sent out cards for a receotion onTuesday afternoon from *¦ until 6o'clock. The Stetson home on the cor-ner of Van Ness avenue and Clay streetis particularly adapted to entertainingand the tea will doubtless be one ofthe largest of the season and the firstgiven by the Stetsons since their mar-riage.

Mr. and Mrs. James Burgess Stetson

Mrs. Malcolm Henry, who was guestof honor at the reception given by Mrs.Maurice Casey and Miss* CatherineDillon yesterday, was warmly wel-comed back to San Francisco. Mrs.Henry, who prior to her marriage sev-eral years ago was Miss Kate Voor-hies, now resides in Washington, buthas come West to visit her father. Dr.A. H. Voorhies. Mrs. Voorhies Is in theEast visiting her daughter and son-in-law. Lieutenant and Mrs. Guy Scott,at Fort McHenry, but will return intime for La Jeunesse next Wednesday.Miss Marie .Voorhies is being pleasant-ly entertained in the Orient.

The members of the new Gaiety Co-tillon Club will have their first danceon the 9th of December at the home ofMiss Helen Chesebrough. Thirty-fiveyoung men have been selected for thefirst cotillon from a list of 200, and theothers will have to wait until the next.The remaining three dances will be atthe homes of Miss Pomeroy, the MissesMcCalla at Mare Island and Miss RuthAllen. .The exact dates have not yetbeen decided upon. The members ofthis new club are :chiefly from theyounger set and are twenty-five innumber. Among them are Miss Ger-trude Eells, chairman; Miss ChristinePomeroy, secretary-treasurer; MissEmily Carolan, Miss Cora Smedberg,Miss Stella McCalla, Miss Lutle Collier,Miss Helen Chesebrough, Miss 'AnnaSperry, Miss Newell Drown, Miss OlgaAtherton, Miss Ruth Allen. Miss Fran-ces Allen, -Miss Elizabeth LJvermore,Miss Ruth McNutt, Miss Emily Wilson,Miss Hazel King, Miss Lucy GwinColeman, Miss Elizabeth :Huntlngton,Miss Linda Cadwallader and MissMaud Bourn.

Astrange coincidence in the marriageof both Lieutenant William R. Bettisonand Lieutenant Murphy is still the sub-ject of much comment among theirfriends. Both officers were great chumswhen they lived together at No. 11,Presidio. Both became engaged atthe same time and confided the factto each other, but did not mention anywedding day. Later the lieutenantswere assigned to different posts andsaw no more of each other, but onOctober 17 both were married and tele-graphed the news as a surprise, where-upon congratulations were immediatelyexchanged by wire. Lieutenant Mur-phy married Miss Virginia Nokes ather home in this city, and LieutenantBettison married Miss Marion Smyth,daughter of Marrlot C. Smyth, at Hav-erford. Pa. The Rev. Herbert Shlpman,chaplain of the United States MilitaryAcademy at West Point, performed thelatter ceremony.

The following officers are in chargeof the arrangements: Lieutenant Campof th* cavalry, Captain Nance ol tuacavalry, Major Todd of the artillery.Captain Johnston of the artillery. Lieu-tenant Sypher of the artillery. CaptainHinkley, adjutant, and one doctor fromthe general hospital, to be elected bythe hospital.

Ican assure you of a jollydance, asthe new committee will spare no painsIn bringing congenial people togetherand the martial music is something ofan inspiration InItself.

The Presidio hops this winter will beparticularly charming affairs, perhapsas enjoyable as were those Informalevenings at the club when the ladieswore shirt waists and tailor skirts andcooked delicious suppers in chafingdishes.

Miss Barab Welch, who is being en-tertained considerably, is a beautifulSouthern girl. 'Her home is in SouthCarolina, but she will remain in SanFrancisco until January with her uncle,j. •>!. Sims.

Mrs. Henry Dutton's friends are look-ing forward to being entertained inhernew handsome home on Washingtonstreet. She is generally conceded to bea beautiful and fascinating hostess andhas been greatly missed during herabsence abroad. Mrs. Dutton, who wasMiss Jane Dunne, is expecting Mr. andMrs. Harry Macfarlane from Honolulushortly before Christmas. Mrs. Mac-farlane, better known here as thepretty Miss Polly Dunne, is beloved InSan Francisco society for her vivaciousmanner and charming personality.

Miss Gertrude Duttonhas been aus-piciously launched and has every prom-ise of a smooth career. In addition to

her own attractiveness, the young

debutante has a charming mother, who,

it is said, makes friends for the entirefamily.

ceiving party. They were Miss OnnaSperry. Miss Etelka Willlar, Miss Ca-sey, Miss Dorothy Dunstan, Miss LouiseStone, Miss Peters, Miss Langhorneand Miss Frances Reid.

Miss Elsa Draper did not make herdebut at the tea given last week byher mother, Mrs. T. Wain Morgan Dra-per, as was generally supposed, but¦willcome out next year. The tek wasa very delightful affair and many ofMiss Draper** friends comprised the re-

Others who may make their formalbows this season are Miss Helen Pet-tigrew. Miss Olga Ather^on, Miss An-nie Wooster. Miss Dove, Miss NormaCastle and Miss Gladys de Young.

Miss Mabel Watklns, Miss BessieWilson and Miss Etelka Wllllar willbeamong the debutantes this winter, al-though they are not exactly buds, hav-ing gone out a great deal Informally.Mrs. A. A. Watklns will entertain forher daughter in the Kimble house,which they have taken for the winter.Miss Bessie Wilson, who has spentconsiderable time abroad, is now ather home on Broadway. Miss EtelkaWilllar has come over from Sausalltowith her brother, Harry Willlar. andwill spend the winter months at theNordhoff. _.*

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Yesterday was a day of coming-outteas. Miss Tallant was presented byher aunt, Mrs. F. W. Tallant. Mrs.John Paxrott entertained for her twodaughters. Miss Mary Emily Parrottand Miss Abby Parrott. Mrs. Chese-brough gave the reception introducing

her own daughter and Miss NewellDrown. Miss Newell Drown is one ofthe handsomest of the winter buds,but she is a very quiet girl and willnot devote herself to society as en-thusiastically as did her sister. MissB«rnle Drown- Miss Lulu Bothin waspresented at a pretty tea given by MissMau on Friday.

The coming out reception is a mosttrying one to all concerned. Papa isbrave and pays the bills like a hero.He even comes home early on the ap-pointed Saturday afternoon, dons hisfrock clothes and takes his place in abower of blossoms and foliage with hiswife and daughter, all prepared to saynice things to the callere when they

arrive. The mother of the debutantemay wear a gown as elegant as shecan persuade her husband to pay for(but, of course, no more elaborate thangood taste will allow>, but the daugh-ter must be simplicity itself.

The custom of wearing white in Lon-don has been generally adopted here,although any lightcolor would be per-missible. The transparent lace yoke isoften made separately, to be removedafterward, making the gown decolletefor evening wear. Ifthe debutante isa fluffygirlor a wildrose sort of beau-ty she may effect showers of sheer laceand chiffon, but must strive to keep thetoilet as girlish as possible. She maycarry a bouquet chosen fromamong theflowers sent her by her friends and ar-range the others as near her as possi-ble, never failing, of course, to be de-lightfulwhen the sender appears. Fansare not as frequent as flowers, but aresometimes sent by devoted friends.

With all eyes upon her. the debutanteis inclined to be rather conscious- thatshe is there, but if she will rememberthat politeness is only kindness she willbe too busy to be illat ease. As sheis presented to her mother's friends oneby one 6he will avoid stereotyped re-sponses to their words of greeting, but¦will try to remember their names andfaces, find something in them to likeand be genuinely glad to see them— aspweet ar>d cordial to them as to HerIntimate girl friends.If the debutante is well bred, kind-

hearted, sympathetic and thoughtful

for the comfort and happiness of othersher popularity is assured.

A! Ban Francisco girl who came outat a ball winter before last not only

had a good time herself, but sought out

all of the older chaperons and foundtome one to talk to them and take

them to supper, that they might be ashappy as Ehe. "With so sweet a spiritany girl would be a success and theone to whom Irefer has been remark-ably BO.

A girlused to make her formal debutat a ball given for her, but now she isalmost invariably presented at a tea.The invitations are issued in the nameof the father, mother and daughter

and Include their entire acquaintance.In San Francisco— Iregret to add— thelist embraces many whom the ambi-tious mamma does not know. If shehas the merest bowing acquaintance

with some desirable people or has seentheir names at least three times in thesociety column of a newspaper shesends them a card. Sometimes this am-bition on the part of a devoted motherto Introduce her daughter into wealth-ier circles only fastens an insatiablelove of extravagance and discontent onthe daughter. A disloyalty to oldfriends and schoolmates is one of thecharacteristics most frequently seen inthe ambitious girl.

It is Important that a debutanteshould have an invitation to the promi-nent club dances, should have a boxduring the opera season and shouldhave young men asked by her motherto dine at the house, which places theeligible under obligation to dance withher and to call. All other courtesiesare extended to her by other hostesses.

Then let the debutante enjoy thehonor and pleasures that are extendedwhile she is young: and eager for thesocial mysteries. There Is plenty oftime later on to be blase.

The autumn has brought a number ofbuds Into the foreground of society andtheir refreshing smiles and prettygowns xrlll brighten teas, luncheonsand balls during the winter season.

Debutantes In their gladdening pres-ence are the center of much interest,

and are constantly feted throughoutthe season, but they drop Into oblivionthe next year with a regularity thatleads us to expect nothing else.

This oblivion is sometimes accountedfor by the fact that the debutante isgxsest of honor at one function afteranother, while in her second season itis she who must lavishly entertain forlater buds, and that with great fre-quency. She becomes so satiated witheoclety that the fame is not worth thebills at the florists and the caterers.

THE SAN FRANCISCO CAI^L, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1903.

NOWS THE DAY OF THE DEBUTANTE20