The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 23, 1903, Page 48

48 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, — the debutantes out they are 80 fresh, 8o 0 y enthusiastic seems & Dity we cann keep them ever s are. They are so free from s ften characterizes v ve = their lives in the 5 ally hopes that 8 say, however, that some of B already the g their friends, w tted one ¢ A L i % = f° w5 CAATIOTTE .fyw{%%g CRI . — s to be a church affalr, St. having been decided remonies will include ber of invitations will, and relatives will » Europe for the nuptials. will be pink, and it the arrangements will as wealth and good taste 2 will be a charming extremely pretty bru- more sincere popularity girl T know who is so young. | undoubtedly wear a white wed- wn. The bride will be attended ron of honor, fous bridesmaids o flower girls, but as all have not been decided upon I cannot give the names &t present $ B The trousseau of Miss Vesta Shortridge will be an elaborate one, I fancy, as two of the most prominent gownmakers are putting forth their best efforts and will be busy up to the time of the wedding, the second week in Octobbr. Miss Short- ridge will be one of the sweetest of brides. The plans of the young people for the future are still a little indefinite. Al- though Mr. Emile Bruguiere owns a large cottage in Newport and is building at Monterey, he and- his bride will live in New York a greater part of the time. ‘When in San Francisco they will reside at the new St. Francis Hotei, of which Mr. Brugulere is a director. oy Mrs. Philip Worcester is being consider- ably entertained prior to her departure for New York. Mrs. John P. Jackson gave her a pretty luncheon yesterday, and Mrs. Howard Holmes will give her another to- morrow. On Tuesday Mrs. D. J. Hoffacker wfll. TESTE= T e TIH <o PROTO ..o A TRIO OF WELL KNOWN SOCIETY YOUNG LADIES WHO ARE THE NEAR FUTURE TO BECOME THE BRIDES OF THREE POPU- LAR AND WEALTHY MEMBERS OF THE SMART SET. give a tea at her home on Pacific avenue, complimentary to Mrs. Worcester, The Worcesters have sold their homs at San Mateo, as they will reside in New York because of business interests there. Mrs. Worcester leaves on Thursday of this week. i e The United States steamship Adams ~wended its way through the Golden Gate on Wednesday and is anchored at Sausa- lito. As there are charming officers on board, some of them accompanied by their wives, it is safe to say that the Adams will be the scene of many a jolly dance and. in return, the hosts will be extensively entertained in town for week: to come. . t 3 oW Major and Mrs. Rafferty will spend the coming season in San Francisco, The Raffertys have apartments at the Crocker. N RS Miss Charlotte Russell has returned from Del Monte with her mother, Mrs. E. J. de Sabla, and, after a few days In town, will fiit away in another direction, so that the date of her marriage to Cle- ment Tobin cannot be very close at hand. It was pleasant to see the warmth with 7 ~\\\\\)\“\\\\\\\\\\\\,\\(‘\v IN R R R B R A which Miss Russell was taken up by Mr. Tobin’s friends at Del Monte. This was quite to be expected, however, for the bride elect has a charming personality fn addition to her beauty and stunning gowns, Miss Russell is a tall, statuesque blond, with a typical California figure. She has very light hair, large blue eyes and a fair complexion. Pink and blue must be Miss Russell's astral colors, for she affects them &lmost constantly and seems also fond of white. Pastel shades are unusu- ally becoming to Miss Russell and I hope she will have plenty of pink and blue people in her wedding procession. e An informal tea will be given this aft- ernoon by Mrs. George G. Carr at her new home, 2012 Broadway. No cards were issued owing to the recent death of Mr. Carr's brother, but friends were asked by telephone to come and meet the officers of the French man-of-war Protet. Now that the Adams’ officers have arrived they, too, will be numbered among the chief guests, Mrs. Carr will be assisted in receiving by two recent brides, Mrs. ‘Hagner and Mrs. George W. Whitaker, a niece of the hostess. Mrs. Whitaker was zacently married inBakersfield. but has SUNDAY, AUGUST 23 —_—— 1903, many friends in San Francisco, having pald a visit to this city a winter or two ago. The Whitakers have taken a house at Vallejo street and Van Ness avenue. Mrs. Hagner is the wife of an officer on the Adams. The wedding occurred on shipboard when the Adams was in San Diego Bay. . s . Miss Maye Colburn entertained a few friends informally at her home on Hyde street Thursday afternoon t6 meet Miss Kohl of Burlingame, who has been spend- ing the last week with her. It was one of 7 ? £E ~, ders in dark colors, and will have to get used to it. . s st Sherrit Schell, who recently went East, has returned to San Francisco. Mr. Schell had accepted a good position with a pub- lishing house in New York when he was called back to California to look after a small legacy which had been left him by a relative in Southern California. Now that Mr. Schell is under the paternal roof once more in San Francisco his return to New York is quite indefinite. %L . P. H. Fox, grandson of Senator Stew- A ing hospitality from time to time at her beautiful country place. $tiny. e ‘Mrs. Clarence Mackay is busy at work on a second book, which will appear next spring. She was much encouraged by her previous effort and is also interested in the work of improvement which is being done on Harbor HIll. Mrs. Mackay still wears deep mourning and does not go out socially. The Mackays are at present at Saratoga. Ac'e a The golf tournament at Del Montes will open August 24. %> e Mrs. James E. Splers Jr. has returned to the city after a prolonged visit in Los Angeles very much improved in health. She leaves for New York and Europe shortly. & o e Miss Helen de Young is wearing some very attractive French gowns this sum- mer. A long coat of red cloth, which she wears with a red bat, is particularly noticeable because it is cut in inverted scallops around the bottom. The coat is perhaps eighteen Inches shorter than the skirt in the back and extends in an irregular line to the hem of the gown in front. The effect is extremely odd. S d Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Sutro (nee New- B < those cozy, homelike affairs, swhere the fair guests may bring their work and en- joy a little chat over a cup of tea. . oo > A merry party of friends went down to San Mateo yesterday to attend the chris- tening of Mrs. Willlam L. Spencer's new baby. A year ago last April Mrs. Spen- cer was Miss Alice Masten, a bride, and prominent among her guests yesterday were her desmaids. The festivities ended with 4 tea at the home of Mrs. Yuill, Mrs. Spencer’s sister. Mrs. Yulll's home is prettily arranged for entertain- ing. All of the Masten children were left money with which to build a home, and they seem to have vied with each other in getting original and artistic effects. o teie Mrs. A. G. Stoll of Sacramento is at the California Hotel. . s . Major and Mrs. Payson have returned to the city and have taken a house on Webster street. Mrs. Payson Is still liv- ing quietly owing to the death of her mother, Mrs. Stewart, last year. o The R. E. Mulcahys have returned to their apartments at the California Hotel. Mrs. Mulcahy has been at San Rafael for the last two months. PR ‘White hats are so vastly becoming to Miss Pearl Landers that she ought to have an exclusive right to them. Noth- ing so complately suits her piquant style of good looks as a white hat with ostrich feathers. She wore a particularly pretty one at Del Monte recently. Since her formal bow to society winter before last we have seen Miss Landers so much in white that it gives us something like sur- prise to see her going about town lately in a dark ecru straw hat trimmed with navy blue ribbon and a’ gown of dark blue silk. It is a pretty costume of fig- ured blue and white foulard trimmed with graduated bands of navy blue and white lace in front; but the fact remains that wa are not used to seeing Miss Lan- + art, is now at Saratoga with his bride, who was formerly Miss Byrne of San Francisco. They are guests of'the bride’s brother, Thomas A. Byrne. The Foxes have been residing in Washington since thelr recent wedding at St. Mary's Cath. edral, but expect to visit Mrs. Thomas Byrne, mother of the bride, next winter, as Mr. Fox has mining interests to look after in Mexico and Nevada. e » A number of ladies in' English smart soclety are likely to lose many a pretty penny In the future. New regulations making it impossible for individuals to appear at court more than once in three years must necessarily do away with many presentation fees. Women who have made an income out of introducing rich Americans will be able to,ply this trade only once in the three years. With the exception of the ladies in the diplo- matic corps and other notable exceptions the one chance ruie will hold good. It is said that one lady well known in society but who has “introduced” with particular attention to quiet and to large fees Is exceedingly annoyed. e Professor Graham Taylor of Chicago, who with Mrs. Taylor went to London six weeks ago, is in the country at pres- ent. Professor Taylor is traveling in" leisurely fashion. He expects to return to London a little later and continue his round of visits to places and people of sociological interest. Professor Taylor is the distinguished warden of Chicago Com- mons and professor in one of the Chicago theological schools. He has already been eritertained at Toynbee Hall and others of the great London settlements. . P Mrs. California Newton, who has been spending the greater part of the season at her summer home in Sonoma County, is in town at present, but will soon re- turn to the country for a long stay. Mrs. Newton gathers about her friends of cul- ture and refinement and extends charm- mark) are entertaining their little daugh- ter at 2505 Gough street. & .9 General Shafter has removed to 2525 Pa- cific avenue, formerly the Tatum resi- dence. LR e Elinor Glyn, the author of “The Visits of Elizabeth,” sailed for America on Aug- ust 8 for a six weeks’ visit in the United States. J. J. Van Alen, who met Mrs. Glyn while on a recent trip to London, predicts that the visit will be & brilllant one. Mrs. Glyn is a strikingly beautiful woman, with reddish hair and pearl-white complexion. She is a most delightful dresser, and her clothes are simply after the fashion of those worn by her sister, Lady Duff-Gordon, who Is called “the artist in dress.” Sub rosa, Lady Duff-Gor- don has a dressmaking business and is frequently consuited by ladies of the royal family.. Mrs. Glyn, unlike her sis- ter, is received at court. The business connection excludes Lady Duff-Gordon. It is expected that Mrs. Glyn will be enter- tained at Newport and in New York by the Van Alen and Astor relatives, by the Twomblys and by Mrs. Ogden Goelet. The visit may include a run down to ‘Washington and a short trip to Philadel- phia. Mrs. Glyn regrets that the brief time she can spend in America will not permit of her going West. R R The Countess of Warwick is a country neighbor and very intimate friend of Elinor Glyn, and is said greatly to desire a trip to America herself. But Lady War-. wick is kept strictly in England just now chaperoning her young daughter, Lady Marjorie Greville. A fact hitherto un- mentioned in any paper is this—those “on the inside” think a match is imminent between - Lady Marjorie and the young nobleman recently come of age, Lord Howard de Walden. Lord Howard is one of the richest peers in England, a great amount of property having come into his hands from certain divisions of wealth once held by Lord Howard's kinsman, the Duke of Portland. Lady Warwick is supposed not only to desire this marriage for her daughter, but the story goes that she desires it immediately. Some persons go so far as to say the event has already been arranged and that Lady Marjorie, a debutante of this season, will also be one of the season’s brides. The ‘Warwicks are hard up, and Lord How- ard de Walden is the ‘“catch™ of the sea« son. Theatrical Gossip. Mr. Robertson presents a superb per- formance in all its varied phases, delight- ful to witness and good to remember. As Maiste Miss Elliott shows marked capac- ity to express depth of feeling and the force of a determined character. “The Light That Failed” is a performance con- celved and carried out in the purest taste. In these days of big theatrical achieve- ments it takes many more people to fill a cast than was the case In the old days. Ten years ago a cast of twelve people for a comedy or even an ordinary drama was considered rather large. The public did not demand so much as is the case now, and they were more complaisant with re- gard to that old fashioned device of “dou- bles.” It used to be no uncommon thing for the hero to “double” the villain, or for the lovely heroine to stalk on In one or two scenmes as her own mother. All this is changed now. There must be a separate actor for each performer, and he must be well fitted to his part in every case. This makes the lst of peo- ple a long one in plays which do not pose as “spectacles” in the accepted sense. Take “The Earl of Pawtucket,” for in- stance. This comedy deals only with personages such as you may meet in New York or London every day, and the story, while Interesting, is simple. Yet there are no iewer than thirty persons engaged In the production, including the stage manager and workmen who are net seen. It is conceded thit a more smooth- ly working company has never appeared on a New York stage.