The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 10, 1904, Page 18

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, ARY 10, 1904, — of them. And sane amuse- ments and son Here's to it! Ayers-Searles nup- all the salient s was one of the g a great deal, In- been so many are some Wwo- tis true—that can un- 1 without parting with their femi- than intelligence or beauty. The following guests were present at the wedding ceremony: Mr. and Mrs. and Mrs. John F. and Mrs. John 8. Mr. and Mrs Mrs. Silas Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. James B. Stetson, Miss Gertrude Bates, Miss Genevieve King, Mr. and Mrs. Muscol Garpett, Miss Helen SMART SET TEADING TOWARD THE. SALON Merrill, Miss King, Aiis Dickens, Charles Tri Ralph Merri Charles Merrill, Joseph King, Herbert Mee and Isaac ling time Mrs. nolulu is hav- Dunn, she thah any other and her pre-nuptial ps mor ¢ bewildering. 1 wonder to me how 'scape vertigo, attending teas, receptions and s, but they do, do 34 the virility The following next week in arlane’s are a lunch- rs. Chr and Miss 14th, tea on January he Mrs. Wil- >almer a tea on May Colburn entertained for her on Thursday. Mrs. Mark L. Gerstle was hostess at a luncheon .on Thursday in honor of Miss Constance de Young. Violets were barnked prodigally upon the table at which sat the following maidens had covered themselves with as they trod the De Young stage : Belle”; Miss Bthyl s Pear] Landers, Miss Helen gner, Miss Mabel Cluff, Miss Helen Young, Miss Jane Wilshire, Miss Ardella Miils and Miss Frances Stew- art The young ladies were entertained by Miss Eleanor Haber, the monologist, ho really succeeded in getting in a fe clever things during the merry chatter. “Chatter?” Your pardon! Chat. That’s it who “ilgiie A. B. Costigan gave a luncheon Thursday at the St. Dunstan in r of her visitor, Miss Margaret Wilson of Baltimore, who leaves for her home on the 14th. The table was laden with yellow jon- q so popular now at smart New York functions. The following ladies were guests of the charming Mrs. Costigan: M: Henry Foster Dutton, Mrs. Ritchie Dunn, Mrs. Alfred Baker Spalding, Mrs. John D. Spreckels Jr., Mrs. Silas Pal- Miss Charlotte Ellinwood, Miss cie King, Miss Margaret Mee, Miss Bertha Dolbeer, Miss Katharine Dillon, Miss Emily Wilson, Miss Genevieve Miss Gertrude Dutton, Miss impson, Miss Bthel Cooper and elen de Young. = Word comes from the East of the approaching wedding of Paymaster Eugepe Hermann Tricou, U. S, N, and Miss Sarah Randolph Colhoun, daugh- ter of Pay Director and Mrs. Samuel Reed Colhoun, U. 8, N. Miss C comes from one of the best families of Virginia. Her home is in Philadelphia, although she has tray- eled abroad extensively for a number of years. The bride will be attended bridesmaids. by six Paymaster Lemley of the United States monitor Arkansas will be best man. Mr. Tricou is the son of Henry P. Tricou, the well-known notary of this city, and is highly connected, has been paymaster on the United States moni- tor Nevada for nearly a year and is very popular both at his home in San Francisco and in the naval set at Nor- folk, Va., where he has been stationed for some months. The wedding is to be a very brilliant affair, some 1500 invitations having been issued. The ceremony will be performed at the navy yard, New York City, January 16. pisw A notable function is to take place to-day within the martial precincts of the Presidio, and it is to be none other than a leap year tea, given by the S ss T Apsrave. charming Lieutenant Vietor Lewis to the ladies of the post and some girls from tov He is to be assisted by three perfectiy lovely debutante lieutenants, who will wear —let’s see—stunning uniforms of blue. Yes, that's it, and they will brew the tea, tc But secretly, I have heard that the “tea” will be served from a punch bowl. Oh, what a joyful sur- prise that will be! = e . The retirement of Lieutenant Gen- eral 8. B. M. Young on the 9th may bring him back to California, where his daughter, Mrs. John Read, resides. Ord Barracks, in Monterey, has been her home for some time, and the advent of General Young in the cantonment would stir things up a bit. That was a terrible shock adminis- tered by the new commanding officer of the Presidio, Major John Bigelow Jr., to the golf devotees when he announced that he liked the looks of the links for a drilling ground for the Ninth Caval- ry. Then there was hurrying and scur- rying hither and thither, with mes- sages, petitions, inquiries, etc., but the reassurances that came weren’t even a little bit reassuring. % Therefore it l0oks as if the links were in future to be linked to the Ninth Cav- alry and Its successors for its equine scampers over the green. However, it is said in extenuation of Uncle Sam- uel's martial men that the golfers took up the ground with the understanding that they would pick up stakes when requested to do so by the military. . v That was a jolly leap year affair given at Sausalito by the clever girls o i i ! THREE LADIES WHO ARE AT PRESENT CONSPICUOUS IN SOCIETY | —A PRETTY FIANCEE, A CHARMING CLUB WOMAN AND A MUCH ENTERTAINED VISITOR } ROM HONOLULU. ks & o - from the “hill.” The clubhouse was Lieutenant George Gunn, Bdward radiant with flags and fir branches that breathed of the sweet smelling forest. The following folk enjoyed the fun: Mr. and Mrs. A. Starr Eeeler, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Herrick, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gunn, Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Findley; Lieutenant Hawes, U. S. A.; Mrs. Hawes, Mr. and Mrs. William Grant Morrow; Captain Cloke, U. S. A.; Mrs. Cloke, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Bonny, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Hickman, Mrs. Gaston Ashe, Miss Edith Findley, Miss Grace Martin, Miss Constance Borrowe, Mrs. Watkins, Mrs. W. Z. Tiffany. Miss Shepard, Miss Lomia, Miss Gertrude ‘Wheeler, Miss Cornelia Campbell, Miss Marjorie Gibbons, Miss Agnes Buchan- an, Miss Etelka Williar, the Misses Hamilten, Miss Mabel Gunn, Miss Zelda Tiffany, Miss Mabel Watkins, T. C. Van Ness Jr., Robert Baird, Hillyer Deuprey. W. R. Harrison, J. C. Beedy, Winslow Beedy, Harry Williar, H. Clay Miller; Lieutenant Clarence Carrigan, U. S, A.; Lieutenant Abbott, U. 8. A.; Gunn, Dr. Brechemin, U. 8. A.; Allyn Miller, Herbert Jones, John Polhemus, Southard Hoffman, Jack Hoffman, Wil- berforce Williams and Frank Jones. s s » On Thursday afternoon Mrs. John Swift, Mrs. Norris and Miss Helen Bailey held their first day at home, and hosts of friends called to pay their homage to the dainty debutante, Miss Bailey. Those who assisted in receiv- ing were Miss Elizabeth Mills, Miss Mabel Toy, Miss Frances Harris, Miss Florence Cole, Miss Marian Hunting- ton, Miss Helen Murison, Miss Katha- ‘rine Selfridge and Miss Margaret Pos- tlethwaite, nearly ail of whom are de- hutantes—those feted maids whose reign, alas! covers but one brief year— and then, behold another batch. But while they hold the scepter theirireign is absolute. &S, Mrs. Norris King Davis was the guest of Mrs, Horace Davis last week, *Brownell, Mrs. Norri: | JICFAR LANE J Zaror vy & friends of TAPER. PHOTO .« when the house was thrown open to Spencer, Miss Edna Middleton, M the hostess, that they Genevieve Huntsman, Mrs. Thomas might meet the bride of her son. Benton Darragh, Mrs. Gerritt L, Mrs. Norris King Davis is a stun- ning young woman, always conspicu- pusly well-gowned, and at this affair looked especially smart in a white cloth robe. The following ladies received with the hostess: Mrs. L. L. Baker, Mrs. Ira Pierce, Mrs. James Otis, Mrs. Bradford Leavitt, Mrs. E. B. Pond, Mrs. Arthur L. Whitney, Mrs. A. B. Ford, Mrs, Horace Hill, Mrs. Willis Da James Hogg, Mrs. Charles Mrs. Geor, hreve, Mrs. Ea Miss Ella Mor- gan, Miss Ruth MeNutt, Miss Mary Josselyn, Miss Genevieve King, Miss Beaver and Miss Linda Cadwallader. . B . de Young's chum from Harvard, another Charles — Charles ea—of the famous football family of Sheas, has become immensely pop- ular during his visit. He must rathe: dislike leaving so delightful an en- Charles vironment and so many bewitching girls for the classic shades of Har- vard. However, he may. be lured back to the Golden Gate again. Who knows? . . * Miss Maud O'Connor entertained at a delightful luncheon at the Univer- sity Club on Thursday. This clever young woman has never been guilty of giving aught but interesting affairs. B . . In the near future the following women will entértain at the Univer- sity Club, which seems to grow in popularity: Miss Susan Blanding, Mrs. Philip Clay and Mrs. Ritchie Dunn. There is, unquestionably, an ‘“air” about the big white boxy building that is quite alluring—is it the redolent air of the masculinity? . . . Mr. and Mrs. William Cluff gave a dinner on Friday night at the Pal- ace, where covers were laid thirty-four guests. It was a smart affair. The lodestars of the function were of course the fascinating Miss Mabe] Cluff and her fortunate flance, Jack ‘Wilson, business man, bon vivant and raconteuwr. It is only a few for very moons since the eldest daughter, Maud, occupied the center of the stage as the engaged maiden. . . . Mrs. Grayson Dutton on Monday gave a luncheon at the St. Dunstan. Violets and pink roses—the loveliest combination of colors in nature— graced the table. The following la- dies were entertained: Mrs, Charles Kln_dlebeuer, Mrs. Willlam Lindsley Lansing, Miss Gertrude Dutton, Miss Etelka Williar, Miss Maylita Pease, Miss Elizabeth Cole and Miss Agnes Buchanan. . . « fine style Miss Charlotts flancee of Clement Tobin, She wears a gray tailor gown of long lines, clqse-fitting, and 2 pale blue flat hat wreathed in pink roses. Stunning? More than that— she is beautiful besides. Lucky girl? . . . The engagement of Miss A. Adeline mith, daughter of Mrs. J. A. Smith of city, to John A. Percy, the popular attorney, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Perey of Alameda, afforded society a pleasant little surprise. Miss Smith is a beauty of the Junoesque type, with hests of ardent admirers. The fortu- nate young man is prominent in legal circles and has already wom excep- tional recognition and success in his profession, having been a member of the legal firm Pierson & Mitcheil until its dissolution and having been for a number of years identified with large corporate enterprises. The wedding will take place about tha middle of the month of February and the young couple will make their fu- ture home in San Franecisco. One of the mest popular women in club and society circles is Mrs. Henry Payot, president of the Forum Club. At Mr Adams’ notable luncheon at university Mrs. Payot was con- Spicuous among the many handsomely gowned women and there assuredly were many. . . . Mrs. Thomas Morffew will be at home the third Wednesday of this month at her residence, 1725 Pine street. As one of the most popular women in clubdom and soeciety Mrs. Morffew will undoubtedly entertain a large number of ladies. Some of Mrs. Morffew's late gowns have been conspicuously beautiful, no- tably an imported affair of black erepe and white Irish crochet. o tnie Mrs. George Boardman was at home on Tuesday and was assisted by her sister, Mrs. Tompkins, and her niece, Mrs. Brown of New York. The girls who called looked like a flock birds in their white gowns. More than that! Mr. and Mrs. Denis Searles silently stole off to the Orient to enjoy their honeymoon under the bamboo tree. They sailed on the Siberia, What a Russell, po: of of smow- Pretty?