The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 8, 1906, Page 24

SAN %fi?”,”« / e ARy B i NG 3 an affair will be given d of St. Dominic - 1e sprightly -stunts - vak e kept the audienc . g nwood's Mi-Carem p Of course, there ns in defercnce , but the same S be presented. on will sing, with and e Dickman and Will Hop- “with” composing the now- politan trio, costumed, of made up like the president, ncer and executioner of the de Long's smart playlet, “The d the Blonde,” will be given h cute little Pearl Landers in the ¢« “Phedre” in the Greek Thea- ternoon of May 17. mmated, Professor Wil- Armes may be thanked for be an unforgettable per- setting, for such a drama, by en if she be of “dry stage—is a beauti- ful thing to picture. 1f Mr.' McAdie nly be induced to make the r act right the performance become a chapter in the art of the West. A These are great days for the golfers at Del Monte. The links are as velvet etches and the sky a caressing blue, body strolls to the links in the morning before bathing time. And, by the way, there's some talk ta tov e links—which would be a capital idea—on account of the number of Zastern players who will linger on un- til then, Speaking of famous California golf- ers, have you ever noted their cute lit- names—Mr. Maud, Mr. May and Mr. Li Each of these has at some time or other held a championship, and in chaps. But it cannot be denied that { their names are a little weird. 8% P pital Tuesday be an affair of night promises to note, as behold the of patronesses: Mrs. John F. Merrill, Mrs. F. G. Sanborn, Mrs. Willlam P. Fuller, Mrs. W. W, Van Arnsdale, Mrs. Hartland Law, Mrs. I. Lowenberg, Mrs. E. A. Drexler, Mrs. Cyrus Walker, Mrs. Ira Pierce, Mrs. David Jacks, Mrs. Phebe A. Hearst, Mrs. A. Chesebrough, "Mrs. E. R. Lilienthal, Mrs. Marshall Haule, Mrs. William P. Shaw, Mrs. Wil- liam H. Mills, Mrs. E. B. Towne, Mrs. William Letts Oliver, Mrs. Ynez Shorb White and Mrs, Horace Davis. This interest in the degenerate, in the s nd in the out-of-luck brothers and sisters is the very worthiest of Lenten devotions. It is expressed prayer. It is the deed rather than the t-giving, Qquite the | thought that dles.a-borning. * York is the | % m famous paint- | { #oing! | Francisco has really gone inte the shadows of gray and purple—surely t the Waldorf- | g ! not, in the sense that our mothers did. of the was a | But 1 don’t know.that we're any the py. For |less Christian in our thoughts and Miss Edith Deacon, | deeds than they, though less hysterical. Sargent's “Spanish | However, the Christian observation of phine Flagg as the | Lent cannot but make for moral regen- : Mrs. William | eration, because it induces reflection— Van Dyck's “Marie | the first step toward the emancipation Miss Atterbury and | of the soul. both said to be dis- | B> Au, . tinguished in Roseetti's| Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Cornwall “Marianna And the tow save for Japan on the 14th, where they will visit for several months, d five doliars per to wit.| Had it not been for Mrs. Cornwall's recent severe illness they would have went mad ove for whico it pi ness. Wouldn't thalt be @ nice sort of thing | BOW been on the seas. for us Pacific coasters to try?—of course, Owing to the lateness of the season not the five, but the tableaux. ' |they have abandoned their intended A two-spot is about the limit of our | Visit to India. smart set’s philanthropic tax—that or P Jess | Miss Elizabeth Downing and Dr. Albert o ‘W e @ | E. Truby have named their wedding day C May 2, under the patronage of April 26, when a quiet ceremony will Ars. M. H. de Young, Mrs. Waiter Dean, | be performed at the home of the bride’s Mrs. Hooper, Miss Alice Hager, Mrs. | parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver P. Down- Maurice Casey, Mrs. Emery Winship ing, on Green street. Miss Noelle de Golia Hall for the benefit of the | ere’s talk in the air of Bernhardt's | If the | spite of their names they are fine manly | : . Y | Hemming family were residents of Flor- list | As to Lent, it cannot be said that San | of Oakland has been chosen as maid of honor and. the sole attendant, and the wedding will be an afternoon affair. . e oe Emma de Noon Lewis will leave in r a visit to Los Angeles and other of Southern California. Accompa- Mrs. Lewis will be her winsome ster, Miss Mabel de Noon, the two to re- nying | main away through July, | bright measures, | | | city, The Sequoia Club, with a few invited guests, will be well entertained today by the presentation of a comic opera by Mrs. Henry Bertram Lister, which has its first musical reading before the club. “The King of Spadcs” contains many tuneful, which will bring open appreciation from the hearers, In the cast are Alfred Cogswell, barytone; R. W. Jones, basso; A. E. McMillan, tenor, and Mrs. Lister, soprano, with Leo Bruck as orchestral conductor. Mrs. Lister, as hostess of the afternoon, will be assisted In receiving by Mrs. Louis H. Long, Mrs. Thomas Morffew and Mrs. Ella M. Sexton. r R The marriage of Dr. Washington Dodge and Mrs. Ruth Brown will take place next Thursday in New York, the bride's father, Rev. Dr. F. Vidaver, to officiate. Mrs. Brown has made her home in Lon- don since the death of Mr. Brown, but spent a greater part of last year in this where she met Dr. Dodge. Soon { after the ceremony Dr. Dodge will bring | vedere. nament in May on the Del | his bride to San Francisco, where a home has been chosen In Presidio terrace, though this summer will be spent at Bel- » e Colorado Springs will be the setting of a wedding on Wednesday of this week | interesting to San Francisco folk. Miss | having been a The opening of the Hahnemann Hos- | Edith Rutland Hemming announced some weeks ago her engagement to Frederick A. Healy of this city, and the evening of April 11 will see their marriage at the home of the bride's parents. Miss Hemming is not a stranger here, visitor in well known homes at various times. Originally the ida, where the name is distinguished, Of late vears Mr. Hemming, with his family, has resided In Colorado Springs, where he is well established. Mr. Healy was at one time one of the best known newspaper men of the coast, occupying excellent positions in | this city, but he transferred from jour- { nalism to the commercial world a few years ago and, among other commendable memberships, is connected with the Mer- chants’ Exchange and is also identified with the University and Olympic clubs. The wedding will be an eventful affair in Colorado society ‘and shortly after the ceremony Mr. Healy will depart with his bride for an extended tour of the nerth, arriving finally in San Francisco to make their home. . e e An engagement on the east shoré of our bay creates much pleasant impres- sion on this side, Miss Maud Jackson of Alameda having become the betrothed of Dr. Homer Craig. Both families age very well known and will call out num- berless congratulations upon the felicity of the young people. Nk Dr. and Mrs. Baruch were the honored guests Wednesday evening at a dinner given by Mrs. Davenport at her home on Pacific avenue. Among the guests to greet these Eastern visitors were Dr. and Mrs. Alfred Hunter Voorhies, Miss Helen Hyde, Miss Eleanor Dnvemrt. Dr. Bush, Dr. Clarence Quinan and Willlam Breeze, Dr. and Mre. Baruch will spend the sum- mer in California. 3 . Mrs. Malcolm Henry entertained at bridge Wednesday evening at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Alfred Hunter Yoorhiés, on California street. The affair was most de- lightful, Mrs. Henry gathering a conge- nial coterie of players for four tables, the guests including Patrick Calhoun, Mrs. ‘W. W. Dixon, Mrs. Richard Bayne, Mrs. Charles Plummer Perkins, Mr. and ' Mrs. Sherwood Hopkins, Miss Florence Ives, Miss Helene Robson; General Greely, U. 8. A.; Colonel Jocelyn, U. 8. A.; E. W. Runyon; Major Stephenson, U. 8 A; Dr. HEATIEY & W23 CHARLES WILLIAM R Pressley, Robert Carter Berkeley and Paul Verdier. e S “Uncle George” Bromley will be the honored guest at a banquet next Sat- urday evening given at the Bohemian Club by Raphael Weill. The event will celebrate the eighty-ninth birthday of Mr. Bromley, who, is -so well beloved a com- rade, ;those to aid in the congratulatory feast being composed of the “old guard,” who have convened at innumerable like affairs. PR ] Miss Theo Parr and Roger Chickering bid fair to receive as much feting as did the very popular Miss Emily Chickering before she became Mrs. John Overbury. A few days ago Carl Wolff was host at a very charming dinner in honor of the af- flanced pair, entertaining in his home on Washington street Mr. and Mrs. William Penn Humphreys, Miss Patty Chickering, Miss Helen Thomas, Miss Gladys Meek, Mies Johanna Volkmann, Miss Arline Johnson, Rudolph Schilling, Willard Bar- ton, Henry Pendleton and Samuel Stow. P H Miss Ruth Merrill entertained infor- mally at a tew on Friday in honor of Miss Mary Royster and Miss Nannie Royster of Norfolk, Va. The Merrill home on Washington street welcomed a score Or more of callers to greet the young visitors who, with their parents, have apartments at the St. Francis. P Y e T S Mies Helene Robson, with her mother, salled yesterday for the Orient for a brief trip, returning in July to spend the late summer at San Rafael. P e Miss' Zelda Sroufe Tiffany and Wil- lam Harrison will be married in Sausa- lito on April 18. The bride, who is a niece of Mrs. Jolin Stroufe Merrill and Mrs. John Loeseley, is a favorite of so- clety in' the little bay town and on this side. The ceremony I8 named for 8:30, to take place in the pretty Christ Chureh. - . . . Mr. and Mrs. Curran Clark enter- tained at & luncheon in the Palm Gar- I 1RJ M O IEWIe . 7 WEBSTER 40P HoTO PSS fi%‘;l i £ A gy ot 4 ETRTERC RS T e + | 1 * S - - A CHARMING YOUNG BRIDE. A BRIDE-TO-BE, WHOSE NUPTIALS ARE SET FOR THE 26TH _AND AN INTERESTING YOUNG MATRON, WHOSE PRESENCE IN TOWN, AFTER YSARS OF TRAVEL. HAS CONTRIBUTED MUCH TO THE GAYETY OF HER SET, 5 den yesterday, eight guests enjoying their hospitality. ot Society was well in evidence at the concert given by Frank Pollock at the Paluce Hotel on Friday evening, his fame having previously gone forth from the several drawing-room -recitals at which he has been heard recently. As a student of Jean de Reszke of Paris, Mr. Pollock’s work shows for itself, his numbers also attracting the attention of musicians who appreciate the artistic achievement. .. Miss Bertina Boffa played her violin with -wonderful taste and discretion, Mr. Maurer presiding ably at the piano. $ siiie Ly Knox Maddox was host at a charming dinner in'the Palm Garden Friday even- ing, entertaining a dozen guests. 4 3 e e e - April bestowed her first bright blessing upon a pretty and very favored maid last ‘Wednesday—Miss Charlotte Elsey, became the bride of les William Heatley. . . .. ... ... The Elsey home in Oakland resembled nothing so much as the corner of a luxuriant garden, in which the fair bride looked a veritable queen. Pink prevailed in the color scheme, from decoration tn' Trinity Church. Austin Lewis was extremely delightful gowns of the attendants, who were MISS yin his rendition of “Salome™ on Thurs- Mabel Reed and Miss Lillian Breiling, with petite Mildred Lyon as flower girl. Clarence M. Reed attended the groom, Rev. Raymond C. Brooks officlating. The guests were limited to the most intimate family friends, though a very wide ac- quaintance exists on account of the old establishment of the Elsey family. Mr. and Mrs, Heatley are touring the south and will meke their home in upon their return. . v . Mrs. Howard Hamilton Hart, who is to leave In May as a delegate to St. Louls flom the California Club, was hostess at a pretty luncheon a few days ago. An at- tractively dfessed table at the St. Francis held as guests Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Burns, Mr. and Mrs, V. Carus Driffield and Mr. and Mrs. Alexandér Spinks. . . - Among the very enlightening discourses of the week have been two of particular note. Willlam Norman Guthrie, A. M., spoke most profoundly upon ; “Shakes- peare and Our Times" last Tuesday, a gcodly number of hearers gathering in day. this stofy of Oscar Wilde meetin: with earnest attention. Lent has been prolific of the drama:ic recital and lecture course, and the Mt lectual menu has profitably whiled away many an otherwise du!l hour. “_Prel.-u: l‘tylelnll Carroll of tha ¢ieorge llhil?u niversity was the gues: of honor a luncheon given on Monday the University Club by Fairfax ‘Whelan. Those bidden to meet the distinguished visitor included Frank Sims, Dr. A. T. Kroeber, M. Calhoun and W. 8. Wrigh: Mr. and Mrs. Harry Miller entertained fifty guests at a five hundred party last Monday evening. the affair serving as 2 housewarming in thelr new home on Adams Point, Oakland. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene de Sabla and Mr. aml Mrs. Clement Tobin have gone to Santa Barbara and Los Angeles to re- main until Easter. Mrs. J. Downey Harvey leaves Tuesday for New York cn route for Europe ‘