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Society
*t lßQ^fl the number of spring and
FROM the number of year and and
r weddings this year ami 1n-
I eluding the two before .I.*nt", the
Chesebroiißh-Newhall and Croeker-
Irwin marriages, it is evident that so
,ciety next season, will obe ruled by the
youns matrons. The debutantes will
be less important than this interesting:
, group of brides, who will include Mrs.
> Templeton Crocker, Mrs. Ohesebrough
and Mr*. Talbot Walker to.be {Mary
Keeney), who are all of the same set
and have, been among the-> prominent
■ belles in society. °o ° •
There are .other engagements in the
air, and Miss Florence Hopkins, Miss
Marie Louise FClkins and Miss Jane Sel
lea of the se^pon.
Tho.iprh no ,i nnouTicements have yet
been made they are expected before the
close "f summer and will* hv> of keen
Inter* I -~ Selby and Miss
Elkins were both debutantes last win
ter, captured, it is said, in their first
Ikins "plighted her
according to rumor, before her
departure for the east to one of the
iielors pf San Mateo, scion
of an old ""comparatively old) county
family, and connected also with the
aristocracy of France. It will be one
of the interesting announcements of the
year should Miss Elkins decide to make
it on her return from the east.
■ Florence Hopkins' engagement
Val Moore was persistently ru-
I last year, but another well
known member of the younger set at
Burlingame is now said to ha-,
this charming girl.
Then there is Miss Louisiana Foster
of San Rnfael, who may also be a bride
of the year. Her reported fiance Is also
her of the Ross valley set. Miss
s imimate girl friend. Mm Mar
iin, will be Mrs. Paul Fos
\t winter.
ilie Hunt, as Mrs. Herbert
Baker, and Miss Ramona Danner of
Seattle, as Mrs. Leavltt Baker, will be
among the brides at the Greenways.
Anialia Simpson, Miss
Marian J^ally and Miss Ruth Sadler, as
Billy Hough. Mrs, Durkee and
fork, respectively, will ap
pear. Miss Maud Wilson, as Mrs. Ef
fingham Sutton. will take a prominent
place among the brides.
Anita Maillard. as Mrs. Temple
Bridgeman. will not be in San Pran
nor will Miss Whitney after she
ps the bride of Ernest Stillman
of New York in June. Miss Albertine
k. who made her debut at the
flfst Green way last year, will go to
Portland as the bride of John Jerome
ler.
Murietta (Mill Mabel Gregory)
->ne to Arizona as a bride, and
Mrs. Kdward Cudahy's winter home will
be In Chjcago. while Miss Dorothy
Chapman, as Mrs. Benjamin Foss, will
•c in the east.
there will he Mrs. Frank Buck
Jr. (Zaida Zabrfskie of New Tork) and
Mrs. Scott Hendriek (Georgia Ham
mon). and recent announcements will
also include among next season's young
matrons M Harrison, whose
marriage to Melvin G. Pfaff will take
place in the fall. Miss Ruby George,
whose betrothal to Clifford Martin was
announced Thursday; Mies Gertrude
Taylor, whose engagement to Donald
Hemingway was told on the same day,
and Miss Florence Gibbons, whose mar
riage to Perry Evans will be an event
of the summer.
There are still otriers, so rumor says,
to be added to the list of brides i
in of weddings.
I'utantesand their eld
ers have already departed for the
country, but those that remained in
ast week did not permit the days
■ uneventfully in a social way.
were teas and luncheons wlth
•rnher and not a few engagement
parties to vary the monotony of the
passing days. The (.rides' tlect were
icentive in several instances for
the most enjoyable parties and the
girls who announced their engagements
during the last few days Joined the
that will meet with more en
ment In the next week or two.
pson. the fiancee of
i Hough, was entertained at an
informal party given by Miss Jane Ho
tsllng and there were, several of the
roup of girls and boys° at
the bridge reuni. nipson, who
has been visiting the parents of her
fiance, Mr. and Mrs. I^eroy Hough, re
turned to town for the entertainments
that were given in her honor during
the last few days. Another party for
Miss Simpson was given by Miss Marie
Louise Tyson, who had bidden several
friends for luncheon last Wednesday or
Thursday wit!) the popular bride elect
attraction. Miss Mar
in, the fiancee of Paul Fos
aa come in for a large share of
entertainment in an unpretentious way
She has been feted at informal teas
and luncheons of recent date, but the
most elaborate party was given
• sday for Miss Calhoun with Miss
I*ouis>!ana Foster as the hostess. Miss
Foster is a sister of Paul Foster, of
course, and the affair was giv»n at the
family home in Ran Rafael. The girls
are i lose friend* and even before her
iial was Announced to "ne of the
sons c,r tne A. W. Fosters Mis« Cal
was often a guest at weekend
l and was a favorite In the
household. Among the girls at the
luncheon last week for Miss Calhoun
were Miss Marian Miller and Miss
Martha Calhoun from town, while most
■ rs were from Ross. Mrs.
- Jenkins, formerly Miss Dolly
Cushfcng, was one of the guests and
airios* others were Miss Frances Cop
pee. Miss Ali.e Griffith and Miss Sara
Coffin. 'Another bride elect who is be
ing entertained in an informal way is
M^bs Mary Keeney, the fiancee of Tal
alker. She will receive the hon
ors at a tea to be given next Wednes
day by the Misses Fanny and May
Friedlander. Miss Edith Rucker was
one of the debutantes feted during the
week. She is going east for the sum
mer and prior to her departure has
affairs arranged for her enter
tainment.
Last Friday Miss MarguerJ*e Doe
gave a tea for Kin Rucker In the
laurel court at the Fairmont and there
were a score of girls to say an revoir
to the truest of honor. It was an oc
casion also for farewells for the young
hostess who will leave" this afternoon
with her mother, Mrs. Eleanor Doe, to
pass the summer in Santa Barbara-.
She will entertain several of the girls
from town at house parties later fn
the season hut will probably remain in
the south until the end of the sum
mer. Among others who are turning
toward Santa Barbara after enter
taining their friends In town last week
are Mr. and Mrs. George T. Marye.
They entertained at an elaborate din
ner given Friday evening In the red
room of the Bohemian club as a fare
well party before their departure for
the summer in the south. Mrs. Harry
Overstreet Is going east with her hus
band. Professor Overstreet. from the
University of California, and she was
feted at a farewell tea of last Thurs
day. The reception was given by the
Misses Alice and Marlon Burr, daugh
ters of Mr. and Mr?. E. C. Burr of
Vallejo street. The Misses Rurr ar*
sisters of Mrs. Overstreet and their
friends from both slde3 of th<
were hidden to the farewell tea. Mrs
Charles Bentley. who was formerly
Miss Florence Rush, entertainer] H t a
Thursday tea given at her home in
Pacific avmue that was an elaborate
affair. The hostess was assisted in
receiving her guests by her sister. Mrs.
Will Magee, and there wer< over inn
guests. The younger set was most
Interested, perhaps, in the dance given
Friday evening by Mrs. Edward Grif
fith and her son Millen Griffith. The
dancing party was given at the T^i
gunltas country club at Ross, but the
contingent from town almost out
numbered the guests from Ross and
San Rafael who attended the delight
ful affair. This dance will be of a
series that will be given thi.s
mer at the clubhouse and that will
fill the time of the summer pleasure
seekers in Ross and the surrounding
towns.
• • •
The gossip of brides and summer
weddings begins to assume a placp of
first interest in the conversation of the
hour and plans are being made for
these all important events of the next
few months. The wedding of Miss
Maud Wilson and Efflngham Sutton Js
a „ topic of discussion among their
friends, and the plans are almost com
plete for this pretty wedding, which
has been set for Wednesday evening.
May 17, in Trinity church. The bride
will have several attendants, and the
names of the girls who are to be In the
bridal party have been announced In
the last few dayß. The maids of honor,
for there will be two of these attend
ants, are to be Miss Anita Mailliard
and Miss Louise McCormlck. The
bridesmaids will be Miss Lillian Whit
ney, Miss Mildred Whitney. Miss Ethel
McAllister, Miss Agnes Tlllmann, Miss
Barbara Sutton and Miss Leslie Page.
There will be several hundred guests at
the church wedding, which is to be
celebrated at Trinity, and a limited
number has been bidden to the home, of
the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar
M. Wilson, for the reception afterward.
The maid of honor at this weddlrg will
be a bride of June, as the date for the.
wedding of Miss Mailliard and TCmple
Bridgman has been set for an early day
in that month. The Mallllard-Brldgman
wedding will without doubt be one of
the prettiest events of midsummer and
will take place at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. John W. Mailliard in Belvedere.
The picturesque country home will
form an Ideal setting for the wedding,
and whether It is decided to have an
outdoor wedding or an indoor ceremony
in the drawing room the floral back
ground will be most effective.
A wedding that, took place at Trin
ity last Tuesday evening was that of
Miss Georgia iHammon and Scott Hen
dricks. There were several hundred
guests at the church and a limited
number of friends with the members
of the bridal party at the reception
afterward. The reception was held at
the home of the bride's parents, Mr.
ana Mrs. Wendell P. Hammon, in
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY. APRIL 30, 1911.
Washington street. The bride was
an attractive picture in her gown of
white .satin and u-hite rhiffon embroid
ered in orchid design and she carried
a shower of orchids. The color scheme
at the ceremony was pink and white
with the former color predominating in
the gowns worn by the girls in the
bridal party.
The maid of honor was Miss ''arrie
Hopkins of Seattle and the four
bridesmaids were Miss Violet Cook,
Miss Marie Derby, Miss Jenness Hara
mon and Mis? f/eslle Jones. They wore
gowns of pink chiffon elaborated with
embroidery of tiny pink roses. Edgar
Stow of Santa Barbara acted as best
man at the wedding. • Kach of the
gtrls in the bridal party wore a short
tulle veil arranged like a Juliette cap
and held in place with a wreath of
pink roses. The bride was given away
by her father. Wendell Hammon. Mrs.
Hammon, mother of the bride, wore a
gown of imported white net elaborated
with point venlsp lace and spangled
with crystals. The bride is a former
Mills college girl, and since her grad
uation from that school she has passed
most of her time in Kurope. She has
studied music in this country and
abroad, and is one of the most ac
complished pianists in local society.
Scott Hendricks ts a graduate of the
University of California and is one of
the popular young attorneys. After a
brief wedding journey Mr. and Mis.
'Hendrloks will make their home in this
city.
Mrs. George Lingard Payne nnrl her
daughter Miss Marie Payne entertained
at a tea last Thursday for Miss Ruby
George anri the engagement of the
young guest of honor to Clifford Martin
was announced. Miss George is h
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. .1. H. George
of Woodland, but has been attending
Miss Hamlin's school in this city. She
was a classmate of Miss Payne in the
group that was graduated in '09. Miss
George has many friends in the younger
set, here and her fiance is one of the
well known young bachelors. He is a
son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Martin-
The engagement tea for Miss George
was given at the Payne home, in Pacific
avenue that was recently opened upon
the return of that family from Europe.
Miss Payne and Miss George were as
sisted in receiving their guests Thurs
day by Miss Violet Cook. Miss Adele
i. Miss Madeline Oummlngs, Miss
Miriam Brown, Miss Irene Fallon, Miss
Gertrude Mitchell, Miss Hazel Schllng
man and Miss Olympia Goldarcena.
The annual dance of the Phi Sigma
fraternity was a recent event and the
reunion was held at the Palace hotel.
There are chapters throughout the
United States and Phi Sigma has been
established on this coast for fifteen
years. There are chapters in this city,
Oakland. Alameda, Belmont and Los
Angeles. There were guests from the
various chapters at the dancing party
and many prominent business men from
both sides of the bay were in the as
sembly.
The wedding of Miss Tna Oowdery
and Robert B. Mitchell took place last
Wednesday afternoon at the Unitarian
church, with Rev. Bradford Leavitt as
the officiating clergyman. There was
none but relatives at the pretty cere
mony, and thsre were no attendants for
either bride or bridegroom. The bride
wore a traveling suit of white cloth
and a violet hat with the effective
costume. There was an informal wed
ding- breakfast for a limited number of
guests before, the couple departed on
their wedding Journey, which is to be
of brief duration. Their home Is ready
for occupancy in Mill Valley. The
bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. F\ Cowdery of this city and a sister
of Miss Alice Cowdery.
V The card party given last Wednesday
evening by Miss Albertine t>etrlek was
made the, occasion; for the . announee
ir.ent of the engagement of the young
hostess to' John Jerome Alexander of
Portland. ; There were/more ■ than" 100
young friends : hidden to the, card party
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edingtpn
Detrkk in Berkeley, and few suspected
the OUTSIDER
MISS VERA HUSBAND
One of the popular girls of the younger set who will pass the summer in the south.
that the announcement of the betrothal |
was to be made .at the reunion. The
bride elect has not made" her formal
debut, and in fact was expected to be
a debutante of next season, but the
intervention of the little god of ro
mance lias changed that plan. There
will be a wedding instead, but the date
for that event Is not settled. The
bride elect is a graduate of one of the
fashionable schools across the bay. -but
has been a frequent guest at the par
ties given in this city by the girls
of the younger set. Miss Detrick is a
niece, of Mrs. Jessie Bowie • Derrick jof
this city, and her fiance is j a 'member
of a well known Portland family. The
young couple will go. to the northern
city for residence after their wedding.
The card party "Wednesday evening
was a great success and the young
hostess was assisted in receiving her
guests by her mother and a coterie of
friends, among whom were:§jg|Sß|
Miss . Ernestine MeNear Miss Margaret Moore
Miss v Marian Miller Miss Sue HnrrcM .
Miss Minna Van Bet- Miss Gladys Wilson
Ken Miss Amy; Bowles
Miss Marie I/juige Fob Miss Marjorie ' rage.
ter
■Another engagement • that was of
more t than passing interest ito the
younger set was announced Thursday
afternoon at the , tea given !by Mrs. Ed
ward C. Harrison and her.* daughters.
Misses Lucy and Theresa , Harrison.
The betrothal of Miss Lucy Harrison to
Melvin Pfaff was ' the . news , that
awaited the ;guests at this enjoyable
affair. The tea was given at the Har
rison home in 5 Washington street ' and
was attended;, by . over, half a hundred
girls.; The bride elect is an 'attractive
girl and has been in evidence"at social
affairs on both sides of the bay for the
last.two seasons, has not made her
formal bow. to ! society. ;v,'i Her nance* is
formerly from { St. * Paul, but has en
gaged "lnl business in: this city. The
young couple will make their home
here eventually, but their wedding
plans are not complete as yet. The tea
Thursday; was the occasion for felici
tations from the friends ■; of the bride
elect : The Misses Harrison were as
sisted In receiving their guests by: f
«i Si • Hannah Dußois Miss ■/. Dorothy Wood-
Miss • Marjorie Page „ v worth
Mrs. J. Stpy*tt Wood Miss Helen Bally ■ I
Mis» Florence Williams Ming Marie Billiard i
Miss.Muriel Williams MissTClara Alien.
* • •
The wedding of Miss Nora Brewer
and Edward I. Cudahy took place last
Tuesday morning i St. Matthew's Ro
man Catholic church, in Sari Mateo. The
jour set for the ceremony was 11:30
i o'clock and the officiating clergyman
was Archbishop Patrick ;: W. Rlordan
of this city. The nuptial mass > that
followed the ceremony was celebrated
by Rev. Charles Ramm, assisted by Rev.
Thomas Dugan, curate of the diurch.
Father Timothy Callaghan,\ pastor of
St. Matthew's, who baptized the bride
In her Infancy, knelt within the chancel
during the ceremony. Mrs. Fred Kohl
sang: Gounod's "Ava Maria" at the of
fertory and "at the consecration sang
"Oh, Lord, I am Not' Worthy." It ; may
be said in passing that Mrs. Kohl, with
Mrs. Tom Driscoil f and | the Vicnmteasa
Philip de Tristan, decorated the church
the i morning., of the ceremony. ■ Th«
middle aisle of the edifice was adorned
,with baskets; of white Banksla
roses j tied lat each I pew: with bows of
white tulle. The electroliers inside the
sanctuary were * hidden with clusters
of i asparagus ferns, .while palms and !
potted plants concealed the railing. The
main ; and ' side altars were ;' decorated
with woodwardla ferns. The bride was i
gowned In • white satin, embellished |
with rose point lace." : She carrled-a
shower bouquet ■of lilies; of; the valley
and - white ' orchids. ■ The; costume !; was
finished- with a tulle ; veil, caught in
her dark hair with a coronet of orange
blossoms. 'J She' .was [ attended i only Jby
her sister, Miss Amy Brewer,: who wore
a 'gown .of pink i satin with an " over
dress: of white lace and a picture hat
of white lace ' trimmed with ■ duchesse
rose's. She carried ■a. . shower bouquet
of pink bridesmaid roses. r
The bride was given in marriage by
her uncle, Edward M. Brewer of Bos
ton. The best man at the wedding was
"Joseph', P. { Cudahy, brother : of : the
bridegroom, and the ushers were John
Cudahy,"; Bernard Ford, Thomas ■- Dris
coll and Edward ,Tobln. There : was an
informal wedding breakfast after the
ceremony at the home of i the bride at |
El I Cerrltto ■ for over ' a score, of ; rela- I
tives and , close friends of -the couple, j
At / the' breakfast:. Miss "j Amy i Brewer, i
sister: of the bride,* found the thimble in \
the bride's cake. The ring was cap- j
tured by Christian "de Guigne. Mlse
Vera de ' ; Sabla caught . the: bride's
bouquet as the bride deported. l+ Since
coming ; here from 'the, east "the * bride
groom passed the. time before his wed
ding as; the: guest of his sister, 'Mrs.'' ,T.
B. Casserly at San' Mateo.,! He Is a son
Of the-, late -Michael Cudahy of Chi
cago. The bride -is; a daughter of , the
late Mr. and Mrs. W. P. A. ■ Brewer and j
has been a 'favorite in the Burlinganie
set. She' has * taken <an active :, part in
tennis and' golf ', tournaments and is an
expert equestrienne and swimmer. Her
outdoor interests have not monopolized
her entire time and she has been a fa
vored guest at card and tea parties.
Mr. and Mrs. Cudahy arp passing their
honeymoon in this state, but are going
to Chicago to make their home.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Crane sent cards
to their friends in this city last wee°k
announcing the marriage of their
daughter. Miss Beulah Crane, to Thur
low Wood Reed, passed assistant sur
geon U. 8. N. The wedding took place
Saturday, April 22. at the home of the
bride in Hornell, N. V. Reed has many
friends here in the service set.
• • •
This is a comment from Peggy Ship
pen about Mrs. Elklns 1 choice of a
suitor. " 'Mow, must I .speak," O quoth
Shakespeare, "'of one who loves not
wisely, but too well.' I mean, of course, I
Mrs. William L. Elkins Jr., who 1b for-I
felting a goodly part of a round for
tune to wed "Billy 1 Xeilson —as his fa
miliars called him in his long, undis
turbed bachelor days—but, who, now
that he is about to Join the rank* of
benedicks, goes by the dignified cog
nomen of William Delaware Xellson,
attorney at law and president of the
Elmlra and Williamsport railroad."
Nevertheless. Mr. Neilson Is a clever,
entertaining talker, and ■in his youth,
I am told, was the life of any party
which he attended. He was regarded i
as a wit. Moreover, he was full of j
parlor tricks. He sang, with a pretty
'tenor voice, charming Italian songs,
and he was an admirable comic actor
at a time when amateurs were satis
fied with the stage of the little Seven
teenth street theater, where much his
trionic talent was gathered together—
so my elders tell me. The beautiful
Emily yon Schaumberg— now Mrs.
Hughes Hallett of Dinard fame—was
the Mary Garden-Sarah Bernhardt of
the company, and, according to my In
formant, "Billy" Xeilson and Moylan
Lansdaie were the Coquelins, or com
ics, of the plays then staged.
H is a well recognized fact that
love is a disease, which, when it strikes j
man or woman late, strikes hard. Ham
let will tell you that:
" "T1» a qo»»tion left us ,r#t io prore
Whether loTe !*ad fortune or el«e fortun*, lore."
But, don't believe him. There's not
much question about It when the little
god truly gets in his work. He Is lit
erally a maddening litle god—quite
craay when n& turn* into "BUllken,"
as he is under the plump form of a
youthful little ;'cupid". And If
"There's twgear.T In lore that can be reckoned."
as the poet says, there Is far '"more in
the love that can not. As for its queer,
unfathomable ways, I have collected to
gether innumerable axioms' from wise
men which should show that in the*
opinion of sane persons love*, is as
dangerous -as ; rum as :an Intoxicant,
where reason is concerned. '
"Ix>ti> It Wind, and Inters can not tee
The pretty follies that themselTes conceit."
.■■■' Nor is it beauty alone that enrap
tures the patient \ suffering from the
dread disease; for, as in the trance of a
-"Midsummer Night's Dream": '
"Lot* ! look* - not with the • ejre«, but ' with th«
mind." ■>■■ - .
you know, and ""upon a homely object
love can wink."
When/In" middle life this microbe en
ters the system it is,apt to be'; Incur
i able and leads humans to divest them-
I selves;' of "their!belongings' and to do
things that in a community in which it
is the recognized aim of all earthly ef
fort ;to amass gold and desirable pos
sessions," seem unaccountable and rash
ly romantic. •
'-.;, On "i the other hand, in this special
case of the contagion the patients are
in no \ immediate danger of starvation,
and the hat need not be passed around
i among i their friends for their relief.
\ Indeed. It Is ; not : even ; likely'; to ' prove
; an 1 instance of love in cottage. l r Both
i parties are (well .' provided ' with , this '
world's 'goods, and quite outside of . the
late; Mr. t/ Elklns' provisions " for his.
widow, ; :she; may be regarded, even in
' these days'of large figures, as .well sup
plied -with means—her father having
; been-a" fortunate "forty-niner" :at the
time of the California gold ; fever. t ,
* Oh,- the little I more and how much
: ".• ;'. ■ it is/'.., ' -■•■■ . ■•■■ ■ ' ■.■'.■: ■■■■■■■
I And the little less and what worlds
- away. . < .
•: • •
. .The .marriage' of; Miss Ann Mabel
Kearney and John ;P. Coghlan took
place Tuesday morning inHollister. "at
the ;home of ■ the bride. Th* ceremony
was performed in the morning and was
! attended "■ only by ; relatives 'and', a few
close * friends.: The , Rev. P. "W. i Brady
read the marriage ;service.- \
The 1 bride, who was given ■, away, by
her father, James,; A. Kearney, wore ' a,".
gown of white charmoulse veiled wit I
marquisette and J embroidery, of pearls.J
She 1 carried a■; shower bouquet of roses
and lilies vof „• the valley and was * at
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