The morning call., 1891-01-03
q HE SOCIAL WORLD.
Thrice Notable Society Weddings
: !. ..:...:: Across the Bay.
The .P'rfiday-Night Club Meeting = Party on
( Eddy treet = Undertakers' Entertain
J. : s !. : Insnt Party on Grove Street

=: lQE:the pelebTationof the golden wedding of
liz. ami Mrs. Charles II. Mead. which Will
+ fake place next: Wednesday evening at the
i. RESIDENCE. Of Mr.. and MIS-: Il. +. Emeric
: -. lbs CItffy street, Mr.. Mead was for many
J. : l.seifrs' a-ss0ejited with MI Emerfc in the
auditing. department Of Wells, Fargo 81
- Coz Express J.. 49, 49, -
:. ..iI:ile Pr0gressfye SpiFitualtsts will give a
=. Seaiirl this evening at Washington ball, on
H. [.yidv, Street.
:. 5The' Be0lah Club gave. a pleasant enter
- taiament"last evening at Mission Music
=. Hall. After an Instrumental duet Professor
: WarIHan gave 3ite of his. interesting talks"
:: .tlrelpeurion ''aS it is and should be- COM
fletely. encAaiaing the attention of the
-. Large and select audience. Dancing to the
= music Of Blum!s ORCHESTRA and nnder the
: direction of Mrs. ". I. Barnes pleasantly
p: uQueluded.the affair.
= +: Mrs: Garmjchael-Ca and Sgmund Bael,
assisted. by. AeSsrS. l[ouis.S 3hmidt aud Louis
= Hgine and vocal solDists, will give recitals
:. AT IRVING: Hall on january Nth and 3lst,
and Ftbru2rX14 th and 18th:
- O4ly<a few boxes for the New 3rk chat
ity~bal5 which takes place on January 9th,
remain: uns odd: AnQng: thoss who have
= taEen q box is Mr.. John W Mackay. Mrs :.
IL tJmaRnr Uelrjehs' name appears on the
=: tot. nlapiisers for this year.
=. a.. Tucker=5Ie. scar Wedding in Oakland.
N +: eiijTge W. McNear III, second son of
T.. tire we4-kn0w7l grain. merchant of 957 Lin
: :.c15E- street and Miss Eta Butkhaiter Tucker,
e. .. sec0nd. daaghfer of Dr.. j. c. Tucker, one Of
p :ztak}andis .pfominent men, We're married on
i: New Years eve al s 40 o'clock. :: :
D.: - Lie CEREMONY was 81. Paul's Episcopal
}. &c l!Grcla. OAKLAND. and was conducted by
=. Assistant Bishop Nichols, assisted by Rev.
- .:M.:4itchie, rector of ST. PauPs. A host 0 t
d. 4 J1hEiTs attendance II
- hEiH4Ht. thrOng all being in ful!-drtSs .
'att,re: IAe. church presented Il pretty ap-
.: pfaance, having been decorated with
- eslryS 4ntAemumS, holly. and other choice
plants. \ beautiful arch OF white chrysan-
tuenumS and greenery lighted with candles,
: Vas built across the stage. The artistic
: -ygufk was prepared 10y the Misses Breck.
=. lie wedding procession was headed by
2. ilEAp BOYes, Little nephew of the groom
- lie wore very handsome suit of white
: :c-'th, and executed his part very inteli-
GENTLY.
= Tne.maid of honor, tie brides sister. was
. NJ isS> Male Tucker. Tie bridesmaids were.
-. Hiss Bessie McNear, Miss Clare Tucker
D.: Miss Anne .HeFrIck and Miss Mckee. Mr..
john McNesr, brother IF the groom acted
as best man. lie came home from Liver
-p1ll, England, to attend the wedding The
f,hers We're: Mr.. Seward McNear, Mr. A.
Is. Brayton, Mr. Gus NJ -Donald, Mr. james
Mckee, Mr.. D.. a. Folger and Mr.. George
D. Boyd. The music was the rendering OF Mr..
Il j. Stewart, the San Francisco orEauist.
After the wedding a reception was held at
tie residence Of the brides parents, 1851
Market street Tits large house and richly
furnished, and had also been decorated bV
p. the Misses Breck. Between 200 and 800
guests were present, and they took With
. them enough costly presents 10 fill one room.
:As:the new year began,its existence it found
>~a'Jly6us houSeful Of dancers:
=. The Friday Night"
=. The eau nfond has hardly had time to
.retarn from Del Monte. Wh.ra the New
- I<aE was. PLEASANTLY welcomed. . !Cuq$e-
:. ill&pIly it was not strange that the attend
: aJice at the. third meeting Of the Friday
" 'AEgbt--NIpb, last evening: at odd Fellows
:: III ail shoplt not be quite uD TO the standard
q, OF previous meetings.. ....
:. IJf some ways The OCCASION lost nothing by
:: dlmip1ttiQn III the number present. The
: an alt paTt06k largely of the nature OF 4
!: ::rlaT ming home party. aid much unneces-
: 'saIy 19FI4ailty and STIFFNESS. were naturally
=: I'd sgaTded, and afl the figures were entered
>. :3lilt;' With peculiar Zest.
g.. kae hali-leoked we'll In its tasteful garb
60 #G5 Pink dnd white. EX4tics graced the
:...sta5d; elephants alternating with chrysan-
'.;tleH1un .clDSterSr fIOr (which smilaX ten
:: :sirlIs fell oyer 4 white ground. Streamers
: '4>t shlsid-Ike, unbreE Is of Japanese form
. :ntled the Infi-alr, while feStoons OF pink
:: and: blue tulle ROUND the galleries were con-
4 T. Sted-by crimson banners on the balcony
.. battressGs, All:the draperles were prettiEy
.*-eIl! 1h aslLe1 by large golden stars set among
..l.lere were five figures. led By Mr. E. NJ.
. Ns%eenMay .alld.t4et passed off capiraly.
Llet- weIe tile. Grand Right and Left"
.tie- . Double; Column" the Quadruple
- UEidr1lle" @n entirely new and much ad-
Is.rTi figure, the Arabic Eight and -Four
&c Circles.
I.ne figures were followed by the service
ct an excellent supper in the baUquet-room
be.jw and this again by general dancing.
which was not prolonged to quite the usual
LOut.
:. ..Tilo5e in. Mr.: -Greenway's first set wers.
A;rs L. H. Sheldon and Miss Sharon Mr..
Vernon Gray and Miss Bessie Hooker, Mr..
fTauk.>D.- Madison aud Miss Alice Hobart
-Elrllenant J. 4. Bell and Mrs. Louis B.
RaIT0tt, Mr. j. L. Boyd aud Mrs. Basil
Hgathcote, Mr.. Fred Otis and Miss Barber,
=: Mr.. George &. .Boardman Jr. and Miss Mar
:gueTite Wallace, Lieutenant Poundstone and
Miss Weed, Mr.. a. ;. Key and Miss Har-
FII+gEon. Lieutenant Horace 3. West and
nj 5 HCughton, Mr.. Ogden Hoffman Jr. and
Mis- Leila Carroll
Bowers-Waters Wedding in Oakland.
beautiful was-the. large auditorium of the
First Congregational Church, transformed
lntsa scene OF beauty and woodland verd-
u-e pTtParatory for the wedding of MI.
william T. Bowers and Miss Jennie
WLteTs, which occurred last Thursday
evening Long before the hour appointed
Tor the ceremony the church was filed to its
full. seating capacity, and despite the rain
LADIES', and 1t was remarked on all sides that
tie church had never before looked so
brilliant and beautiful.
At 80 o'clock the doors were thrown
;. open and the bridal party entered and
passed down tie aisle, while from the organ
caIife the sTeettones Of Memberships ever
, pillar wedding. march. The procession
Was led:by Miss Mary, Smell and the brother
Of. the bride, Mr. William Waters Of Butte
County. -'fh6 bridal party followed in
orderi U.shers1Aessrs. Harry B. Hough-
ton, j.. A. Folger, a. S, Macdonald, Mr..
wilson Of San FRANCISCO; bridesmaids
Miss Kate Clement Miss Claire Ralston.
Miss Annie Mckee Miss Violet Whitney:
he maid of honor, Miss Florence Reed of
san Francisco, who was followed by the
= BRIDE. AT the altar they were met by the
groom and his best man, Mr. Samuel Bell
Ackee. Before the platform the bridal
party made scene Of beauty which could
not bs surpassed.
While DR.. Mclean read the marriage serv-
zee from the ritualof the Episcopal Church,
MiGs Sophie Newlands sang in sweet soft
yoce; Call; Me Thine Own" Alexander
stewart playing the obligato on the violin
GnG Mrs. Howard the accompaniment on
:: the organ. At the conclusion of the cere-
q noLy the. newly welded pair led the wed
:.dIlfs march tot the doors aud thence to Smell
Seminary, where delightful reception was
: TIE bride received numerous and costly
fIe.epts from her many friends in Oakland
ana san francisco, among them being all
KINGS OF costly and usefu! sityerware pict-
ure3 household furniture, and in fact, every
thlas that heart could wish
alter wedding trip Mr.. and Mrs
Bowers wall take up their permanent resi-
deHte at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco.
Tie groom. Mr.. William f. Bowers, is
san franclScomerchant. being the head of
heirm W. f. Bowers & Co.. Pacific Coast
age1iS Tor the Gutta Percha'and India Rub
Der Manufacturing Company The bride is
. beautiful and accomplished belle who was
9StIdent and then a teacher at Smell Sem
=. 'inarE. Recently she took a course at Vas
sar College, and returned to Oakland dur
Ing LIST year wearing a brilliant rlnr ,uhinh