The San Francisco call., 1896-05-10

M AN u nave Deen the only topic OF
v v ing the past week.
The engagement of Miss
Delmas, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. d. NJ.
Delmas, and Lionel Fitzgerald Kenny, tel
egraphed from London the'other day, was
delight as we'll as a great surprise to the
many friends of the young lady in this
City.
Miss Delmas is the youngest daughter of
D. NJ. Delmas, the attorney, and a grand
daughter of the late Judge Joseph S. Hoge,
who died in this City few years ago. Her
eldest sister is the wife of William S.
Barnes, the District Attorney of San Fran
cisco. Mrs. Delmas and her two daugh-
ters, Miss Antoinette Delmas and Miss
Josephine Delmas, left little over year
ago for Europe.
The ladies had been living very quietly
in Paris, with occasional trips to Italy and
the south of France. 1t was while tour
ing Italy that they made the acquaintance
OF Miss Kenny, sister of the happy groom.
Mr.. Kenny was first introduced 10 Miss
Delmas in Paris.
The groom family is one OF the Oldest
in Ireland. The original Hugh de Nugent
went TO Ireland as the Baron of Delvin in
1915 In 1886 a descendant was COM
mander of the forces in Ireland as Lord
Delvin. In 1851, Richard, the fifteenth
Baron, was created an Earl The men,
bers of the family were all prominent in
the army and on the bench during the
past two centuries. The present Earl of
Westmeath was Baron in 1870. He has
two brothers and four sisters living. He
is the eleventh Earl. His brother William
was born IL 1871, and his brother Gilbert in
1880. His eldest sister was BORN in 1856.
Lionel Fitzgerald-Kenny is a direct
descendant by a younger son of the eighth
Earl, William Thomas Nugent, who was
also known as Lord Riverston. Tue mother
of the groom died in 1879.
During their stay in Paris the Misses Del
mas have been devoting much of their time
to the study of languages and to literature.
Visiting the various art galleries b las been
for them a source of constant delight as
both young ladies have most artistic capa-
biIities.
The wedding will take place in London
church on Thursday, the 21st inst, and will
be quiet affair, only the relatives of the
two families being present at the cere-
mony. The young couple will then make
a tour of the Continent. They will reside
on the estate OF the husband in Ireland.
Mrs. Delmas and Miss Delmas will pre-
sumably remain another year in Europe be-
fore their return to California.
The other engagement which has not
only interested but astonished the world
of society is that OF Miss ISABEL McKenna
and Peter Donahue Martin. The young
couple have been engaged for the past
month, and it was not intended to an
nounce the betrothal to the friends until
the 25th, the date of Mr.. Martins return
from the south. but it inadvertently be-
came public.
The young lady who is to be the bride of
Mr.. Martin is the eldest daughter of the
Hon. Joseph McKenna, Judge of the
United States Circuit Court of this City.
When her parents left Solano County for
Washington, D. c., where Judge McKenna
served four terms as Congressman, Miss
McKenna accompanied them, and entered
the convent at Georgetown, where she
graduated with honors, the first OF the
class of '93.
When her father was appointed Judge of
the United States Circuit Court by Presi-
dent Harrison the family moved to San
Francisco, and Miss McKenna made her
formal debut in society here. She soon be-
came great tayorite with the younger
society set, and was prominent at all social
gatherings.
Miss McKenna has long enjoyed the
reputation of being one of the beauties Of
the younger set. Tall and slender, with
patrician features, she certainly deserves
her well-merited success.
In addition to her many charming per-
sonal traits, Miss McKenna has rare men
tai attainments. She Is one of the best
read of all the society girls, and the honors
that she SO deservedly won in college she
has maintained in her brilliant social
career.
Miss McKenna made her debut in So
ciety three months ago at a small tea
given by her parents at their residence on
Franklin street. The young debutante
was an immediate success. Her charm
ing manners, especially her low, sweet,
well-mod uiated voice, endeared her to all
who met her, and no entertainme ent was
considered complete without her presence.
Peter Donahue Martin, the happy man,
is the eldest son of Mrs. Eleanor Martin
and of the late Edward Martin, one of the
early pioneers of California, who died
several years ago a multi. millionaire He
is also the nephew of the late Peter Dona-
hue and of the late Ex-Governor Downey
of Los Angeles.
Mr.. Martin received his early education
in California, and then went to the George
town College, near Washington, D. c.,
where he graduated few years ago, and
then returned to this coast to take active
charge of the estates of his father and
uncle, Governor Downey.
He is at present in the south. where he
manages the Downey estate, with head
quarters at Los Angeles. He also has a
large undivided interest in the Stearns
ranch, and manages that large tract of
land, as well as the Warner ranch, situ-
ated in San Diego County near the Mexi-