The San Francisco call., 1899-04-23

- HE promise Of "gayer times
after Lent" has failed of fulfill
ment and events Of much impor-
tance are few and far between.
j. The most agreeable happening OF
the week seems TO have been the
announcement of the engagement of Miss
Mamie Burling to Surgeon John Evelyn
Page. L. S. N. which has given rise tc
no end of complimentary sayings
The prospect for the coming week is
not much more cheerful. at least not for
lovers of dancing and evening parties, as
there is nothing of this sort scheduled.
Indeed, the euchre party to be given by
Mrs. William Kohl on Thursday and the
tea which Mrs. Newhall and Mrs. +. w.
Newhall are to give next Friday are the
only announcements made.
Oakland has been Wrestling the honors
from San Francisco in the matter of en-
PERTAINING recently. and affairs social are
booming in the little city across the pay:
The most brilliant affair Of the week OF
course was the reception which Mr. ana
Mrs +. NJ. Smith gave on Wednesday
evening at their charming home, ArDOr
Villa in East Oakland, TO which over 1900
guests from both sides of the bay were
Then on Tuesday there was the lunch
con at the Piedmont Club house, at which
the members Of the Cosmos Club We're
entertained by Mrs. Minor Goodall, Mrs
William Morris and Mrs. Frank Brown
of Oakland, and on Wednesday the din
ner given by Mrs. William Magee at her
home in Fruitvale in honor of Miss Belle
Mhoon. whose engagement TO Frederick
Magee was announced last week Those
who attended this delightful affair were:
Colonel and Mrs Oscar F. Long Mr.. and
Mrs. Mark L. Requa, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Magee Jr., Miss Belle Mhoon,
Miss Marguerite Jolliffe. Miss Jessie Glas-
cock. DR.. Herbert Moftitt, Alexander
Baldwin and Frederick Magee.
There are a number of prospective
brides and grooms across the bay and
each couple has furnished the motif for
nent among which were those given by
Mrs. Orestes Pierce, Mrs. Z. Q. q. Miller
and Mrs. Oscar F. Long.
Mrs. Charles Webb Howard and Mrs.
Q. Shafter Howard will receive on Thurs
days in April at their home in Oakland.
Mrs. Socrates Huff has sent out cards
for card party TO be given at her home
in San Leandro May 3.
The marriage Of Miss Katherine Gun
ningham and Frank BOggs, son Of the late
Senator John Boggs, will take place next
Owing to the recent death of the groom s
father the wedding will be very quiet
one, only relatives and intimate friends
having been invited. The young couple
win laavo the oftarnoon train for a
10 take possession of a new house Just
completed and handsomely furnished, the
groom 5 present to his bride.
The following item, which appeared in
an Eastern paper, will be of interest to
San FranCiscans:
The marriage last Wednesday at CO.
lumbus. Ohio, of Miss Ethel Rodgers.
youngest dau6hter of Major A. w. Rod
gers, and Albert J. Dibbee of San Fran
cisco, is one of the most important of re-
cent hymeneal events in that city. Miss
Rodgers is considered the handsomest of
tho seasons debutantes, and belonging as
she does TO the oldest families of Column
wants, her marriage has awakened no lit
tie interest. The bridegroom is a brother
of Ben Dibblee captain of the Harvard
football team, who was his best man, and
is himself a Harvard graduate Of the
class Of "a II. Forbes of Boston. Rufus
King Of New York and Walter Hobart of
San Francisco acted as ushers at the
wedding. Miss Williams, a sister-in-law
OF Mr.. Hobart, was maid of honor. and the
list of bridesmaids included Miss Pepper