The San Francisco call., 1904-04-17

for Portugal last week, where they will
visit for some weeks. The Robinsons
will return in the fall.
On Tuesday Mrs. George Gibbs was
hostess at charming card party. The
following guests were invited to meet
the guests of honor, Mrs. Kane and
Miss Stella Kane: Mrs. William r.
Smedberg. Mrs. William E. Hopkins.
Mrs. Gale, Mrs. James Carolan, Mrs.
William Thomas, Mrs. Joseph Trilley,
Mrs. William McIvor, Mrs. Louis
Brechenin, Mrs. Foote, Mrs. L. L.
Baker, Mrs. Samuel Hort Boardman,
Mrs. T. Danforth Boardman, Miss
Katherine Dillon and Miss Charlotte
Ellinwood.
Miss Edith Simpson left this morn
ing for an Eastern trip. She is going
first to Baltimore, after which she will
visit in New York, returning to San
Francisco within a couple of months.
On Monday night James d. Phelan,
whose fame as host has spread across
the continent. gave a dinner in the
Red Room of the Bohemia Club in
honor of the visiting author, Thomas
Nelson Page. The guests asked to
meet the distinguished man of letters
were: Frank Deering, joaquin Mil
ler, Horace Platt, Professor Peyton,
Lloyd Osborne, Captain Fletcher,
Charles Stetson Wheeler. Uncle"
George Bromley, Colonel Harry
Brady, Dr. George Chismore and Will
liam G. Stafford.
Mrs. Lester Herrick was hostess at a
pleasant card party in her apartments
at the Empire on Thursday, the guest
Of honor being Mrs. Charles Edward
Greenfield, who was Miss Elsa Cook.
Among those who were invited to
meet the fair guest were: Mrs. Alfred
Baker Spalding, Mrs. Charles Krauth-
off, Mrs. CASTOR Ashe, Mrs. Louis F.
Beedy, Mrs. George Toland Cameron.
Mrs. A Starr Keeler,, Mrs. Charles Par
cells, Mrs. Richard Sperry, Mrs. Ches-
ter Smith, Mrs. Burns Macdonald, Mrs.
Bruce Bonny, Mrs. Ralph Hart, Mrs.
Charles E. Greenfield, Mrs. Berming-
ham, Mrs. Dennis Searles. Mrs. Frede-
rick S. Palmer. Mrs. Julian Thorne,
Mrs. Nathaniel T. Messer Jr., Mrs.
Frederick Stimson, Mrs. Montell Taylor,
Mrs. William Morrow, Mrs. William r.
Klink, Mrs. William r. Campbell, Miss
Madeline Post of Seattle, Miss Belle
Harmes, Miss Gertrude Bates, Miss
Fanny Danforth, Miss Francis Thomp
son, Miss Constance Borrowe, Miss
Zelda Tiffany, Miss Mary Miller. Miss
Ethel Francis of Napa, Miss George
Sheppard~and Miss Grace Thompson.
Mrs. Henry Clarence Breeden enter
tanned a few friends at bridge on
Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Breeder
is an enthusiast of the royal game and
scarcely a week passes that she does,
not ask few friends to join her in
a game.
Whispers of betrothal-only whis-
pers, mind-are waited to me on every
breeze And they must bear some
truth in their perfumed breath. 'Tis
told that Miss Margery Gibbons has
promised her heart. To whom? Why,
to Lieutenant Shinkle, to be sure. And
so, too, Miss Elsie Dorr, and to sol
dier brave. Then a tale is told of
lovely Miss Hazel King, of Miss Eliz-
abeth Ames, of Miss Maud Born, all
of whom are in or going to Gotham.
For trousseaux? Wait. We soon
shall know.
That was a pleasant affair given by
Miss Laura Prather, the clever min
iaturist of Oakland, on Thursday.
Herewith are the guests who en-
joyed the studio tea, which was in
honor of Mrs. j. D. Stafford: Mrs. P
L. Wheeler. Mrs. McElrath, Mrs.
Chadbourne, Miss Annie Miner, Mrs
Horatio P. Livermore, Mrs. H. p.
Gregory. Mrs. Charles F. Hoffman,,
Mrs. George H. Wheaton, Mrs. Charles
Eells, Mrs. Mark Kern, Miss Lulu
Shepard, Mrs. John r. Glascock, Mrs.
]. G. Hayes. Mrs. j. B. Williams, San
Francisco; Mrs. Milton s. Latham, San
Francisco; Mrs. Charles Weller, San
Francisco; Mrs. George de Cola, Mrs.
A. J. Ralston, Mrs. T. B. CoghiIl, Mrs.
Henry Wetherbee, Mrs. Farnham,
Misses Van Wyclx, Mrs. d. Henshaw
Ward. Mrs. Charles Walkley, Mrs
George H. Mendel, San Francisco: Miss
Nora Mcneil, San Francisco; Misses
Heath, San Francisco; Misses Nav
nard, Mrs. Peter Won Loben Sells, Mrs.
H. p. Hussey, Mrs. Grace Hayden, Miss
Annie Miller, Mrs. Gustav Mix, Mrs.
Spencer Brown. Mrs. Henshaw. Miss
Farrier, Mrs. Richard Lyman, Miss
Josie Eastland. Mrs. Wilcox, Misses
Rogers, San Francisco; Miss Violet
Whitney, Mrs. John Heath, Miss
Meeker Miss Constance Weeks and
Mrs. Rosborough.
The wedding of Miss Florence Callag-
han and J. Vincent de Laveaga. on
Wednesday evening, was the distinctive
event of the week. thereby uniting two
of the most distinguished Catholic
families in San Francisco. The cere-
mony was simple. impressive and ele-
gant-and wholly without ostentation,
either in gowning, decorations. or other
accessories = but rare instance of
singularly good taste.
Mrs. John Cory was hostess at an
informal luncheon at the Palm Garden
on Thursday.
Have you a samover in your possess