The San Francisco call., 1904-07-24
PLAN WELCOME s
BY Zoe Green Radcliffe.

OAKLAND, July 93.-Now that Miss
Edith selby, who has been quite i'll. is
! convalescent, friends Of the family are
/ beginning to plan little welcome home
! affairs for Misses Florence and CoraIie
Selby. who recently returned after a
/ long absence in New York and Europe.
The Selby girls are no less popular than
I their handsome mother. and they will
without doubt be the motif for some of
! the smartest affairs Of the winter Mrs.
/ Harry East Miller was hostess yester-
! day at the initial event in honor of the
/ returned travellers, and. as may be ex-
! pected when Mrs Miller entertains. It
was a delightful affair Just a few old
/ friends were invited in and they en-
joyed cup Of tea while the Misses
! Selby, in their own merry fashion, gave
many an interesting reminiscence of
/ their travels and experiences while
away. Among those who enjoyed the
afternoon were: Mrs. Harrison CLAW.
! Miss Laura Prather, Miss Annie Miller.
/ Miss Carrie Havens, Mrs. George
Sterett Wheaton. Miss Bessie Palmer.
Miss Elizabeth McNear, Miss Georgia
Shanklin, Mrs. Frederick f. MaCee.
Mrs Oscar Fitzalan Long. Mrs. Edison
Adams, Miss Viva Nicholson, Miss
/ Barker, Miss Mona Crellin. Mrs. Rob
ert NJ. Fitzgerald, Mrs. Baldwin and
/ Miss Brown.
Five hundred promises to be the ia
yored card game again this winter. with
| bridge a close second. Miss Nicholson
! gave luncheon yesterday. and after
the menu had been daintily discussed
/ the guests devoted their attention TO
/ five hundred. In the set TO which the
! Nicholson girls belong all are five hun
/ dred enthusiasts and they rarely meet
I without a game. Yesterday Mrs Yer
I non Waldron and Mrs. James Tyson
were the prize winners, and the other
/ guests were: Mrs. Oscar Fitzalafi Long.
| Mrs. Henry Rosenfeld, Mrs John Met
calf Of San Francisco. Mrs. J. d. Barne-
/ son. Mrs. J. Loren Pease Mrs George
/ Gross, Mrs. Wickham Havens, Mrs.
Edward w. Engs, Mrs. D. A. Proctor,
! Mrs. Newton Koser, Mrs. ]. Emmett
Nicholson, Mrs. James P. H. Dunn,
Mrs. Albert Long. Miss Belle Nicholson
and Mrs. B. NJ. Nicholson.
Few persons seeing Mr.. and Mrs. John
a. Britton without their family of
grown children would dream that they
had been married long enough to be
celebrating their silver wedding. But
to-day is their twenty fifth anniversary
| and they are looking back upon an un-
Usually happy married life II is hap
piness that has kept them so young.
| Though the Brittons are now residing
across the bay Oaklanders still feel
that they belong here. They were mar
ried here in the old ST. Johns Episcopal
| Church, that has now been superseded
by a more modern structure. Here
their little family came into being and
here it was that their eldest daughter.
Florence. was married last winter to
Walter Kellogg.
Mrs. Britton was formerly Miss Flor
ence Mitchell Van Eastiand, and her
father was president of the gas com
pany for which. at the time of their
marriage. Mr.. Britton was a collector.
Mr.. Britton is now himself president of
the same corporation and highly es-
teemed by all who know him.
Miss Loretta Hanley, who seems to
/ DE luC Cctllcl VI d pcIlctl WHlIlNl0Q OF
sociability since her arrival in Oak
land, was the guest OF honor yester-
day at pretty luncheon given by Mrs.
Fred Jacobs. Miss Anita Thomson.
who is Miss Hanleys hostess during
her stay IN California, shared the hon
ors and the other guests We're: Mrs.
Philip Clay, Mrs Ferdinand Stephen
son, Miss Bessie Palmer. Miss Elsie
kimble, Mrs. Joseph chanselor, Mrs.
Charles Page, Mrs. William Watt, Mrs.
Oliver Dibble and Miss Katherine
Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin w. Ehrnann.
who have been travelling in the East
for four months, including one month
at st. Louis, will return this week and
Will for the next two months be at the
home Of Mrs. Ehmenn's parents, on
? Vernon Heights.
Miss Pauline Collins is at home after
! a delightful outing OF two weeks al
! Willow Springs Farm. the summer res
4 idence Of Mr.. and Mrs. James L. Bar