The San Francisco call., 1905-08-17
CUPID SMILES
UPON ANOTHER
ENGAGED PAIR
BY ZOE GREEN RADCLIFFE.

OAKLAND. Aug. 16.-when an engagement
is announced now only gasp, AN
other?' and proceed laboriously TO rise to this
occasion with congratulations. Love has
plucked SO many buds lately from the social
garden that ones enthusiasm is worn TO q
frazzle and 1t Is simply Impossible to be sur
prised at anything in the engagement line.
Even Mayor Mott Walter Leimert might
succumb to Cupids wiles now without causing
an eyebrow to lift.
For some time Miss Juliet CARRIER and Frank
Stringham have been suspected OF entertaining
romantic penchant for each other. To-day
suspicious confirmed and their friends
have been told of their engagement The news
is most interesting. for Miss CARRIER is a So
cial tayorite, being attractive girl nat
ural charm. education and travel can make.
She Is the daughter OF Judge and Mrs. John
CARRIER. whose beautiful home in Claremont
has been the center Of considerable entertain
ing. Mr.. Strtngham Is a San Francisco at
tofney. No date has been set for the wedding.
but 1t VIII probably be an early winter affair
All indications point to unusual activity in
musical circles this. winter. The Wednesday
Morning Club has. formed choral among its
members and E. Dunbar Crandall is to WELD
the baton. This club boasts of a number OF
good voices and the public may hope to profit
by the friendly rivalry that is bound to result
between the Wednesday Choral and the Hughes
Club. Mrs. Margaret Davis Hughes, by the
way, has resigned as accompanist for the
Hughes Club and her place will be filled here
after by Mr.. Bretherick, the we'll known or
ganist. Mr.. Bretherick was formerly accom-
Loring Club of San Francisco. The Hughes
Club is preparing for a concert at early
date, and Llewellyn Hughes, the young violin
list who met with such wonderful success while
in Europe, will probably be% one of the soloists.
Mr.. Hughes and his wife and baby are now
here visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. D. P.
Hughes.
The Palette, Lyre and Pen Club is pre-
pairing for a busy winter. The first meeting of
the season will take place Friday evening,
September 1, at the clubrooms on Thirteenth
street, when reception will be given TO Mr..
Theodore Wores, the weli-known artist OF San
Francisco There will also be exhibition of
paintings by Mr.. Wores, which, after Friday
evening, will be open to the public for a week.
Mr. Wores has just returned from Santa Bar
cality which will be shown at the coming
hibition together with some Hawaiian and
Spanish views. The much -talked-about portrait
of Mrs. Reginald Brooke will probably be in the
collection and will be of especial interest to
society folk in Oakland. where Mrs. Brooke
has many friends.
Mr. and Mrs. o. c. Voss have returned
from very pleasant sojourn on the Russian
River, near Cloverdale. Their daughter Miss
Olive Voss. spent the summer in Oregon
The Elliott Cranes and Mrs. Cora B. Jones
are still In Portland, where they will prob
ably remain for some months yet. Mrs Jones
will not be here to assume her new office Of
president when the Oakland Club convenes
again, but Mrs. w. s. Peters. vice president,
win preside until Mrs. Jones returns
Mr.. and Mrs. Simon Mayer Of 2271 Geary
street San Francisco, announce the engage
ment of their daughter Josephine, to Aaron
Gotthelf one of Oaklands well-known business
men Mr. Gotthelf is member Of the Ma
several years has represented L. Weiner & Co.
upon this side OF the bay.