The San Francisco call., 1905-03-26
SMART AFFAIRS
SCARCE DURING
LENTEN DAYS
BY ZOE GREEN RADCLIFFE.

OAKLAND, March 25.-As Easter
approaches the Lenten shadow be-
comes more perceptible and social
functions become more informal and
less frequent. Even the recently en-
gagged girls must wait until the season
of fast is ended. but dozens of elabor-
ate affairs are being planned fer that
time and with Easter week will begin
a dizzy whirl of social activity. The
engaged girl we always have with us,
mere in Oakland, and there is a par
ticularly popular cluster of stars in
the armament of love just at present,
whose friends are only awaiting an
suspicious time TO entertain. There Is
Miss Cordelia Bishop, Miss Marion
Smith, Miss Helen Chase, Miss Martha
Cofln, Miss Carolyn Williamson and
another who will divulge her secret
after Lent-surely a veritable rosebud
garden of girls and charming motives
for festal gatherings.
Several of Miss Marion Smiths more
intimate friends have celebrated her
recent engagement to Roland Oliver
in informal fashion, the most elaborate
affair yet given being a luncheon at
the Claremont Club Thursday. Forty
guests were seated at the three beau
tifully adorned tables, which were pre-
sided over by the hostesses, Mrs. A.
A. Moore, Miss Ethel Moore, Mrs.
John j. Valentine Jr. and Mrs. Walter
Starr Mrs. Moore and Miss Moore
entertained part of the guests at one
table and the two young matrons pre-
sided at the other tables. Covers were
laid for Mrs. f. Nj. Smith, Mrs. Will
liam Let's Oliver, Mrs. William S.
Goodfellow, Mrs. A. L. White, Mrs
Lillian Brown Everts, Mrs. Z. j. Bar
ker, Mrs. w. j. Landers, Miss Sperry.
Mrs. Charles A. Hooper, Mrs. Charles
Buffers, Mrs. Q. A. Chase, Mrs. Edison
Adams, Mrs. Mark Requa, Mrs. Minor
Goodal, Miss Florinne Brown, Miss
Emma Wellman. Mrs. Grace Gorrill
Gowing, Mrs. Dan Belden, Mrs. DEN
mis- Searles, Mrs. William H Morrison,
Mrs. j. P. H. Dunn, Mrs. George S.
Wheaton, Miss Charlotte Hall, Miss
Florence White, Miss Evelyn Ellis.
Miss Florence Starr, Miss Smith, Miss
May Coogan, Miss Helen Chase, Miss
Marion Goodfellow, Miss Anita oliver,
Miss Edith Gaskill, Miss Winifred
Burdge, Mrs. Wigington Greed, Miss
Lucretia Burnham, Miss Florence
Hush and Miss Claire Chabot.
Miss Smith and Mr.. Oliver were hon
ored guests again at a dinner given
by Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Lowden
Thursday night.
Professor Henry Van Dyke of Prince
ton College, who is the lion of the hour
in Berkeley, was the center of inter-
est at a. brilliant affair given in his
honor by President and Mrs. Wheeler
Thursday. The guest list included
many of the most prominent men and
women in Oakland and Berkeley and
the assembly was one of the most dis
tinguished ever seen in Hearst Hall.
In the crowd were noticed Professor
and Mrs. Charles Mills Gayley, Pro-
fessor and Mrs. Bernard Moses, Pro-
lessor and Mrs. Jacques Loeb, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clinton Day and Miss Carol Day,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Henry Martinez,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles S. Buffers and
Professor and Mrs. Chauncey Winslow
Wells. Mr.. and Mrs. John Galen How
ard, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis c. Ralston.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. X. Orr, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Augustus Buffers, Mr.. and Mrs.
William r. Davis, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Rickard, Mr.. and Mrs. George
D. Metcalf and Professor and Mrs.
Adolph c. Miller, Jerome B. Landfield.
Franklin Lane, George r. Lane, Mr..
and Mrs: r K. Boone, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles e. Miller, DR.. and Mrs Alfred
Hunter VOORHEES,, Mrs. Malcolm
Henry, Arthur Duncan. Mrs. Selim p.
Woodwork, Mr.. and Mrs. B. M. New
comb, Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Phelps, Mr..
and Mrs. John w. Calkins.
Mrs. Ernest Boyes entertained the
Monday Five Hundred Club this week
Miss Gilbert Curtiss and Mrs. Bur-
bank making the highest scores. The
next meeting will be at Mrs. Burbank's.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Schrock. Mr..
and Mrs. w. H. Weilbye and Mr. and
Mrs. / A Beretta leave to-mnrrou