The San Francisco call., 1905-01-08
ARTS DISCIPLE
SUCCUMBS TO
CUPID'S DARTS
BY ZOE GREEN RADCLIFFE.

OAKLAND, Jan. 7.-Such marry
ing and giving in marriage" as is go
ing on in this blessed City Of Oaks! 1t
is really becoming epidemic and there
seems TO be no check, for some or our
most talented girls-young women
whom we had thought welded TO art
have succumbed to Cupids plague.
A few days ago Miss Elsa Hunt. whose
aim for years has been an operate
career, announces her engagement.
"Wednesday another promising singer,
CAROLYN Crew, became a bride, and
now that very talented young violinist,
Gertrude Hibbard, has Laid down the
fiddle and the bow long enough to
tell us that she, too, has followed in
the footsteps of those who have al
ready proclaimed their happiness.
Miss Hibberd divulged her little Sc
cret this afternoon at an informal tea
and COR. once the news was real sur
prise. The lucky man is Edward Rus
sell Eliassen, we'll known and very
popular young lawyer of this city.
Miss Hibberd is daughter of Mrs.
H. E. Hibberd of Vernon Heights, and
though she has been a teacher for
several years in the Garfield School,
she has found time to develop a fine
musical talent. Her violin playing
shows considerable temperament and
an excellent technique. Miss Hibberd
is a pupil of Henri Holmes.
At the tea to-day kilograms ad-
dressed to each guest conveyed the
happy news.
Mr.. Eliassen, though resident of
Oakland, has his office in San Fran
cisco and has been quite successful.
He is a member of the board of Free
Public Library trustees, of this city.
No date has been set for the wedding.
A wedding of more than local inter-
est took place in Haywards to-day.
when a clever newspaper man and
college graduate, Oscar R. Morgan,
was married to Miss Vida B. Priddy,
a young society girl Of that little berg.
The groom was formerly editor of the
Haywards Review. but is now pub
graduated with the class of '01 from
the University of California and has
many friends of the college town.
The bride is the daughter of Rev.
and Mrs. w. B. Priddy of Haywards,
and the wedding took place at her pa
rents home. Her gown was dainty
confection of cream just cloth over
taffeta and she carried the convention
al shower of Bride roses.
Miss Ruth Brown, in pretty pale
green silk MULE and carrying white
carnations, was maid of honor. and
Archie Cloud of Oakland attended the
groom. Myrtle Ewing, niece of the
bride, was ring bearer, and the brides
father pronounced the nuptial bless
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan left at once
for Reno. where they will reside.
Among the weeks pleasant events
was the meeting of a Five Hundred
Club at Mrs. Welles Whitmore's yes
terday. The members of this club have
played together for several seasons,
and the meetings are always antici-
pated with much pleasure. Hereafter
they will play on Mondays instead Of
Fridays. and Mrs. Auerbach will be
the next hostess.
The players yesterday were: Mrs.
Melvin C. Chapman, Mrs. George B.
Flint, Mrs E. d. Yorker. Mrs. F. A
Webster, Mrs. A. r. Adams. Mrs. John
C. Lynch, Mrs. Grayp Mrs. r. H. Auer-
bach. Mrs. G. C. Judson, Mrs. NJ Day,
Mrs. Herbert Lang, Mrs. T. w. Stevens.
Mrs. A.. c. Dabney. Mrs. Winchester
and Mrs Whitmore.
Al treat is In store for us next week.
for the ladies of the West Oakland
Home have made arrangements with
Frederick Warde to appear in their
behalf next Friday afternoon at Yc
Liberty Theater He will discourse on
tshakespeare and His Plays" Mr..
Warde is one Of the most delightful
exponeuts of Shakespearean literature
on either stage or platform to-day. and
without doubt the big playhouse on
broadway will be taxed to its utmost
capacity on Friday, for the popular
actor needs no Introduction to q cul-
tured publicstha. has already had many
opportunities to admire his work. The
fact, too. that he will speak In splen-
did cause.-the cause of homeless little
children-should have much to do with