The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-18

TIT HEN the year ending April
IA Is, 1907, shall have been chron-
NM icled and tabulated. and stats
tics of all kinds referring to
the new life of our welI-be-
loved city shall have been completed,
there is a very important item which
will probably be omitted by the sober
minded historian, that it win fall to the
lot Of the social chronicler to record.
And this particularly important bit will
be in regard TO the unusual number of
marriages that have taken place within
the months following the disaster and
which bid fair to continue during the
next few months to come. There have
always been many weddings in San
Francisco; it has been rather a dis
tinctive feature for a city of its popu-
lation, but this year it seems almost
Of the nature OF an epidemic Sober
minded spinsters, bachelors who have
been given up as hopeless cases. young
misses scarce out of the schoolroom,
youths with little but prospects" to
support their wives upon, all are either
married or engaged. 1t was predicted
by The Outsider" early in the summer
that matrimony galore would be the re-
suit Of the strange informal social con-
ditiOns, and never did prophecy come
truer. II is unnecessary to go further
back than the past week to tell of the
weddings that have taken place, but
three have been celebrated within the
past four or FIVE days. The first of
these was that Of Miss Mary Page and
William B. B. ingalls,, which was on
Wednesday evening. In common with
most of the weddings of the year it
was a quiet affair, celebrated at the
brides home the Of he
brides relatives, among whom are Mr.
and Mrs. II. F. Williams, and their fam
lily and Mr.. and Mrs. William Cone
while the groom's family was repre-
sented by his cousins. the Bourns. The
bride chose TO go unattended to the al
tar. and William Fisher was the best
man. On the following afternoon pretty
Miss Lavina Hoffacker became the bride
Of Raymond Splivalo at her home on
Pacific avenue, Miss Fanny Minor act
ing as maid of honor and Fred Gilmore
as best man. This was a very quiet
affair also, owing to the recent death of
the grOom's charming mother, Mrs
c. r. Splivalo- Yesterday afternoon
Mrs. Rebecca McMullin Belvin, one of
the beautiful and fasciating McMullin
sisters, was married. to Francis J.
Heney, the brilliant young attorney,
who has won so much fame within the
past few years. This is the elimination,
il is said, Of an old affair of several
years duration. and the engagement
has existed for over a year, although
it was kept a secret from all save the
immediate relatives. Their wedding
took place at the home of the brides
sister-in-law. Mrs. Betty Hays McMul-
lin, and was attended only by their
Immediate relatives There were no at
tendants and their honeymoon journey
was omitted, as Mr.. Heney was unable
fo the 0ff ~ Il. oot /, 10,
ingly remarked, he had to be married
on Saturday afternoon not to interfere
with the Grand Jury"
One Of the next weddings to take
place viii be. that of Miss Mary Mar
rimer and Lieutenant Wallace Bert
holt L. S. n, which is to take place
on Wednesday afternoon, November
%. at the home of the brides parents.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Mariner in
Berkeley IT is only since the disaster
that the Mariners have made their
home across the bay, and it is a matter
Of complaint among their friends on
this side that they have done So For
some time they lived in an attractive
apartment on Vallejo street, near
Scott, and it was there that Miss
Mariner gave the tea last fall at
which she announced her engagement
TO the handsome young naval officer.
The tea was given in honor of Miss
AIculd DAOHCs uON MIS-. DdHlcl OuGdm.
who had recently announced her en-
gagement TO the army officer stationed
in the Philippines. and who was just
on the eve of her departure for the
islands with her mother. to be married
there Miss Mariner had been a great
belle. but so well had she and Mr..
Bertholf kept their secret that the an
nouncement OF their engagement was
the greatest surprise to everyone, even
Miss Mariners closest girl friends.
Their wedding viii be a quiet affair,
only their nearest friends having been
invited Miss Roberta Deal Will be the
maid Of honor. and 1t is possible that
Lieutenant Caspar Goodrich, u. S. n.
viii come to California TO act as best
man. although that is not as yet de-
cided.
On December Miss Mary Small
VA marry Lieutenant Arthur G.
FISHER, Z. S. A, at the home of her
father, r. J. Small. on Broadway II
is to be an evening affair and will