The San Francisco call., 1906-07-06
THE SMART SCI

The Fourth was most entoyaDly ceie-
brated at the Claremont country .s, CIuS,
a large assemblage or san ii. sS.,s,.
and Oakland's smart set mingIng tnsil
pleasure o-obsstra
The music of DR.. stewards orchestIa
| was a most delightful feature ana at
the dining hour many groups ana Pal
ties were seen-all maids and matroIlS
in the daintiest OF summer
which fortunately were greeteu DS
most balmy day for their DOMINIC
| Among the hosts were Mr. ana MrS-
Edison Adams MIR. and Mrs Ihomas
Crellin. Mr. and Mrs. Horry Meek zen zen
eraI and Mrs oscar Fltzdldh 30 .
Sherwood. Miss Head, and se'ei@i
others.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles G. Yale OF
Oakland are entertaining WiIDer III
rell Gracey. who was passens s,.l @
the Mongolia. which arrived from
China Tuesday Mr.. Gracey's comma
has been awaited with much interest.
for. aside from being distinguished
member Of the United states cons SuIds9
service, he is the fance OF MISS Emu
vale one of Oaklands very charming
1trls Mr. Gracev has been acting Con-
sYI pro tenn at HOngkOng, but Will IN
future be the American Consul at sing
tan a position he will be the nrst 10
fill it having been recently credteu.
1
miles from Shanghai 1t has large
German population and is built after
the plan of Berlin. with wide Streets
a rather unusual feature in China.
IT will be seen that Miss Yale's lines
have fallen in pleasant places, as her
marriage with Mr. Gracey VIII . 80
place before his return 10 the orient
and Singtau will be her future nome
Mr.. Gracey is. member of one or Bos-
tons fine old families and his father
has been Consul General at Soocho"
for the last nineteen or twenty years
The elder Graceys have been makinsy
a tour of the world and VIII De IN
Oakland soon TO remain until after the
wedding The groom-to-be leaves TOT
Washington in few days. and on MS
return Miss Yale will become Orlu0-
Mics Genevieve Dowsett, the beauti-
full young hancee of Prentiss Gray OF
Oakland. is visiting her sister Mrs
Fred Knight. in Mill Valley MISS
Dowsett is tail and strikingly attrac-
tive and was considered one or the
prettiest girls in Honolulu, where her
family is socially prominent. Her
sister Mrs. Knight, also hne-IooklnS
woman. is a daughter-in-law of George
Knight. the well-known San Francisco
attorney.
As Prentiss Gray is favorite on
both sides of the bay and a member
Of a weII-known Oakland family-he
is brother of Miss Mabel Thayer
Gray. one time president of Ebell-his
coming marriage with Miss DOwsetr
will be a social event of more than
passing interest
/ A number of Oaklanders went to
Tahoe for the Fourth The party in
cIuded the Frederick Page Cuttings
and the F. lie B. BarbOurs. The F. NJ
WaIshes leave for Tahoe next Mon
| hx- he
runs her own auto car now and is get
ting to be quite an expert
| Miss Virginia GOodseH. Miss Eva
Yorker and Mrs. Buckbee of Oakland
are at Tahoe and will go to Camp
Agassiz. on Fallen Leaf Lake. next
week.
DR.. Wakefield and family are at
Applegate.
Mrs. William Leavitt and baby have
gone to Washington TO visit Mrs.
Leavitts mother. The Leavitts were
living at the Empire in San Francisco
before the fire. but are now at the
home of Mrs T. Wilson Sigourney,
Mrs. Leavitt's sister. in Oakland
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Batchelder are
at 4S2 Edwards street Oakland.
Among the weeks sOjOurners at
!. Hotel Potter. Santa Barbara. are Mrs
Louis H Long. Mrs. A. NJ Burns and
Arthur G. Fisk.
Professor John Adams of the Uni
versfty of London and Professor Hugo
4 de Vries of the University of Amster-
dam are visiting in Berkeley and win
be guests all summer of the various
prominent educational lights.
Miss Lucretia Burnham of Oakland
has Just returned with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. j. r. Burnham. from a
delightful automobile tour about the
State The Buruhams anticipate
spending the rest of the summer with
this mode of recreation, planning sew
eral short trips.
Colonel and Mrs. George F. Cooke.
Twenty Infantry. T. s. A. en-
Fourth Colonel Cookies nephew, II. d.
Cooke Jr., U. S. n.
The young naval man was wounded
in the recent battle with the Moros at
Mindanao Island. being in command
of the Pampanga.
Miss Katherine McElrath is visiting
. at Glen Ellen
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Landers. with
their daughter. Miss Eleanor. are
spending the summer at their country
place near San Jose. Miss Landers
was hostess at a large house party
recently, entertaining in honor of her
birthday.
; % Among guests from Oakland was
Miss Lulette Manuals
} Colonel and Mrs. W. r. Smedberg
and Miss Cora Smedberg went to San
Rafael last week to spend the sum
! mer, having found an attractive cot
! tage
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hinckley. who
; moved to Oakland after the fire, are
living in the old home of Mrs. Hinck-
sley's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Grayson.
on Madison street.
Mr. and Mrs. A. l. Mcpherson OF