The San Francisco call., 1906-09-26
Society in tbe Cities
.Across the Bay.
BY Edna B. Kir7ard.

oANLAN1, sept -1---4f1i'S ~@ot .
BenestelI will become the wife of Stan
ley Walton tomorrow at the Unitarian
Church in San Francisco, Rev. Brad
ford Leavitt, a family friend perform
ing the ceremony. The guests viii be
limited to the families of the young
couple Miss Blanche Bonestell will
attend her sister as maid of honor and
William Walton will support the
groom. After an extended honeymoon
Mr. Walton and his bride will reside
in an artistic bungalow in Mill Valley.
DR.. William Frederick Babe will wed
Miss Mary Evelyn Ratcliffe, daughter
of Rev. w H Rateliffe, at St Marks
Church. Berkeley, tomorrow. Several
hundred friends will witness the cere-
mony Miss Ratcliffe is a graduate of
the University of California, where she
won distinction as scholar. She is a
member of the Delta Delta Delta soror-
ity and of the Phi Beta Kappa Dir.
Babe is professor-of Semitic languages
in the Pacific Theological Seminary.
The new home will be established in
Berkeley.
Tomorrow evening Miss Florence
Grant, the charming daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George Grant, and Ely Hutch
inSOn Will wed at the 1EdHJ H6iiit
Highland Park. After the marriage
supper the bridal couple will leave for
a brief honeymoon. Mr.. Hutchinson
is a civil engineer, connected with one
of the large shipbuilding firms Of San
Francisco
Among the brides of the early Oc-
tober days will be Miss Alice Dunn,
whose marriage to James McElroy will
- n. Ts-es
Esther Franklin, who has named SAT-
urday, October s, as the day on which
she will wed Walter Dearborn, and
Miss Ada Bardo, who, on Wednesday,
the 10th, will become the wife of Law
renee Barrett.
Miss Gwendolin Key Jones will be
another of the October brides, her mar
riage to Luther Mott Bliss being an
event of Saturday, the Goth. Trinity
Church will be the scene of the mar
riage, and an informal reception will
follow at the Jones home on Telegraph
avenue. On the same day DIR. Fred
w wilkins will wed Miss Nevada Har-
Ian, formerly an Oakland girl, but now
making her home with her parents near
Geyserville. The wedding will be an
elaborate affair, attended by many
friends from the bay cities. DR.. A. S.
Kelly will act as best man. Miss Har-
Ian is a charming girl, talented and
pretty. Dr. wilkins is well known in
this city. He is a graduate of the
university, member of the Pi Psi Phi
Fraternity and prominent in affairs of
the Elks and Masons.
On the following Wednesday at the
McNear residence on Linden street Miss
Abba Church and Edgar Rickard will
l a. A ~,
tablishment awaits the happy couple
in Piedmont.
On Thursday of the same week Miss
Maud Scott of Alameda will become
! the bride of Ernest McCandlish at an
elaborate service at the Congregational
/ Church, Rev. L. P. Hitchcock officiating.
Miss Edna Montgomery has named
/ October 80 as the day when she will be
united to Lieutenant Edward Sturges
/ Z. S. A. She has decided upon sim
J pie wedding to take place at the family
home in San Francisco.
i November will see Miss Verabelle
upper the wife of Carl Guion. In
4 December the nuptials Of Miss Luoretia
Burnham and Charles Bates will be
celebrated. 1t will be a quiet event
taking place at the beautiful Burnhanl
home on Lake street. After the wed
ding journey, which will be taken in
young couple will reside with Mr. and
Mrs. Burnham.
The luncheon over which Mrs. Ralph
4 w. Gorrill presided today at the root
4 garden at Idora Park was a charmire
affair, and the score of guests all mem
bers of the Cosmos Club, enjoyed the
first reunion Of the season After the
! discussion of the elaborate menu. ar
informal game of cards whiled away
the latter hours of the afternoon Gov
( ers were laid for Mrs @. A. Chase
4 Mrs. Horny Meek Mrs. VIII Meek. Mrs
w S. Goodfellow. Mrs. A. A. Moore
Mrs. ]. r. Burnham, Mrs. T. C. Coogan
Mrs E. M. Walsh, Mrs. Pedar Sather
Mrs t. l. Barker, Mrs Charles Minor
/ Goodall. Mrs E. c. Lukens, Mrs Ed
son Adams, Mrs. E. B. Beck, Mrs Egg
bert Stone. Mrs. E. j. Cotton, Mrs Johr
l. Howard and the hostess.
BERKELEY, Sept. 25.-The engage.
ment is announced by Captain ano
Mrs A. Lockett of their daughter Miss
Ada L0ckett. to Wilson Barstow. Mr.