The San Francisco call., 1906-11-13
Society in the Cities
Across the Bay.
OAKLAND, Nov. 12-Mr. and Mr..

OAKLAND, Nov. 12.-Mr. and Mrs.
.Loben Sells have issued cards for a
large reception and dance for Friday
evening. November %, at the Claremont
Country Club. Mr.. and Mrs NJ c. C.
Van Loben Sells, who since their mar
riage year ago have made their home
in the Sacramento Valley, will furnish
the motif for the occasion. 1t is the
first opportunity that Mr.. and Mrs. Van
Loben Sells have had in which to for
mally present their son and his wife
to their many'friends in the bay cities.
One of the larger affairs of the week
will be the November breakfast at the
Home Club Thursday. This will be the
first luncheon of the club year, and is
anticipated by the members as being
one of the most enjoyable events of the
season. A score of women will preside
as hostesses, among their number be-
ing Miss Mary Alexander, Miss Emma
Wellman, Mrs. A. S. Carman. Mrs. R. H.
Chamberlain. Mrs. ]. NJ. Chase, Mrs.
20. A. Chase, Mrs. w. H. Chickering, Mrs.
George H Collins, Mrs. T. c. Coogan,
Mrs. Charles Cornell. Mrs. E. J. Cotton.
Mrs Thomas Crellin, Mrs. Summer
Crosby, Mrs A L. Cunningham, Mrs
Fred T. Cutting, Mrs. George Dornin,
Mrs. e. L. Dow, Mrs. Harry Dumont
Miss Sarah Drinkwater, Mrs. Guy G..
Earl. Mrs G. C. Edwards. Mrs Wallace
Everson, Mrs David Gage and Miss
Teresa Gates.
Following the discussion of the menu
the guests will adjourn to the assembly
hall. where the women students of the
University of California who so success
fully presented las You Like IT, in
Berkeley recently will repeat the
Shakespearean comedy.
Mrs. Frederick Funston, wife of Gen.
eral Funston. is spending few weeks
as the guest Of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Otto Blankart, in East Oakland.
previous to joining her husband at his
new station in st. Louis.
After spending the spring and sum-
mer In Berkeley. Mr.. and Mrs. George
Downey have returned to San Fran
cisco and have an attractive home in
which they are comfortably settled.
Miss Blanche Hostetter and Miss
Grace Hostetter have as guest for a
brief visit Mrs. Alice E. Jenkins. Mrs
jenkins home is near Los Gatos.
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Mott Bliss, for
| merly Miss Gwendolyn Key Jones, have
returned from their honeymoon and are
comfor tably settled in their new home.
The marriage of this young couple was
one of the interesting events of the
later October days, celebrated at Trinity
Church, on Telegraph avenue.
Miss Dolly Sumner left today for Los
Angeles, where she will spend the win
ter.
| Mr.. and Mrs. John Waterhouse, who
lsince,their arrival some weeks ago have
been the guests of Mrs. Warehouses; s
| mother, Mrs. S. T. Alexander, at the
alexander residence on Sixteenth street,
will sail shortly for their home in
| Honolulu.
One of the interesting weddings of
| the month will be that of Miss May
Mariner, who on Wednesday, November
| %. will plight her troth to Lieutenant
Wallace Bertholf Of the United States
navy The nuptial service will be read
at mid-afternoon at the home of the
brides parents. Mr. and Mrs. Charles
| Mariner, in Berkeley. Miss Roberta
Deal, as maid of honor will be the only
| attendant. Pink, with a suggestion of
| the national colors in a few choice
flags, has been chosen as the effective
color motif. Following the ceremony
an informal reception. to which only
half a hundred of the young couples
most intimate friends have receive ed
cards. will be held. Lieutenant Bertholf
and his bride have planned to reside
for a time In the college town
! Miss Mariner was formerly a San
Francisco. girl, but the events of the
spring brought the family to this side
of the bay. Lieutenant Bertholf is as
signed to duty at Mare Island.