Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-29
Society

m HE marriage of Miss Helen Chat
fee, daughter of Lieut.. Gen. and
II Mrs. Adna r. Chaffee, and Lieut..
John Hastings Howard, United States
cavalry, which Is to be celebrated the
evening of December s in st. Paul
pro-cathedral, with all the brilliant ap-
pointments of a military Wedding
promises to be the most notable society
event of the winter.
Young women who will attend the
bride are Miss Van Mugs, Miss clark,
Miss MacNeil and Miss Scott of san
Francisco. Lieut. Howard's brother
officers who will be members of the
party are Lieut. Frederick Cruise, Lieut..
James, Lieut., bravo, Lieut.. Jones and
Lieut. MacFarland. Col. John Biddle
will stand with Lieut.. Howard as best
man.
Owing to the recent death of Miss
Catherine S. Albers a niece, Lieut..
Gen. and Mrs. Chaffee have recalled
Invitations to the reception which was
to have followed the church service
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The event occupying the center OF
the social stage the coming week, anu
the one that served as motif for much
of the entertaining of the week just
passed, is the wedding of MISS irene
Kelly. daughter of Mrs. Kate A. Kelly
of Hobart boulevard. and Earl G. An
thony, which Is to take place Tuesday
evening in st. Johns church
The round of pre-nhptial events that
has kept Miss Kelly busy since the an
nouncement of her engagement some
weeks ago was closed yesterday. When
she entertained at her home with a
violet luncheon for the young women
of her bridal party.
Corsage bouquets of violets tied with
Gwendolen Laughlin, Miss Annis Van
Nuys, Miss Katherine Mellus, Miss
Catherine Smith, Miss Virginia John
son, Miss Mary Clark, Miss Nina
Jones, Miss Sarah Utley and Miss
Grace RoWley.
Mr.. Anthony was host last evening
at a stag dinner at the California club,
and. significant Of his approaching de
parture from bachelordom, the appoint
ments were of a funereal character,
big bows and streamers of crepe mark
ing places for a few other friends be
sides the men who are to be uembers
of the bridal party:
Miss Edna Foy, concert master Of the
Womans Symphony orchestra, VIII re
ceive her own friends and those of MISS
Adela, Verne informally this afternoon
at the Foy country place on san Ra-
faeI Heights, Pasadena. No invitations
have been issued, and friends wishing
to meet Miss Verne will be welcome at
A o'clock.
Miss Florence Foy returned Thurs
day from a visit of three weeks in San
Francisco and Berkeley, where she
went to attend the Stanford-Berkeley
football game.
Mrs. Mary Augusta Williams and
Mrs. ]. w. Hopkins returned last week
from an absence of eight months in
Europe and are the guests of Mrs VIII
liam's daughter Mrs. Lanier Bartlett,
on Cimarron street, for few days.
Later Mrs williams and Mrs. Hopkins
will take apartments at the Burlington
for the winter.
Mas w. H. Perry and Mrs. c. Mo-
dini-Wood and daughters, Miss Eliza
beth and Miss Katherine, who since
early in October have been enjoying a
trip to Honolulu, returned to Los An
geles Monday. Mr. Modini-Wood went
up to San Francisco to meet the party
and accompany them home.
Miss Bessie Bartlett will entertain
informally Wednesday afternoon at her
Hollywood home Vista del Mar, in
courtesy to two Los Angeles girls who
returned recently from Europe, where
they went to study music-Miss Rose
Zobelein, who was absent eight months,
and Miss Elsa Schroeder, who was
away three years.
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