The San Francisco call., 1908-12-26
Society in Cities
AcrOSs the Bay


delightful old English custom of carol
ing in the early dawn of the Christmas
morning, two separate automobile par
ties of East Oakland folk made the
rounds this morning, singing songs OF
yuletide cheer, up and down the ave-
nues, and stopping before the homes of
particular friends.
Among the gay carolers was party
of young folk from Pilgrim Congre-
gational church, who made the rounds
in autos, calling at nearly 80 homes,
including Arbor villa. Breakfasts We're
served at the DIR. w. ]. Wilcox and the
II. Ames residences. In DR.. John d.
Hoffs car were Miss Reta Hoff, Miss
Jeanette Selfridge. Miss Margaret
Madge, William Sellander and William
Elder. Miss Elizabeth Wilcox, Miss
Margaret Dibble, Mrs. Mary AInes and
Chester Miller used DIR. WiIcoxs ma
chine. George Whittalrs party was
composed of Miss Ruth Elder. Miss
Miriam Elder, Miss Vivian yane. Herb
ert Merrill. Fred Petersen, Ulric Peter
sen and Walter Madge.
Through Piedmont another group of
serenaders made merry. They were en-
tertained at the residence of Rev.
Alexander Allen and Mrs. Allen. In
the party We're:
Mr.; and Mrs. Earle Lit Mrs; schultz
Miss Helen Allen Leslie Tayor
Miss Sevilla Hayden Eugene Roland
Miss Anna Posten Harold Allen
Miss Edith Warner William SDerry
Another band of singers in East Oak
land was composed of
Miss Bernice Bronson Miss Alice shnn
Miss Charlotte Beach Russell Countryman
Miss Cleo Posey Edgar Stone
Miss Lulette Mauvais Roy Baker
Miss ElInor Landers Robert Williams
Miss Agnes Ehrenberg Herbert scupham
At Arbor Villa Mr.. and Mrs. r. M.
Smith kept the Christmas celebration
in the old fashioned way, gathering
about them a score OF guests who en-
joyed an elaborate dinner at noon and
found some delightful surprises on the
beautiful big Christmas tree, which
held the place of honor. Among those
who accepted of the hospitality of the
Smith home were Mrs. Ellis, Miss
Marion Ellis, Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Oil
yer, Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Miller. Mr..
and Mrs. Nat Crossley, Miss Grace
Sperry and several others closely con-
nected with the family.
Miss Elsa Won Manderschied will en-
tertain at an informal evening of
music Sunday at the Won Handkerchief
residence in Berkeley, the affair being
arranged as d SOOQDy 10 Tie SIIIeQ
hostess closer friends
On Monday morning at 1920 o'clock
in the Swedenborgian church in San
Francisco Miss von Manderschied will
become the bride of Prof. Samuel
Eliot, "a nephew of President Eliot of
Harvard, the young couple leaving i'm
mediately for their home in the north.
A wedding of the coming Wednesday
which will be of particular interest to
a wide circle of friends in the bay
cities is that of Glenn Allen, son of
DIR. Lyman Allen and Mrs. Allen of
Berkeley, and Miss Florence Blanchard.
The ceremony will be solemnized in the
Episcopal church of San Jose. where
Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Blanchard are prom
ineptly known. The marriage is the
elimination of charming romance
which had its beginning last summer
when Miss Blanchard and Allen were
members of the Sierra club party In
its annual souting. Allen is a gradu-
ate of the University of California. He
is principal OF the high school in Red
Bluff.
Only the members of the families will
witness the ceremony which on Janu
ary Z viii make Miss Florence Spear
the Drlue OIL CDdTieSa Mills. IHe WeQ-
ding will be a prettily appointed event,
taking place at the residence of the
brides parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
III. Spear, in Grove street. Berkeley.
One hundred and fifty friends have
been included in the invitation to the
large reception which Will follow the
marriage service. The bride is the
daughter of former Harbor Commits
sioner Spear and Mrs. Spear.
Miss Amy Hill has planned a charm
ing complilnentfor Miss White and her
sister and Miss Florence Ziegenfuss
for the coming week, when she will
entertain Informally at the Hill family
residence in Berkeley. Mrs White,
with her daughters and Miss Ziegen-
fuss. will leave January . for New
York. planning to sail shortly for the
continent. where they Will spend sew
eral months in travel. The marriage
of Miss Ziegenfuss and DR.. Leroy
Briggs is set rather indefinitely for
the later year, when the young bride
elect viii return from abroad.
TEACHERS WILL CoNvENE-Redwood CITY.
Dec. 25.-The California state teachers associa-