The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26


the attendant excitement and
merrymaking, has filled the So
il cial calendar to the exclusion of
everything else. There will be
two big dances and receptions, the
Greenway dance and the Del Monte
dance besides. and there viii be innum-
erable smaller affairs at the Presidio,
Mare island and some Of the big homes
here. And, Of course. all these courte-
sizes on California's part will be re-
turned with delightful affairs on ship
board.
Just as two years ago one topic
of conversation swept all others out Of
sight. and do what you would. you
couldn't keep the conversation of the
earthquake for two consecutive min
utes: so does every subject in these
days end by turning into the feet. If
il rains unseasonably, it Will make the
city look so fresh and pretty for the
feet; if a new hat doesn't arrive until
after Easter, it is here, anyway, in time
for the feet. No unwelcome invita-
tions are accepted. for Miss Debutante
really doesn't like to promise anything.
now that the fleet Is coming. No let
ters need be written to distant kins-
people; for well wait until after the
feet comes, and then will have really
something TO say. Trim white duck
dresses, with an embroidered emblem
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hats. that salt water can not harm. are
being made in many a sewing room in
the Western addition Many a frilly,
1rothy party dress is being planned,
that won't mind being crushed on a
tug. and tightly wound about its wear
er during that dizzy episode of the
ladder mounting, but that viii still
look fresh and dainty when it is shaken
out for a shipboard dance. San Fran
cisco girls are very fond of brass but
at the record Of the last years. Doz-
ems and dozens of girls have chosen to
spend their whole lives as the woman
of the army and navy must-rejoic-
ing when chance brings monsieur TO a
pleasant post, or an available port, as
the case may be, and keeping a stiff
upper lip when it doesn't. On the list
OF girls who have married, or Will
marry, into the service are two of the
EeIls girls, Miss Beatrice Fife, Miss
Edith Brown, Miss Roma Paxton, Miss
jeanette Wright, Miss Ruth Miller
Miss Alice FindIey, Miss Mabel Wat
kins, Miss Etelka Williar (these last
four all Of SausaIito), one of Admiral
McCalia's daughters. who is now Mrs
Arthur Macarthur; Miss Edna Mont
yomery. Miss Ursula Stone and. of
course, Mrs. Ynez shorb White, who
Is now Mrs. Carroll Buck.
Not since last September, when there
were five or six big weddings in as
many days, has any week been so full
as this one of brides and their inter
ests. The September week was the one
In which Miss Anita Harvey and Oscar
Cooper. Miss Mabel Watkins and Cap
tain Orrin Wolfe, Miss Etelka williar
Elizabeth Duficy and Baldwin Muzzy
were married 1 think all of these took
place on one day, in fact Wednesday
September IL. Last Wednesday rivaleo
that Wednesday, in a way, for there
were three weddings, and there was
also big wedding on Monday. Their
there was the card party, to distract
and amuse society's young people, and
also three engagements, all interesting
ones. (Not that there ever was an en-.
gagement that WASH t interesting, fol
that matter) So that the social world
has emerged from the cloud of LEM
with sudden splendor that is quite
dazzling. So much excitement hasn't
swept through the social ranks fol
many moons
The first OF the weddings was tha,
of Miss Josephine Brown and Harr,
Stetson, which is Of interest because
the young people have both had a yer,
prominent position in society for sew.
eral years Miss Brown, whose life has
had some of the great sorrows that
luckily. do not fall to many girls. held
a special position in the affection of tn,
younger set-and the older set, too
Although she has plenty of kinspeopl,
the Haynes. the two Howard fami.
lies, and the Duplessis BeyIards ar,
among them-she has been singularl,
alone during her girlhood and has LIVED
almost all the time with cousins anc
aunts and friends. And although moth.
ing is jollier than occasional visits Il
these connections, every one knows that
as steady diet. they do not compar,
with the real home life, with father a
the head of the table and mother at tn,
foot. and a scattering Of brothers anc
sisters in between. Miss Browns en-.
gagement TO Mr.. Stetson was expecte.
ut least a year before it was actuall,
made known. and the announcement
gave a great deal of pleasure to ever,
one. Mr.. Stetson's sisters are alread,
devoted to his bride, and when tn,
newly married pair return from thei,
six months stay in Europe both Mrs
Sally Stetson WinsIow and Mrs. Rober