The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26

Halls have lived for a good many
years.
That evening (still Wednesday, Miss
Marguerite Tourny, the IS year old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Tourny, and Edgar Nichols Van Ber-
gen were married at Grace church, with
all the accessories of bridesmaids and
ushers, decorations and crowded pews
that make such an event memorable.
The bride has not yet made her formal
bow to society. so, perhaps, she crowded
all the glory of her debutante year into
her wedding. Certainly 1t was perfect
in every detail The Easter decora-
tions, which were still making the big
church fragrant and beautiful, were
augmented by thousands OF lilies and
dozens of potted plants and palms. In
the midst OF all this greenery the bride.
who looked ideally pretty in her fluffy
robes, was an exquisite picture. If
Miss Tourny had been presented to So
ciety last season she would have been
the beauty Of the year, for even the
seasons prettiest girls would have
been eclipsed by this little dark eyed
maiden. Her attendants were In pale
blue-very becoming to both. by the
way, for both Miss Helen Sullivan and
Miss Kathleen de Young are brunettes
of the purest type. They carried roses,
and the brides bouquet was of orchids.
The bride, by the way, will have one
cloud to remember in connection with
her wedding day. and that Is the illness
of her mother, whose health has been
very POOR for some time. Miss Tourny
came up to town several days before
her wedding and was the guest of
Judge and Mrs. J. F. Sullivan before
the ceremony. They did for her all the
last things that her mother would have
done If she could, and altogether proved
themselves friends in need to the
daughter of their old friend.
The Burlingame golf tournament and
the bench show in Oakland were two
of the things that had to- be squeezed
somewhere into this crowded week. A
group of society folk from this city
entered their beloved puppies for the
different competitions at the latter, and
went over daily TO watch the small
MASSES of animated floss silk, and the
glossy little terriers and the grave,
judicial Newfoundlands in their respec-
tive pens. Every one knows, there
is very little fun for the owner In a
bench show. The feeling sometimes
runs SO high that 1t is uncomfortable
to leave dog unmatched even for a
moment. Something might be slipped
into his food that would make him
heavy and stupid when the judges
called upon him (even IL It, had no
worse effecD, or a scratch might mys-
teriously appear on his smooth skin,
and make him irritable and nervous
when it was important that he should
be amiable and calm. In New York a
bevy of bored grooms keep guard over
the dogs from the hour. that they are
brought in. the morning until they are
led home at night. But out here things
need not be quite so extreme and tip
or two,- or the. attendance of an occa-
sional smell brother seem to be all that
Is necessary. 4
Some of the city's women who en-
tered dogs for the bench show were:
Mrs. W. W.. Van Ars-l Miss Elizabeth Bates
dale Miss Kathleen Finnigan
Mrs. Eugene B. Murphy aiss Irene Sabin
Mrs. Wakefield Baker Mrs. w. r. Garrett
Mrs. George Brown Miss Edith Chesebrough
Mrs. w. A.. Dean Miss Ethel Davis
Miss Louise Easton Mrs. George Graham
Miss Jennie Crocker
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph CoryeH, who re-
Gently leased a house In San Mateo.
are having some delightful changes
made In the surrounding grounds and
garden. These are nearly completed.
and will consist of fountains, fern
lined walks, bridges, garden houses
and unexpected turns and corners. On
Sunday last, when the Coryells had a
house full of guests, luncheon was
served in the garden, under the i'm