The San Francisco call., 1908-07-12

cItlIe SOrlaA season AtI every
E one seems suddenly to realize
that the summer months are slip
ping by very fast. and that unless
certain amount OF idleness and rest are
arranged for in the coming month the
winter season viii be upon us and the
days OF resting over. The result has
been a social inertia that delieS any /
effort. however small. There are no /
weddings. there are no teas. no dances I
of course no lunches. 10 dinners. /
Madame has q sudden tardy remem- /
brance of the fatigue of last winter, /
and she is determined that this No /
vember shall find her as fresh as the /
debutantes, and ready for the seasons
long pull
II would seem that Inc only way 10
keep an enga cement a secret is-uOt 10
become engaged. Tor just as soon as
there is a definite understanding be-
tween a man and girl they might as
wei announce their plans al once, un-
less. of course. the girl is sailing the
next day for TWO years stay in the
Philippines and The man Is Interested
I'm the fur trade or The Yukon. The
case of Miss Louise Cooper and Hewitt
Davenport is TO the point for while
The gentleman was away they had no
trouble and kept thcir secret heauti-
fully for nearly Two wears. Their plan
was TO announce il about two weeks
before the actual wedding. but no
sooner had Eir. Davenport come back.
as De did about TWO months ago. than
every one suspected al once. and il
was useless for them To try To deny
The engagement any longer. one thing
that helped the pretty bride ,0 be- was
the fact that she and her TWO sisters.
who have been living Tor some time in
Mill Valley. are almost strangers here.
and SO nos as likely to Dee watched and
talked about as tne girls that every
one knows. she Is The middle on, of
three sisters. the others being Miss
Elizabeth. VINO viii travel in the south
ern part OF the state after her sisters
marriage. and Miss Frances. who is
studying TO be "a trained nurse The
wedding viii take place i'm about six
weeks. AIR. Davenport and his bride
leaving immediately afterward for their
new home at place called Spirit Lake
near Spokane. where his business in
TcTcSts are situated.
5liSS AiySSe Warner. the youngest
daughter OF the Alexander Warmers, by
the Way. is ar Intimate friend Of the
Cooncrs. and she and Miss Frances be-
gan their studies as trained nurses to-
scther. But Miss Warner. who has
been delicate from babvh0od. was un-
able 90 stand the strain of the work
and was obliged to stop for "A long
rest
For while ii looked as if Miss En-
E.aci3 CritcLer's engac cement TO Lieu
tenant Frank F'reyer was TO be the
only definite and immediate result Of
the fleets visit matrimoniaIly speak
ing. For though there were plenty Of
rumors about navy romances. no an
parture of the ships effectually put a
stop 10 the talking and guessing. But
just before the vessels sailed the en-
gagoment Of Miss Lucille Meiggs, a
daughter OF Mrs. George AIeigGs and a
member Of the once prominent family
here, TO Lieutenant Commander L. g
BertOiette WAS announced and al
though their marriage is not 10 take
place until February. the news has
brought q stir Of pleasure and excite
ment OF the :, unger set. Miss Meiggs
is faVorite here with all the girls
and boys and if popularity with his
fellow officers is significant Of any
thing Mr.. Bertolette is an exceptionally
fine fellow and she has made a wise
choice.
Miss Florence Trent. who was mar
ried on Thursday to Spencer Carey of
Auburn, VIII have "A rather unusual ex-
perience on her wedding tour Mr..
Carey, who owns one Of the hand
somest ranches in this state. is an
Englishman, his people being the own
ers of the little isle OF Guernsey. near
Sark, of the west coast Of England,
where the Careys form a colony of
their own and have made their homes
for hundreds Of years. The bride who
is the fourth daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Lamartine Trent, who own a
American TO marry into the Carey
family and win be one of its ma
irons Of the same name when she
arrives in Guernsey. They viii spend
a part OF their honeymoon there, later
going to Italy, where young Mrs Carey
is TO study sculpture, for which she
has shown a decided talent The
Trents lived in Salt Lake City when
their 10 children were very small go
ing TO Australia some eight years ago
to one OF Mr.. Trent's mines there.
Later they settled at the Van Trent
mine near Lincoln, and at the time Of
the earthquake We're spending the sea
son here. having leased the Brown
house ct the Preside gate The family
and that Of Dr. McEnery have been
friendly Tor years, and Miss Florence
and her mother stayed with the Nc
Enerys here a month ago for the
necessary shopping. Miss Isabelle Nc
Laughlin, DR.. McEnery's ward is an
inseparable friend Of the two youngest
Trent girls and was a student with
them at Miss Heads a few years ago.
Thursdays bride, who was married
very quietly at the Auburn home. was
lS years old on her wedding day.
Except for the Hopkins dance a
week ago society has been very quiet
this week, just small theater party
or two and a bridge party to or u
now and then breaking the round Of
comings and goings. George Cameron
gave theater party on Monday even
ing to group OF young people. Mrs
William Crocker gave a luncheon a
week ago at the Burlingame club as
a sort OF aftermath OF the dance
nothing else except the dance was
talked OF at the round table where
her guests were seated. and ringed
eyes, obvious fatigue and even an oc-
casional yawn were forgiven. Mrs.
Henry T. Scott entertained about the
same group Of exclusive society
matrons the following day at a lunch
con given at the st. Francis hotel This
luncheon was impromptu Mrs. Scott
simply asking the society women who