The San Francisco call., 1908-08-23

Chief among the events of social i'm
portance during the week was the
marriage yesterday at San Rafael of
Miss Anna Nicholson Foster and DR..
Alfred Laurence Draper. The beauti-
full home of the A. w. Fosters looked
very festive at o'clock when the 200
guests who had been invited assembled
under the trees on the lawn to wit
ness the ceremony. The bride wore a
magnificent gown of white satin elab-
orately trimmed with rare duchesse
lace. She wore a tulle veil and car
ried a shower bouquet of lilies of the
valley. Miss Mary Foster, the maid
over pink, with a pink hat and car
ried pink roses. Miss Louisiana
and Miss Martha Foster wore pink
with pink hats and carried bouquets
similar to that of the maid of honor.
The bridal party was voted one of the
most attractive that has been seen for
a long time, all the Fosters being re-
markably pretty girls. AS the guests
merely gathered around the bower
of white blossoms, where the ceremony
took place, groomsmen were dispensed
with. John Kuechler filled the office
of best man. DR.. and Mrs. Draper
will spend three weeks honeymoon
in the southern part of the state, and
on their return will live in Washing
ton street near Fillmore.
Saturday seems to be popular day
weeks we have had on Saturday the
marriage of Miss Grace Llewellyn
Jones and Robert Gibson and Miss Fos-
ter and DR.. Draper; while next Satur-
day will witness the wedding of Miss
Madeleine Bohrmann and Clay Miller.
1t will take place at high noon at ST
Johns church in Ross. The church
Will be filled to overfiowing, as sew
eral hundred invitations have been is
sued. The bride will be given away
by her brother. William Bohrmann, and
will be attended by her sister. Eliza
beth. as maid of honor and by her
cousins, the Miss Edna and Miss Sydney
Davis, Miss Minna Van Bergen and Miss
Marie Louise Foster.
Mrs. Linda Bryan treated her friends
to genuine surprise on Wednesday
Of this week, when she announced her
engagement to Prentis c. Hale 1t was
one of those rare engagements which
had not even been suspected, although
warm friendship was known to ex-
ist between the two. Mrs. Bryan has
been prominent socially for a great
many years, and seems to have already
made 1T particular aim to give pleas
ure to the younger set. Her attractive
home in Buchanan street has been the
scene of many delightful gathering
of friends. Mr.. Hale is a well known
businessman of this city. Their friends
are not even going to be permitted a
glimpse Of the wedding, which will be
celebrated within a few days at St
Stephens Episcopal church. The honey
moon will occupy six weeks, and will
be spent in motoring through the
southern part of the state, after which
they will take up their residence at
the Fairmont
San Francisco bade a reluctant fare
well to Mrs Frank Nicol when she left
on Tuesday for her home in Stockton.
Mrs. Nicol has a host of friends in this
city, where she is a frequent visitor
and where she is always extensively
entertained. The card party given for
her on Monday by Mrs. William Beeb
at her home in Clay street was thor
oughly enjoyed by all those who had
the good fortune to be asked.
The retirement of Admiral Richard
son Glover, which took place a few
weeks ago, reminded society here of its
claims upon the well known Washing
ton family, for, although the Clovers
have spent almost all their time of re-
cent years in the capital city, they have
| an immense ranch in southern Califor-
nit and they usually make a short visit
there every year. More than this, they
have two charming little daughters.
who are rapidly reaching the age of
dances and dinners. and both are to be
introduced next season. The Glover
girls have been brought up in an old
fashioned way and have taken very
little part in the immense entertain
ments for which their gracious mother
is famous. but they both have the fin
ished little manner that only Euro
pean travel can give and both are ex-
tremely pretty. There is some reason
to believe that the Clovers will not go
back to the east for several years, but
will come up to this city for the win
ters and that the girls will be intro
duced here.
Another pair of charming little sis
ters who will make their formal bow
together are the Boericke girls, Ruth
and Dorothy. the twin daughters of DR..
and Mrs. William Boericke. Although
they went about to the less formal af-
fairs last year, neither has ever attend
ed really ''grownup" dance, and they
are eagerly looking forward to their