The San Francisco call., 1908-05-24

Bates-she is hardly recognizable un-
der the more formal title-is a univer-
sal favorite. and possesses a sort of
piquant beauty that goes very well
with the daring and irrepressible gaye-
ty that is' part of her. She has
danced and laughed through several
years of belledom and has been regu-
larly rumored engaged to various sus-
ceptible youths, and has as regularly
assured her circle of about &c intimate
friends that there is absolutely moth
ing in it," Early last winter, at the
first meetings of the skating club, how
ever, people began to suspect that at
last there really was something in it,
and in February Miss Bates began to
be an eligible subject for teacups, good
wishes and showers. Her wedding will
ciating and Miss Alma Thane and Miss
Edith Mau acting as bridesmaids.
Alexander Stoddard will attend his
brother as best man and George Bates
and Frank Buck will divide the duties
of usher
The other wedding on the Sd is that
of pretty little Miss Helen Corbet.
whose engagement to Aleck Curlett was
announced in February. This will be
a house wedding. and attended only by
a few intimate friends and relatives.
The bride will wear white and the con-
ventional veil. but both she and the
bridegroom will be unattended. The
home of her parents, in Scott street
near Green, is extremely handsome. one
of the big brick buildings that fill that
part of the world. and has one of the
prettiest views in the city. Miss Corbet
is the daughter of the Burke Corbets,
and has never taken very prominent
place in the social whir1 because her
tastes lie in rather a different direc-
tion. But she is leader in a certain
exclusive little set and a great favorite
everywhere. Aleck Curlett is son, of
the prominent architect and a junior in
his fathers firm.
A third wedding next week on the
evening of Monday, June /, is that of
Miss Relda Ford, the daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. ~Tirey L. Ford and Fred Van
Devender Stott, which is also house
and evening wedding. Miss Ford, who
is very young to be entering the ranks
of the matrons, has not yet made her
debut, but she appeared at a few of
the big dinners and dances last winter
and would have had a glorious debu-
tante year had she waited for it. How
ever, it is safe to predict that as a
matron she will have even a better
time. for both she and Mr.. Stott are
Hospitality inclined young people, and
they want their home to be the scene
of much informal entertaining. The
wedding is to be very pretty, for the
house in Maple and Jackson streets is
delightful one. and the big drawing
rooms, square hall and dining room
are en- suite. These will be massed
with blossoms and greens, and in the
main room. where the bridal party will
stand, quantities of white blossoms will
be used The bride will wear white
chiffon satin, draped with exquisite
lace and the bridal veil of white tulle.
Her attendants will be Miss Florence
Braverman, Miss Kathleen Farrell, Miss
Emily Staley, Miss Helen Wilson and
Miss Zella Gibson. Guy La Touche
will attend the bridegroom as best
man.
| Today's pictures are of Miss Agnes
] Tillmann. who was one of last weeks
bridge hostesses, and whose sister is
one of society's prominent young
matrons. and Miss Martha Snow, an
Alameda girl. whose marriage is to be
one of the events of the coming month
Miss Snow is we'll known in this city
where she lived when little girl, and
is also favorite in Mill Valley. where
the Shows used to have summer home
One of fhe most jyv,rorfant socfo