Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-25

Dolliver, Howard Robertson and Charl-
| ton Edholm. Little Frances Wheeler
will be the flower girl. Following the
| ceremony a supper will be served Ior
the bridal party and relatives.
| Mrs Wesley Clark of 141 Westmore-
| land place will entertain in honor OF
Misses Macneil, Sallie Utley and Alice
Elliott three charming debutantes OF
this season, with a Halloween supper
and Dance the occasion being also IN
compliment to three brides-elect, MISS
Helen Wells, Helen Chaffee and Miss
Mary Hubbell.
Mrs. Frank Thomas entertained
Thursday afternoon at her South Flow
er street home in compliment to Mrs.
Otheman Stevens and Miss Florence
Adams, the latter a house guest OF Mr.
and Mrs. James H. Adams.
Four tables were set for the game.
Mrs. Stevens and her daughter, Miss
Clarice, are leaving in a fortnight for
Japan, and a tour of the world. They
are being accompanied as far as Japan
by Mrs. Charles Silent and Miss Flor
ence Silent Of Chester place, who after
visiting points of interest in China,
will return to America.
Mrs. Sumner p. Hunt of Severance
street was hostess last evening at an
informal buffet supper, where COM
pany of about thirty assembled in
compliment to Mrs. Otheman Stevens
and her contemplated trip around the
world.
Among the seasons charming debu-
tants is to be included Miss Poindexter
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert w.
Poindexter of West Adams street, who
will make her formal bow to society
at two receptions to be given by her
mother the afternoons of November 4
and November II, for which occasions
Mrs Poindexter has issued invitations.
| Receiving with Mrs. Poindexter and
Miss Poindexter the first afternoon will
be Mrs. Henry Il. Lee, Mrs. Walter
Jarvis Barlow and Mrs. Charles Poin-
dexter, while on the second Wednes-
| day the hostess and her daughter will
be assisted in receiving by Mrs. John
! d. Hooker, Mrs. Horace r. Boynton
and Mrs. Fowler Shankland. Women
assisting in the dining room on the two
occasions will be Mrs. Eugene Over
| ton, Mrs. Fowler Shankland, Mrs. Gill
bert 7. Gay, Miss Boynton and Mrs.
Poindexter's sisters, Mrs. e. Pryce
Mitchell and Miss Wade of Montecito.
Mrs Poindexter and daughter re-
turned only recently after years alb
sence in Europe.
|
For Mrs. Arthur Collins, formerly
Miss Jette Thorn, daughter of Capt.
Cameron e. Thorn of West Adams
street, Mrs. Walter r. Leeds of Berke-
| ley square entertained Wednesday
evening informally at dinner. The
guests included old time friends of Mrs.
| Collins, who is the wife of one of Lon
don's we'll known theatrical managers.
| Lieutenant George H. Williams of the
| city police force, and Mrs. P. Williams
celebrated the twenty-fifth anniver-
| sary of their marriage at their hand
some home at 510 Prospect place,
Brooklyn Heights, Wednesday evening.
| The big, old-fashioned mansion which
they occupy was beautifully decorated
and the grounds Illuminated with col
ored lamps, while the building itself
was picked out with vari colored Ian
| terms in beautiful design.
| Mr. and Mrs. Williams were the re-
cipients of more than two hundred
pieces of solid silver plate and table
ware sent by their many friends, q re-
membrance from the members of the
police department being an especially
handsome and rich chest of silver. The
gifts embraced everything in dining
and table ware from napkin rings and
condiment servers to soup tureens and
punch bowls.
Mrs. Frank Elicit who, quarter of
century ago, was flower girl at the
marriage of Mr.. and Mrs. Williams;
Mortimer Lazard. who was page;
Frank Horner, the best man, and Mrs