The San Francisco call., 1908-07-12

open for effectively simple white frocks
and girlish effects in hair dressing one
wonders why the social bow is in
evitably made in November the most
ungracious and uncertain month of the
year. An eastern society woman, whose
summer home is set in gardens and
Ilawns that slope down to a great river,
formally introduced her twin daughters
last week at lawn party. The affair
proved so delightful and was so eX-
quisitely pretty that there is no doubt
that early summer debuts will come
into vogue sooner or later. The entire
garden was mass of bloom, the girls
in the receiving party wore the dain-
tiest of lingerie frocks, the music came
from beyond a screen of shrubbery and
the teas and ices were served anywhere
ana everywhere-on the lawns. on the
wide porches. and even on the river.
where the launches and rowboats Of
the arriving guests were tied The af-
fair must have been in refreshing con-
trast to the usual crowded drawing
room. heavy air, babel of voices and
crush of smart frocks. Every one,
naturally, cannot have river and I'M
mcnse gardens, but there are plenty of
handsome country homes here where
such an affair could be given. And as
to have EeI coming out PAL ty distinc-
tive, she would vers much enjoy the
surprise that June or a September in
PRODUCTION would cause among her
friends.
Very much to the disappointment of
her friends here, who were naturally
looking forward to big wedding, Miss
Helen de Young has decided to be mar
ried very quietly abroad and when San
Francfscans see her again she will have
been Mrs. George Cameron for several
months. The first plan was for a large
house affair, a few weeks after Miss
Constance's marriage to Joseph Tobin
in November, but Mr.. Cameron found
1T possible to join the De Youngs in
Europe and the second plan was de-
cided upon a few weeks ago. Miss
Constance,S wedding, however, will be
large affair and will take place at St
Mary's The De Youngs sailed from
New York for Paris about fortnight
ago and are deep in the fascinations of
wedding shopping. They will spend
almost their entire visit abroad at the
French capital, taking short country
trips during the warm weather.
The month has been especially
marked by the return of old friends
absent society favorite back from Eu-
rope and the orient. Mrs Jones and
her daughter, Miss Grace Llewenyn
Jones, after a year or more in Europe
returned week ago and have reopened
their home here. Miss Jones Is n rec
ognized figure in the artistic as we'll
as the social world here and one of the
most gifted amateurs in dramatic
sense, that we have. She took the
L
given in French at the Greek theater
several years ago, and won praise so
high for the performance that she
might have stepped into the profess
sional world on the strength of it, Miss
Jennie Crocker will return this week
crossing the continent in her own car
and full of the glories OF her London
experience. The world holds no more
brilliant social experience than ii was
the lot of this little California girl to
enjoy and one is rather curious to see
how it affected her To be able to say
that thing reminded one of Bucking-
ham palace or that one didn't think the
prince of Wales as handsome as his
pictures or that the king was a de-
lightful dinner guest is rather start
ling to Californians, whose only expe-
rience with kings and queens is at the
bridge table or when they are reading
Alice in Wonderland" to the children.
Another prominent society woman
who will return to the city this fall
and make her home here indefinitely
is Miss Edith Pillsbury. who has been
so long abroad that CALIFORNIA; think
of her as belonging more to Paris than
to them. The French capital has been
her headquarters during most of her
stay, but she has visited Spain and
Italy and made many lesser trips to
different places from time to time
When Miss Elena Robinson, the daugh-
ter of Mrs. James Robinson, was abroad
last year she made her home with Miss
Pillsbury for a part of the time, and
they were fellow guests at some of the
big country houses near Paris. They
took one four or five weeks motor trip