The San Francisco call., 1908-03-15

wore black pattern gown of silk
chiffon Mrs. Laurence Pierson was
gowned in an imported dress of white
point lace. MIR. Piersen and his bride
sailed Tuesday for Japan. where they
will spend their honeymoon
Tennis promises to be one of the at
fractions at san Mateo during the
summer months and interest in the
game is reviving daily. Several tour
naments are planned for the season
and practice on the courts is already a
part of the society girls program in
the morning. Some of these who will
play al San Mateo this year are Miss
Nora Brewer Miss Amy Brewer. Miss
Jennie Cr6clSer. Miss Siers. Mrs. Philip
Lansdale, Thomas Driscoll. Philip
Lansdale. Philip Wescott, Frank Brew
er and Bernard Ford.
a very distinguished visitor here this
month will be DR. w H. p Faunce.
president of Brown university. who is
to deliver the charter day address at
Berkeley on the 23d. When DR.. Faunce
was in Washington last week he was
guest al the cabinet dinner given by
the secretary of commerce and labor
and Mrs Straus
After several weeks of indecision.
Mrs. John c. Kirkpatrick and her
daughter, Miss Susanne. have decided
to go abroad for the summer and the
hospitable home at Pleasanton will be
closed. Miss Susanne is to make her
bow to society next winter and prom
ises to be oEe of the bellies of the win
ter. She is extremely pretty, blonde,
slender and tall
Miss Adela Vernon was guest of
honor at. a pretty tea given by Mrs.
Linda Bryan Monday and delighted the.
musical folk that were hidden to meet
her with several piano solos This af-
fair was farewell to Miss Verne, for
the little English woman left town
Wednesday and will soon sail for home.
In Santa Barbara the society folk
gave an affair recently that reflected
great credit upon whoever originated
it, and was not entirely unlike our own
blossom fete of two weeks ago Only,
instead of cherry blossoms, kimones
and samisens they had pepper blooms,
rebosas and the nandolins of the south.
Nothing could be more appropriate to
the state and the climate and nothing
prettier or easier to arrange Fortune
tellers in the costume that Carmen
made immortal were one of the features
of the affair. Spanish cooking. Spanish
dances and booths made in mission
style all helped with the effect, and,
altogether, those who attended the af-
fair had, as a pleasant memory, some-
thing not only charming in itself, but
characteristic of the. state as we'll.
Every one will be glad to see charm
ing Mrs. Daniel Shean again when she
comes up from Santa Barbara for "a
visit next month. Mrs. Shean was a
great favorite here as Miss Ursula
Stone, and her flying visits are always
the signal for entertaining of all sorts.
She has not been well this winter.
The cold weather of the east proved
severe on her health. She Is now en-
joying the climate of Santa Barbara,
where she and Lieutenant Shean have
been for several weeks. The Sheans
came up from Manila in September,
but were here only a few days Do
fore starting for Fort Crook
There was an informal little tea at
the Presidio Thursday afternoon, given
for charity by several of the promi-
nent women of the post. During the
late afternoon hours the rooms of the
officers club were a pretty scene, and
many. of the city's maids. who have
been guests at the post often this win
ter. went out to enjoy an hours chat
around the tea tables, and incidentally
to make the affair financial as well
as q social success. The last dance
at the post. by the way, was one of
the prettiest ever given there, and it
was astonishing to see how many fresh
and dainty gowns had survived the
hard social strain of the winter, ond
how enthusiastic the girls still were
about dancing.
The Frederick r. Kings will be
missed In Belmont this summer. For
the first time In years they have de-
cided to close their handsome home
there. and will spend the summer on
the Atlantic coast. The King home
is one of the most hospitable in the
state, as well as one of the prettiest,
and when their three sons were small