The San Francisco call., 1909-10-17

Gavin. Miss Claire Nichols and Miss
Ruth Richards. Carlton Curtis win act
as best man, and the ushers will be
Herbert Schmidt, Douglas Fry, Eyre
Pinckard, Roy Somers, Ralston Curtis,
Philip Baker, Herbert Baker and Leav-
lit Baker. The flower girls on this
occasion will be little Miss Marian
Baker and Miss Marian Lee Mailliard-
The gowns and decorations are to have
yellow as the dominant color and the
effect promises to be brilliant indeed.
There are few girls more popular than
the bride elect. and her engagement
cups number into the hundreds, while
her gifts are among the most costly
and attract ever collected by a bride
to be in the annals of local society
Miss Baker has been extensively en-
tertained, but in the most informal
way, yet the days intervening between
the present date and the wedding day
are crowded with parties. One of the
larger of these afternoon affairs will
be given by Miss Edith Pillsbury with
in a few days and the most elaborate
dinner party for Miss Baker and
Drummond MacGavin will be given by
Mr.. and Mrs. Wakefield Baker at their
home in Pacific avenue. The date for
the dinner is October 20 and the MEM
bers of the bridal party are to be the
favored guests on this gala occasion.
The Bakers will leave early next month
for the east and will remain in Boston
for the season, The friends of Mrs.
Baker are quite chagrined over this
change in her plans, since 1t was eX-
pected that she would be here through
out the season, but the interest of this
devoted mother in her boys education
has caused her to relinquish the gay
season at home to stay with her sons
through their respective seasons at
Harvard and Exeter. The dinner party
for Miss Baker and her fiance will be
really the last party this season at the
hospitable home in Pacific avenue
Since the date of her departure has
been definitely settled Mrs. Baker has
been the recipient of any number of
social favors in an informal way and
many of the afternoons of the coming
fortnight are devoted to farewell par
ties at the homes of her neighborhooS
friends.
Mrs. William Lange gave one of the
prettfest luncheons of the week in the
red room at the st. Francis. and over
80 guests were seated at the pretty
table. The affair was really a Portola
luncheon and the decorations were in
the Spanish colors, intermingled with
the stars and stripes in an artistic way.
The table was strewn with tiny flags of
the two nations and streamers of tulle
in the favorite colors radiated to each
place from centerpiece of flags.
Another evening wrap that may be
copied several times and variously-
according to the skill of the modesto
is beautiful lace wrap of val lace.
colored a metallic gray shade and hung
over shellfish pink silk. There is a
shaped, turnover collar on this cape.
made of silver gray satin, embroidered
with pink beads, and holding the collar
together in front was a clasp formed
of two large pink and white canoes,
perfectly matched, and set in silver
rims.
The social prophet who likes to spec
ulate upon the future and the develop
ment of an early season has a compare
lively simple task this year with all
the indications of late and gay sea-
son SO plainly marked on the social
horizon. 1t will be about a month be-
fore the fashionable season will be in
full swing with the Greenway dances
and the colonials. the debutante par
ties and the larger receptions. Much
of the entertaining will be done doubt
less previous to the first week of jan
uary, as the season after the new
year starts in will be brief Ash
/ Wednesday will fall on February 8,
thus giving but six weeks after the
holidays are well over. The debutante
receptions Will be all held in November,
according to the present plans of these
important young misses and their
mammas. The first dance of the Fri
day Evening club comes November 5,
be it known. and this succession of
delightful reunions will be held as in
former years at Century club hall.
The members of the congeniais club OBJ
-iect strenuously to having their organi-3