The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11

HERE is magic in the Easter
season that awakes society from
the drear. dun days OF Lent, and
the JOY % the waking IS re-
hected in The glad ratment OF every
maid and ulslron- wlaen the Easter
worry and shopping are justified as an
expression Of JOY and good viii with
those other attributes. whatever they
arc. that belong to the season. every
one should be happy Ii is quite pos
<ibie that every one in the social world
is happy. The days OF Lent have been
quite long enough for rest and exer-
else and they have been enlivened with
toas and Jolly reunions of various sorts
ct the Fairmont. but they were in
formal and sometimes apologetic az
fairs. since no one felt entirely free
70 forget the manner even if disposed
10 ignore the spirit Of Lent The teas
wero happy occasions. but the new sea-
son win bring the larger parties and
more gsyety
bride as sort OF delightful and in
dispensable luxury Of the season. There
are number Of weddings scheduled
for the next few days and others that
extend farther into the summer and
may be grouped With the summer rath-
er than The Easter events
Among the earliest OF the season
there is the wedding of Miss Helen
Thomas and Joseph Weller Seton Jr-.
r-hich VIII take place in Trinity chapel
Friday afternoon. The guest list has
been restricted TO the closest friends
o. the couple. but it is said that the
chapel viii he crowded with many out
OF town guests. as well as those OF
local importance The bride VIII be
attended by her sister, Miss Julia
Thomas. as maid of honor. and she viii
be preceded to the altar by a sextet
composed OF Miss Julia Langhorne.
Miss Janet Coleman. Miss Sydney Davis,
Miss Helen Baker Miss Josephine
Smith Of Coronado and Mrs. Welbore
Burnett DR. Richard Foster viii act
as best man. and the ushers viii be
Herbert Baker. carl Wolff and Ramon
Reyntiens and Roscoe Hazard of San
Diego.
Another early April wedding viii be
that Of Miss Grace Baldwin and Russell
seIfridge. which viii take place April
%. The cards were sent out last week
ard until the day that they were re-
ceived few people suspected that the
wedding date had been decided. 1t
wiz take place at the home Of the
brides mother Mrs. Lloyd Baldwin. in
Lyon street. and VIII be attended by
the members OF the two families and
few intimate friends. The wedding
viii be simple in detail and the bride
viii have only one attendant. Miss
Mar. belle Elliott OF Los Angeles, but
the arrs ngements for the ceremony
promise "a pretty surprise in the mat
ter Of decoration. There are few girls
more popular than this bride TO be
and her wedding presents already re-
ceived are among the handsomest of
The season.
Miss Ethel Amvveg viii also be an
Easter bride her wedding with Walter
A. Scott being set for tomorrow even
ing. There viii be several attendants
and all the pomp Of a church affair
Miss Amweg has number of pretty
engagement cups that are at once the
envy and admiration Of her friends
and probably no bride 10 be has had
more entortainment since the an
nouncement of her betrothal A re-
ception VIII follow tile church eere-
mony tomorrow evening at the home
Of the brides parents. Air and Mrs
Frederick Amweg. in Washington
street Tile couple are going to the
orient on their honeymoon trip and sew
eral OF the larger affairs are 10 be
given for them upon their return this
summer.
Miss Gertrude RusseI-s marriage to
Paymaster Eugene Bale Douglas. L. $
E- VIII take place next month, and
while Miss Russell can not be accounted
strictly an Easter bride. her wedding
viii be church event and wifi have
many OF the accessories of an Easter
ceremony. Among the attendants vii,
be Miss Helen sullivan and Miss Mabel
Gregory, who have entertained in an
informal way for the bride TO be
one of the Maysweddings viii be that
OF Miss Carrie Mills and James Fletche,
Of Yokohama. but none of tie details
have been settled. Miss Mills is one
cE the most attractive brides to be and
has been the center of many pleasant
affairs since the announcement Of hel
engagement a few weeks ago. 1t is
probable that her wedding viii be
rather an elaborate affair. with several
attendants-and those appointments that
make many of these spring wedding:
memorable occasions.
The settings FOR several Of the wed.
dings this year are planned for unique
effect in floral arrangement, and there
can not be prettier background foi
the dainty dresses of a bridal part,
than the vari-colored spring flowers