The San Francisco call., 1909-09-08
MINING MAN WfDS
A BERKELEY GIRL
Quiet Home Ceremony Marks
NuptiaIs of William Luke
and Hazel Knapp

OAKLAND Sept. THE marriage of
William Luke and Miss Hazel Knapp
was solemnized with the utmost sim
plicity this afternoon at the residence
OF the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S.
A. Knapp, in Woolsey street. Berkeley.
After a wedding supper the bridal cou-
pie left on their honeymoon. They
have not definitely decided where the
new home is to be established, but will
return to the bay cities for a visit
within a month or so.
The marriage service was read by
Rev. Charles R. Brown, pastor of the
First Congregational church of Oak
of the immediate families and a few
friends. Neither the bride nor bride
groom was attended.
Luke has important mining interests
in the state which will take him and
his bride away from the bay cities
much of the time. Mrs. Luke is a
gifted girl, whose charming voice has
made for her a place among the young
er musicians.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Taft, Miss Chris
sic Taft and Miss Dorothy Taft have
reached New York after several months
abroad and intend to return TO Cali
fornia before the end of the month.
Their home coming will be made par
ticularly delightful, for both Mrs. Taft
and her daughters are social favorites.
Mrs Sam Bell Mckee will entertain
at a luncheon tomorrow at her home
in Vernon heights, having included a
dozen or more friends in her invita-
tion for the afternoon. After the lunch
con there will be a game of bridge.
Mrs. Mckee entertains frequently and
her hospitality is extended to a wide
circle of friends during the season.
Major Reginald Foster has come
from New York to join his wife for a
visit with her kinsfolk before they re-
turn to the Atlantic coast later in the
month. Mrs. Foster has been the house
guest of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Brace Hayden, since midsummer. Since
their marriage, Major and Mrs. Foster
have lived in New York, where they
have an attractive home.
One of the interesting affairs of the
afternoon was that over which Mrs.
entertaining a number of friends at
| bridge in honor of charming West
Virginia matron who is spending the
season in California as the guest of
relatives.
Miss Helen Dornin. who has been
abroad since early summer, will re-
turn to California the first of the COM
| ing month. Miss Dornin has enjoyed
tour through Europe with a party OF
eastern girls.
Mrs William de Fremery made Miss
Sevilla Hayden, whose betrothal to
Clarence Shuey interested society a
few weeks ago, the honor guest at a
luncheon recently, including a number
of friends in her hospitality. Mrs. de
Fremery has been entertaining as her
house guest Miss Edna Orr, who has
been spending some days with her
old friends in the bay cities. A year
| ago Mr.. and Mrs. Orr and Miss Orr
closed their Oakland home, planning to
| spend the next few years in Santa
Barbara. Miss Orr was one of the best
liked girls of the smart set here and
her return will inspire a procession of
the informal affairs of the early sea-
! son.
BERKELEY, Sept. AT a pretty
| wedding tonight Miss Edna Irene
| Riehl became the wife of Otis Lee
Kirk, a San Francisco businessman, n,
at the home of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Riehl, 1927 Grove
street
A large number of friends of the
groom and bride witnessed the cere-
mony, which was performed by Rev.
j. NJ. Smith, a lifelong friend of the
bride, living in Sonora. The young
| couple will spend their honeymoon in
| the southern part of the state