The San Francisco call., 1909-05-06
News of Society
Across the Bay

OAKLAND. May 5-The announce
ment of the betrothal of Percy A. Wood
and Miss Eliza Baum. the attractive
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. r. w. Baum,
was made this afternoon at a charm
ingly appointed card party over which
Miss Baum and her sister. Miss Mar
guerite Baum, presided as hostesses In
honor of Miss Genevieve Teel. one OF
the June brides elect. Two score
friends of the trio of girls were in
cluded in the afternoons pleasure of
bridge and five hundred and to them
was the secret confided.
Wood is a young attorney of San
Francisco. He is a graduate of Ann
Arbor. Miss Baum is a girl of much
personal charm and gifted as mu-
sician. DR.. and Mrs. Baum and their
family came TO this side of the bay
three years ago, leasing one of the
handsome homes in Vernon heights
which is the center of a. generous hos
pitaIity. The young people have made
no plans for their marriage. which viii
probably be an event of the late year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Allen returned
to New York yesterday from their we'd
ding journey, establishing their home
in the eastern metropolis, where the
bridegroom is prominently known in
the legal profession. The marriage OF
Miss Ethel Whitney the gifted daugh-
ter of the late Senator George f. Whit
neg and Mrs. Whitney, and the New
York attorney took place at one of the
charming services of the year at the
home of the brides sister, Mrs. Seymour
Cunningham in Litchfield, Conn, late In
April The wedding of Miss whitney
was of the deepest interest to wide
circle of friends in California, where
the Whitneys are numbered among the
old established families of the state.
Mr.. and Mrs. Challen Parker are re-
turning to Oakland about the middle
of May. again making their home in the
bay cities. The beautiful young matron.
who was before her marriage Miss
NoeIle de Cola, Will be welcomed back
by the smart set with whom she is
favorite. More than year ago the
Parkers leased their attractive bunga-
low in Oakland avenue and went TO
Los Angeles, where they expected to
remain for three years, but change
in business plans brings them back to
Oakland.
One of the largest luncheons of the
month will be that given Saturday,
women of the alumnae. Each year the
occasion brings together a large num-
Der of graduates in this delightful way
keeping the old schoolmates in close
touch with one another. Toasts and
music will follow the discussion of the
menu A number of the. prominent
women of the cities about the bay
claim Smell seminary as their alma
mater.
Mr.. and Mrs J. p. Neville have leased
one of the charming new houses in the
CIaremont district and are planning to
take possession in short time For
the last year Mrs. Neville, with her
husband and son, have had apartments
at the Claremont country club, where
she has been prominent figure in the
social life Of the exclusive organiza-
ton.
Miss Winifred Braden was a hostess
of the afternoon5 entertaining few
friends informally at bridge at the
Key Route hotel.
Mrs Charles ID. Bates Jr. is entertain
ing at the second of the series of card
parties, which she has arranged for
the early summer tomorrow, when she
makes Mrs NJ. Wilford Faitoute her
guest of honor. The occasion Will be rs
farewell " litc SOdhS ma
tron, who has spent the winter with her
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Asa l.. White in
East Oakland. Mrs Faitoute is leav-
ing within the fortnight for her home
in New York Since coming to Cali
fornia early in November she has been
extensively feted. Mrs. Bates has in
cIuded the closer friends of Mrs. Fai-
toute and herself in her guest list for
tomorrow.
ALAMEDA, May 5.-At one of the
largest church weddings of the season
Miss Sophie Van Sicklen became the
bride of William Mckee Sherrard to-.
night the ceremony being solemnized
at the First Congregational church by
Rev L. Potter Hitchcock, the pastor
The bride was attired in a gown of
heavy white satin, and attended by
Mrs Fritz Van SickIen as matron of
honor. and by Miss Evelyn Sherrard
and Miss Dorothy Van Sicklen as
bridesmaids Fritz Van Sicklen sup
ported the bridegroom and the ushers
were Ralph Kirkham Blair, Jack Van
SickIen. Percy Murdock, Ernest Porter
and Russell Field. The bride was given
into the keeping of the bridegroom by
her mother, Mrs. Frank Parker The
church ceremony was followed by a
reception at the Fritz Van SiclSlen
home. Mrs. Sherrard is Vermont
girl. and spent the winter here is the
guest of the family of her brother
Fritz Van Sicklen. Sherrard is the
son of Mrs. Isabelle Sherrard.. and is
enga ged in business in San Francisco