The San Francisco call., 1909-10-26

social note in the local set.
The earliest debutante tea of the
season will be given next Saturday,
| when Mrs. Julian sonntag viii pre-
| side at an elaborate party at her home
in Scott street, and Miss Ila Sonntag.
daughter of the hostess, will make her
formal bow to society. Miss Sonntag
has been the central figure at sew
era1 delightful affairs already and one
of the most notable of these was the
tea given by Miss Anna Weller a
short time ago in the laurel court at
the Fairmont, but Miss Sonntag will
be formally introduced at the tea
/ this week and brilliant season awaits
/ her without doubt. Mrs. Sonntag and
I her daughter will be assisted in re-
/ ceiving their guests next Saturday by
1 the following coterie OF friends:
Mrs. ]. C. Refs Miss Rhoda Niebling
Mrs William HUE Miss Nellie Grant
Mrs. Charles Weller Miss Jean Tyson
Mrs. Haldman Putnam Miss Elva de Pue
| Young Miss Vera de Sabfs
Mrs James H. Morton Miss Anna OlDey
/ Miss AIaye COlburn Miss Kathleen Farrell
Miss Eliza Me1iulin Miss Corinne Dillman ot
| Miss Anna Weller Sacramento
Miss Elizabeth Woods
| Miss Elva de Pue, the charming
/ daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar de
Pue, will be introduced to society at
one OF the elaborate teas OF the sea-
son to be given November Is and an
other name will be added to the list
or debutantes for this winter. They
are an attractive group, indeed and
there are several mothers who will
announce the various dates of their
coming out parties this week or next,
making an interesting prospect in the
way of parties for the younger girls. =,
Miss Dorothy Baker. who has been
abroad for over a year. returned early
this week and is accompanied bv Miss
Kate Stone, who has been ENJOYING the
months of travel and study with Miss
Baker in the largest cities of Eurone
Miss Baker win make her formal bow
to society at an elaborate tea to be
given by Mrs. Hubert Howe Bancroft
early in November. and the attractive
debutante, who is also to be intro
'duced on the same occasion ia Miss
Kuth Richards, the granddaughter OF
the hostess. Miss Baker is also to he
the maid of honor at the wedding Of
her sister, Miss Helen Baker and
Drummond MacGavin. that will be an
event of November 3. In the mean
time this popular member of the
younger set is receiving a cordial
greeting from her friends and viii he
a favored guest at several small az
round of parties for her sister, at
which she viii share the honors.
The Army and Navy club will en-
tertain at a dancing party to be given
this evening at the clubhouse IN cali
fornia street. and although the affair
will be Informal it will be one of the
most delightful parties of the week
since the officers of the club are noted
for their hospitality at these fort
nightly affairs
Mrs. William r. Wheeler will he ar
home. informally. Friday. October 20.
and again Friday. November 5. at 210f
California street. that she may have tbe
pleasure of seeing her friends before
she leaves with Mr.. Wheeler for wash
fngton- The Wheelers will go from the
east TO their country home in San Diego
TO pass the holidays. They expect 10
return to San Francisco the first week
in January.
Miss Dorothy Draper is enjoying a
visit in town as the guest of Mrs
Clarence Carrigan and is the eononIi.
mented guest at a round of informal
affairs during her stay, as she is
favorite and these occasional visits in
the city are appreciated by her friends,
Miss Elysse Schultz is enIovinr a
visit in Portland, where she - betns-
extensively entertained and will remain
probably for several weeks Miss
Schultz is accompanied by her ulothe.
and left the city at the close of tba
Portola festivities for the visit in the
north
Mrs. Rosa Hooper PlOttner will enter
tain next Saturday afternoon at a tea
to be given at her studio in Van Ness
avenue, and nearly half hundred
guests have been hidden for the in
formal hour over the teacups.
Miss Helen Duncan is an attractive.
eastern girl who viii receive a large
share of social attention this lUtnfer-
and is enjoying visit out of town
just at present as the guest Of her sis
ter. Mrs. Richard Girvin at the home
of the latter in Ross. Miss DnncsS, is
a pretty girl of the blonde tvpe and
will be a great favorite among the
younger girls during her stay here.
Miss Vera Talbot. who has been en-
joying visit OF several weeks in New
York and Washington, is expected to
return within a few days and will take
part in the gayeties of the Younger set
this winter and will probably make her
formal bow TO society later in the sea
son. She was accompanied on the east
ern trip by her cousin. Miss sylvia TaI-
Dot, who' however. did not return.
but will remain in New York. where
she will attend a fashionable school
for another year
Mrs. Walter Scott Franklin. who has
been travelling abroad all summer. has
returned, and is established. in her =,
apartments at the Fairmont for thef
winter. ~
Mrs. f. =. Pratt. the attractive wife
of Colonel Pratt. L. s A.. leaves In "a
few days for Portland where she will
enjoy visit Of several days before