The San Francisco call., 1909-09-19

visiting her friend, Mrs. William Penn
Humphreys, in this city. Miss Stow
has returned to her home in Santa
Barbara, and it is probable that the
wedding will take place at the southern
home in November Miss Stow was one
of the debutantes last season and be-
longs to quite prominent California
family. She is granddaughter of
Colonel Stow of Santa Barbara and
niece of yanderlyn Stow of this city.
1t may also be mentioned that the
pretty bride elect is sister of Mrs.
Galand and Mrs Barrett FithiAn of
Paris, with whom she was a house
guest last season, and has the adyan-
tage of European education.
Edward Bright Bruce is a young at
torney practicing in Manila, and son
of Rev. James Bruce of New York, and
is himself a graduate of Columbia uni
versity, and, in fact, it was during his
undergraduate days several years ago
that his friendship for the charming
California girl began. Miss Stow was
then attending school at Pelham Manor
when the fateful friendship was begun.
a matter of course. that the young
couple will make their home. Miss
Stow has recently returned from a visit
there. when she was the fellow trav
eler with Mrs. Warren Corning and
Miss Corning of Cleveland
The wedding of DR.. Benjamin Put
nam Kurtz of the University of Cali.
fornia and Miss Florence Ansley Of
Santa Cruz WIN take place Friday,
October l, at the home of the bride in
Santa Cruz, and the announcement of
this early wedding date is quite a sur
prise to the friends of the couple, who
had anticipated a wedding in the later
season. DR.. Kurtz is one of the clever
and popular young college men and
belongs to several clubs and has a
prominence in the literary world He
is the son of Mrs. B. c. Kurtz of Pied
mont but has innumerable friends in
this city who will be interested in the
news of his wedding. After a brief
honeymoon trip the young couple Will
reside in Piedmont where pretty
home awaits them.
The cafe chantant given recently at
the Menlo Park golf and country club
was gratifying success, for every
number went off with zip and dash
that few amateur productions can
achieve. Mrs. Frederick McNear
proved herself a very clever coach, in
deed. and much of the success that
evening was due to her effort, while
the others in the cast must be accorded
some of The praise. Willard Barton.
who has quite local reputation for
dramatic cleverness. was one of the
participants, and II. Mcdonald Spencer
was another who took more than ordi-
nary interest in the vaudeville. Spen-
Ger and Barton coached several of the
others less sophisticated in public en-
tertainment so that the success was a
matter of much rehearsing and hard
work. Miss Jennie Crocker was an
active participant and attractive Miss
Mary keeney was one of the prettiest
girls in the vaudeville. Mrs. Worth
ington Ames is such a clever musician
that her part was done with a bril-
lance that might put many profess
sional TO chagrin, and Mrs. Willard
Drown was particularly good in the
news that the vaudeville is to be re-
peated has been received with enthusi-
asm, since there is sure to be a larger
audience at the second affair, when the
object is to be a charitable one. The
vaudeville will be repeated for the
benefit of the reading room and library
for the blind at 1886 Sixteenth street,
near the McCreary branch library. The
date is uncertain, but the benefit is to
be in the near future, since the clever |
participants have volunteered their |
services for the occasion and will |
they deserve both on account of their
splendid entertainment and their char
liable disposition
A writer in the Sketch talks enter |
tainingly about the French adaptable
ity to new regime. The French, she
says. are a practical people. All along
the coasts of France they are putting |
their suppressed converts to a new use |
jim short, they have turned them into |
hotels. The monastical inns, to be |
sure, have somewhat meager fare and |
drastic rules which must be observed |
but their situation is usually. good: |
they have delicious, shady gardens. |
ponds for the traditional carp, airy
refectories and whitewashed cells for |
sleeping in, with a commendabIe alb |
sence of stuffy hangings, carpets and |
furniture. If you do not mind rising
at sharp and retiring to your cell at |
9 you can enjoy some of the sensa- |
tions of the religious life in these alb
bayes by the sea. For though the
convent is officially suppressed in the
republic, the mother abbess looks |
after the establishments; you are wait
ed on by pensive nuns in civilian cos
tune, and M. TAbbe, with austere and
lowered eyes, may be seen pacing the