The San Francisco call., 1909-10-03

| foremost. We read in one of the east
ern papers: Marcel Provost. the new
French academician. has recently been
lchristened the dress maker novelist. ;"
| The name fits him. He has a most eX-
ceptional weakness for describing
dress. In his new novel. Pierre ct
Therese," he fills page after page with
the cut and fit and color and style OF
frock coats and trousers and petit
coats and cravats Therese is made 10
wear parti-colored skirts, for instance,
while Pierre leans to taffeta waist
coats and ties of subdued blue.
| AS a result of his recent descriptions
| of chic male and female attire the novel
ist has had offers from both Ducet ana
Pauuin They offer to engage him Tor
the sole purpose of suggestions Tor the
further beautifying of womens AZURE.
Not to be outdone by these great
dress makers. a fashionable tailor has
also made a proposition to the man Oh
letters. This tailor furnishes young
Frenchmen in search of American
heiresses with clothes on credit. lie
does a very good business. 1t is true
| he often has to wait for his money
but when it comes it is weil worth
while, for his prices are enormous
These offers may suggest new ana lu-
! crative fields for novelists.
The wedding of Miss Helen Wilson
and Paymaster Walter A. Greer u. ..
n. was an event that took prominent
place in the annals of. the week anu
| truly it was a brilliant AFFAIR win
| several hundred guests at Trinity TO
witness the ceremony and more than
| 100 friends at the Wilson home IN
| Washington street to attend the recep-
ton Mrs. John Scott Wilson wore one
! of the most attractive gowns OF the
occasion, a creation OF black NelVe@
! with touches of old lace and jet trim
ming The decorations were tiger
| lilies and no more effective floral ar
rangement could be chosen as the set
| ting for one of the prettiest weddings
| of the season. The tiger lilies were
massed on the altar at the church, and
/ tall clusters of the same filed every
nook and corner of the church and
/ formed an aisle for the bridal party.
The dominant note in the decoration
| was pink, but variation was made in
the adornment of the dining room at
/ the Wilson home, where trailing grape
vine was used with pretty effect. The
brides gown was a becoming creation
of white satin and rare old lace. The
! lace, by the way was worn by the
! brides grandmother, the late Mrs.
Samuel Wilson, at her own wedding
many years ago, and is a priced pos
session of the family. The gown was
!
sleeves and panels of lace elabora ted
/ the long skirt. The costume was COM
pleted with a tulle veil, and the fair
| bride carried a shower bouquet of lilies
! of the valley. The gowns worn by the
attendants were particularly pretty and
dainty, deserving more than passing
mention. The matron of honor, Mrs.
| Frederick Stott and the maid of honor
these two attendants chosen after
the English custom-wore gowns of
pink chiffon and lace while they car
ried showers of the tiger lilies. The
| little flower girl. Miss Laura Coffey,
wore a pink frock trimmed with lace
and the three bridesmaids, Miss Marian
| Lally, Miss Florence Braverman and
Miss Catherine Hutchinson wore SINH
| Tar gowns of palest blue messaline and
carried staffs with tiger lilies. The
bridegroom is a popular young officer,
and all his attendants were chosen
from the service. The best man was
Paymaster Thomas Kutz. L. S. N. and
the ushers were DR.. John B. Kaufman
| u. S. n. Lieutenant Kurtz. U. S. N,
I Lieutenant Crittenden, U. s. N, Ensign
| Harvey Delano, u. S. N, and Frank
| Chambers. The wedding cake was a
/ marvel and certainly a unique design
! in confectionery. The cake was a model
of the cruiser California and was
| made by the chef at the Yerba Buena
naval training station. The minia-
/ ture ship was fully equipped after the
manner of a modern cruiser and even
| the name and naval flag were faithful
! ly copied in fancy icing. The ship was
adorned with rows of tiny roses and an
arch from which was suspended the
wedding bell and the wonder of the
unique wedding cake was in the fact
| that every rose contained a tiny cleo
/ trio light and the illuminat ted cruiser
was an amazing spectacle. Paymaster
Greer and his bride have gone away
on honeymoon trip. but will return
to reside at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
John Scott Wilson in Washington
street.
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