The San Francisco call., 1909-08-22

Miss Lydia Gibbons, whose photo
graph is reproduced on the society
page today, is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Gibbons of this city
and her wedding to Gustave Schaeffer
of Honolulu will be IN event of next
Friday evening at the First Presby-
terian church in this city. The we'd
ding will be an elaborate affair with
retinue of attendants and all the
ceremony of church event with re-
ception later at the Fairmont. The
couple win go to Honolulu to make
their future home and the friends of
the attractive bride will miss her
presence at the parties in town this
season.
The other portrait which is repro
duced on the society page is that of
Miss Constance Cummings. the pretty
hancee of Ensign Joerns, Z. S. N, who
will attend Miss Gibbons as bridesmaid
at the wedding next Friday evening
Miss Cummings viii be married in
January and the exact date of her
wedding is not yet announced, but it
viii be an important event with all
the pomp of a service wedding.
The dance at Santa Barbara last week
for Miss Harriet Alexander is a topic
that does not grow stale from much
repetition. since the girls from town
who We're among the guests are talk
ing yet of the perfectly delightful
time they had at that memorable party
There were three days of festivity
practically. with the dinner party first
and the barn dance afterward. followed
by a tea to close the elaborate affair
in proper order. The barn dance at
the Town and Country club has been
described as the funniest ever and.
from the scraps Of description that
have remained in the mind of each
girl, there must have been an unusual
assortment of things in the way of
decoration. Every one is familiar, to
be sure. with the conventional barn
party and the few straws that are
scattered about TO furnish the illusion,
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the decoration, everything that you
can think of excepting onions" as one
girl said. then the wonder begins.
There was a trough, as a realistic barn
accessory, and bales of hay here and
there as the most convenient and con-
vincing seats for such an occasion.
while the manger was in its proper
place and perfectly equipped for any
modern barn. The supper was an as
sortment Of vegetable and other coun-
try fare that was remarkably good to
eat and quite unusual. whsle the wood
en- tables rejoiced in the unique decora-
tion of sliced watermelon The pepper
festoons and the crabappIes were an
other touch that finished the picture in
true country style.
The season of dinner parties is re-
viving and it may be a hint to the
unaccustomed hostess after her sum
mer inactivity to hear the story of
one hostess who forget, or almost for
got, an important guest in her recent
preparation for an elaborate dinner at
her home. The hint may even be
help to the memory of some tagging
hostess. but this is the tale that was
almost tragic in its denouement. 1t
seems that a certain hostess of the
smart set whose dinner parties are
famous for their assembly of wits and
wags entertained one evening this
month at the first dinner party in sew
eral moons. and decided that dozen
places should grace the festive board.
All went well until the eleventh hour.
when the hostess, count as she might
could only by calculation and Careful