The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-01

and was fastened with the same orange
blossoms
At the altar the bride was met by
the groom, and Bishop Joseph II. john
son, who officiated, using the Episcopal
ring service.
Quite touching feature of the we'd
ding was when Miss Heron and Mr..
Toaz knelt before the altar for the
final blessing. The onyx and marble
altar was presented to the church by
the brides father in commemoration
of his father and mother. Colonel and
Mrs. w. A. Heron of Pittsburg, Pa.
After the ceremony a bridal supper
was served to members of the bridal
party and intimate friends, at the home
of Colonel and Mrs. r. H. Heron at
ZOO Severance street.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Toaz left for a,
wedding trip, after which they will
reside temporarily at Seattle.
This is a verbatim conversation
heard on the ferry boat when the
couple quoted caught their first glimpse
or the Portola festival sign upon the
SCARED side of Yerba Buena. Old man
with square chin and emphatic speech:
DO you know that fellow PortoIa?
Wen, he discovered this bay Only for
him we wouldn't be here Three cheers
for Portola!" Old lady companion in
Jet bonnet (timorously): WAS he a
real person." o. M.-"Them letters
are as high as you (regarding her
uumpy hgure. No. Higher. Mebbe
three times as high. They saw that
they are 10 feet high"
y. l.. with jet bonnet (agitated)-
what's the white on them? Lime?"
o. M.-"The white that You see Is
whitewash The apostrophe and 90
Is rupped out. The sun is shining on
them now and l can read them,
.. l.. (worried)-"Don't you like the
SUM- Wen move to the other side of
the boat" 'iue VI
Q. M-'The sun is life. Without the
sun al animated things would die The
rortola sign looks good in the sun
nat Fortola was great chap Every
Ole IS coming here to celebrate him
Wen come to the city that Week /.
Silence as they meditated mon +bo
promised visit. 'He
one OF the interesting weddings in
is that of Miss Isabel U1oI1,-r
or Los Angeles and Lieutenant IoLr q
w llhams, Z. S. A, of the coast Nv
tlilery. and the affair will take nIace
at the Preside chapel with ni1i+arS
appointments. The young connie -
gong TO Manila later, where Lieuten-
ant Williams will be stationed The
wedding has additional interest, coming
shorty after the marriage of Miss
Walkers brother, Lieutenant Wales
=. ,. A. whose marriage with Miss
Wills Williams was an event of the
summer. Since their wedding and sub~
sequent honeymoon trip. Lieutenant and
Mrs. Williams have been at the Pre-
sldio. but are leaving shortly for the
philippines, where their stay is TO he
tions.
One of the recent brides is setting an
example worthy of emulation. or AT
ieast she is establishing a precedent
for other brides of modern Tendency
who will be capable in future of unit-
ing romance and substantial education.
In brief, this ambitious bride is at
tending summer school at the state uni
Versity. She goes to and fro quite
merrily and self-contained each dav
on the ferry boat (Key Route pre-
ferred) with her schoolbooks under her
arm. Truly discouraging sight for
mental progression must
cease with her wedding vows 1t has
often been claimed in devious and face
tious ways that a woman forgotten of
man and bereft of attention must per-
force devote herself to mental pursuit
to keep away the demon of melancholy.
Such obsolete reasoning demands a
brilliant refutation. Here is a bride
with the bloom of youth and advantage
Of personal charm deliberately devoting
hours and hours to the Improvement of
her mind. Whether we approve or not
of her unusual mode of twisting the
honeymoon we must of ne
cessity consider the innovation. She
has set precedent and will others fol-
low? To follow or not to follow is
almost worthy of an Ibsen treatise, but
perhaps time will give a more positive
answer.
One of the delightful parties of last