The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13
News Of Jociety
Across the Bay

y AhLAND, June 12.-Mr. and Mrs.
Harry East are entertaining a
- delightful house party most in
formally at their attractive summer
place in the foothills back of Los
Gatos. more than dozen guests going
down from Oakland for the week end.
The Easts have closed their Hamilton
place residence for the season, ex-
pecting to remain away from town
until late in the fail
Closely following the announcement
of the betrothal of r. Duncan Gate
wood and Miss Ida Elizabeth Pattiani
of Alameda comes the news that the
wedding is to be an event of the late
summer, taking place either in Au-
gust or September. The marriage will
be celebrated with all the pomp of an
elaborate naval ceremony, although
details of the wedding have not yet
been finally arranged. Miss Pattiani
has, however, decided upon a church
service, which will include a large
circle of friends. After their honey
moon, Gatewood and his bride will
reside at the Mare Island navy yard,
where he is stationed as naval con-
structor. But few girls jim local So
ciety have been as popular as this
beautiful daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
A w. Pattiani The marriage is of
wide interest to a host of friends
throughout the state.
One of the happiest announcements
of the week was made by Mr.. and
Mrs. Leroy Hewitt Briggs telling of
the marriage Of their daughter Miss
Anna Frances Briggs, and George
Whitfield Lane. Mrs. Lane is an ex-
ceedingly charming woman, whose
gifts as an artist have placed her high
in the esteem of artistic people, She
has been a favorite in the Del Monte
colony, and has shown some good
studies in the Del Monte gallery Mrs.
Lane has travelled extensively and de-
voted considerable time to the study
of art abroad She has been promi-
nently identified with the art work in
Ebell. 1t is said her marriage is the
sequel to a pretty romance which had
+. its beginning in schoolroom days. Lane
is an attorney of San Francisco.
Miss Brenda Ackerman has been
spending some delightful weeks in Los
Angeles as the house guest of her
sister, Mrs Winfield Scott Hale. Mrs.
Hale was. before her marriage of last
year, Miss Gladys Ackerman, one of
the talented young artists of the bay
cities
A cordial greeting is being given
to Signor Carrado Menicanti and Nine.
Menicanti, who before her marriage
of eight years ago to the distinguished
Roman lawyer, was Miss Alice Rising
upon their return from abroad. With
their three children Signor Menicanti
and his wife are making their first
visit with Nine. Menicanti's parents
Prof. and Mrs. w. B. Rising, in Berke-
ley, coming on from Rome to spend
the summer in the bay cities.
Mr. and Mrs. F. NJ. Smith, Mrs Nat
Crossley, Miss Grace Sperry and Miss
Marion Ellis left today for Shelter
island, where they will spend the
summer. closing Arbor Villa for the
season.
Miss Camille Adney and Miss Bea-
trice Adney entertained at delightful
! luncheon early in the week in honor
! of Miss Genevieve Keegan, who has
recently returned from an extended
/ trip to Idaho. Covers were laid for
Miss Keegan Miss Ethel Taylor
Miss Irene Taylor Miss Jessie Harmon
| Miss Alignon Harmon Miss Florence Aduey
! Mrs. r. c. Adney Miss Camille Adney
Mrs. NJ. $. Taylor Miss Beatrice Adney