The San Francisco call., 1909-10-24


party will be a delightful event since
she, too, is destined to be a great ia
vorite and has any number of friends
waiting to entertain for her after the
first formal party. Some of her closer
friends have been complimenting her
a informal luncheons and teas pre-
these was the tea given by Miss Anna
Weller few weeks ago, with 100
young guests, in the Laurel court at
the Fairmont, and Miss Sonntag as the
central figure.
Miss Peggy Stow, the attractive
fiancee of Edward Bright Bruce, viii
and her marriage will take place in the
oriental city shortly after her arrival.
Miss Stow will be accompanied on the
trip by her mother, Mrs. Sherman Stow,
and a host of friends are regretting
that the attractive bride elect and her
mother are going so far away for the
interesting wedding.
The date of the ceremony is uncer-
tain, but it will be probably about No
vember g. as the arrival OF the Siberia
in the orient will determine this day of
such Importance for the popular young
couple The couple will enjoy brief
honeymoon trip in Japan, but are going
to Manila to make their home, where
Mrs. Stow and another daughter. Mrs.
Ealand, will visit them later in the
season.
No girl is more popular in the
younger set. and her friends have ex-
acted promise that she will visit here
frequently.
Mrs. Stow and her daughter have
been in Santa Barbara most of the
summer, but have arranged many de-
lishtful visits to this city, where Miss
Stow has many friends.
There is one more mother in law
has laughed over for season after sea
son, but the latest is worth con-
spicuous place among the time honored
jests Here 1t is, in brief: A stranger
at a wayside inn heard a man call for
glass of mother in law and saw
the bar tender hand him something
When the man had drunk and gone the
stranger asked:
What is mother in law'?'
Stout and bitter was the reply.
The Fairmont has been the scene of
many' important social festivities in
eident to Portola week Besides the
international ball "Wednesday night.
which attracted thousands. there have
been innumera BILE private dinners sup
pers. teas and luncheons. The BANQUET
given just before the ball by the Por-
tola committee to the visiting diplo-
mats consuls, army and navy men, as
well as to the prominent officials ,of
the city and state. was one of the most
beautiful and sumptuous ever served.
In addition to these many beautiful
dinner parties were given in the laurel
court and in the main dining salon.
Mrs Latham McMullin, who has been
spending the summer at her country
place. has returned to town for the
winter and has taken her apartments
again at the Fairmont.
Among the recent arrivals at the
Fairmont is baron Won Guttman of
Berlin, Germany. The baron has been
HuHllIS DlS game 1nSluc the Arctlc
circle and his latest hunt occupied
more than four months lie and his
companion took their own steamer on
the trip and were very successful in
bringing home some splendid speci-
mems of waIrus. musk oxen. polar bear
and fox. He was in Seattle when he
heard of the Portola festival and inn
mediately determined to come and see
it, Baron Won Guttman was a dinner
host in the main dining salon Wednes-
day evening TO number of friends,
after which they attended the grand
ball of the festival.
Mr. and Mrs. Lao Nyang are the
guests of the Fairmont Lao Nyang is
the minister from China to Havana,
Cuba, and is returning to his country
after long term Of service. He is
noted among the diplomatic corps as
being the most fluent speaker of the
English language Of any of his race.
One of the portraits on this page
today is that of Mrs. Butler Young
Rhodes, the wife of Lieutenant Rhodes,
u S. n. one Of the young matrons in
the army and navy set who enjoys wide
popularity. Mrs. Rhodes has recently
returned from the east, where she en-
joyed a visit during the summer. but