The San Francisco call., 1909-10-06
|OUESTS THRONO
THE FAIRMONTH
Taft Banquet IS Inspiration
For Various Delightful
Dinner Parties

significance, although not OF the
elaborate sort that might have been
expected had the chief executive been
accompanied by his charming WIFE,
The banquet last evening. however, in
the Norman hall at the Fairmont. was
the excuse for society TO entertain at
several delightful dinner parties at
the hotel. and among the largest OF
these was that given by Mr. and Mrs.
Clinton Worden. Mr. and Mrs. George
Almer NewhaIl entertained a party OF
friends, and among others entertain
ing were Mrs. Florence Porter Phngst'
Mrs. ]. D. Peters and Miss Anna Peters,
Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent Whitney, Mr.. ana
Mrs. Louis sIoss.
Miss Ruth Chewing viii become the
bride of Frederick Malcolm Eaton at
pretty wedding this afternoon at
o'clock at the home of her father
William Montgomery Chewing. The
service will be read by Rev. Frederick
Clampett and only relatives and inti-
mate friends are hidden TO the after
noon ceremony and informal recep-
tion afterward. There will be no at
tendants for either bride or BRIDE
groom. The bride has large circle
of friends. and Eaton comes of well
known Boston family. The couple
will reside in this city after honey
moon trip through the south.
The wedding of Miss Amy Johnson
and Frank Perry took place yesterday
afternoon at 5 o'clock in Christ church.
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formed by Rev. George Maxwell. The
bride was gowned in white satin and
was attended by her sisters, Misses
Margaret and Edith Johnson The
bride was given in marriage by her
mother. Mrs. Henry Johnson Cunning
ham Menzies acted as best man. Mr..
and Mrs Perry have gone on bTle1
honeymoon trip and will return to re-
side In Sausalito. Mrs. Johnson and
her two other daughters will return
to their home in Brooklyn, n. Y, after
a visit of several months here.
The informal party is claiming its
share of Importance during the early
days of the season and the social cal
endar for the month has a number OF
these reunions underlined a specially
attractive dates. There is the tea that
Miss Olive Craig viii give October IA
with Miss Marie Bullard as the COM
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younger set will have an afternoon all
their own. Another date worthy of men
tion is October Is. when Miss Rhoda
Niebling will entertain at luncheon TO
be given at the Claremont country club
Miss Niebling has recently returned
from abroad and was maid of honor at
the wedding of Miss Helen Wilson and
Paymaster Greer, L. S. N. but has not
had time for much entertaining, even
in an informal way, since her return
from Europe. The luncheon this month
will be the first affair of social impor-
tance at which she has presided Mrs
William Watt will entertain at a lunch
con the same date and a score or more
friends are reserving the day on that
account. Miss Anna WelIer's tea IS
date of more immediate interest, one
might say, as it is to be October 9
and there win be nearly 100 girls in
the laurel court at the Fairmont that
afternoon to greet Miss Ila Sontag, who
is to be a debutante of the season
Another party that Will compel at
tention in social way this afternoon
is the affair that Miss Margaret Postle-
waite will give at her home in Pacific
avenue. when the complimented guest
will be Mrs. Gale Carter.
Rear Admiral Holladay and Mrs. HOl-
laday, who have been out of town Tor
several days. have returned TO the FAIR
mite stay while others of the service
set who are at the same hotel are r. A
Bachman L. s. s. St. Louis; r. C.
Sheperd. U. S. NJ. c.. and Mrs. Sheperd;
Thomas Catron, L. S. A; II. V. Bootes,
u. S. A, and family.
Miss Edith Page, the pretty fancee
of James Van Loben Sells, is the in
centive for many of the earlier par
ties of the month and none of the
brides elect has larger circle or
friends anxious to entertain for her
be the cofnplimented guest at a tea
next Saturday, when Miss Nora Evans
will preside as hostess, and a train
of informal affairs will follow that oc-
casion The attractive bride elect is
a cousin of Miss Leslie Page and a
niece of Mrs. Horace Hellmann and
Mrs. John w. Mailliard. Her fance |
has many relatives prominent in social
affairs and is brother of Miss Vir-
ginia Van Loben Sells, and is also re- |
lated to the De Fremery family, so
that it will readily be seen that in
the usual order of parties for bride
elect in her own family circle, Miss
Page will easily be among the most
feted of the season.
Mrs Charles Keeney and her daugh- |
ter, Miss Innes Keeney, left yesterday |
during the early winter and will visit |
many interesting places and doubtless
will be extensively entertained. They |
will enjoy stay with relatives in
Kentucky, where they will remain for
the horse show and will visit New York |
later in the season. 1t is probable |
that they will be guests at the wedding I
of Miss Peggy Simpson and Lieutenant /
Harold Naylor, u. S. A, which will /
take place November 10 in New Lon |
don, at the home of the brides sister /
Mrs. Valentine Chappen. Mrs. Keeney
and her daughter expect to return early |
in December to this city, and apropos of |
the wedding couple just mentioned it is
said that they will return about the |
same time, as Lieutenant Naylor is sta |
toned at the Presidio and will take his I
bride to that post, after a wedding
journey.
Mrs. Matthew Thomlinson. who was
Miss Edith Miller, has come here for /
the winter and will be the guest of /
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Miller at the Hutch I
in Sausalito during the greater part of |
the season. Mrs. ThomIinson is one of |
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