The San Francisco call., 1909-09-16
CAROLANS PLAN
DINNER AFFAIR
Country Home to Be Scene of
One of Seasons Most
Elaborate Events

!. HE dlnner party seems 10 be the
thing of great social Importance
= this month, since those smart af-
fairs that have already passed were
of unusual extravagance of detail
beyond those Of other seasons. The
newest dinner party in anticipation is
the one to be given by Mr.. and Mrs
Francis Carolan September 25 at their
beautiful country home, Beaulieu, and
every one that is some one in that vi
cinity has hidden guests for house par
be one of the most elaborate among
the parties of the month and is the
center of interest for the Burlingame
contingent.
Templeton Crocker was host at one of
the delightful dinner and theater par
ties of the week, and among the guests
who assembled at the st. Francis be-
fore the theater for dinner were Miss
Jennie Crocker,. Mr.. and Mrs. Walter S.
Martin. Duane Hopkins. Walter Ho-
bart, Miss Jolliffe and Miss Dean
The wedding of DR.. Benjamin Putnam
Kurtz Of the University of California
and Miss Florence AnsIey of Santa Cruz
will take place Friday. October /. at the
home of the bride in Santa Cruz, and
the service will be attended with the
of the wedding date. however. will be
of interest to innumerable friends of
the clever young college man, who has a
wide acquaintance on both sides Of the
bay. The wedding will be attended
only by members OF the family, and
after an informal reception DR.. Kurtz
and his bride will leave for a brief
honeymoon trip, but will return to
reside in Piedmont, where a pretty
home awaits them.
Mrs. Joseph Seton of San Diego was
the complimented guest at a recent
luncheon given in the southern city,
the details of which will be of interest
to local society, since the affair was
given by the daughter of the hostess,
~AiSs A|Sh0 0OiSOil w dACACluy duu ucI
daughter in law, Mrs. Joseph Seton
Jr.. who was Miss Helen Thomas. The
color effect was carried out with cream
cIematis and the delicate pink of Cecil
Bruner roses. The place cards were
effective little designs in color. of the
the latest headgear in exaggerated
types worn over piquant darky faces.
There were dozen close friends at
the luncheon, which was really birth
day celebration for the honored guest
of the party.
of Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Davis and their
attractive daughter, Miss Sydney Da-
Wis, to learn that the trio will leave
some time this month for a Euro
pean trip and are to be gone indefi-
nitely. They will travel through many
of the interesting countries abroad.
intending to wander for many months
without any expectation of returning
home until they have wearied of the
European tour
Mrs. c. NJ. Simpkins of Burlingame
has taken apartments at the St Fran
els for the winter. and among others
who have arranged ito pass the season
at the same hotel are Mr. and Mrs. A.
w. Scott.
DR.. John Coert Dubois has sent out
- pf
daughter, Miss Florence Starbuck
Dubois. and Frederick Erskine Ohm
sted, which took place Monday. Septem-
Der 1S, at Grace church in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Olmsted are away on
honeymoon trip, but will be at home
after October at their new residence.
COS Green street.
Mrs. Emmett Rixford will entertain
next Friday afternoon at one of the in
formal teas of the week at her home
in Sausalito. The complimented guest.
will be Mrs Clarence P. Nicholson,
who has just returned from the
Philippines, where she has been visiting
her brother in law and sister. Captain
and Mrs Louis Brechemin. The friends
of Mrs. Nicholson are pleased over the
opportunity of greeting her informally,
since she will leave in a short time
for her home in the east and there
will not be many affairs preceding her
departure on account Of the brevlty of
her stay in this city.
The wedding Of Miss Peggy Stow and
Edward Bright Bruce will be an event
of November and will probably take
place at the home Of the brides mother,
Mrs. Sherman Stow of Santa Barbara
While the wedding is one of unusual
interest, it is also somewhat of a sur
prise to the friends of the pretty bride
elect since none expected that her
friendship for the young attorney
would culminate in a romance. The
couple have had an acquaintance dating
from childhood and 1t appears that
during the recent visit OF Miss Stow
in the orient the friendship deepened
into more tender feeling. Bruce Is
the son OF New York Clergyman, a
graduate of Columbia university and
is engaged now in following his pro-
fesafon in Manila