The San Francisco call., 1910-07-07
VIOLET WHITNEY
BACK FROM ABROAD
Smart Set Welcomes Daughter
of Late Senator After ABB
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senCe of Four Years

OAKLAND. July 6.-Miss Violet
Whitney has returned to California
after an absence of nearly four years
spent abroad and is being cordially
welcomed by the smart set who remain
an town. Miss Whitney is a woman of
unusual charm and wide experience
who has recently devoted herself
largely 10 travel in Europe. She is
the daughter Of the late Senator George
d. Whitney and Mrs. Whitney and her
, social position has claimed for her the
acquaintance of many distinguished
people both on the Atlantic coast and
on the continent
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Ransome re-
turned to their home on the boulevard
y 2eSterday after a weekend visit as the
house guests Of Mrs. George Greenwood
at her country place in the Santa Cruz
mountains.
Mrs. Benjamin Marx is spending some
days in the bay cities on a visit from
- her home in the Hawaiian islands and
IN. an informal way is being made
much Of socially. One of the most re-
cent Of the pretty compliments in her
Honor was the thimble bee followed by
= tea to which Mrs. Alexander Marx
= @lLA ANt4 ScNCldL OF the younger
at her home in Vernon heights
=: Mrs. John J. Valentine has returned
ITO California after. an absence of more
.tlian d year on the Atlantic coast and
abroad, planning TO remain in her Oak
p. land home for the immediate future.
Miss Ethel Valentine is on the way
TO. the bay cities, and with Mrs. Valen-
,1ine viii be cordially Welcomed after
their long sojourn away from their
friends
- MRS. Ernest r. Folger with her lit
tfe family went to Boulder Creek today
TO spend 2 fortnight with Mrs. John
Francis Smith at her out of town home.
- After a month spent in the southern
part of the state. where they had a
cottage on one of the beaches, Mrs.
Joseph Loran Pease and her sister, Mrs.
George Gross, have reopened their Oak
land homes. They are expecting Mrs.
". H Richardson TO be with them in
: August, the charming young matron
coming from Dallas, Tex, TO remain
'.severaI weeks in the bay cities
Mrs. Dudley Kinsell. who opened her
country home in the Santa Cruz noun
-tains early in the summer has been
entertaining large number Of friends
from the bay cities, her latest guests
being Miss May COogan and Mrs.
--Adolph Graupner. Both Miss Cooga n
and Mrs. Graupner went down over
p the holiday.
- Mrs Walter Manchester will return
10 Berkeley for a brief visit this week
from her country place, Manchester
q grove near st. Helena. She will not
reopen her town house until late in
The fall
At the Lucas home near Santa Maria,
Miss Ora Lucas is entertaining Miss
Anna Franck as her house guest for
The coming fortnight
Miss Carol Pardee and Miss Doro-
Shy Morris are spending the week in
Brookdale as the guests Of Miss Allene
Edof, who has claimed number Of
. her young friends from town during
:'fhe season for a short visit
-. Mrs. Charles HoUghton is planning a
trip to the Hawaiian islands in the
fall, where she viii be entertained by
her daughter. Mrs Seymour Hall Be
fore her marriage Of several months
ago Mrs. Hall was Miss Ruth Hough-
ton, one of the best liked girls Of the
smart set Her island home is said
TO be an ideal one. and as a young ma
tr0n she has found a cordial welcome
from her husbands family and friends.