The San Francisco call., 1910-01-29

BRIDGE CONTINUES
IN POPULAR FAVOR
Oakland Society Partial to the
Fascination Found in the
Game of Whist

OAKLAND, Jan. 2S.-Mrs. Joseph
Macdonald Kelley has sent out cards
for one of the larger bridge parties inn
mediately preceding Lent, including two
score friends or more in her invitation
for the afternoon of Friday, February
3. Mrs. Kelley will entertain at the
Hotel st. Mark. A session at the bridge
tables will be followed by a prettily
appointed supper
Miss Carrie Nicholson, with her sis
ters. Mrs. A. A Long and Mrs Smith,
formerly Miss Belle Nicholson, enter
tained today at cards at their home in
Eighth street, a number of mutual
friends accepting of their hospitality.
Ihey will again entertain next week,
bridge lending the diversion for the
hour.
Next week Mrs. Paul Dinsmore will
entertain informally at her Vernon
helghts resideace friends who gather
each week for a game of bridge and a
chat over the teacups being included
in her invitation.
- - nLI WILL 1SdNS SnOTIly LOT the
east, planning to spend the early spring
on the Atlantic coast Mrs Taft and
MISS Chrissie Taft, who returned re-
Gently from abroad, will remain in
Oakland during his absence.
MISS Winifred Braden has returned
to Oakland after a visit in Seattle.
where she spent a number of weeks.
For the last year Mr.. and Mrs Eugene
b Braden and their daughters have
had apartments at the Key Route hotel.
MRS. Braden is planning to leave next
month on an extended out of town
visit.
CHARLES M. Johnson will claim as his
pride MISS Willeta Bernhardt at pret-
tily planned house wedding tomorrow
evening at the Johnson residence in
Alameda. Elmer E. Johnson Jr will
attend his brother as best man, Miss
VERNE Bernhardt serving her sister as
bridesmaid. The marriage service will
De read by Rev. Frank c. Brush. The
bridegroom is the son of Judge Elmer
E. Johnson and Mrs. Johnson.
Mrs. Mortimer Smith entertained the
several members of the Draper study
club yesterday at an afternoon. the in
formal talk of the hour being given by
MISS Mccall, deputy probation officer
OF Alameda county Miss Mccall took
as her theme the duties of mothers to
their daughters. Mrs. J. H. Simpson
IS president of this energetic organ
izaton of matrons, who are devoting
themselves to serious study along new
lines of thought
Rev. Franklin Hart. the rerentIv
chosen assistant rector of St. Paul's
Episcopal church. and Mrs. Hart are 70
be the specially honored guests Tuesday
evening at a large reception, for which
the members of the church are sending.
out invitations. The annual reception
is usually a notable event. and will
be made particularly interesting this
year by the presence of Rev. Mr.. Hart
and his wife Rev. Alexander Allen
and Mrs. Allen will receive with them
The gifted girls who make up the
personnel of the Prelude club ha We
planned matinee party for tomorrow
afternoon. followed by an informal re-
ception and supper. This musical club
has made for itself distinct place in
the art colony, its membership in
Guiding score or more of the girls of
the younger set
One of the larger bridge parties Of
the month which is claiming the in
terest of a wide circle of friends on
this side of the bay is that for which
Mrs. Leo Merle and Miss Oliver have
sent out cards for the afternoon of
Wednesday, February ?, at their home
IN San Francisco, making Miss Merle
Madden their guest of honor