The San Francisco call., 1910-03-06

ar atmosphere of culture. Whiteside
has many friends in the journalistic
world, where he has had conspicuous
place until recently, but his home and
family are in New York 1t was owing.
by the way, to the recent death of his
mother that the greatest simplicity
was observed in the wedding appoint
ments. The late Mrs. Whiteside was
the last in the old line numbering.
Lord Steyne of Holland and had a
large acquaintance abroad as well as
i'm this country Whiteside is a grad
uate of Princeton. where he took
prominent part in athletics during his
career, but devoted himself later to
magazine and literary work. He has
published some very clever stories and
newspaper articles IN the last few
years. The young couple have gone
south or, more definitely, have gone to
Del Monte, where they viii remain for
brief stay, but will return here and
will remain perhaps to make their fu-
ture home.
Inc 0HSdS6llSII VI MISC I<ulti AlOAS
and David Leith Mckay has been the
subject of comment and congratulation
this week among the friends of the
couple. The news was told at recent
dinner party given at the home of c..
Parker Holt, brother of the bride elect.
and there were only a few friends
present at the announcement made
most informally. Miss Holt is fire.
quent guest at social affairs in town
and is popular in Oakland as We'll,
where the family home was established
in former days. Miss Grace Holt has
shared her sisters popularity with the
younger set and both of the girls have
been entertained a great deal in this
city The family home is at Mountain
View and was built recently, but the
house parties have been a delightful
feature of the life in the suburban
home. Mckay is well known in the
cities about the bay as he attended
college in Berkeley and is now en-
gaged in business here. The wedding
date is not announced, but it will be
probably an event of the summer, and
the couple will doubtless make their
home here.
Miss Margaret Kemble, who has been
giving a series of interpretative studies
of modern operas and has been giving
them in delightful way, has an
nounced a study of "Salome" by Rich
ard Strauss for tomorrow afternoon in
the blue room at the st. Francis. The
opera has been so popularized that
every one has a prepared opinion, but
it seems that Miss Kemble is to pre-
sent a new view of the oriental picture.
The text with nonscriptural variations
is by Oscar Wilde, but Miss Kemble
puts emphasis upon the music by
Strauss and quotes from Lawrence Gill
man, who offers the following remarks
that will invite reconsideration of the
theme among students as well as
society women, who are supposed to
accept theese lectures as a Lenten di-
version, rather than as substantial
study. Gilman says and we listen with
beginning to end is a gorgeous fabric
of strange novel and obsessing coIors,
for in such orchestral writing as this
sound becomes color and color sound );
it is not a single sense which is en-
gagged, but subtle and indescribable
complex of all the senses; one not only
hears, one also imagines that one sees
and feels these tones, and. is even fam
tasticalIy aware of their possessing
exotic and curious odors, vague and
singular perfumes" So much for the
Salome of Strauss that is to be pre-
scented for select society audience on
the morrow.
Miss Pauline Painter, whose latest
photograph is reproduced on the society
page today, is one of the younger girls
who has been entertaining frequently
during the last month, and with her
sister, Miss Janet Painter, viii give
an elaborate micareme party at the
Claremont country club for 100 girls
and boys of the younger set She is an
attractive girl and will be probably a
debutante of next season. She has been
attending the younger Friday Night
club dances here, but has not been
out at the elaborate affairs of the last
winter.
|
Miss Margaret Stewart was respon-
sible for one OF the most enjoyable
luncheons of the week given in greet
ing to Mrs. John Reid, who has lately
returned from Europe. There is some
thing particularly pleasing in the re-
turn of a friend after an absence ex-
tending over many months, and the
spirit of the occasion was one of cor
| dial reception. Most of the guests who
assembled at the Hotel Stewart to meet
the returned traveller were close friends
and the affair was all the more delight
full on that account Among those who
were hidden to meet Mrs. Reid at the
Friday luncheon were:
Miss Katherine Weston Mrs. Hoeffler,
Mrs. John F. Weston Mrs. Chas. Moore,
| ton, Miss Pippy,
| Mrs. Kinney, Mrs. Miles,
III.