The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07


phony concerts and of permanent or
chestra in building up the musical taste
Of a community is readily appreciated
by those interested in music.
Those who are willing to give 500
year for five years for this purpose will
be known as founders of this musical
association, and those who may con-
tribute in large sums. a contingency
not unexpected, will be known as pat
rons." There is a board of governors
already established for the musical or
ganization and many prominent society
women are among the members. The
project seems well on the way toward
success with the musical set and society
helping financially and otherwise. The
names on the board are as follows:
Or. A. Bargain Z. s. Heller
T. p. Perry John ID. Mckee
F. d. Beviard William Mintzer
Antoine Borel J. ID. Reddlug
W j. Rourn John Rothschild
J. ". Byrne Leon Sloss
c. H. Croker Sigmund Stern
W II. Croker Dr. Stanley Stillman
Frank Deering r. NJ Tobn
Alfred Eshe-g J. D. Grant
Frank Griffin
The month is not without weddings,
as a glance at the social calendar will
convince the skeptic. There have been
two or three during the week that were
of social moment and there are others
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the season. One of the weddings of
late August will be that of Miss Gene
We've Sullivan and Bartlett Doe. The
ceremony will take place Wednesday
evening. August 81. at the home of the
bride in Page street and will have the
usual appointments of a home wedding
There will be a pretty floral setting and
several attendants for the bride. This
important young parsonage will be pre-
ceded by two flower girls. one of whom
is her little sister, Mary Irene Sullivan,
while the other will be Marion Doe
sister of the bridegroom. There will be
reception afterward for the friends
and relatives of the couple. Miss Sulli-
van has just been graduated from St
Roses academy. while her fance has
recently completed his course at Stan
ford. They are both extremely young,
but have the good wishes of many
friends. They will reside in this city
after their wedding.
In the budget of social news this
week the announcement came from New
York of the engagement of Miss Gladys
Jones and Lieutenant Owen Bartlett. Z.
s. \. The bride elect is granddaugh-
ter OF Mrs. S. B. Boswell and lives in
San Rafael. She has been closely iden-
titled with the local clique, however
and has taken part in the gayeties in
posed in the recent tableauX vivants
as Indian girl and was a decided hit
She is tall and regal with olive COM
plexion and dark hair. SO that her type
was exceptionally effective in the pose.
The date for the wedding has not been
mentioned.
The return of Mr. and Mrs. Almer
NewhaIl. who was Miss Anna Nicholson
Scott, was the signal for many enter
tainments that followed one another in
rapid succession. There are few
brides that can boast a greater popu-
larity than this charming girl. She
is a niece of Mrs. A. w. Foster of San
Rafael and her relationship with the
Foster and kittle families as well as
her personal charms have been factors in
her social career. The young couple have
been travelling abroad since their we'd
ding in the early summer and have
brought home many interesting souve-
Mrs of their Journeys in the old world
The piquant bride has brought several
exquisite gowns from Paris that are
at once the admiration and envy of
her friends. She wears her foreign
clothes extremely well and will appear
at many of the dances and parties in
town a little later in the year. The
Almer Newhall home, by the way, will
be esta ablished probably in this city
and there will be many informal par
ties of the winter given at the new
abode. Mr.. and Mrs. Newhall were
the complimented guests at one of the
elaborate dinner parties of the week
given by the Edwin Newhalls, but only
a few friends outside the family circle
were hidden to the repast as sort of
greeting to the bridal pair
Miss Harriet L. Levy, who has been
in Paris for three years, is visiting her
relatives here and has been entertained
at several delightful family parties as
well as by her friends, who are anX-
ious to greet her after the long alb
sence abroad. Miss Levy passes a
great part of her time in town. but is
staying at the home of her sister, Mrs.
A. NJ Salinger, in Filbert street, Oak
land.
Sam Monroe Fabian, the pianist.
who has been in the east and Europe
for almost twenty years, is a visitor
in this city and has been visiting his
mother. Mrs. S. Fabian. at 371 Seventh
avenue. He will tour California before
his return east and his friends in
musical and social circles have ex-
tended a cordial greeting to him since
his arrival at his old home.
Gertrude Atherton, with all the
world to choose from, has gone to San
Francisco to write play for Mrs
Fiske. A literary commentator has
further comment about the city and
Mrs. Atherton and here it is: Going
to the country in the summer is no
problem for San Franciscians. They
don't The California country is un-
bearably dusty" writes Mrs. Ather-
ton, and summer resorts everywhere
fill me. with horror. home of my
own would do me no good, as I write
every book in a different place For
nay immediate purpose 1 have found a
windy place down in the burnt dis
trict where none of my friends would
be seen. 1 shall take my vacation in
Europe in the autumn and winter,
when other Americans are at home
and out of the way"
The dinner ring or bridge" ring,
as it is also called, is one of the new
notions in fashionable jewelry These
huge rings of heavy gold or silver are
set with cabuchon jewel, matrix
or cameo, and the ring is worn on the
little finger of the right hand, no
other ring being worn to distract at
tention from the handsome circlet and
setting. These large rings are care
fully fitted to the finger so that the
heavy setting may not pull the ring
around on the f1nger-a point about
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