The San Francisco call., 1910-09-11

of Mr., and Mrs. William Thomas; Miss
Ernestine McNear. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. George McNear of Oakland, and
Miss Marian stone. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. E. P. Stone.
From Paris has come word of the
marked social success of Mrs. Cornelia
Baxter Tevis, who has been voted one
of the most beautiful women in the
great French capital, noted for its
many beautiful women. Mrs. Tevis
has been taken up enthusiastically by
both the Parisans themselves and by
the American colony. her present So
cial position, which is an enviable one
for aspirants to honors of the sort
dating from the securing of her iii
vorce from her husband Hart Mckee.
Because of the attitude he took at the
time, and the defamatory things he
said against her, Mrs. Tevis' social
career was made Her looks, her car
riage and her stunning gowns are the
talk of Paris and she is invited every
where.
Mrs. Tevis is well known on this
coast, the circumstances of her en-
gagement and marriage to Hugh Tevis.
after brief acquaintance begun at
Del Monte. being well remembered,
and the subsequent tragic death of the
bridegroom on their honeymoon trip
to Japan. Following his death, Mrs.
Tevis resided for some months at the
home in Monterey Hugh Tevis had
presented to her on their marriage 1t
is now the property of Mr. and Mrs.
c. +. Maud Mrs. Tevis making her
home entirely in Paris, where she has
magnificent apartment.
Mrs. c. y. Cook, who has been spend
ing few weeks in this city on visit
n ri wi
Der for Europe TO join her daughter,
Mrs. Sterling Postley, in Paris, for the
winter. Sailing with her will be Post
ley's sister Mrs. NJ Curran and her
small son. Their return to California
is most indefinite. as following a
leisurely continental trip, they expect
TO settle in Paris for the coming two
or three years.
DR.. and Mrs. Paola de Vecchi have
closed their country home at Rye beach
New Hampshire, and instead of coming
out to this coast ~ settle, as was ex-
pected by their friends, they have es-
| tablished themselves at the Wolcott
hotel in New York for the winter.
The De Necchis own handsome
home in Jackson street in this city. but
for the last few years they have elected
for the most part to remain abroad,
dividing their time between Rome and
Paris. 1t was in Rome that Miss Mar
guerite de Vecchi, the beautiful daugh-
ter of the household, was socially pre-
sented, although she has really gone
out more in New York society than
anywhere else. Many quiet plans were
being formulated for her entertain
ment should she return this winter to
her native state. While the present
move has upset all of the schemes, it
is more than possible that she may be
out after all on a brief visit to her
aunt. Mrs. Frank Griffen, at her home
in Washington street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Frederick Kohl
have been entertaining at a series of
house parties all summer at their beau
tiful home, Idlewfld, on the shores of
Lake Tahoe. Among their recent guests
have been Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Muir
ply Miss Helen Chesebrough, Miss Amy
Brewer. Harry Scott and a number of
others from this city, and in connection
with their latest house party the guests
at the Tahoe tavern received a shock,
agreeable or startling. or petrifying or
mystifying, according to the individual
taste. Last Tuesday evening after din
ner, when every one was basking be-
fore great log fire in the hallway, the
Kohl party burst merrily into the room,
seeking a change of thought from the
comparative quiet OF lQleWlld.
No sooner had they removed their
wraps than Harry Scott, finding himself
in a jocose humor, took up his stand
on the hearthstone and proceeded to
initiate a Newfoundland dog in all it's
playful antics. He barked and he bayed
and he howled and he barked again,
deep, resonant barks, much to the
amusement of his own party who
found in it food for much mirth, and
the CONSERVATION and dismay of the
guests at the tavern, who thought for a
few moments that they had a wild man
from Borneo in their midst. When he
had sufficiently added to the evening S
entertainment he quieted down and was
content to sally forth again as a mere
man. Both of the sons of the Henry
T. SCOTS, Prescott and Harry, are much
in demand at all social functions. Pres
colt was host this week at one of the
largest dinners given at Del Monte.
including in his list of guests Miss
Lillian Goss, Miss Marjorie Josselyn
and Mr.. and Mrs. Parker Whitney.
There has been a general exodus of
the girls of the smart set eastward
this week, many to visit the gay New
York metropolis for the purpose of
replenishiag their wardrobes for the