The San Francisco call., 1910-01-22
CALLED EAST BY
FATHERS ILLNESS
Senator Perkins Daughter Is on
Her Way to the National
Capital

Baker, formerly Miss Pansy Perkins,
closed her Tonopah home yesterday and
left for Washington. D. c.. where she
will join her father, Senator George c.
Perkins. She expects to remain with
him for several weeks The illness of
Senator Perkins has called his daugh-
ter to the capital. AS soon as her
fathers health permits Mrs. Baker will
receive a cordial welcome from her old
friends in Washington, where she spent
a, number of seasons and where she
was one of the best liked girls of the
exclusive set. Her husband will re-
main in Tonopah, where his duties as
district attorney keep him. although
later he may join his wife in the east.
One of the prettily appointed dinners
preceding the dance of the Friday
Night club this evening was that at
which Miss Grace Laymance enter
tained a dozen guests at the Laymance
residence in Fifth avenue.
At a charmingly planned service at
o'clock tomorrow afternoon Elliot
Plummer will claim as his bride Miss
Caroline Schenck. one OF the popular
girls of the smart set of Alameda. The
wedding, which will take place at the
Schenck family home, will be simple
in detail. Neither the bride nor bride
groom will be attended. and only the
closest friends will witness the mar
riage ceremony, which will be read by
Rev Frank S. Brush of the Presby-
terian church. Miss Schenck will wear
a handsome cloth gown in the new
blue shade with hat to match. After
their honeymoon the young couple
will return to Alameda. where an at
tractive home has been made ready for
them in Versailles avenue. Plummer
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Plummer. He is associated with his
father in business
Nine. Margaret Barry is spending the
winter in Oakland as the house guest
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Rus
sell. She has just returned from
abroad, where the gifted California
woman won new honors by her brill
liant interpretations of the modern
drama. Nine. Barry is a sister of Mrs.
Eugene Hale Douglass, formerly Miss
Gertrude Russell.
Miss Ruby Richards. whose Maria ge
Albert Lester Baker is announced
for the evening of Tuesday, February s.
will be the motif for the charming com
by Mrs! Ivan Linforth at her home in
Berkeley, when she entertains friends
of herself and the young bride elect.
This evening Mr.. and Mrs. William
Hamilton Morrison gave an informal
card party, their guests numbering the
members of one of the exclusive clubs
whose personnel includes a score of the
smart set.
Tomorrow afternoon Mrs. Dudley
Kinsell will preside as hostess at a
charming affair at her home in Walls
worth avenue, the occasion being
planned in compliment to the fiancee
of her brother. Miss Treasure Ellis.
Mrs. KinselI has asked a number of
her friends to meet the attractive
young bride elect. whose new home will
be established in the bay cities after
her marriage. which is planned for the
early summer.
Mrs. William S. Rheem and Mrs. Jo-
seph Smith are planning an elaborate
dinner for the first week in February,
extending their hospitality to the dozen
matrons of one of the winters bridge
clubs and their husbands. The affair
will be given at the Rheem residence
in Summit street. An hour at bridge
Will round out the evening.
Mrs. George E. Flint entertained the
members of the same club at a bridge
luncheon yesterday at ner home In Yer
non street.
ALAMEDA, Jan. 21.-Miss Lula Will
helm and Alex P. Boyer were mar
ried Tuesday evening at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. o. Nordlund in Alameda
avenue. The attendants were Miss
Alma Wilhelm and Charles Boyer.
The brides dress was of white crepe
de meteor. She wore wreath of
orange blossoms and carried a shower
bouquet of lilies of the valley. The
maid of honor was attired in A gown
of pale green silk null. Her bouquet
was of Cecil Bruner roses
The color scheme OF the decorations
in the Nordlund home was white and
green. Rev. H. Haserodt of the Luth-
eran church of Oakland officiated.
Mrs. Boyer is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles A. Wilhelm of Briggs
avenue. She is tall, graceful blonde
and is a graduate of the Alameda high
school. Boyer is a son of Mr.. and Mrs
H Boyer of Fruitvale. The young
couple will make their home in this
city.