The San Francisco call., 1910-05-03
OF
SMART SET MANY
Variety Evident in Events OF
Younger People

w, ITH the wedding news and the
M round of informal dances, not to
mention the occasional luncheons
that have place in the order of soci-
ETY. events, the days are not lacking in
diversion for the younger people. One
of the luncheons of yesterday that was
pretty affair was in compliment to
Miss Agnes Tobin. who has lately re-
turned from abroad and has been feted
at many delightful parties. The lunch
con yesterday was given by Mrs. James
Farrell at her home in octavia street
and was enjoyed by several of the old
er friends of the hostess The table
decorations were iris in purple and
gold effect, with the same color scheme
used in the place cards. Among those
at the table were:
Mrs. Henry T. Fergu Mrs. Joseph Oliver To
Miss Elizabeth Zane Mrs. George Cameron
Mrs. Bert Holiday Mrs. NJ. Kirvin
Mrs. Samuel Holiday Miss Kathleen Farrell
Mrs. ]. L. Hanify Mrs. james Shea
Mrs. John Galway
The wedding of the week that will
be an event of Wednesday evening and
will be attended by 100 guests is that
of Miss Constance Cummings and En-
sign George Joerns of the navy. The
ceremony will take place at the home
of the brides mother, Mrs. NJ E. Cum
mings, and the officiating clergyman
will be Rev. william RAIDER. The
bride will be attended by her two sis
ters as matrons of honor, Mrs. Harry
Child and Mrs. George Alexander
Knox. The bridesmaids will be Miss
Madeline Cummings and Miss Louise
Mooser The best man will be Shelby
Cummings. The ceremony has been
ho G Of of
absence that Ensign Joerns has just
received, the wedding having originally
been planned for June. The bride
elect has been entertained frequently
in the last fortnight, the most recent
affair being a shower party given by
Miss Louise Mooser. Miss Mooser, by
the way, is the fancee of Shelby Cum
mings.
The wedding of Miss Genevieve Har-
vey and Ward Barron will be an event
of Wednesday, June 1, and probably
will be church affair. The plans for
the ceremony are not complete and the
attendants have not been chosen, but
the ceremony will be one of the mem
orable ones of the season in social
way The reception for relatives and
the members of the bridal party will
be held at the home of the brides
grandmother. Mrs. Eleanor Martin.
Another navy wedding of note will
take place Wednesday afternoon, June
l. when Miss Margaret Thompson will
become the bride of Ensign. Charles
Conway Hartigan. The wedding will
be celebrated at 80 o'clock in the
afternoon at St. Mary's cathedral. The
bride will be attended by Miss Elsa
Hinz as maid of honor and will have
as bridesmaids Miss Laura Benet and
Miss Dorothy Draper. There will be
an Informal reception after the cere-
mony at the home OF the brides aunt
Mrs. e. 3. Thomas. There will only be
relatives and a few friends at the home
reception. The young couple are going
on brief honeymoon and expect to
reside at Vallejo for the late summer
There will be at least two dances
this week that will be a revival of the
gayety of an earlier season. The first
will be the Presidio hop that is ever of
immense interest to the service SCI. and
to the young folk in town. The hop
will be given at the Officers club and
was postponed from last week on ac-
count of the tragic death of Lieutenant
Hatfield. The second dancing event is
the informal party to be given~by Miss
Agnes Tillmann. The latter affair was
to have been very informal but has
grown in proportions until it will be
one of the most notable of the late sea-
-Son parties. There will be a pIaylet
preceding the dance.
Society has given its patronage this
season to the series of studies present.
ed by Miss Margaret Kemble at the ST.
Francis, but the final lecture of the
season given yesterday was the great
est success of the number. The talent
ed young musician has been giving
these fnterpretative studies of modern
operas one Monday afternoon in each
month and each has attracted a large
and fashionable audience. The lecture
yesterday was a study of Claude De-
bussy's opera of "Pelleas and Melis-
ande" and the story of the quaint he
roine was told by Miss Kemble with
selections from the opera. The same
lecture was given last Friday by Miss
Kemble at the residence of Mrs. John
Galen Howard in Berkeley and attract
ed number of society women and
musicians of the college town.
On Saturday and Sunday two score or
more of the Sequoia clubs members
made holiday at the Montara inn down
on the Ocean Shore road. Aside from
most enjoyable dinner SATURDAY.
night, the event of the outing was the
planting of baby sequoia in the name
of the club. Walks, drives, surf bath
ing and a country dance helped to
make the picnic so much of a success
that the Sequoians are already plan
ming more affairs of the same kind.
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