The San Francisco call., 1910-07-10

welcome from hereyoung friends, how
ever, since her return from Europe.
Another girl in the debutante set who
| is home from abroad and will partici-
pate in the summer gayeties before the
more strenuous entertainments of WIN
ter is Miss Dora Winn. Miss Winn has
been in Europe for many months with
her grandmother, Mrs. George c. Board
| man, and is received with enthusiasm
upon her return. Several of the girls
! of the bud circle are yet abroad and
Will remain there for weeks to come.
/ Miss Ethel Gregg is away with her
| mother, Mrs. Wellington Gregg and
her elder sister, Miss Enid Gregg, but
will be home later in the season. Miss
Constance McLaren, the charming
/ daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Nc
Laren. is taking an active part in the
summer festivities. and the country
home of the family is an attraction for
! the young friends of the hostess at this
season. Mrs. James Keeney is going
east with her younger daughter. Miss
Helen Keeney, and the little bud will
have an initiation into social affairs in
New York and Philadelphia long before
! she makes her formal bow to local
society. The Keeneys have many rela-
times in the eastern cities who enjoy
social prominence, and Miss Helen
Keeney will have a happy time away
from home this summer.
Mrs. Eleanor Martin went away last
week on a journey to Portland, accom-
panied by her sons, Peter and Walter
Martin. The trip is essentially one of
business, but Mrs. Martin will be feted
more or less in the northern city, where
she has many friends. She will have
all the entertainment probably that
she will have time tosaccept, for none
of the matrons in local society has
greater number of friends in other
cities than Mrs. Martin. She was in
Los Angeles last month and was for
mally entertained at several pleasant
affairs. While Mrs. Martin and part of
the family are away, Mrs. Peter Martin
will pass most of the time at the home
in Broadway, where she has been
guest for several months. Mrs. Walter
Martin, who has lately returned from
Santa Barbara, will remain a her home
in Burlingame with her children. The
Oscar Coopers are another fraction of
the extensive family that will be at
Burlingame most of the summer, but
they have recently returned from an
interesting motor trip accompanied by
Miss Ethel Cooper Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam P. Burke, who was Miss Genevieve
Walker, are at Laurelwood, their
country home. 1t is thus that most of
the Martin clan are rusticating, while
most glowing accounts come from the
Ward Barrons in Europe. Mrs. Barron,
who was Miss Genevieve Harvey, is a
remarkably faithful correspondent, as
well as one that is possessed of ex-
ceptional cleverness, SO that her friends
are charmed with her descriptions of
her travels. She describes her domestic |
bliss in many adjectives but does not
say when her travels will lead her
homewaFd. The young couple have had
a happy time in London with the usual
program of sight seeing and social af-
fairs They have not accepted half |
of the society favors that have been |
extended them. While Mrs. Barron is a |
social success, she is more devoted to |
a few friends than to the larger sets, |
where formal entertainment is the or
der of the hour. Thus far she has |
preferred to visit her intimate friends |
rather than to participate in formal |
receptions abroad. During the absence |
of the young couple Mrs. j. Downey |
Harvey and her mother, Mrs. B. B. Cut
ter, have been at Del Monte, where
they will stay during the summer with I
the variation of trips to the city, when
they will be the guests of Mrs. Eleanor
Martin.
Miss Grace Gibson, who will be one
of the debutante group next season,
has been enjoying a midsummer visit
at Coronado beach, where she has been
delightfully."- entertained. The charm
ing girl has many friends in the south.
and whenever She is a visitor they
hasten to do her homage with teas and
receptions. One of the recent parties
given for Miss Gibson was a japanese
luncheon, at which Miss Doris Skinner
presided. The resourceful young host
ess planned the luncheon along origi-
nal lines and the menu was series
of surprises. The individual ices were
in the form of Japanese maidens carry
ing the dainty fans and parasols of
their nation. There were seven or
eight girls at the party. The prevailing
color in the decoration was pink with
pink roses used effectively for the table
adornment. The silver candelabra were
rose shaded. The place cards were
miniature Japanese ;inrikishas, and the
favors were pretty gifts from the
orient Among those at the luncheon
were Miss Gibson, Miss Dorothy Mann,
Miss Molly Plover. Miss Katharine
Plover. Miss Margo Street and Mrs
Guy Erwin Davis.
The news of a speech made by the
duchess of Marlborough will amuse
those in sympathy with the suffrage
cause. The speaker seems to be in a
fair way to- make reputation as a
humorist. She presided at a recent
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