The San Francisco call., 1910-09-04

entertainment these days before her de-
parture for Europe. She Is going
abroad with her mother, Mrs Eugene
Bresse, and will leave a week from
Thursday. The farewell parties mean
while are monopolizing her time. Miss
Marie Tyson will entertain at a lunch
con to be given at the Francesca club
for the departing guest, and has in
Vited 10 or IL girls to the reunion.
Miss Florence Braverman will be an
other hostess of the week at a party TO
wish Miss Mcmahon bon voyage. The
friends of Miss Mcmahon expected that
she would be debutante of this sea-
son, until her plans were announced for
european trip. They were disap-
pointed over the change of program, as
the prospective debutante is favorite
IN the younger set. Miss Mcmahon and
her mother will enjoy leisurely jour
ney abroad, and will be gone for sew
eral months and probably over year.
The engagement of Miss Edith Lowe
and Hans Wollmann was not entirely
surprise to the friends of the couple
The romance was begun at the time
of the Professor Napoleon" production
and is one of the first to be publicly
declared as an outcome of that social
extravaganza. There are several under
discussion that have amounted by this
time to rumors of betrothal, but one of
the first, at least to be announced, is
that of Miss Edith Lowe and the clever
young German. Miss Lowe was one of
the sprightliest of the "Spooks." and
danced her way into great favor. She
is an extremely attractive girl, and has
as many-friends in town as in Sausa-
Tito, where her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
j. B. Lowe, reside. The bride elect is a
faVorlte In the Ross and Mill Valley
sets, where much entertainment is on
the tapis since the formal announce
ment of her engagement. One of the
girls in town who will entertain for
Miss Low is her friend, Miss Erna So
Goar, who gave one of the elaborate
parties of the month at her home in
California street. In the meantime. the
girls in Mill Valley are giving several
informal teas for their favorite Miss
Lowe is a graduate of Miss Murison's
school and of an eastern school. She
is an accomplished girl and has charm
of manner. The wedding doubtless will
be an event of the later season, al
though there are no plans yet for that
occasion. The Wollmann family home
is in Hamburg, where they are promi-
nent, but Hans Wollmann has been in
this city for several years
Mr.. and Mrs Edward G. SchmiedelI
returned last week to their home at
Ross after passing the summer at their
picturesque country place at Lake
Tahoe. Among the other Tahoe visitors
returning during the week were Mr.
and Mrs. James Carolan with Miss
Emily Carolan, who have been there
for a sojourn of several weeks. Mr.
and Mrs. Henry w. Poett of San Mateo
have passed a good part of the summer
at Tahoe, and among other sAsisftors
lingering at the place is Mrs. Henry
a4
turn within a fortnight to her home
across the bay.
Mrs. Eduard Semmel has returned
from Europe, where she passed the
summer with her daughters, Miss Erna
visited the prominent cities of the old
world, and were entertained abroad and
in the east during their sojourn They
viii be in town. during the winter at
their home in Vallejo street.
winter in California this year. con-
trary to their usual custom, and will
probably remain at their Ross valley
home. where they have been entertain
ing their friends this season Miss
Margaret Belden will be among the
debutantes this winter in all probaotl-
ity and will surely be one of the most
less enjoy a brilliant social career ON
account of her personal popularity and
the wide social acquaintance of the
family. In former years the BeIdens
have summered here and have passed
their winters either in New York or
in some foreign city that pleased them
at the time. 1t is matter of rejoicing
among the debutante's friends that her
parents decided to introduce her to So
ciety here rather than in the east. She
has travelled extensively and last win
ter passed most of the time in Ervnt
where the family was entertained in
Cairo by Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Iddinps
the former of whom is American consui
to Egypt. During the approaching
season the Beldens will entertain con-
stantly at their country home and one
of their house guests will be Mrs. vii.
liam Ormsby, who has come up from
Los Angeles for lengthy visit.
There is no week without its social
surprise, and the particular piece of
gossip that was accorded first place