The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07

the TACT Nnal entertaining u
almost every sort is confined to the
country these days. There is practic-
ally nothing of formal nature taking
place IN the city. save perhaps the fire.
ouent assem- bla ges of guests for dinner
at well known homes and at the several
clubs in the suburbs. The gossip of the
week has revolVed about the people
who are coming or going for trips OF
more or less pretensiOn. Mrs. James
Otis and her two debutante daughters,
Misses Cora and Frederick Otis, came
home from abroad one afternoon last
week and We're cordially received. Mrs.
Edward Barron win take her daugh-
ters Miss Margaret and Miss Evelyn
Barron. down to Del Monte for rev
days and others who are fitting dur
ing the next week are Mrs J. Athearn
Foleer. with her daughters. Miss EV-
elvn and Miss GeneVieVe Cunningham.
Miss Meta Mcmahon came home with
her mother. Mrs. Eugene Bresse, dur
ing the last few days, but Miss kath-
leen Farrell and her mother. Mrs.
James Farrell are lingering at Tahoe
The wedding gossip has held its own
interest as a matter of course and
there viii he others that viii compel
. attention later in the month
The wedding Of Miss Elsa Draper
and Midshipman James Lawrence Kauf-
lnan viii be celebrated at Christ church
IN Sausalito. The date has not been
settled, but the event is TO take place
some time in October The Drapers
have given up their home, Marinita
park. and have taken the Sperry house
1n Sausalito for the season. The re-
ception viii be held at home after the
church ceremony. The wedding of
Miss Draper and Midshipman Kaufman
viii be one of a long list Of service
weddings celebrated al the picturesque
church across the bay. 1t will be re-
- IN embered that the marriage of Miss
Alice Findley and Captain Harold
Clarke was solemnized in that church
and that the same ediice was the scene
OF the wedding Of Miss Mabel Watkins
- nd ca plain A. r. Wolfe. Miss Etelka
~Williar and Lieutenant Max CARRIER,
WhO are visiting in this city now, were
married at Christ church. The we'd
ding gown worn by this attractive
bride was the subject Of admiring COM
q Enent for DAYS and weeks after the
ceremony. She secured an unusually
effective ensemble by wearing a wreath
Of Cecil Brunner roses on her veil in
stead Of the conventional orange bios
SONS and carried q shower bouquet of
The same dainty pink buds that gave
touch of exquisite color to the cos
.tume: Another army wedding that was
one of the prettiest affairs witnessed
al the church was that of Miss Edith
Miller and Lieutenant Matthew Tom
nnson- The details for the Draper
Kaufman wedding win be doubtless as
pretty as the long line Of preceding
events in the same historic church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin r. Higgins en-
tertained at one of. the recent dinner
parties that had a flavor Of originality
10 say the least. The guests were all
selected from a group that will go
away at various dates during August.
and the party was in reality a general
farewell affair. The place cards were
miniature suitcases and the faVors were
designed for use in the travellers port
manteau. There were luXuries and ne
cessities for the inevitable suitcase and
there was much merriment with the
discovery Of each individual gift cho-
sen to please or emphasize some lido
syncracy Of the recipient. There were
Ioasts and speech making. while every
one Dade the other a fond farewell at
the close of the party Mrs. Higgins
gave one of the first chanticler lunch
cons In the city and the affair was
- scarcely more memorable socially than
the dinner party recently. at which she
displayed the same decided originality
in every detail. Mr.. and Mrs. Higgins
are going away next week for a trip
through the Yellowstone and will be
accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. r.
schmidt. who were guests at the party.
. and Miss CaTlOtta Mabury, who was
also q guest at the reunion. The others
present were Mr.. and Mrs. W. d. Fenni-
% more and Mr and Mrs. Howard Holmes,
who sailed last week for Honolulu;
MIR. and Mrs. George Richardson, who
leave tomorrow for Alaska: Mr.. and
0Irs. Henry J. Morton, who leave Au-
Il i
viii be gone, by the way, for year or
more
Edward N. Greenway was at Tahoe
last week, and was received with en-
thusiasm after his absence abroad.
He has had an interesting summer in
Europe and has participated in the
gayeties Of the hour in Paris. The
aviation craze abroad came in for a
share Of his attention, and he was an
interested spectator at the important
meets in the foreign cities. He met
friends from home in every city and
passed the day we celebrate our in
dependence" with coterie of con-
genial friends at the American en-
bassy in Paris. With the festivity of
every DAY. however, he looked forward
TO home and discovered ways and
means by which TO make the assem-
blies more attractive this winter. He
viii have the latest dances on the pro-
gram and viii provide the happiest
surprises gossip says, for the fortu-
nate guests Of the season. There is
expectation without stint over the in
novations that the social czar is said
10 have imported this summer. He has
not cOnfided even to his closest friends
what the plans may disclose, so every
one may only wait and possess his
soul in patience meanwhile The dates
for the assemblies had been fixed ere
his departure for the foreign eXplora-
tion in social fields. The opening as
sembly Will take place November 4.
and the second Of the series has been
announced for December ,. The as
sembly that is scheduled for December
% viii be a Christmas party, and there
viii be two others that the dates have
been settled as January 20 and Feb
ruary a. It is expected that two
more dances will be added to the list.
but these dates are matter of con-
lecture.
The musical enthusiasts and those
egho like to promote the progress
Of music as a fad have formed them
selves into an organization called the
Musical Association of San Francisco.
The new society wants a concert meis-
ter end other musicians of ability that
NAV or may not be- found in the city
At ali events a fund is necessary thai