The San Francisco call., 1910-05-01

tainments for the popular bride elect.
The wedding will not take place until
the late summer, and will be an elab-
crate affair Harry Moffat is a popu-
lar and clever fellow with host of
friends to offer their congratulations.
The future home of the couple will be
probably in this. city.
The announcement last week that
Miss Edith Simpson was to be the bride
of Roy Pike was not the greatest sur
prise of the season. The friends of the
young couple have been predicting the
news for the last year, but none has
been certain until the announcement
was made formally. Miss Simpson is
in New York now, and so is her fiance,
so that rumor has been more than
persistent since their meeting in the
eastern city. They viii both remain
there. proba bly,, TO attend the wedding
of Mrs. Laura Pike Fuller and George
Barr Baker. Mrs. Fuller was a visitor
here earlier in the season, and is en-
tertaining Miss Simpson at her eastern
home The bride elect is one of the
most popular girls in the local set.
She is a close friend of Mrs. Lawrence
Harris, who was Miss Lucie King, and
OF Mrs. George Cameron. Miss Simp-
son was one of the attendants at the
King Harris wedding, and Roy Pike
was best man on that interesting oc-
casion Miss Simpson has not taken
much part in the gayeties of the local
set for the last few months, or at
least not since the death of her mother
last year. She is the only daughter of
Asa r. Simpson, and is a pretty girl
of the petite blonde type She has
great charms of manner. and is a social
favorite. The bride elect will remain in
the east probably for several weeks
longer. and there is no mention vet of
sthe date of her wedding. Roy Pike is a
very. popular young society man, and a
petted member of the Family club. He
part in the amateur theatricals at
various times in the last few years. He
is son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w.
Pike Of Berkeley, but has host of
friends in this city and in Portland.
Mrs. Eleanor Martin was responsible
for one of the intellectual treats of
the week. That is to say, this hostess
invited an assembly of intellectuals to
her bouse in Broadway to listen to
learned lecture delivered by Prof. IL.
Rushton Fairclough. The speaker Of
the occasion holds the post of secre-
tary*in the Archaeological Institute of
America and the: members of that or
ganization were present for the lec~
ture as well as many. personal friends
of the generous hostess Professor
Fairclough. was until recently pro-
:fessor Of Latin in Stanford university.
but has given: up that position in or
der TO devote his time to study abroad.
He is to leave soon for Rome, where
|: he will be conhected with the Ameri-
can school of classical studies. The
lecture that: he gave Friday evening
at Mrs. Martins home was illustrated
with stereopticen views and was
called The Recent Archaeological
+ Discoveries. in Crete" The title was
ominous to: the frivolous ones, who
| like to skim the surface of these pro-
found matters, but the fear was
proved unfounded. The speaker threw
IAN imaginative quality: into his talk
1 and gave: a; whimsical review of his
/ subject that saved the brain travail
that had been predicted by the super
fetal number in the audience. The
superficial ones were few, it must be
said, and the occasion was quite wor-
thy of the expectation that had been
centered about the appearance of the
/ learned speaker. 1t must be remarked
in passing that the presiding officer
of the occasion was his grace Rt
Rev. Dennis J: OConneH, who holds
prominent place in the society. The
affair was one of the most interest
ing of the recent days and provided
Mrs. Martin with another delightful
opportunity to extend her hospitality
at once to scholars and society.
Miss Anne Morgan's visit to this city
will be followed doubtless by results
if not reforms of social sort. The
gifted daughter of the great financier
has had a career of exceptional interest
| in the eastern cities. where she has
made a pet of philanthropic work. She
is obviously devoted to the cause of the
working girl and seems to avoid the
public gaze. as she .pursues the un-
usual tenor of her way. Miss Morgan
was the principal guest at meeting
held Wednesday, evening at the Palace
hotel for the working girls of the city.
] The daughter of ]. Pierpont Morgan
did not speak to the assembly as an
orator, but engaged in informal con-
'versations with the girls from the
trade unions. There is such sug-
gestion of good fellowship and inti-
macy about the informal meeting of
the working girl and the sociologist
that the heart of any theorist ought to
be pleased over the occurrence. At
least the working girls who were pres
ent Will have a new adventure to add
to their store of impressions. They
have met a real sociologist, rara avis
of the west. Adventure is rare and
priceless. SO that. the girls are to be