The San Francisco call., 1910-07-26
'OAKLAND'S SMART
SET TO Be DINED
Mrs. George Percy Entertains
With Tea in Honor of Sis
ter This Afternoon

OAKLAND, July 25.-Mrs George
Percy will be hostess tomorrow aft
ernoon, entertaining matrons of the
smart set informally at midsummer
tea at her residence in Boulevard ter
race. The guests who have been asked
to meet Mrs. Percy's sister will enjoy
the hospitality of the home between the
hours of and 5 o'clock.
Miss Elsie Marwedel left for Alta
this morning to join a number of
friends in the mountain retreat during
the late summer. Miss Bessie Palmer
went up several weeks ago to spend
the season out of town. Miss Emma
Grimwood has also been included in
the small party of the girls who make
1T an annual occasion to round out the
summer together at Alta. Miss Ethel
Valentine and Miss Chrissie Taft will
go up next week, remaining fortnight
or so.
After an absence of a year or more
on the Atlantic coast Miss Ethel Val
entine has returned to Oakland and is
being cordially welcomed by her many
friends about the bay. Mrs. j. J. VAL
entine preceded her by week or so,
opening the Valentine residence in
Thirty-fourth street Many of the in
formal affairs of the season will be
planned by way of welcome to Mrs.
Valentine and Miss Valentine after
their long sojourn in the east.
Mrs Harmon Bell has gone to her
summer home near Shasta, where she
will spend the late summer. She has
planned to entertain a number of
guests from town. Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
mon Bell with Mr.. and Mrs. Traylor
Bell spent the early season in Santa
Barbara.
A wedding of the fall will be that of
John Potter Littlefeld of Washingto
d. c., and Miss Bertha Eudey, the
daughter of the late Henry Eudey and
Mrs. Eudey of Chetwood street. The
bride elect has chosen house cere-
mony, which will take place on the
evening of Saturday, September IT. The
betrothal was to have been formally
announced at a luncheon Saturday at
the Palace hotel, to which Miss Eudey
has included d score of her closest
friends, but the pretty romance was
disclosed before the time appointed.
Littlefeld is attached to the govern
ment service and at present holds a
responsible position at the White
House. He is a graduate of Annapolis
naval academy. The bridegroom elect
is the son of Major d. A Littlefield of
ogden.
Mrs. Charles Bentley. formerly Miss
Florence Hush, has returned to her
home in San Francisco after an enjoy
able visit of several weeks spent at
the suburban home of Mr. and Mrs.
William Magee at Fruitvale. Mrs.
Bentley and Mrs. Magee are sisters.
Each summer Mrs. Bentley spends a
part of the season on this side of the
bay.
Mr.. and Mrs W. w. Crane have been
enjoying and outing at Highland
springs.
Among the latest visitors from Oak
land to join the colony of the local
smart set at Tahoe are Mr.. and Mrs.
Franklin Bangs and Miss Irene Bangs.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Clay
in F'ruityale has been reopened, the
young matron and her family having
returned from the southern part of the
state, where they spent several months.
Mrs. John Waterhouse has returned
to her home in the Hawaiian islands.
sailing last week. For a month or SO
she was the house guest of her mother,
Mrs. S. T. Alexander. at the family res
idence in Sixteenth street Mrs Water
house will be remembered as Miss
Martha Alexander.