The San Francisco call., 1910-04-06
WEDDING TAKES
PLACE TONIGHT
Simple Ceremony to Unite
Ruth Boericke And
Ralston White


l dinss of April will take place this
~ evening when Miss Ruth BoericKe
will become the bride of Ralston
White The ceremony will be performed
at the home of DR.. and Mrs Wliilaii
Boericke in washington street, ana
there will be a limited number Oh
guests. The officiating clergyman Will
be Rev. Joseph Worcester or the
Swedenborgian church, and the orloe
will be given in marriage by her
father. The only attendant LOT the
bride will be Miss Dorothy Boer1cke,
while Ben Upham will act as best man.
The service has been planned with the
greatest simplicity owing to the recent
death of Lowell White, father OF the
bridegroom, and only the nearest ram
lily friends are to be at the Boerlcke
home.
Mrs. Eleanor Martin entertained at a
family luncheon yesterday at the Pal
ace, and the guest of the occasion was
BILLY" Burke, the fance of Miss Gene
We've Walker, who leaves in few DAYS
for the east. The wedding or MISS
Walker and William P. Burke Will take
place April IA in Philadelphia and will
be an event of social moment not only
in the eastern city, but also here, Where
the couple have many friends
club are looking forward with pleasant
expectation to the meeting this week TO
be held in the Century club hall The
dance will be the final party of the
season and will be enjoyed by more
than 100 of the younger set The CLUB
is one of the most popular of the dane
ing organizations, and the fortn1Shtly
dances of the earlier winter were re-
markable for their delightful atmos-
phere of informality. The dance this
week promises to be quite as mem
orable as those preceding. 1t is not
able fact that all the patronesses who
have been so devoted to the interest of
the club will be in town for the final
dance. The society women who have
been patronesses during the series of
winter dances were:
Mrs James Potter Mrs. George A.. Moore
Langhorne Mrs. Louis MOnteagle
Mrs. George Ashton Mrs. Wakefield Baker
Miss Helen Bowie has been the guest
of her mother, Mrs. Hamilton Camp
bell Bowie, in Palo Alto for the week
end, where she entertained at an in
formal house party to three or four
friends. Miss Bowie has been passing
most of the last month at Pacific
Grove. where her mother has secured
a cottage for the summer months. She
expects to return to town in a few
days and will divide her time between
a visit to her aunt, Mrs. Jessie Bowie
Detrick,s at her home in Jackson
street, and her sister. Mrs. Stanley
Rammage, who has just secured an
attractive apartment in Broadway.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. P. Oliver, who re-
turned recently from an extensive Eu-
ropean trip, will close their home in
this city the first of May and will move
to San Mateo for the summer, where
they have leased the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frederick King, back of Beres-
ford. Mr.. and Mrs. King, as is their
custom, will leave shortly for the east.
as they wish to spend the summer near
Annapolis, where their son, Starr King.
is attending the naval academy.
A large group of friends gathered
yesterday morning at the transport
dock to say goodby to Colonel and Mrs.
Abner ID. Pickering and their daugh-
ters, Mrs M. c. Smith and Miss Mauree
Pickering, and DIR. and Mrs. Starr who
have been stationed for the last eight
months at Fort Mcdowell. The Pick
erings are well known socially in this
city and across the bay, Colonel Pick
ering having been commandant at
Alcatraz for three years. Among those
who were on the Sherman yesterday
morning to see them off were DIR. and
Mrs. Frederick Trotter, Major and Mrs
Frick, Captain and Mrs. L. l. Roach
Frederick Won Shrader, Miss Julia
Thomas. Miss Grace Doyle. Miss Emily
Doyle, Miss Cora Smedburg. Miss Ger
trude Jolliffe, Miss Bertha Parker Aus
tin Parker. U. S. A, and Hamilton
Bowie.
Mrs. Walter Scott Franklin, who has
been giving a series of teas since
Easter, was hostess yesterday at
pleasant reunion at the Fairmont The
tea was given in the laurel court, and
| there were more than a score of guests
at the affair.
One of the informal luncheons of the
week was given yesterday by Miss
| Marian Zeile at the Fairmont. and the
affair was enjoyed by 10 or II friends
of the hostess. Miss Zeile is a frequent
hostess at these informal functions. and
since her return from the east has been
the honored guest at several delightful
parties given by the girls of the
younger set. The table decorations at
the luncheon yesterday were spring
flowers, with yellow predominating in
the floral arrangement. The merry
party was chaperoned by Mrs. Russell
Bogue and among the girls who par
ticipated were:
Miss Agnes Tillmann Miss Claire Nichols
Miss Bessie Ashton Miss Natalie Hunt
Mr.. and Mrs. George III. Lent have
returned to the city after an outing and
motor trip to Del Monte.