The San Francisco call., 1910-01-02

while the audience is to be composed
entirely of those who are following
the trend OF music in the European
countries and are interested particu-
larly in the modern music and musi-
clans. The young reader has recently
returned after a year abroad and has
brought material for a series of these
attractive studies, and the three in
succession after the initial study will
be "Ariane ct Barbe Bileue," by Paul
Dukas, TO be given February z; "Sa-
lone" by Richard Strauss. to be given
March Z, and The Pipe of Desire by
Frederick Converse, to be given April
g The same series will be given upon
alternating dates at the Ebell club
house in Oakland and at the home OF
Mrs. John Galen Howard in Berkeley.
One of the engagements of the week
that was cause for congratulation
for the young bridegroom elect was
that of Miss Renee Kelly and Edward
Alexander Palmer Miss Kelly is the
charming daughter Of Mr. and Mrs
Alfred Roberts Kelly of this city and
is a graduate of the Ursuline convent
with a charm of personality that has
been developed by careful education.
Her family is prominent in commercial
affairs and her father is president of
large corporation, while he has taken
an active part in civic matters. Ed
ward Palmer is a son of Mr. and Mrs
Warren S. Palmer of Alameda and his
father is one of the well known rail-
road men Of the state. Mrs. Palmer is
prominent clubwoman and has de-
voted herself to educational work
rather than to society, although she
has enjoyed social prominence as well.
She was one Of the promoters. if not an
originator, of the PortoIa festival and
assisted materially in the success of
the celebration, giving up her time and
eoffrt TO office work during that pc
riod. The wedding will probably be
in the early spring, although the date
has not yet been announced.
Another portrait that appears on the
society page today is that Mrs Ed
ward de Laveaga, who was Miss De-
light Woodbury.. This pretty young
matron is a brunette, with the rich col
oring that is admired in that type, and
is talented as well, with a gift for dra-
matte reading. She is in town the
greater part of the time. but passes
her summers at her country home in
Contra Costa county.
Miss Amelia Rivas, whose photo
graph is reproduced on the society
page today, is one of the most charm
ing visitors that the younger set has
entertained this season. Miss Rivas is
the sister of Mrs. Earl Cummings, and
is guest at the home of the latter,
where she viii remain for an indefinite
stay. She is a brunette beauty of the
Spanish type. with olive coloring and
attractive brown eyes, and is partial in
her gowning to effective combinations
of black and white that suit her indi-
vidual style.
The wedding of Miss Maidie McNIa-
hon, the charming young daughter of
Mrs. Janses Mcmahon of this city, and
Antoine Borel Jr was celebrated
Wednesday at noon with due simplicity
and with the reserve of home affair.
There was some parental objection to
the match. it seems, and the family of
Antoine Jr tried to dissuade him from
taking the fair young girl into the
exclusive Borel preserves, but the call
of romance overcame the logical argu-
ments, and so they married and will be
happy ever after, it is hoped The bride
was one Of the prettiest of the group
who have marched to the altar during
the season, with her exquisite colorinx
and brown hair. She was not one of
the local group who are high in social
esteem, il is said, and that was the rea-
son that the Borel family thought it
wise to oppose the selection of the son
and heir at hrst, but after an acquaint-
ance with the bride to be and an in
formal talk with the bridegroom elect
they decided to attend the wedding in
force. and make the most of the mo-
mentous occasion. This is the gossip.
but however true it may be the rela-
tives of the bridegroom were very
much in evidence at the ceremony. and
there was no suggestion of family dis
cord or even dissent of any sort or va
riety. The floral setting for the we'd
ding was unusually pretty in unique
combination of ferns and lilies of the
valley. There was a canopy in the