The San Francisco call., 1910-05-10
women REHEARSE
BURNT CORK ACTS
Berkeley Girls VIII Appear as
END Men" in Benefit Min-
strel Show

BERKELEY, May 9.-For the benefit
of st. Ambrose parish Of West Berkeley
and Albany the young women of the
Berkeley institute No. So will give
minstrel show at Finnish hall, Bristol
and Tenth streets, tomorrow evening.
With blackened faces the popular girls
will take the part of Ministries for the
first time in the history of the society.
The "endmen" have been rehearsed in
a number of local hits, which Miss Ma
rie Bardett, the interlocutor, will give
them a chance to spring. The women
with the special parts at the ends of
the row of minstrels are: Misses May
O'Keefe, May Gafney. Nellie Greed,
! Edna Zelt.
Besides the show there will also be
rendered a number of musical seIec-
tions by Misses Marie Bardett, zela
Cavanaugh, Laura Colburn, E. Null
vaney, Mary Fahon and May Connolly.
The reception committee of the even
ing will consist of Nora Rowe, Evelyn
Sweeney, Loretta Furlong, Mary Rowe,
Jennie Bramstead, and Mary Nolan.
Miss Mary Helen Burdick and Miss
Florence Putzker, whose betroth-
ais have interested society during the
last season. will share the honors of
| the large tea at which Miss Leila
Ewing will preside as hostess Wednes-
day afternoon at the Ewing residence
| in Linda Vista. Miss Putzker will be
among the June brides. Early in the
year Miss Burdick announced her en-
| gagement to Nicholas J. Weldgen of
| Rochester, n. Y, young attorney of
| the east No niapS
the wedding. Weldgen win spend the
| summer in California, the friends of his
! young bride elect planning to make his
visit to the coast most delightful.
Mrs. l. A. Beretta with her little
daughter returned to town this week
after delightful visit as the house
guest of friends in Chico.
Miss Augusta Glow and her niece.
Miss Elizabeth Glow, are leaving this
week for the Atlantic coast, where thev
are planning to spend several weeks
in travel. in New York they will visit
with Miss Julia Fraser, who for the
last year has been residing in the east
ern metropolis.
An unusually interesting tour of
India is being enjoyed by Mrs. w. M.
| Bunker, who writes her friends in the
bay cities of the wonderful sights in
the foreign land.
DR.. Cara Aldrich has Joined the
many Oaklanders who are spending
the summer on the continent, an in
teresting itinerary being mapped out
before her return to town.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. C. Howe have closed
| their Lakeside residence for the early
| ma nd a oni IN
| tour through the north and Alaska.
One of the most elaborate card nar-
ties of the week will be given on
| Wednesday evening in Harmonic hall.
| Alameda, when DIR. Walter Hughes and
Mrs. Hughes will entertain 100 guests
at bridge and supper. The occas sion is
| lett.
This evening Miss June Schloss en-
/ tertained at cards and dancing, Offering
| the hospitality of her home to a con-
genial coterie of the younger set.
The formal announcement of the he
trothal of Paul Bailey and Miss Alice
/ Phillips, the attractive daughter of Mr..
! and Mrs. II. B. Phillips, is being re-
/ ceived with interest by the many
friends of the young people in the bay
| cities. Bailey is senior in the Uni
| versity of California, where he has
been prominent as an undergraduate.
He is a member of the Tau Beta Pi
fraternity. Miss Phillips has given up
! her university course She is a mem
ber of the Alpha Pi sorority. Although
no arrangements have been made for
the wedding it will probably be an
event of the later year.
Miss Jennie Huff. was a hostess of
the afternoon, claiming the matrons
of the Cosmos club for a delightful
hour of bridge rounded out by tea at
/ her home in San Leandro.
/ The most elaborate affair of tomor-
! row will be the luncheon at the Clare
mont country club, over which Miss
| Amy Swayne will preside as hostess.
claiming Miss Alice Teller as her guest
| of honor.
Miss Marguerite Johnson, whose
wedding with Theodore Glazier is an
nounced for Thursday evening of this
| week. was the inspiration for a de-
/ lightfdl afternoon today over which
Miss Edna Mount entertained the
| friends included in the invitation
| showering the beautiful young bride
elect with some charming things for
her new home in Colorado.
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| Money wanted in exchange for fur