The San Francisco call., 1910-08-28

Middleton of Chicago. The visitor from
the east will be entertained at several
informal affairs of the next month.
Miss Gepevieve- Sullivan, whose mar
riage withtAlvah Bartlett Doe will take
place Wednesday, is one of the brides
elect that has been in the limelight last
week. The attractive girl has had any
number of shower parties given by the
girls of her set. but one of the most
elaborate affairs in her honor as a bride
to be was the card party given yester-
Say afternoon by Mrs. c. s. Ewing
More correctly. the party was given by
Misses Ellie and Myrtle Ewing, while
Mrs. Ewing was the chief adviser and
assistant. A number of the older friends
OF the family were hidden to the party
With perhaps half a hundred girls. The
Misses Ewing were assisted in receiv-
Ing their guests b. Mrs j. G. Ewing of
New York, Mrs. r. T. Lyons. Miss Alma
robin, Miss Stella Harris, Miss Ada
Conlin. Miss Kate McEleanney and Miss
Mae Noonan. The wedding will be
home affair and will have the usual
appointments and floral setting of the
conventional hsme ceremony.
The enga agement of Arthur Green and
Miss Frances Burns was subject of
gossip last week and the announcement
was a surprise 70 all bat the closest
friends Of the two families It seems
that the romance is one of long stand
ing, sort of. childhood affair that has
eliminated quite happily for every one
interested and. most of all. for the cou
pie that are being felicitated The
wedding of Allen Green an elder
brother OF the bridegroom elect, was a
genuine surprise of last season. 1t
viii be remembered that he and Miss
Alice Doe decided to be married quietly
and tell their friends afterward The
announcement came most unexpectedly
to the younger set. but the couple were
forgiven a. once by their parents and
all ended well. They are living in town
since the wedding The date for the
marriage of the couple that announced
their betrothal last week has not been
mentioned. bur <he event is expected
- tohf pldNt III Tie idIeT season. MISS
Burns lives a Easton with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs NJ. Burns. but has many
friends in the city. where she is a fire.
quent guest at parties The home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Green is at San
Mateo. but the boys of the family are
always in attendance at the dances. in
town. The three boys. Allen, Eldridge
and Arthur, are former Stanford Stu
dents and have host of friends in the
college set Miss Burns has pretty
collection of engagement cups aIready
and some of these have Been sent from
Burlingsme and the suburbs, where she
has so many friends, as well as from
this city.
Mrs Francis sullivan was in town
for a day or two last week with her
daughter, Miss Gladys sullivan. and her
son, Noel sullivan The party stayed
at the Palace during the brief sojourn
in the city, but departed Thursday
afternoon for the east and Europe.
They have been at their country home
near Santa Cruz most of the season,
a M - NaS at the AIOSplldDle place CnaL
the farewell reunions for the young
people were held. On account of the
illness of Noel Sullivan it was thought
last month that the trip abroad would
have to be deferred, but he has almost
entirely recovered from his recent in
disposition and was able to be an en-
thusiastic member of the group that
lett for foreign lands last week Mr..
a
with the younger member of that fam
lily. were in Santa Cruz during the sum-
mer with the Sullivans, and enjoyed the
outing exceedingly. They will return
to town for the winter while the rest
of the family is abroad. Mrs Sulii-
vans younger daughter, Miss Gladys
Sullivan, win be missed at the later
parties of the season. She is an ex-
tremely popular girl and has been in
evidence at many of the affairs given
by the younger girls lately. The trip
abroad is for an indefinite time, and the
party will travel wherever their fancy
dictates, not having formed any pro-
gram for the journey. 1t is probable
hthat they will be away for MANY
months and will pass most of the time
between London and Paris.
Feet Ia mode for men will call for
a marrowfat variety of the familiar
barefoot sandals during the-remainder
of the summer, especially in the most
exclusive circles of our best railroad
magnates according to John C. Stubbs
one of the best known of the Southern
Pacific officials. He recommends these
nursery foot easers, his friends say. S
job preserver for the man under
neath.''
Stubs takes his own medicine, for e
is wearing barefoot sandals himself.
according to the latest advices He
put on his first pair early last week,
and liked them so well that he i'm
mediately purchased dozen pairs and
is commencing them to all his friends.
Almost Immediately too. the price
of gentlemen's barefoot sandals has
jumped said Stubs. would you be-
lieve it, when I bought this pair they
were selling for s2.10, but now the price
has been put up to $3.50. Last night
Mrs. Stubs returned from trip and
saw my sandals for the first time
why, my dear, you have a pretty
foot, haven't your she said / told
her, OF course. l had got it from my
father
Seriously. this ism joke with me.
I've always suffered from my feet Per-
haps many poor fellow may have lost
his job because nay feet hurt me- We
all get philanthropic as we get older.
and unfortunately I'm neither Mr.