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room. The strains of kathleen Mavour-
neen' awakened the young lady, who
arose and went to the window, where
she saw about forty of her friends, who
had arrived with the band. and all came
! in to breakfast when Miss Aver was
ready to receive her guests. After break
fast there was music and dancing. Mrs.
Aver had luncheon served to the party
about 80 o'clock. Among the guests
| were Lieut.. and Mrs George s. Patton
of this city, who recently returned from
Europe and are spending the month of
September with the latter's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Aver, and Miss Dorothy Will
| mot of New Orleans. who has been
spending the summer with Miss Aver.
Mr.. Mahlon Talbot of this city was
best man at the recent wedding of Miss
Edna TOndy and Clarence Arthur Brown
in Pittsburgh.
Mrs. E. n. Talbot and Miss Amyleta
Talbot are now in San Francisco. The
latter was an attendant at the recent
wedding of Miss Marian Miller and Mr..
Bernard Ford. in that city, at which
| gorgeous floral decoration was used.
Large gilt baskets We're used to hold
| punches of tiger lilies and roses A num-
| Der of them We're placed in the living
| room to form the aisle to the altar for
| the bride, who entered on the arm Of her
| father. The altar was extremely hand
| some, and was covered with a gold altar
| cloth and trimmed with several gold
! baskets filled with pale pink asters. The
| bride loked very pretty. the arrangement
! of her veil being particularly becoming.
| 1t was of old point lace and was fastened
! to the hair in the form of a Dutch cap
| with a bunch of orange blossoms over
| each ear. Two bridesmaids caught the
| brides bouquet and divided it, each TAX
| ing half.
After the wedding breakfast the bride
and groom. instead of changing for
travelling costume, went in their wedding
clothes to a hospital to visit Mrs. Ford
young brother, who was i'll there and I'M
able to attend the ceremony. AS the lat
ter is suffering from measles the couple
could only show themselves in all their
wedding finery outside his room WIN
dows Later the young couple left on
their honeymoon, which will be spent in
Europe. They will not return to San
Francisco before the first of next year.
Lieut. and Mrs. Maxwell Murray are
noted as welcome additions to San Fran
cisco society in town and in the service.
Lieut. Murray has been appointed aid to
his father, Gen. Murray, and will soon be
established in one of the picturesque
residences at Fort Mason. They are at
present at the Hotel Stewart, where Gen.
and Mrs. Murray and the Misses Murray
are stopping, awaiting the completion or
the commanding officers home at the
post Lieut. and Mrs. Murray have been
| stationed at Fort Monroe for the past
| year, and were popular in the army and
navy set Miss Carolyn and Miss Sadie
| Murray visited them there for several
months last year before going to Califor-
mia to join their parents.
Mrs Emile Thesis and Miss Thesis Of
this city are in Seattle, Wash, and being
greatly entertained.
Mrs. John Allan Dougherty. widow Of
Commander Dougherty, L. S. NJ. late ma
val attache of the American embassy at
| Toxic. who has been spending several
months in this city and the east, arrived
| in Seattle, Wash. last Sunday and was
the guest of friends until Tuesday morn
ing Accompanied by Miss Reed and Miss
| Mabee of Kansas City she sailed on the
Minnesota for an extended trip in Japan
and China. dance was given for Mrs.
Dougherty Monday night, preceded by a
dinner.
Gov. and Mrs. Frear gave a garden
party when Secretary and Mrs. Knox
| were in Honolulu EN- route to Japan.
| Their place is called Arcadia. and assist
| ing the host and hostess were Mr.. and
| Mrs Mott Smith. Rear Admiral Reynolds,
| Mrs. B. +. Dillingham; and Mrs. F. j.
| Lowery. The Royal Hawaiian Band and
| Hawaiian singers furnished music during
the afternoon. Queen Liliuokalani was
among the guests. She was accompanied
by Princess Kalananaole. Many of those
present We're well known to San Francis
| cans. Among them were Admiral and
| Mrs. Cowles. Miss Edith Cowles. Judge
| Sanford Dole. Mr. and Mrs. Gerritt Will
der ex-Gov. George Carter, Mr.. and Mrs
Walter ] III 1gham Cen and Mrs. NJ. NJ.
| Macomb, Maj. and Mrs. Cheatham, Mr..
and Mrs. Herbert Dowsett, Capt John
Ellicott. Miss Priscilla Ellicott. Mrs. s. O.
| King Mrs. f. w. Macfarlane, Lieut. G..
y. johnson and Lieut. E. A. Blair
Miss Ellen l. Schutt of Clarendon has
returned from a trip to Atlantic and
Ocean cities and from visiting friends at
Brandywine Springs. Del.
Tuesday was the wedding day for Miss
Viva Nicholson and Mr.. Leon Clark and
the event took place at the home of
the brides sister. Mrs. Victor Metcalf,
on Vernon Heights. Oakland, Cal. Only
relatives and a few of the closest friends
were hidden to the Metcalf home, and the
officiating clergyman was the Rev. Alex
ander Allen, rector OF ST Pauls Epfsco-
pal Church. The bride is a sister of Pay
master Richworth Nicholson. u. s. NJ,
and is' daughter of Mrs. j. H. Nichol-
son. She has travelled extensively and
is charming and cultivated girl. She
has lately returned from a European
trip. accompanied by Miss Elizabeth Nc
Near. 1t was while visiting her brother.
in-iaw and sister, the then Secretary of
the Navy and Mrs Victor H. Metcalf in
Washington that she met Mr.. Clark
who was then private secretary to the
ney in Oakland. The couple will estab-
lish their home in Piedmont upon their
return from their wedding journey
; Mr. and Mrs. Nesbit Wright and fam
: lily, who have been spending the sum-
4 hit