The San Francisco call., 1913-08-24

parties during the summer months.
The Rgssels maintain an al fresco
school for their charges. Desks with
! all the necessary schoolroom parapher-
MALTA have been placed under the
spreading oaks on the lawn and a
teacher comes daily to instruct them
in their courses.
/ Goodbys were said Thursday to Mrs.
Adrian won Behrens and the Misses Ida
and Josephine Roos, who, after three
months visit to California, took their
departure for another years residence
! in Europe. The party is making the
! trip by way of Canada, and will sail
the latter part of the month from
Banff. Mrs. Won Behrens and the Misses
Ross have been living the last two
years in Europe, with London for head
quarters, although three or four
months of the twelve are always spent
| in travel on the continent. This year
they are contemplating an extended
soiourn in Italy and will also visit
Egypt in the early winter. Since their
arrival in California the Rosses have
been visiting at Tahoe, Santa Barbara
and Del Monte, where they have en-
tered with avidity into the social life
/, of the resorts Shortly before their
departure they visited the old family
home in Ventura, where they have ex-
tensive ranching interests.
Y
/ Captain John Eliicott. IT, S. N, ae-
companied by Mrs. Ellicott and their
| little daughter, Miss Priscilla, are plan
ming to leave in the near future for a
visit in the east, with Washington as
their headquarters. They will make
the trip by way of Panama. After a
sojourn in the national capital
Captain and Mrs. Ellicott will go south
to visit their son in law and daughter
Lieutenant and Mrs. Ross Kingsbury
who are stationed at Fortress Monroe.
They expect to be away eight or ten
weeks.
| Mr. and Mrs. Ord Preston also will
be leaving in the near future for
Washington, d. c.. after having passed
a delightful summer with Mrs. Preston's
parents, General and Mrs. Arthur Muir
ray, on this coast. Mrs. Murray, Mr..
and Mrs. Preston and Miss Sadie Muir
ray will return next week from the
Yosemite national park and will re-
open their home in the Preside.
Among the arrivals this week will be
| Mr.. and Mrs. James Otis and their two
| charming daughters, Miss Cora and
Miss Frederieka Otis. who have been
sojourning in South America and Pan
| anna for the last six months. The Otis
| family have had wonderful trip. They
left San Francisco in the early spring,
| ness calling Mr.. Otis farther south.
| their travels have included most of the
! southern continent They will go at
| once to their home in Pacific avenue,
which they will reopen to be ready for
the winters gayeties.
Rev. Robert Renison, accompanied by
his daughter. Miss Eileen Renison. took
| his departure Thursday for Los An
/ geles Since June Doctor and Miss
Renison have been visitors In the north
| and have divided their time between
| the home in San Francisco of Rev. and
| Mrs William T. Renison and of that in
| Oakland of Mrs. Herbert Montgomery
who was Miss May Renison.
|
| From washington we hear that Mr.
| and Mrs. John Hays Hammond have
| completed the purchase of the Pullman
residence in that city, which appar-
emily settles the question of their per-
| manent residence in the national capt.
tai. The Hammonds are at present In
| New Jersey, where they are passing
/ the late autumn in their summer home,
| but with November they will return to
/ Washington, where they will be Joined
by their son. Harris Hammond.
/ Friday evening Harold Johnson of
this city, who Is spending several weeks
in Santa Barbara. entertained at din
| ner for the summer visitors, and fol-
lowed it with an informal dance in the
grill. His guests included:
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mrs William Frew
Chickering Miss Eleanor Park
/ Mr. and Mrs. Walter Miss Longstreth
/ Filler Miss Florence Henshaw
| DR.. and Mrs, Guy Miss Mccarthy
| Cochrane Russell Ray
! Mrs Ralph williams Mr. Longstreth
| Mrs. William G. n-lGavin Breckenridge
1 shaw Harlow Friak
Miss Marguerite Doe was hostess
/ the same evening In the Country club
and entertained Mr.. and Mrs. Willard
Chamberlain, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Chickering, Miss Florence Henshaw
Charles Keeney and Reginald Fernald.
! Today Mr.. and Mrs. Joel Fithian are
entertaining the same party In their
beautiful ranch home in Carpinteria
/ valley.
AS the last of the summer approaches
| it behooves the social contingent TO
/ provide a winters shelter and, for
| those who have not city homes to re-
open the next few weeks will be busy
ones. Whether to rent q furnished
house or to OCCUPY pne Of the conven-