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Show Hi' . . ; Saunterings f 8 Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Van Wyck, of San. KS Francisco, announce the engagement . of their n daughter, Gertrude, to Amos Potter, of Gloucester, ri Massachusetts. Uja The wedding will take place in P 1 Francisco g i in October. Miss Van Wyck has a very large B circle of friends and admirers in this city, having ll4 visited here a number of times as the guest of rl: her sister, Mrs. Arthur V. Callaghan. Mr. and uK Mrs- Van Wyck, Mrs. Callaghan, and Miss Van IP Wyck left here recently to spend the winter Hffif i at their home in San Francisco. KL It is understood that the marriage will take If place about tho time of the Portola in San Fran- R cisco, and as a great many of the smart set will HHu. go from here for that event, they will be pres- Hl ent at the wedding of the charming California Hj belle. H v t O HE Here is a true one from life, and positively H the best the summer has produced. MfL A good fellow who is a member of most of Hj , the clubs loft one of them a. few evenings since HI in a condition bordering on the bibulous, after HI , expressing his intention of returning to his own HI! menage. Some of his cronies thought it would H j be extremely funny to slip a souvenir in his H pocket, and purloining some wall decorations from Hi! the room of a follow member, pat them they H were flaming garters in his coat. On the mor- H row he was greetod by his wife, who, holding the H garish trophies aloft, demanded an explanation. M 'Aren't they yours, my dear?" he asked. M He was assured they were not, and for the H next two weeks explained as he never had before. K One Saturday evening they started for the Hn Country Club, the above incident having been so HnI far forgotten as to permit of casual conversation Hfl! between the two, and on the way out, it being Hu rather warm, she placed a pair of new long gloves 1 in the side pocket of his coat. H As usual he was feeling the heat a little which M ' affects him tho same way in all seasons, and af- H ter a ride of a mile or so, he placed his hand in H tho fatal pocket. H l With an exclamation of fright which sounded H Hko "Good Lord! Again!" his color turned to a HI sickly pallor, and as they left the car he hastily j extracted the gloves and threw them into the 1 ditch. His wife had not seen, and he breathed a M sigh of great relief, which later turned to con- M sternation when the lady demanded the return M of her treasures. H jt M The announcement of the engagement of Miss H Nellie Calvin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. M Calvin, to Dr. Curtis, of San .lose, has just been H made in San Francisco, where the Calvins now live. According to the San Francisco stories, it was not Miss Calvin's Intention to make the announcement announce-ment for at least a couple of months, and she still insists that the formal announcement will not be made until the return of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin to San Francisco. They are now seeing the fair at Seattle, and will return to the coast by way of the Yellowstone and this city, where they expect to be for several days after completing complet-ing their tour of the Northwest. Miss Calvin, who lived here for a number of HlHfflPf! Ife. Hk"M Miss Nellie Calvin Whose engagement to Dr. Cuitis of San Jose is announced 3 oars was one of the most popular girls of the younger set, whose members will hasten to congratulate con-gratulate her. & & An interesting wedding of Wednesday was that of Miss Maybelle Alice Crowley, niece of Mr. and Mrs. Steven G. Murray, to William A. Silk of New York. The wedding took place in the afternoon at St. Mary's cathedral, the Reverend by Miss Katheryn C. Wall, and Arnold Wall of Father Ryan officiating. The bride was attended Los Angelos was best man for Mr. Silk. There were besides the relatives a number of Intimate Inti-mate friends at the church, Mr. and Mrs. Silk left immediately after the ceremony for New York, where they will make their home. o O t Jack Royle, formerly of this city, but now of Denver, is here on a visit to his parents, Judge and Mrs. Royle, and will remain a week or two. He is being entertained by a host of old friends. Mr. Royle brings greetings many of them from one A. Copp, who is keeping up to form, and also playing a bit of golf between Associated Press reports. Speaking of golf, F. E. McGurrin found some time for it during his recent trip to Chicago, anu while he is too modest to say much about j it, h's friends have found out that he cleaned up j several of the brave boys at the Chicago clubs. j , The half deserted Country Club will take on new life tho coming week with the battle royal on for tho Whitley clp and the beginning of the tennis tournament. , Thtre is quite an array of talent among the ladies, who have signified their intention of golfing golf-ing a bit for the Whitley prize, and so strenuous is the rivalry that the calmer heads are doing everything In their power to make the ladies promise that they will play a gentlemen's game. In the tennis tournament all of the local champs will centre their interest in the Country Club court?, and besides, there will be several crack playors from other states. There will be special entertainments provided in the evenings at the Club in honor of the visiting visit-ing players, another feature to consider in figuring figur-ing up your engagements for the first month of 1 fall. |