Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-03-09
A BIRTHDAY PARTY.
A Glorious Celebration Lauth, Mendel
Meyer and the rest Of US Celebrate Our
Blrth-Days-Mar Hares.

Herodotus, the earliest profane
historian, tells the story OF q tribe
in Africa which had a peculiar way
of celebrating the advent of baby
into the world. They were wont
to assemble around the Egyptian
wicky-ul" and set up an unnatu-
raj, wild, barbaric yawp, accom-.
panied by dismal groans and
moans, because another poor wretch
had been born to the wretchedness
of this world.
Not of such temper were the jolly
crowd who assembled at Phil
Lauth's hospitabIe residence on
Main street, last night, to celebrate
the birthday of Phil himself, E.
Eberle, Mendel Meyer and Mrs.
Aockerblum. They all believed
that it was q good thing to be born
into this world; and, having been
all born on the same eventful Sth
of March, they thought it good
thing to celebrate the event.
What jolly crowd they were?
First there was Phil himself, the
King of Brewers, who could fill
the famous Heidelberg tun with
foaming beer while you could say
Jack Robinson, as it We're. Phil
was in his glory last night, "a I'D
Old Geniality himself would have
been discounted ny the jolly host.
Then there W 5 Mendel Meyer
and Mendel's v.olin-one OF the
sweetest violins in the world, with
Mendel Meyer knowing just how
to draw the very sweetest strains
from it. And he did. Mendel has
just turned twenty-one, hut he is
old looking for his age. From the
degree of skill with which lie pl ,ys
on his devoted instrument, Mrndel
ought to he ut least one hundred
and twenty. 1t ought to take at
least one hundred years to learn to
handle the rosined bow with the
perfection with which Mendel ham
dies 1t.
Then there was the amiable wife
of our ETHEREAL friend Aockerblum,
Il man who is fairly dessicating in
the Southern California air and
ready 10 float away on the first
zephyr that comes along. Then
there was Mr.. e. Ebere. Last and
least there was the editor of the
HERALD, who also was born on the
Sth of March. AS to all about
him, we refer the reader to the ami
mated and pictorial pages of the
National Battle Ace.
There we all were-a set of March
heirs-heirs to the unstinted llber-
ality with which Phil Lauth dis
pensed ruby wine and foaming
beer and generous lunch and re-
freshing salads. And we all did
full justice to them, by the way.
A large number of the friends of
the celebrants were on hand. APP
propriate tOasts were drank and re-
sponded to. Prof. Arevalo was
there with his guitar. Prof. Knell
supplemented Mendel Meyers vio-
lin with another. Some gentle
man, who understood his business,
was good natured enough to as
sist with a cornet or French
horn, we hardly know which, and
we had positively divine music.
The Messrs. George Gard and Otto
Won Ploennies favored the com
pany with songs, and everything
positively went as "merry as mar
riage BELLS"
Refreshment alternated with
music and social converse till a
late hour, and every guest left with
the pleasant consciousness that he
had spent delightful evening.
Long life to the March hares, in
Guiding ourself! May they live II
thousand years! May their shadows
never be less than Aockerblum's,
nor their pathway in life more
clouded than Phil Lauth's face.