Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-02-25
A SOCIAL EARTHQUAKE.
The Low Neeked Dress Must Fol-
low the Chinese and go.

low the Chinese and go.
EDIToR HRRALD:-The poet never
wrote Of more beautiful place than Los
Angeles. Nature has with lavish hand
dealt out to her everything calculated TO
make an ideal home. The glorious eli
mate, the profnsion of semi-tropic fruits,
the proximity to seashore and mountains
have had the effect of attracting refined,
wealthy, and even titled people, many
of whom have made their homes here.
OF course these people came from differ.
emit sections and different countries, and
il has taken some time for them to
become acquainted and form one of
those delightful inner circles for social
enjoyment into which only the very
swell and pedigreed are admitted. But
time conquers all difficulties, and oday
Los Angeles can boast of social circle
equal to any in the capitals of Europe.
This charming state of affairs has been
brought about by the efforts Of few
gentlemen OF vast experience in social
matters, who formed the nucleus of
club called the "Miasmas," or some
such name, which has semi-monthly
dances in this city. These affairs
have been growing better and better
since their inception. The aim being
exclusiveness, curtain is stretched be-
fore the door at the hall, the windo We
are darkened, the music is muffled and
the occasion of one of the delightful
dances is kept in every way secret from
the common herd. Success could but fol-
low course OF this sort and SO great has
spread the fame of these socials among
exclusive people that the occasions are
graced by social magnates from the East
and Europe, who come here solely to
attend them. While always par ercet
lence the climax was reached at the last
entertainment, ON Thursday night, when
action was taken which makes Los
Angeles the social center Of the known
world and in measure the dictator of
social etiquette. The action was this.
A very beautiful young lady of ire
proachable family, a young lady who
has moved in the best circles of the be-
nighted Eastern cities appeared at the
dance in a square cut dress, which gave
siignt glmpse OF her exquislteiy
turned throat and superbly moulded
arms. She was unquestionably the
belle of the evening. So great was the
rush Of admirers that she was compelled
10 divide all dances into three or four
parts in order to be impartial. The
young lady went home with pardon
able flush of triumph. This, however,
was short-lived. 1t seems that certain
gentlemen who are blessed with wives
and daughters felt that home charms
had been eclipsed by the Eastern Ebelle,
and the day following the dance an Off
cial of the "Miasmas" waited on a
young gentleman who had been rather
attentive to the young lady, and told
him that she would have to wear diff
ferent dress or be excluded from future
entertainments given by the inner cir
Gle. The affair has caused considerable
excitement and has shaker. the "Mias-
mas" to the very center The dress.
makers of this city now refuse to make
low necked frocks, and it is reported
that Worth. the man miliner, hearing
Of the social eruption in Los Angeles,
has announced his intention of building
only Quaker costumes for the future.
SOCIETY.