Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-27


dainty yellow ribbons. Among those
who attended the afternoon tea were:
Mrs.J "A. Henderson Mrs. Steckel
Mrs. ]. d. Wheeler, Mrs. VIM. Pridham,
Mrs. W. II. Perry, Miss Johnson,
Mrs. Worsham, Mrs. B. Chandler,
Mrs. Chas. Forman, Miss Forman,
Mrs. Ducommun, Misses Bugbee,
Mrs. G.F. Buckbee, Mrs. s..H.K. S. .O'Mel-
Mrs. John Jones, veny,
Mrs. Wesley Clark, Miss Russell,
Mrs. James Chaplin, Mrs. G. E. Thorn,
Mrs. Frank RAIDER, Mrs. Mansfield,
Mrs. j. A. Kelley, Mrs. Miller,
Mrs. Gephard, Mrs. G. L. Bachelor,
Mrs. J. M. Riley, Miss Florence Riley,
Mrs. E.J. Carson, Mrs. A. G. Jones,
Mrs. Dewey, Miss Dewey,
Misses Severns, Mrs. w. w. Widney,
Mrs. T. H. Newell, Miss Newell.
Mrs. Lily A. Kim Mrs. M l.. Baker,
ball, Miss Lawrence,
Mrs. Hirschfeld, Mrs. f. S. Baker,
Mrs. Gen. johnson, Mrs. Ogier,
Mrs. B. F. Field, Mrs. M. f. Stiles,
Miss Baker, Mrs. Frank NJ. Kel-
Mrs. w. HI. Avery, sey,
Miss Avery, Mrs. G. H. Bradley,
Mrs. HI. M. Binford, Mrs. 0. Morgan,
Miss Owen, and others.
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Miss Bertha Bresee of East Los An
geles and J. T. Parker of Pasadena were
last night married by the father of the
bride, Rev. P. f. Bresee, in the Asbury
M. f. church in East Los Angeles.
The wedding was public one, but
seats were reserved for relatives and
friends of the couple. The church was
tastefully decorated with flowers. The
principal pieces were beautiful floral
bell of white roses suspended in the GEN.
ter of an arch OF red roses and ever
green's. The organ and pulpit, together
with the platform, were embow-
cred in flowers. arranged by the
tasteful hands of the BRIDES
lady friends, and flowers and ever
greens adorned all the architectural
features OF the interior. At precisely s
O'Clock the organist commenced to play
Mendelssohn's wedding march, and the
bride entered, accompanied by Miss A.
Bresee, Miss r. Hewitt, Miss M. f.
Crow and Miss B. Townsend, as brides
maids. After the brief ceremony the
invited guests adjourned to the parson-
age, where refreshments were provided,
and sociability and congratulations were
in order. Tine wedding presents were
numerous and valuable. The bride and
groom left for Pasadena at about 10
O'Clock. They will go to housekeeping
at once, and will be at home to friends
after June 10th.
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The commencement exercises of the
college of medicine of the University of
Southern California, were held in the
First Methodist church on Broadway
last evening. There was large attend
ance, which nearly filed the auditorium
of the church, and a fine orchestra furn-
ished music, which was interspersed
throughout the programme. The order
of exercises was as follows:
Invocation, Rev. Robt. G. Hutchins,
D. D.; address ON behalf of faculty, w.
L. Wade, M. D.; valedictory, Claire W.
Murphy; presentation of class for grad
uation, by the dean, j. P. Widney,. A.
M, M. D. address and comforting of de-
gree, Rev. w. s. Matthew, A. M. d. D.,
vice-president of the university; presen-
tation of prizes, Jno. r. Haynes, Phi. d.,
M. D.; benediction, Rev. R. S. Cantine,
d. D.
The graduates were: Mrs. Alice M.
Givens, Kingston, Canada; Claire W.
Murphy, George S. Murphy, Albert B.
Powell Los Angeles, s.. Cal.
A very enjoyable surprise party was
given Monday evening to Mr.. and Mrs.
w. P. Mcintosh, at their residence 1920
South Main street, which was success
fully conducted by Miss Ollie F. Bauer.
The evening was passed very pleasantly
in music, dancing and games until mid
night, when refreshments were served.
There were present Mr.. and Mrs. McIn-
tosh, General and Mrs. Marlette, Mrs.
Wade, Misses Scofstad, Kenney, Rasch,
Bauer, May and Coe Trey, and MeSsrs.
Philip, Webster, Coulter, Thurston,
Burns, Taylor, Fruhling, Walter and
Willie Mcintosh. The prize given for
the best bean-bag player was hand
some scarf pin, and the donkey prize
was diamond pin (dime and pin.)
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There were four generations of the
Bryson family present last evening at
the residence of John Bryson, Sr., at
1Ol1 Flower street, to aid in celebrating
the Goth anniversary of the birth of
Mrs. John Bryson, Sr. The floral decor
ations were in exquisite taste and the
menu could not be excelled. The hall
was beautiied with palms and callas,
and the parlors were decorated in pink
and white. The presents, which were
numerous and beautiful, adorned the
entry of the room, and were dated
1S25-91. The party was surprise engi-
neered by the daughter, daughters-in-
law and granddaughter There were
present 35 of the family.
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Manager Martin Lehman is to be
given benefit at the Grand opera
house, next Tuesday evening, by the
Owl Dramatic club. T. w. Robertson's
drama, Caste, will be presented. The
following amateurs will take part:
Hon. George D'Alroy .. Mr.. G. A. yogelsang
Capt. Hautree. Mr.. Geo A. Dob1nson
Eccles. ~ .......... Mr. Martin Lehman
Samuel Gerridge ........ Mr.. Tom Barnes
Marqu1se de st. Maur. ........ Mrs. Vera Beane
Polly Eccles. ...... Mrs. Minnie Hance- Owens
Esther Eccles. .............M Miss Gertrude Foster
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Miss Mollie Crosby writes that she
will return to Los Angeles next month.
Miss Crosby, it will remembered, took