Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-28

ance from him; and on behalf of the
Presbyterian alliance and of the Pfesby-
terians of Los Angeles county in general
he extended welcome to DR.. Ray.
DIR. Ray in replying stated that he
once before had been extended one
thousand welcomes but never one hun
dred thousand. He stated that when
he first became secretary of the board
his notice was soon called to the Los
Angeles college by numerous letters,
etc., received about it. He spoke of
the relation between culture and agri-
culture, stating that all culture came
from the latter. The subject was
divided into five heads. 1. The soil
the mind. 2. Seed-facts. 8. Pollen
truth which followed the bare facts /;
without this the highest truths and
facts would amount to nothing.
4. Cultivation--The teachers. 5. The
air.. the rain and the sunshine, these
were supposed to come from above and
implied divine cultivation. The var
ious divisions were ably discussed and
elaborated upon, the SMILES being
most forcible.
DIR. Ormison also delivered few ap-
propriate remarks and invited the COM
pany to proceed upstairs and enjoy the
collation. served by the ladies'.
The tables upstairs were rendered
doubly attractive by an apt disposition
of smilax, roses and oranges. Remarks
were made after the refreshments by a
number of those present. The affair
was highly creditable in all respects to
the entertainers.
w.
The Ladies Missionary society OF the
Third Presbyterian church held a thank
offering social at Mrs. Geo. A. How
ards, 1902 Santee street, last Wednes-
day afternoon and evening. At the
afternoon meeting the ladies had re-
ligious services, and made their offer
ings in envelopes, accompanied with
recitations of scripture texts. The gen.
tlemen were invited to tea, after which
programme of music, recitations, etc.,
was rendered and a general good time
enjoyed. The following were present:
| Mrs. Helen E. Miles, Mrs. Shipman,
Miss Myrick, Mrs. Bowen, Mrs. Jas.
Upson, Mrs. VIM. Allen, Mrs. R. P.
Aurim, Rev. D. r. Colmery, Mrs.
Colmery, Miss Annie Colmery, Mr.. VIM.
Colmery, Mr.. and Mrs. G. F.
Valient, Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Bacon,
the Misses Bacon, Edward Bacon, j. A.
Paxton and wife, Melvin Paxton, Mr..
and Mrs. P. 7. Ludwig, VIM. J. A. Cook
and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Gillian,
Mrs. J.. D. Hess, Miss Jennie Miller,
Miss Ella E. Bean, w. G. Miller, Miss
Ella E. Clark, Miss Anna B. Clark,
Miss Gertrude Mcintosh, Mrs. @.
E. Rider. Mr.. and Mrs. g. A. Howard,
DIR. and Mrs. E. w. Mathis, Ray
Mathis, Earl Mathis, E. w. Grassel,
Paul Goodwin, Miss May Painsy, Mr..
and Mrs. J. W. Parker, W. B. McCully,
A. Dee, Mrs. A. H. Rogers, Geo. A.
Howard, Jr., Mr.. Bowers, Mrs. G. H.
Blake, Grace Sloan, Katie Fellner,
Mrs. w. H. Laws, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Pople, Leon Epson, Master VIM. o.
Amin.
The entertainment and social dance
for the benefit of the Cotton children,
Wednesday, the oath, was success.
The programme was an evcellent one
Mrs. G. M. Motifs song was highly en-
joyed, as also was Miss Stella Farr's
piano solo, who did great credit to her.
self as we'll as to her teacher, Miss Viola
Bennett. Miss Bennett fairly capti-
waited her audience in her rendition of a
piano imitation of the banjo, while Prof.
A. G. Gardner and daughter, Mrs. Sell
lensheidt, were hailed with pleasure in
violin solo with piano accompaniment.
The recitation of Miss Lille Bucking-
ham was, as usual, excellent. Master
Vivian White danced the Highland Fling
Burns's pupils. In the little Quaker
song, Vivian and Walter White did very
nicely. In their dialogue, Mrs. Browns
Mistake. they afforded much amuse-
ment. Little Laura Cotton shows great
natural talent for elocution and cool
presence of mind, as all know who saw
and recognized her in the play of Fern
cliff, at the Grand opera house Tuesday
night, as little Ellen, Toms adopted
daughter.
An enjoyable social was given in the
parlors of the First Congregational
church Friday night by the young gentle
men members of the Y. P. S. G. 4.
The decorations were simple and in
taste. Twigs and flowers were in the
rear of the platform and numerous
stands of flowers were placed about the
room. Mr.. Chas. Valentine contributed
a violin solo with his customary excel
lence, and DIR. Hutchius delivered few
remarks appropriate to the occasion.
Mr.. s. III. Grannis then gave two char
acter songs which were higly amusing
and quaint.
The automatic quartette closed the
programme. Those who composed it
were Messrs. G. d. Willaur, d. J. Dole,
d. s. Sheldon and o. Rynning. Their
! appearance in high collars. deem cuffs
and big neckties was the signal for a
burst of applause, and after singing
Do You Know the Muffin Man, twice,
the laughter reached its climax. The
quartette was both amusing and as
unique. Refreshments were then served
and general sociable time was had.
| On Monday last number Of ladies
and gentlemen had delightful tally-no
drive through the San Gabriel valley,