The herald., 1893-07-09
SANTA MONICA.

Tho Summer Girl and Her Traits-Peo-
pie at this Beach.
SANTA MONICA, July S.-What would
Santa Monica be during the heated term
without the summer girl; dreary waste,
the masculine at my elbow says, and he
is not married either. She is here in
great profusion and adorned far better
than Solomon, even when the old gentle.
man showed himself off before the peo-
pie on state occasions. She has brought
with her the same bewitchipg smile that
the other girls had last summer, and
think has borrowed their lurid bathing
suits. At any rate two of them showed
up yesterday ON North Beach, and of
course were the object of the ewes of all
the men present. AS l looked and ad-
mired the female forms devine ecantily
clothed in their scarlet bathing suits, l
thought of Bill Nye's conundrum, "Why
do the girls with good figures weare the
least clothes?"
Their mamas and chaperones are here
but they 90 in bathing less, wear more
clothes when they do, and are tritle
etouter in most cases.
GOSSIP OF THE HOTELS.
The hotels are all comfortably filled.
1t is true there might be accommodated
q few more, but still there are good
many people here, enough to make life
pleasing one to all. The Arcadia,
which is always the center of life here
and which has been made doubly at
gstractive both in artistic decoration and
s in superexcellence of the cuisine, has a
select number of guests. Last night the
second grand ball of the season took
place and the brilliantly-lighted ball
room presented a superb picture of the
youth and beauty of sunland as they
kept rythmic time to Kamermeyer's
music.
There have been bathing parties in
Vulnerable, and few contests in the
billiard parlors, with whist and pro-
Nressive euchre galore. Among those
enjoying Arcadian life are: Senator J.
r. Matthews, who has his eagle eye on
tho Los Angeles postoffice; Mr.. and
Lrs. James B. Lakershim Mrs. Doria
Jones, who makes daily pilgrimages to
her new and elegant homo which ia be-
ing built on Ocean avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Holman and w. s.
Post of Washington, d. c., arrived yes
terday for stay of several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. ]. Tracy have joined
the San Francisco contingent.
Banker L. N. Breed and wife. W. M.
Breed, E. H. and E. @. S. Schnable are
among Los Angeles representatives.
A. M. Walgsrt of Hamburg is an en-
thusiastic foreign guest, and E. s..
Bragg of Wisconsin is delighted with his
quarters.
Among the people domiciled at the
Jackson are Mr.. and Mrs. I. @. Van Ness
and their charming daughters from San
Francisco. G. A. Armstrong from At
lanta, Ga, S. r. Marshall from Mantus,
ILL.,, W. j. McClentock from Redlands,
W. W. Gardner, Iowa; F. Howels, Me-
breska; A. A. Campbell, Pasadena; F.
Faye, Springfield, Mass. Mrs. W. Teb
bets, Bakersfield; Harry Westhof, Lon
don, England, who is great favorite
among the ladies; Harry Upton, A. 9.
McCandless, John Wood, ]. W. Smith
sad W. F. Perry Garvin of Los Angeles
are ameng the lively ores.
Mrs. J. H. McNee and the Misses May
H. Nellie and Nettie Lawrence OF San
Francisco left sesterday on 10.days va
cation to San Diego.
At the Lawrence I noticed among
the guests L. A. Yount and
Alvan Caldwell of Vanderbilt, Mr..
and Mrs. E. B. Jordan, Mr..
and Mrs. Jones, North Ontario; L. Bon.
ney, New York; Miss E. Buck, Della
ware, City, DEL; j. M. Wood, Mrs.
George Prentice, Miss Anna Brooks,
Pasadena.
At the Bellevue cottage Mrs. G. W.
Stewart has gathered about her select
coterie of those who have come down to
the seashore for the comforts and good
time there is in life, and they get it, too.
There are among them Mr.. and Mrs.
Jerry Kingman of Helena, Mont. Mrs.
ii. B. Kahn and Mrs. Judah, New York
Mr.. and Mrs. James Colquiham, Clifton,
Ariz.
At the Norwood, which always has q
Jolly set, are Col. E. F. Brown, inspector
general OF the Soldiers home, who