The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-28
Pasadena News

Identified with all the int erests of the towr
from its beginning. He referred to hi
trip twenty-five years ago, when he frs
came to this section, none of the town.
now SO numerous around Los Angeles b !,
ing then i'll existence. and the fact that the
country was thea suffering from drought
making the brown hills look exceeding ~
bleak and uninviting. Still the few places
where water had peen obtained showed
such wonderful transformation that il
was not impossible to imagine what the
whole of Southern California might become
when supplied with the needul mos ture
from the noun ala springs so near al
hand, But money was not overly plentiful
among the coonists and they had more
trouble to get water for supplying fifty in
habitants than is experienced now in furn
ishing population of 5000, and all from
the same source. Mr. Green dwelt upon
the permanent Impress left upon the com.
munity by the adoption by the San G b.
rial Or tnge Grove Association, at the sug.
gestion of the late DR.. o. h. Conger, of a
resolution pledging the colony to keep Out
the saloon.
j. W. Wood read an original poem, de-
picting the Spirit of the Room, as it's title
ran, which was a humorous chronicling OF
tile wild and exciting scenes then common
throughout Southern California.
DR.. Mohr was called upon for some med
ical mniscences and gave in response
several laughable anecdotes. concluding
with an earnest statement of the dangers
from tuberculosis as germ disease and
the prevent e measures needful for
its suppression. He thought the dises sc
not hereditary. but was convinced that it
was infect us to a high degree. and conse.
quently legislation was needed for the
proper isolation of The patients, though the
people are not yet ready for this. DR..
Mohr said: We want NJ such legislation
as that regarding smallpox, which has been
disgrace, yet the fact that $4,000 people
die of tuberculosis in single year in the
United States alone proves the necessity
for decided proven i've measures.
M. K. Wood sang Tim Flnnegan's Wake
in a manner that called for an encore.
Theodore Coleman gave an interesting
talk concerning early days, anon other
things telling of the origin of the name
Pasadena. lie said it was from two Chip
pewa Indian words, meaniog the valley be-
tween the hills.
After good story by President Merwin,
Mr.. George Il. Coffin gave some interesting
"reminiscences of his connectiot with the
great publishing house of Houghton, Milf
fin d Co.
He gave many inside facts regarding
publishers and authors, one of them beng
that the average circulate of books pub
lished in this country is less than 1900
copies. Few books succeed after the first
year. Ben Hur. Uncle Toms Cabin, Look
ing Backward aud Kate Douglas Wiggin &
The Birds Christmas Carol, were referred
to as having had exceptionally large sales.
Regarding the latter Mr.. Coffin said he
himself had been the means of bringing il
TO the attention of his firm and that its
great popularity dated from its issue from
the Boston press, concluded by read
ing in mo admirable style the extract
from the book desert Diive of getting the
Ruggles family ready for the dinner party.
After the singing Of America the CLUB adj
journed.
BREyITIES
A number of guests enjoyed cotllion
at La Solano, on Grand avenue, last even.
ing. Dancing was the chief amusement,
participated in by the society people of the
city. The rooms were beaut fully deco
rated and the refreshments delicate and
delightful. Among those who We're pres.
ent were: Mr.. and Mrs. Locke, Mr.. aud
Mrs. Granger. Mr.. and Mrs. Jardne, Mr..
and Mrs. Trecarten, Mrs. Winslow, Misses
Abbott, Ward, Keyes, Owens, Peasants,
Greenleaf, Shoemaker, Hubbard, Hall,
Coates. Messrs. Gilmore, Phipps, Kellum,
Shoemaker. Perkins, Halstead, Gardner,
Mcdonald, FoIhay and Cook.
The city taxes are delinquent tomorrow
night. The law provides for no extension
of time. The whole amount to be col ect.
ed was $77,S25, 81 1880 of which was
collected by Tax Collector Buchanan and
$53,252.70 by the assessors, leaving $685..
O57.1O still due.
The audience which enjoyed the enter.