The herald., 1896-05-03
Put Their College Learning to
Practical Test
THE WHITE CROSS SOCIETY
Provides Subject for Discussion by the
Shakespeareans
May Day Appropriately Celebrated by Vari.
ous Social iOrganizations-News Notes
From the Crown Of the Valley

brought out a large attendance ana
proved very pleasant occasion. The
! guests were received in the library and
| the assembly hall. which were taste
| fully decorated with roses and flowers
| intertwined with smilax and pepper
boughs, while palms and potted plants
formed a pleasing feature of the deco
! rations. During the evening refresh
ments were served by the young ladies
of the cooking department. the delicacies
! being the product of their work in that
department OF the school. Later in the
evening the young people enjoyed dane.
ing in the society room to the music of
the Throop orchestra,
The reception committee consisted of
Mrs. Q. H. Conger, Mrs. Keyes. Profess
sors M. NJ. Parker KeyeS and Policy,
and Mr.. j. w. Hugus, the new member
OF the board. Great credit is due Misses
Bonnelle and Campbell for their sue
cesstul management of the decorations
and refreshments.
THE SHAKESPEAREANS.
At the meeting. of the Shakespeare
club yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Diehl
gave a very interesting address on the
White Cross society, In which she trac-
ed the work of the society from the time
OF Its formation in England in 1883 by
MRS. Josephine Butler up to the present
time, when it's branches are numerous
ana its work widespread. The depicted
the state of society as we find it which
, mas made a society Of this kind need
full, describing its work as preventive
legislative and reformative. Men over
l6 years of age compose its members,
the object being to bring about the same
standard of morals for both sexes. Mrs.
Diehl thought one of the most import
ant matters was the influence of litera-
ture, whether bad or good.
Mrs. Griffith. president of the W. c..
T. u, gave as the keynote of moral de-
velopment along these lines fine read
ing. pictures and eevating thoughts
and brought to mind in vivid language
the care which should be bestowed up
on young children, and the proper train
ing of mothers in this branch of the
child's educatio She paid lofty trib-
ute to the work accomplished by the
w. c. T. U.
An interesting discussion followed, in
which Mrs. Keyes spoke of the girls at
Whittier being dismissed from the
school at is, advocating their retention
until they had reached the age of dis
cretion at u.
VALLEY HUNT HOP
The Valley Hunt club celebrated May
day last evening, with a dance at the
club rooms. which were prettily deco
lated for the occasion. Arend's orches-
ira furnished music, and the regular
program of dances was carried out An
enjoyable collation. was served followed
by cotillion. led by w. R. Staats and
Miss Bolt. Among those present were:
Mrs. Kellogg, Mrs. Kimball. Mrs. Nit
chell Mr.. ard Mrs. j. E. Jardine, Mrs
McCandless. Mrs. Granger Mr. and Mrs
Shirley V. Martin. Mr. and Mrs. Stim-
son, Mr. and Mrs. Barker, Mr.. and Mrs
Fowler. Mr. and Mrs. McCullock Mr.
and Mrs. Beckeli Phillips. Misses Bige-
low, Shoemaker. Dodworth. Lille Dod-
worth Rolf \VipEar
Margaret Greble, Watson, Katherine
Watson, Lyon, Mrs. f. H. Sherk.
Messrs. E. II. May, w. r. Stats. c. II.
Hastings n. W. Bell, B o. Bruce, Mer-
fill. Garland, Clifford Barnes, Cook.
Ricketts, and many others.
TENNIS CLUB DANCE
The Carlyle Heights Tennis club en-
Joyed dance at Hotel San Gabriel last
evening. the occasion having been ar
ranged by Messrs. Will Mitchell and
Mel Chadbcurne. The guests went down
in four tallyhos, and dancing COM
menced at o'clock, music being furnish
ed by an orchestra from Los Angeles.
The party was chaperoned by Mes
danes Fuller. Lowrie and Kidder. The
ching room. and tables were prettily
decorated. During an intermission an
elaborate collation. was served, after
which dancing was resumed, there hav-
ing been twenty numbers. Among the
guests were: Misses May Kidder, Jes-
sic Cook, Mabel Gregory, Myrtle Green
Ethel Fuller. Mamie Lippincott, Norton,
richards. Mott Brush. Moore, Kerna-
ghan, Ayers Lisk, Hodge. Weingarth
Chamberlain, Messrs. Lacey, Hunt,
Chadwick, Chadbourne, Scoheld Wood
worth. Mitchell, McVicker, Stish, Nash.
Traylor. Parker Hodge, Buchanan.
Frye Durham, MacombGr, Howard and
Fisher.
Y. NJ. w. CLUB SOCIAL.
The Young Women's Missionary club
or the Congregational church gave an
entertainment yesterday evening at the
nome of Mr.. and Mrs. II. c. Prince. on
Elevado drive. The Mandolin and Cult
ar club furnished music, and Miss
Churchill presided at the tables of re-
freshments, assisted by Mines Prinz.
Barnes, Hahn and Jarvis and Miss
Bartlett The house was decorated with
roses, carnations and sweet peas. Tho
evening was spent in social conversa-
tion ard supper was served in dainty
May baskets. Among the guests were
Rev. and Mrs. Lathe. Mr. ard Mrs. Thos.
A. Barnes Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Hamilton,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Barnes, Mr.. and Mrs.
B. w. Hahn. Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Burn
ham, Mr.. and Mrs. L. Z. Jarvis, Mr.. and
Mrs Bernard Allen. Mr.. and Mds Dut-
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. Fishbeck, Mrs Macey,
Mrs. DR.. Thomas, Mrs. Churchill, Mrs
Emily Barrett. Miss Margaret Barrett,
Miss Grace Thomas. Miss Katherine
Nash, Miss Grace Machin. Misses Ida
Bowen, June James, Nina James, Lsud
erbach, Dole, Inez McQuilling, Long
fellow. Keyes, Bryan, Van Ornum, Kate
Hamilton, Gene Henderson, Alice Dut-
ton, Ashley, knight. Lulu PrinZ, Messrs.
Hubert Ives, Walter Clapp, Newton.
Smith. Lamb, Knight, Earl Waite and
Master Clarence Macy Churchill.
BREVITIES
The property owners on N Maren 20
avenue are generally understood not to
desire an asphalt pavement. and Con-
tractor j. A. Fairchild has signified hi3
willingness to abandon the contract
The matter will be presented at Mon
days meeting OF the council.
The Right Rev. Joseph III. johnson.
bishop of the Los Angeles diocese, will
have charge Of the services of All Saints
church tomorrow morning and of the
Church of the Angels at Garvanza in the
afternoon. There will be no conflrma
ton services.
Quinn and Barrows at the next meet
ing of the Southern California Histor-
cal society at the home of Mrs. Jeanne
c. Carr on Monday afternoon.
Last night the members of the Pick
wick club whist tournament again met
and at the conclusion of the evening
play the north and south siders and
east and west siders had each won n
points. The tournament will be fin
lshed next Friday night when the losing