The herald., 1896-12-31

SOCIAL NOTES
Auditorium hall was prettily decorated
last evening with foses, smilaX and
palms, the occasion being dance given
by Misses Witherill and Stein to num-
Der of their friends. Light refreshments
by SchillingerS orchestra. The guests
were: Misses Kernaghan. Ethel Fuller
Randall, Stein, Church. Hubert, Mott
Goodrich, Lowry, Hansen, Olive Ayers
Fuller, Brush, Raymond, Richert, Block
Gearhart. Ayers, Lippincott, Witherel
Nelmes. Messrs Buchanan, Frye
Howard, Mitchell, Chadwick, Jacobs
Hunt, Thomas, Young, Hall, Green
Fisher, Nash, Parker, Groesbeck. Law
son, and Mines Witherel and Stein a:
chaperons.
|. A number of colored ladies and gentle
| men gave a charity entertainment in
the board Of trade rooms last evening
for the benefit Of two elderly blind wom-
en-, Mrs. Wilson and Mrs Johnson. The
| following program was rendered:
| instrumental solo,. Miss Mamie Hood
Recitation .......... Miss Gertie Pillow
| Rec1tat1on Porter Ballard
| Recitation ..............M Miss H. Fowler
Vocal solo .Mertes Ballard
Instrumental solo Miss Hattie Wilson
| Solo .... ..................... Mr. Price
geles attended
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Wright enter
tanned number of friends last evening
| with seven-handcd euchre, at their home
on Orange Grove avenue. Miss Jennie
! Weaver won the ladies' first prize, Emil
| 1xayser the gentleman's first At late
hour a Spanish supper was served and
| enjoyed by the following guests: Mr..
and Mrs. William Station, Mr. and Mrs.
f. f. Rowland, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Kay
ser, Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Stimson,
Mr.. and Mrs. George H. Barker, Mr.. and
! Mrs r II. Vandevort, Mrs. Frank Childs,
Miss Jennie Weaver, DR.. Marcia Gilmore,
Frank Long.
A few friends of Mrs. Edison Turner
assembled at her home on North Fair
Oaks avenue last evening in honor of
| Prof. Charles Turner, who is visiting
from San Francisco. Music and refresh
ments We're the source of enjoyment. The
| guests We're: Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Har-
ris, Mr.. and Mrs. H. I. Stuart, Mr.. and
Mrs. F. M. Gates, Misses Alice Ball, Edith
White, Messrs. Phil Weaver, Oscar Free
| man, Charles Allen, Ed. Robinson, Bruce
Turner and Ed Turner.
BREvITIES.
William Mitchell, who works for the
| Pasadena and Pacific Electric company,
| was shot in the cheek by an airgun
the power house yesterday AFTERNOON.
| The boy was standing across the street
| and may or may not have intended to
hurt Mitchell, but at all events the latter
| had very narrow escape from losing
his eye. He shook the boy warmly and
demolished the gun, by way of allevia-
| ton of the pain.
| Tie Sunday school of the Universalist
| church held Christmas exercises in the
| church last evening. The children of
Miss Clevelands orphans home were
| invited to take part The early part
of the evening was spent in the enjoy
ment of games, and was followed by
| recitations and songs by the scholars.
| David Heap appeared from the fire
| place as Santa Claus.
! A meeting of the Pasadena Under
| writer's association was held at the
| office of Wood & Church yesterday af-
| ternoon. There were present: w. r..
Staats, Charles Hamlin, Isaac Springer,
| Webster Wotkyns, Clarence Bunnell
Alfred Hall, c. H. Coffin, c. c. Brown
and l.. p. Mitchell. 1t was decided that
! the new schedule of rates go into effect
January 1. Other business of routine
nature was transacted.
| j. b. Barnes, yardman of the Blinn
Lumber company, broke one of the
bones of his hand in a collision this
morning. He was riding to the fire on
Lincoln avenue at about 5:3o and ran
| into another bicyclist in the dark.
| The funeral services of Miss Jennis
| Woodruff will be held tomorrow morn
ing at 10 o'clock from the M. f. church
| The principals of the public schools will
act as pail bearers.
A car was ditched on the electric line
| just south of the viaduct Monday morn
| ing within an hour of the accident which
happened on the north of the viaduct
| None of the passengers We're hurt, ex-
cept by the rain, which was coming
| down at a good rate at the time.
| Mr.. and Mrs. r. Eason, Mr.. and Mrs
Elisha Huntington. Mr. and Mrs. w. b.
Smith and Mrs. Strang and Mr.. L. j.
Huff formed party who went up to
Mount Lowe yesterday. They found
| three or four inches of snow on the
| top and enjoyed snowballng in eastern
style.
! The Valley Hunt club rooms will be
open all day on January 1st to club
| members and friends, each member
| being entitled to bring three friends
A cotillion will be given in the evening.
| PERSONAL
Mr.. and Mrs F. S. Boner of North
| Marengo avenue are rejoicing in the
| birth of a son yesterday.
| Miss Anna Kirkwood has returned
| from Fresno.
Homer Morros left yesterday for Cen
| trail America.
| Messrs. E. Greenbyke and D. D. Fow-
| Ter leave tomorrow for Arizona.
! Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Hayes are at
Casa Grande, having arrived here from
| the east.
There will be social and musicale
| on New Years eve at the home of Rev.
| c. f. Tebbetts, North Pasadena.
| S. NJ. Haller left this evening for San
| Francisco.
J City Clerk Heman Dyer is radidly
| improving from the effect of the gas
explosion of Saturday.
| S. j. White is spending few days at
| his ranch at Chatsworth park.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. c. Fowler arrived
last evening from st. Louis, and will oc-
cupy +. G. Belts Orange Grove place
| during the winter.
| Isaac Bailey and wife of East Colo
rado stret arrived home yesterday from
/ Chicago.
| Messrs. Will Mitchell and Ernest How
ard of Los Angeles attended the dance
| last evening in Auditorium hall and
! spent the day with friends.
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