The herald., 1897-10-24
LONG BEACH

respondence.) A chrysanthemum fatr
was held under the auspices of the
| Ladies' Aid society in the Presby yterian
church Thursday evening of this week,
and it was an artistic and financial sue
cess The fair was held in the Sunday
school department., which Is separated
from the main auditorium by a large
curtain. The tables which held the
flowers were invisible by the profusion
of flowers which covered them. Booths
for the sale of ice cream, lemonade and
cake, and an "Oriental' room for the
sale of chocolate, presided over by "two
little maids from japan Miss Evylyn
Corker and NTH Edith Brown) did a
thriving business. while the lady at the
door was kept busy the early part Of the
| evening
There were about 100 varieties of the
many -hued flower on exhibition, and the
combina ton and arrangement of the
mass was as whole, brilliant and beau
tiful. Those in charge Of the booths
Thursday evening were: Ice cream,
Miss Katie Johnson, Miss Ada Covert,
| DR.. A. T. Covert and Edward jackson;
lemonade and cake, Miss Mccormack
and Miss Nellie Ross. Friday evening:
Ice cream, Miss Birdie Bailey. Miss
Emma Sloan, Miss Bessie Wilhart, Miss
Theta Lynn; lemonade and cake, Miss
Nettie Fraser.
| A short program was given each even
inyg, and Miss Jessie York of Pasadena
delighted the children Friday afternoon
by her charming readings. The pro-
gram Friday evening was especially
! finse, and the audience was enthusias-
A Dot = r.
ed the use of his graphophone and it re-
ceived much interested attention. The
program was: Selection on graphic
phone; recitation Miss Memo Brown;
music by phone; reading, Mrs. VIM.
Beatty; selection; reading. "Sleepins 8
Car" Miss Jessie York.
The prize winners were: For finest sin
gle flower Good Gracious" Mrs S. Is.
Almrd; second finest single flower,
Queen T. Williams; third, finest sim
gle flower, Mrs. S. E. Shafer; llandsom-
est cluster, Mrs. S. e. Shafer; second,
r. Williams; third, P. E. Hatch; finest
collection. T. Williams; second finest,
Mrs. E. p Lighthouse third, Mrs. H. Fl.
Stevenson.
A meeting Of citizens was held a San
itarum hall Thursday evening and city
matters talked over. w. P. L. Stafford
was called to the chair and VIM. Caller
of the Breaker was elected secretary.
John Rogers, chairman Of the citizens
park comn}ttee, made an earnest plea
for help in the preservation of the grass
and plants which require immediate at
tentiorI. Messrs. Bacon, Thayer, Sow
ereign, Wilson, Caller, Long, Hart, Dersio
and others also expressed. opinions on
methods of procedure in the premises.
Committees were appointed to solicit
funds to liquidate some outstanding
debts incurred in the mounting and
housing of the whale in the park and for
| wire screen thereon. A snug little sum
was subscribed for the purpose. Secre-
tary Caller read the proclamation of the
supervisors fixing December 1st as the
date of holding the election on incorpo-
ration and the meeting adjourned.
The wave Of prosperity" has certain
ly struck the duck hunters, judging by
the strings brought in. Joe Mcpherson
ard Clarance Schilling of this place bag
ged 142 beauties one Gay recently, and
there are others.
]. A. Walker of San Dimas, with his
| wife, who has just arrived from Ken
lucky, are spending few days at the
beach and are stopping al the Julian.
Mrs. 7. Jarvis, mother. and Mrs. T. H.
Cowan, sitter, of Mrs. S. c. Kendall. ar
rived at the beach from Quebec, Canada.
on Tuesday.
Mr.. Smith, manager of the Los Angeles
ard Pasadena electric line, and wife,
Mrs. A. H. Wood of Pasadena, md DR..
Birney and wife of Santa Monica, came
on Thursday for few days visit and are
at the Baright cottage orr Second street.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. P. Baright of High
Eland Park came down Wednesday for a
| few days outing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Bush, who have
beeu in Los Angeles the past two
months returned to their beach home on
| Wedne esday
S. D. Chittenden. president anei gen.
eral manager of the Chuckawalla Mir
ing and Water company, was at the
beach on Thursday.