The herald., 1897-08-29
SANTA MONICA

0AN lMONlOh
SANTA MONICA. Aug. 2s.--(Regular
Correspondence) The week has been
full of social affairs, teas, dinners and
garden parties. This weather has been
fine and has brought many visitors to
the beach, and business has been better
than at any time during the season.
Surf bathing and fishing have been most
popular; the water and atmosphere have
been pleasant for the bathers, and fish
ermen pronounce the biting as having
been unusually good. Bathing parties
at the plunge are quite a fad, one of the
gayest of the week being the windup of
a picnic party that had spent the day
in Sullivan's canyon. Those who were
in the party were Mesdames Mansfield,
Harvey. Maynard, Myers, Bundy, Allen.
Ollie, Moore, Young, Roach. Dexter,
Conkle and Briggs. and Misses Davisson
and Elliott.
One of the prettiest affairs given this
season was the delightful garden party
of Tuesday afternoon, a which Mrs
James Bettner was the hostess. The
guests were entertained with croquet on
the beautiful Robertson lawn, after
which dainty high tea was served at the
Casino Mrs. Bettner's guests were Mes
danes w. r. Carson, Robertson, Hoy,
Ryan, Wells, Winslow. Field, Foord,
Ellis Osborn, Livingston, Eastman,
Hutchison, ard the Baroness Harden
Hickey; Misses Corson. Scott and
Brookes; Messrs. Hodgson, Field, East
man, Hudson, Ryan, Hoy and Lilling-
ston.
The first golf tea of the season was CIV
en- at the conclusion of this afternoon s
game, at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. F.
G. Ryan, on Fourth street. Those in
vited included Mesdames j. P. Jones
Hamilton, NJ. S. Severance, Pierre Sew
erance, Acker, Vail, Eastman. Jamison,
Kinney, Waring, Osburn, Robertson.
Lester, Kearne, Wells. Livingston.
Hutchison. Bettner, Field and Baroness
Harden Hickey; Misses Jones' Matilda
and Georgira Jones, Corson and Ham
ilton; Messrs Acker, Vail. Field, East
man, Waring. Osburn and Hoy.
Miss Celia Mooser was given a fare
well surprise party by number of her
Los Angeles friends on one of the first
evenings of the week. Those present
were: Mrs. A. Nathan, Misses Bertha
Roth, Eva and Celia Lachman, Hattie
Mooser Carrie Cohn. Hattie Hesselburg,
Minnie Lyzer, Minnie and Sylvia Norton
Messrs Goldsmith. Vierick, Lehman
Norton, Mooser, Goldberg, Seldner, Berg,
Kurtz. Breitstein, Summerfield and DR..
Kurtz.
Mrs. Robert Osburn of Riverside gave
a tea at the Casino on Thursday after
noon to Mesdames Ellis. Foord. Corson.
Kearne, Ryan, Hoy, Waring, Bettner,
Robertson and Miss Brooks.
Mrs. G. Wiley Wells entertained yes
terday afternoon with a delightful cro-
quet tea. Her guests were Mesdames
Monroe, Vail Osburn, Field. Hoy, Ry-
an. Bettner Baroness HardenHickey
and Miss Brookes.
Mrs. s. w. Miller entertained twenty
little folks this afternoon in honor of
the twelfth birthday of her daughter
Vernus.
Supervisors Wirsching, Davis, Hanley.
Field and Chairman Woodwork, ac
companied by County Surveyor Wright,
inspected the Calabasas road today and
pronounced it a good piece of Work. and
will accept it on completion, next week,
without further inspection.
Mr.. James 0. Crane will leave on Mon
day for Coffee creek, Trinity county, on
prospecting tour.
Misses Hattie and Marion Culver OF
Phoenix. who are summering here, have
returned from weeks visit in Long
Beach, where they were the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Robinson.
Miss Alice Gray is in Spadra Cor q
weeks visit with relatives.
Miss Helen Bassett returned this morn
ing from a ten days visit to Monrovia
and Los Angeles.
Miss Ethel Dickey of Pasadena, wh0
was the guest of the Misses Eva and
Mabel Webster. of Nevada avenue for
couple of weeks, returned home yes
terday.
Mr. ard Mrs. George Gle of Los An
geles are occupying one of the Rivers
cottages on the South Side.
The second heat of the annual swim
ming race will take place in front of the
North Beach bath house tomorrow af
ternoon.
The birthday social given by the Con
gregationalists at the residence of H. H
Dow of Sixth street last evening was
very enjoyable affair. Almost $50 was
realized for the church treasury.