The herald., 1897-12-09
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
PASADENA

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PASADENA, Dec. S.-(Regular Cor
respondence.) The Auditorium was
abIaze with light and thronged with
people this evening at the opening OF
the bazar given under the auspices. Of
the ladies Of st. Andrews church.
Mr. A. r Metcalf was the orator of
the evening and his address was fol-
lowed by a musical and literary enter
tainment under the direction of Mrs.
T. A. Wagner.
The different booths We'd with each
other In originality and artistic effect.
The booth for the checking Of hats and
cloaks Is perhaps the most original In
design, being white, lattice work sum-
mer house covered With Ivy and smilaX.
It occupies the position Of honor at the
entrance and is in charge of the Misses
Collins.
Next in order is the toy booth, draped
with seine and decorated with smilax,
red geraniums and tinsel. Here Mrs.
Wischmeyer, assisted by Miss Becker,
dressed to represent dolls, attend to the
wants Of the little people.
Mrs. Lewis and Miss Clinch preside at
vne pOSuOIIlCe, WiliCIl 10 iieiiiuS'iiiSiJ NV
GRATED with American flags.
In the southeast corner of the Audito-
rum, behind an ivy covered wall, is the
valuable collection of curios which form
the chief attraction of the bazar and
which have been already described in
our columns. They are In charge OF
Mrs. T. W. Phillips.
Mrs. MCGOWAN and Mrs. Cathcart, in
dark dresses and white caps and aprons,
are in attendance at the domestic booth,
which is artistically decorated with rose
colored bunting.
The academy booth, in charge Of Miss
Reynolds, assisted by the young lady
students of the convent, occupies the
southwest corner of the Auditorium. 1t
is in pure white and Is arranged as a re-
ception room, decorated both within
and without with pepper boughs. vines
and growing plants. All kinds of fancy
and useful articles are for sale here, and
the young ladies In attendance are dis
tinguished by their dainty white caps
and fichus.
The fancy booth artistically decorat-
ed in blue and white, is in charge of
Mrs. Lamm assisted by Mrs. Decker
and Miss Josie Gales of Whittier.
The ice cream booth is charming with
Its yellow bunting and Astratian pea
vine and is in charge Of Mrs. Beebe, as
sisted by Miss Quin and Miss Mae Quinn.
At the Japanese booth Mrs. Childs,
assited by Misses Bertrand Miles and
Carnes, costumed as Japanese ladies,
serve tea and also sell delicious home
made candy. The dressing room is in
1y,o Of Mrc E,i1chia nd in all
spects the bazar promises to be the most
artistic and successful one ever given
in Pasadena.
NEW YEAR SPORTS
Prof Howland of the Y. M. c. A. IS
getting out several hundred entry
blanks for the New Years day sports.
These will be sent to the associations
and bicycle clubs, ETC., of surrounding
towns. Already Redlands, Riverside,
Los Angeles, Cotton and other places
have signified their intention of sending
delegations to the events. The events
include bicycle races, wheelbarow race,
sack race, obstavle race, creased pig
race, tug of war, running races, pole
vault, shot put, hammer throw and
hurdle race. Ten of the events are for
Y. NJ. c. A. members exclusively. The
one-mile bicycle race Is closed to Y. NJ.
c. A. members. Another one mile bicy-
Gle race is for college men. The entries
close on December 27th. The L. A. w.
and Y. M. c. A. sanction the meet Prizes
will be announced later. One of these
will be silver cup to the Y M. C. A.
man who scores the most pointsin Y. NJ.
c. A. events.
BREVITIES
E. o. Arnold, the young law student
who recently returned from Mexico to
this city and was arrested yesterday by
Marshal Lacey on q charge Of forgery
preferred by Detective Goodman of Los
Angeles, was released today, it appear
ing that the chage, which was that of
defrauding the Wells Fargo ExJress
company, was a mistake. Arnold trav-
eled through Mexico with a friend
named Laing. Arnold borrowed Lainr,s
valise to carry his clothes and left this
valise with the express company. In
accordance with an agreement with
Laing. Arnold afterward signed Laing's
name to a receipt of the company's and
took the valise. After hearing Arnold's
explanation the company Withdrew the
complaint.
The Universalist church bazaar fol
the benefit of the running expenses OF
the church Is in full sway.
The entire church is converted into 3
bower OF greenery, potted palms and
plants are placed here and there, and
palm leaves, srnilax, pepper boughs, etc.
are used for decorating purposes. Mrs