The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-01

on THE STREET


Col. j. Grace-Brown of New York is an
eastern swell, who is doing Southern Cali
forria for the fun that there Is in it, and
seems to be fairly successful. He finds only
one fault with Los Angeles. and puts it as
follows: "Your city is beautiful; the pave
ment, when completed as it evidently will
soon be, will compare with that of any
other city in the country, and, of course,
your climate makes the town the refuge
Of the rich and the weary. But you are ter
ribly countryfied in some things, and one
is the amount of noise you put up with.
Now, church bells and school bells and
steam whistles and fire alarms have no
more part In the economy of a modern city
that a moat and drawbridge or portcul-
lis would have. And, what is more, the
class of people who are coming here, and
whom, I suppose you wish to see continue
to come-the well-to-do and those who like
luxury-do not fancy noises, and they
know enough to go to church, If they wish
to, without having their ears assailed by
din and clatter for half an hour. What
you need Is an anti-noise society. For tho
head of it, you should select some leading
citizen, who never makes a row himself
and is taciturn-such a one as I am told
your Councilman Hutchinson is" Who
could have told him?
o O o
A wedding where the good fairies, who
are credited with bringing about appropri-
ate matches, must have done their best
work was that of Prof. Charles Edwin
Markham of Oakland to Miss Anna C.
Murphy last week. Prof. Markham is
known-out of his own state, at least-as
one of the most promising poets OF the
time. He does not go about the country
like Jaw-king Miller and get his toes froz-
en- off in the pursuit of notoriety. but he
writes poems that are not wildly western
in flavor, but which are always in demand
bv the highest-class magazines in the
country. His bride, Miss Murphy, spent
several wears at her vocation in this city,
where she has a large number of friends.
She writes verses herself very success
fully.
The Sunset club Is to have its summer
links at Redondo on next saturday IL
should be an eventful occasion, Judging
from the program which is to be issued
soon, and of which I secured an advance
COPY from Chairman Byrne or the amuse-
ment committee. The names OF number
of we'll known citizens figure thereon for
most alarming acts imported from the
vaudeville and other stages. AS precau-
ton. lest their wives and friends should
object to their going down to Redondo next
Saturday, I refrain from publishing par
ticulars.
o o O
hear the friends of c. G. Mason think
that they can get for him the Republican
nomination for county assessor this year.
Not IL the property owners remember that
he was the man who raised the assessment
of the county to 500 ,OOO, 900, and then is said
to have acted as if he owned the whole
shooting match.
O O O
The owners of the Kittiwake were out
on their new steam gasoline yacht last Sum-
day at Terminal island. There was Joe
Cook. Ed Silent Sumner Hunt, Frank
Thomas and the whole lot of the youth of
the place who find life there one long sum-
ner dawdle. This was the first official
trip of the boat outside, and as the water
was rough, 1t was considered to be good
test of her seagoing qualities. Cook was
the master of ceremonies-that is, as much
so as Ed Silent would permit him to be-
for If there is one thing that Silent knows
to perfection 1t is how to operate q gaso-I
line boat Cook was attired most pictur-
esQuely in suit of white overalls which