The herald., 1898-09-04
LIVING PICTURES
SANTA MONICA SANDS THE BACK
0RoUNDATHE SUBJECTS
Discreditable Sunday spectacles Great
ing Disgust-Budget Of Personal
and Social News

SANTA MONICA. Sept. 3.-It has been
| suggested that Santa Monica needs
| beach patrol, not to protect the lives OF
boaters and bathers. as in other places,
but to see to 1t that infringements against
all modesty and decency are stopped.
Such are committed by outsiders who
visit this resort and are becoming alto
gether too common to be tolerated. This
allusion Is in reference to scenes en-
acted on the sand between the North
beach bath house and the canyon by
men and women who apparently have no
self-respect or regard for the public eye.
Two weeks ago tomorrow two young
women. or girls, rather, for they were not
over II years of age, accompanied by
two young men a couple of years their
senior. wandered up the beach to the
neighborhood of the Ninety nine steps,
and there spent the afternoon on the
sand. They were Intoxicated, and their
actions only too plainly verified their
condition. One Of the young men, in
attempting to walk from one party to
the other, fell repeatedly, finally falling
across the body Of one Of the young wo-
men, whose condition of sobriety was
evidently such that she did not realize
the questionable situation. This case is
| a parallel to many others, and the fire.
| quency Of these disgusting exhibitions
has aroused the indignation of few citi-
| zens to high pitch. But the motto
of the controlling powers behind the
| throne Is to chase the almighty dollar
while the sun shines, and they evidently
believe that to arrest anyone for any
thing for which they should be arrested
would be bad business policy, for the
arrest would be chronicled In the city
papers and that might have tendency
to keep the crowd (the sort who spend
money in questionable ways) away, to
their financial loss. So the small, al
| though polluting, infractions of law and
| decency are allowed to tester and spread
| their contagion. for fear that a public
knowledge Of their existence would be
| injurious to the city and individual alike.
The walk along the bluff, which was once
so popular. now has its disadvantages,
for decent people, especially on Sun
days, when the prurient individual with
the opera-glasses Is mostly in evidence
with his weapon Of discovery leveled at
the variety Of living pictures along the
sands, the originals Of which imagine
that obscurity lies in the height Of the
cliffs.
Notes and Personals
Sixty-five members OF the Master
Plumbers association of Los Angeles.
including a representative Of every job
bing house in that city, formed trolley
party to this place today. After de-
lightful surf baths and trolls on the
beach and through the town, these cap
italists partook Of a sumptuous banquet
at Eckert & Hopf's place
Messrs. Harter & Wilson, proprietors
of the Wave restaurant on the beach,
display this unique sign in front Of their
place Of business: 1--WE would like to
CUBA customer Of ours"
Baroness Harden Hickey has Issued
Invitations for a golf tournament at the
polo grounds on Monday. which promises
to be a very swell affair. A luncheon
will be served on the links, and during the
afternoon lighter refreshments will be
dispensed.
A delightful musicale and literary
evening was given at the Witherow on
Thursday, in honor of the sixth wedding
anniversary Of Mr.. and Mrs. Neils Pc
terson of Tempe, Ariz., who are guests
in the house. The program consisted OF
music by the Klaus orchestra. readings
by Mrs. Thomas Watson Young and
George Gray, music by Mr.. and Mrs.
Smith, Miss Minnie Withrow and Sid
ney Beach. At the conclusion Of the
program Mr.. and Mrs. Peterson again
went through the marriage ceremony.
with Mr.. Hughes of the Soldiers Home
as officiating clergyman.
Mrs. w. E. Pedley left the Casino yes
terday for a stay in the mountains, be-
fore returning to her Riverside home.
Mrs. Robert Jones will entertain the
members of the Croquet club on Tues
day afternoon.
Mrs. Byron Lisk OF Pasadena is visit
Ing Mrs. Ida Nelson.
C, d. Won Neumayer Of the Los An
geles normal school Is registered at the
Arcadia.
Miss Kate Kennedy of Los Angeles is
the guest of the Misses Alice and Grace
Baxter.
Mrs. w. Squire of Hollywood, who,
with her niece, Miss Ethel Banks Of Can
ada, has been summering here, returned
to her foothill home this afternoon.
Mrs. M. S. Hancock Of Riverside Is
guest at Hotel Arcadia.
Mrs. Mary Bainbridge and sons of
Los Angeles are stopping at the Anchor
age.
DR.. More and wife returned to Pasa
dena yesterday.
Mrs. Kate Hutchison and Miss Mary
Hutchison returned to Los Angeles this
morning.
Late arrivals at the Witherow include
Henry Ryan, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Stats,
]. s. Stats, Mrs. E. B. Dawson, Vir-
ginia Dawson, Mr.. and Mrs. Jordan
Cox, Los Angeles; Mrs. f. T. Lewis,
Myrta v, Lewis, San Bernardino.
At the Atlantic: Belle Smith, Clara
Smith, A. L. Bailey, Mr.. Randall, j. H.
Blanchard, Miss C. Newkom, Mrs. l..
Martin, VIM. Mosher, ]. A. Smith and S.
Smith, Los Angeles; II. w. Broughton.
Dallas, Tex.