Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-07
SOCIAL DIARY
AND GOSSIP
BY GRACE GRUNDY

MUCH mas Deen SAID ana written IN
praise Of what is at once the rarest
and most desirable characteristic Of
womankind-the supreme quality Of
repose.
There are two varieties Of repose--
enc the simple inertia which results
from stupidity; the other the product
of perect balance, the equilibrium
that results from self perfectly con-
trolled
They are often impossible to dis
tinguish one from the other, and be-
cause of this difficulty, a man who
admires the serene type often finds
himself married to a.woman whom he
thought personified IT, only to dis
cover that she has the stupid immo-
bility that results from a mind toe
small for an idea to turn around in.
But even this is probably to be
preferred in life association to the
unbalanced nerves that so often mark
the more intellectual woman. For she
is apt to make a very small extra al
lowance of gray matter the apology
for every shortcoming under the sun
and to feel that smattering of Greek
or Latin atones for the inability to
make a bed or cook a breakfast.
We are all more or less born to
repose There is nothing more placid
under the sun than a perfectly healthy
contented baby. But few of us are
in later life able to retain even trace
of that serenity, deep and unmoved as
the surface of a woodland pool or a
mid-June afternoon.
There are some stolcs who believe
that 1t is the part of the hero to meet
misfortune with a smile. But this
savors more or less of the theatrical,
and seems rather to be OVERRIDING IL.
To greet it calmly with the poise of
a we'll balanced character that sur
veys at once the extent of the disaster
and the possibilities of remedy seems
the better part. And this only the
quality of repose will enable US to do
Men have more ,repose than women.
Perhaps the superior endowment is not
a natural inheritance, but the result
of business training, and the system
attic forethought of good and evil for
tune that it entails.
Women fret and worry continually
where men haven't time to. And worry
is the death knell of repose.
To the beauty culturist pining for
adipose it should be mentioned that in
repose lies the supreme flesh food, and
that she who has taught herself i'm
munity from trifling' cares may become
a veritable Hebe without the aid of
gymnastics or special diet says Nixol
Greeley Smith in the New York World.
1t may the that to be just naturally
stupid is half the battle But stupidity
is often the better part Of feminine
valor, anyhow, and it yet remains to
be demonstrated that it is not as well
her choicest inheritance.
Among the distinguished visitors in
Los Angeles this winter is Mrs. Made
Severance, a we'll known writer of st.
Paul. Mrs. Severance has taken a
suite at the Van Nuys and later she
and her guest, Miss Katherine Gorden,
a talented soprano, also of st. Paul.
will be the guests of Mrs. ]. P. Jones of
Santa Monica
The ever popular John G. Mott will
be the guest of honor at stag" dim
ner to be given by a number of his
friends at Hotel Angelus~ on Friday
evening, February II.
A group of young women who are
studying the tone poets held their
monthly meeting on Mendelssohn' s
birthday, Friday, February 3, with
Mrs. Lily Link -Brannan at her studio,
Chickering hall. The program IN
Guided numbers by Beethoven, Schubert
and Mendelssohn. In attendance were
the Misses Annie Judge, Eleanor Gar
celon, Helen Martin, Bertha Fryer,
Inez Jones, Helen Spencer Elizabeth
Pardue, Emma Waglie, Pearle Whet-
stone and Hazel Cornell.
On Monday afternoon Mrs. Frank E.
Walsh entertained informally the MEM
bers of the idle Hour Coterie" in
honor of Miss Elizabeth Miller who has
become famous as the author of that
remarkable book, 1.-THE Yoke" Miss
Miller has a gracious and charming
personality and without being the least
bookish is a delightful conversational
list. She, with her mother and brother,
Is sojourning here recuperating
strength for the completion of another
book upon which she is engaged.
The favored few who enjoyed Mrs.
Walsh's hospitality felt 1t great priv
ilege to meet her, as well as to share
the hospitality of the charming hostess.
Miss Elizabeth Richards contributed
generously to the enjoyment of guests
with her sweet singing.
Mrs. Jefferson Paul Chandler will en-
tertain at a luncheon on Friday, Feb
ruary 10, in honor of Miss Lila Fair
child, and Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Patter-
son of Hotel Melrose will entertain for
the same young woman at a theater