Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-19
Part III
Society
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Oh ~ uttty llONh SbNV 90 ipiib SiSh NiiS
other evening at the Jonathan club re-
ception. and sympathetically her COM
panions sighed, too, while the first
maiden said: ITS altogether too luxu-
rious for men," meaning, of course, the
clubs new quarters land 1t is alto
gether too fascinating a place for our
brothers and sweethearts to spend their
time.
VERY soon we shall be giving dove
aarties in the evening and banding our
selves together, half dozen or so, and
attending receptions and dancing par
ties alone"
Her companions listened with rever-
ence while she delivered this lengthy
reproach on the poor inanimate mo-
saics and billiard tables and statuary
with which the club rooms abound.
Yes said another, land to think
that there are no girls clubs like this
where" "The annex" suggested
another dainty bit of Dresden china
from Santa Monica. "a fig for the an
nex," chimed the bevy in unison. "One
scarcely ever comes to the annex with
out cavalier and, even then, one sees
but little outside of liveried walters
and dishes"
For me-" said an advanced athletic
sort of girl, who would naturally
think occasionally, 1.-The reading room
is about the most attractive feature of
the whole works" (most athletic
girls are not averse to a slang
expression or two) but six dainty
pretty maidens turned and looked long
ingly toward the ball room and Turk
ish room, so that opinion was not
popular one it seemed.
~ wonder" said a vivacious bru-
nette, who has recently returned from
abroad with a dozen or so trunks filled
with latest Partisan gowns, 'if they
will give a ladies' night every week
or every fortnight at the outsider" Her
query faded into thin air, however for
nearly all the group get the most of their
information on club life from their
brothers. members of the club, and of
course everybody knows how much that
is.
The amount of information one ex-
tracts from ones brother on any sub
ject whatever isn't worth a hill of
beans. Sweethearts are a trife loqua-
cious on occasions, but brothers
never.
There were lots of pretty gowns at
that reception though. No wonder
when young mans fancy turns to
love it turns and runs the other way
sometimes when he gazes on couple of
hundred bright young women dressed
in their latest reception gowns.
may be spelling some girls
chances, 1 hope not, but they do grow
trife more expensive all the time,
these pretty gowns, and just when
girl thinks she will affect simplicity
and wear Puritan grays and whites
with here and there a suggestion of
color, such as we read about in old
fashioned novels, she takes a fresh
start after touring the shops and thinks
again.
Result is she puts off the gowns of
simplicity for year or two and
straightway rushes madly into laces
and embroideries and silks and more
laces until she emerges just the
sweetest thing of the whole season.
While engaged in making this a kit
~ corner and refuge for a chat on
girls, want to quote an actor, splen-
did looking Englishman. whom heard
talk the other day. "Have you noticed
the absurd way the girls walk here?"
he queried of another ditto ditto
"They swing their arms, poke their
chins out and sail down the street.
their chins arriving foot in advance
of the rest of the body"
There is only one way to walk, chin
in and head as if one were carrying
book. That is all, the body adjusts
itself to that simple arrangement.
There is one thing Lent cannot touch
and that is the neighborhood whist
club. Have you ever noticed how ac-
tive the whist clubs are?
If you don't belong to a whist club
blocks from your home it proves one of
two things-you never indulge in cards
owing to convictions, or you are un-
popular in that vicinity.
Lent may come or it may go, but the
whist club keeps right on 1cheerfully.
each week reporting its doings, and
zealously enumerating the women's first
prize and the women's second prize
and the mems first and second and
then the visitors and the consolation.
If one were smart and belonged to
enough of these clubs to attend a diff
ferent one each night In the week. one
could almost furnish home by getting
the highest score and being awarded a
prize.
They range from tickets to the matt
nee to cuckoo clocks, and bronze pieces
and handmade handkercEiefs Painted
china is the strong suit, however. When
IN doubt, give piece of painted china
for prize.