Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-20
WERE JUST LIKE
GIRLS ONCE MORE
FRIDAY MORNING CLUB WOMEN
PICNIC
SPEND THE DAY AT EASTLAKE
Terrible Tales Of Army Worms Have
No Effect Upon Them, and No
One Is Frightened
Away
PEND THE DAY AT EASTLAKE

hNS WNit Juob AihAAt BiA 10 hbHi''i
those women of the Friday Morning
club who gathered at Eastlake park
yesterday 1t was the great social
event of the year in that club but 1t
was one for which there were no new
gowns required.
How many Of them there were would
be hard to guess, but the number was
in the hundreds. The pursuit of book
knowledge was laid aside and the wo-
men were there just to be happy and
to study the beauties around them.
The terrible tales of army worms had
to say, no one was frightened away by
them. Whether the army worm heard
of the white skirted brigade about to
invade the park and beat hasty re-
treat history does not relate, but the
fact remains that there was not a
worm in sight when the party arrived.
The club met and was called to order
in the usual way, but the members ad-
journed Immediately to the park.
Some went in carriages, others in au
tomobiles and still others on the elec-
trio cars. The mode of travel mattered
little just so they all arrived safely in
the park-and they did. dressed in natty
outing costumes and laden with baskets
filled with picnic dainties.
Luncheon was spread on the tables
in a grove of beautiful trees and these
same tables which have served num-
erous picnic parties before took on a
prouder aspect than ever before What
table wouldn't? The Friday Morning
club linen was brought out to adorn
them.
A fire was built in the big furnace
and three mattresses served hot coffee.
1t is needless to say how much better
that coffee was than any other ever
made, and the same was true Of the
lunch.
After every one had eaten and then
tried it again, a new form Of amuse-
ment was sought, and the company
started out to inspect the park.
A sign over the swings announced,
in all due seriousness, that only chill
dren under twelve years of age are
permitted to use them, but the Friday
Morning club members argued on the
theory that woman is only as old
as she feels-"that q woman is only a
woman" The watchful eye of the
park attendant was obligingly turned
in the opposite direction and those
under twelve" swung unmolested.
1t is alleged that this same restric
tion exists with the sea-saw, but the
evidence brought out failed to prove it.
When the swings and the sea-saws
had exhausted their charms there were
the flowers in the green houses and
then there were the animals. These
received due attention. The women
fed peanuts to the monkeys, sympa-
thized with the lion, lyistened to the
tail of the rattle snake and held lengthy
with the parrots. All
these were interesting. but the crown
ing event of the day came with the trip
on the "merry-go-round."
They simply captivated the honorable |
of that institution by their
evident enjoyment of the hobby-horses
anu Jne MUSIC expressed Dy SQuedlS
of delight, and he forgot all about turn
ing off the power until the women had
received several times their moneys
worth.
And then. when everything had been
seen and duly enjoyed and commented
upon, the party adjourned with a COM
Portable feeling of tiredness and a de- |
termination to have another May party
next year.
1t is to Mrs. Charles T. Whitney of the
committee, and Mrs. Ran
dali Hutchinson that much of the credit |
for the success of the affair is due. |
These women, with the secretary, Mrs. |
Baruch, the chairman of the program
Mrs. Ella Enderlein, Mrs
T. w. Brown, Mrs. George II. Wadleigh |
and other members of the board of di-
rectors, were seated at the same table |
at luncheon and appear in the front row
of the snapshot taken.
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