Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-16
Part III

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the seas.
She is Miss Ethel Gray, the only
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. James p.
Gray Of Los Angeles, and her fiance
is DR.. David James Graham Of Edin-
burgh, Scotland.
Though Miss Gray's father is prom
inent capitalist of Southern California,
she has spent 50 much Of her time in
travel that she has not become espe-
cially identified with either Los An
geles or Pasadena, where the family
has resided. 1t was while abroad visit
ing relatives in Edinburgh that Miss
Gray met DR.. Graham. The doctor
pursued his acquaintance with the fair
American girl until he was allowed to
claim her as his affianced bride.
Miss Gray has gone to San Francisco
with her mother and the two women
will leave from there for New York
July "a. In New York Miss Gray will
be met by her fiance. Their we'd
ding is to be celebrated at the waldorf
Astoria August 8. The affair will be
very quiet and there will be no atten-
dants, as both parties will be far from
home and friends. After brief sojourn
at Washington, D. c., and Atlantic
City, DR.. Graham will take his bride
to Edinburgh, where he has q large
practice, and there they will make
their home.
The maiden trip of the handsomely
20 ad In,, will hal
run today, and Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Ainsworth are the host and hostess
who will entertain a company of
friends with trolley party in honor
of the occasion.
The company will dine at the Re-
dondo hotel at noon and early in the
afternoon the car will begin the trip
around the coast towns. Luncheon will
be served on board.
With Mr.. and Mrs. Ainsworth on this
first trip Of the car, will be H. f.
Huntington, L. T. Garnsey, Capt. and
Mrs. G. G. Mullins, Misses Mary and
Ethel Mullins, Mrs. Buckley of Re
dondo, Misses Ruth, Isabella and Jen
ME Buckley Mr.. and Mrs. Pemberton,
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry of Redondo Miss
Jane Dorsey, Messrs. Waldo Norris,
Charles Norris. Joseph Easton, Karl
Klokke, Hugh Buckley and Paul
Buckley.
Mrs. Field of Pasadena avenue,
whose return every year from her
winter home in New York is the signal
literary folk, opened her artistic bunga-.
low last Tuesday evening for lecture
en- 'Paracelsus." Nearly one hundred
guests assembled in the big living
ROOM which is admirably adapted for
entertaining. Mr.. Jowett, the speaker
of the evening, outlined the philosophy
of the famous mystic and succeeded ad-
mirably in presenting the principles
promulgated by the much misunder-
stood teacher.
The two clever California girls who
are the authors of Mrs. Essington,"
one of the seasons most popular novels,
recently told New York interviewer
what they think are some of the dis
tinguishing points between members of
the New York smart" set and the
California smart set
The people in MRS. Essington' are
natural and happy and yet they belong
to what is called the Smart set in
California.
"The smart set in California seems
to be very normal by contrast to the
same set in New York." said one of the
young women.
"Oh, it's the difference in everything
in California" said her sister; "the
shape Of the trees, the outline Of land
scape, the special kind of ocean, the
great, vast sky room. What chance
has any human being, smart or dull.
rich or poor. to be profoundly pessi-
mistic in California?
Certainly we are not as effete, and
there is wildness about our society.
too.
ITO begin with, the community is
smaller, and its heart is not so
wrinkled or tired as the heart of So
ciety seems to be in the east
"Then the clique is not SO formal a
barrier as it is in New York. There is
always the breath of adventure in the
air, not hidden in hothouses or kept
down to the sotto voce undertones of
conservatory, The wealthiest smart
women in society in California enter
tain artists and writers just as we'll as
they. do society people, and there are
some smart houses in Newport where
such people would be quite an un-
pleasant surprise.
''The smart people Of our coast So
ciety in the summer time do not limit
their lives and interests so ceremo-
niously as the colony in Newport, and
although they know all there is to know
about each other, it does not make
them tired of life or victims Of mutual
sarcasm and heartlessness."
Have not the creators of MRS. Es-
sington' fathomed the truth when they
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