Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-02
Social DIARY and Gossip
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BY GRACE eRUNDY


tertained with luncheon at the Con-
cordia club yesterday, appointments
for which were particularly handsome
and original In the reception room,
where the hostesses received their
| guests, red and green were combined in
a charming decorative scheme, the
room having been converted into a
bower of choice flowers and foliage.
Here the Dinubula orchestra, stationed
behind a screen of palms, rendered q
program of popular harp music. The
table at which Mrs. Caspare Behrendt
presided represented q grape arbor,
autumn leaves and natural fruit COM
bining in realistic effect Suspended
from this in swinging cages were birds
of gay plufnage, and beneath. in the
center of the table, was q rustic well
and "old oaken bucket" The minia-
tufe lake by which the well was stir
rounded was bordered with vlolets, and
places were marked with rustic bas-
kets filled with the same flowers, the
handles being ornamented with clus-
ters of grapes tied in place with violet
ribbons. Menu cards were printed on
rustic wood Mrs. Kahn's table repre-
sented a harvest scene, the details of
which were carried out in unique and
attractive manner over the table
was erected canopy, having the APP
pearance of huge haystack, and from
this was suspended rustic bell.
Every variety of farming implement
was utilized in the table. decoration,
together with sheaves of wheat and
sickles. Pumpkin baskets filled with
sunf1owers, candles in -turnip
holders and a vlne-covered coop of
tiny chickens were features of the
original arrangement The name
cards were sickles tied with sheaves
of wheat, and the menu was printed
on rough brown paper. The third
table, at which Mrs Samuel Behrehdt
presided, was set under an immense
Japanese umbrella and represented a
characteristic Japanese scene. From
the center of the table rose miniature
representation of snow-capped Sugu-
jana mountain, at the base of which
was a lliiy City up VI OcpetiCSC
dwellings,, lighthouses and lakes. Add
ing to the realism of the arrangement
were the blended odors of narcissus
and incense. Covers were marked
with black cards on which the names
were printed with red ink in japanese
characters. On rice paper, wound
about punk sticks, the elaborate menu
was printed. Mrs. Caspare Behrendt
was gowned in black chantilly lace,
Mrs Kahn wore handsome creation
of white chiffon tafleta, embroidered
in gold, and Mrs. Samuel Behrendt was
becomingly attired in black net with
silver sequins. Eastern guests for
whom covers were laid were Mrs G.
Meyer of st. Paul, Mrs. j. Rosenthal
of Portland, Mrs Sydney Spiegel of
Chicago and Mrs. Florence Rothen-
berg of New York. Decorations for
the affair were Under the supervision of
Mrs Kahn, who was assisted in the
arrangement by Miss Winifred Waite.
After the luncheon the guests were
entertained in the ball room with a
stereopticon lecture on the worlds
fair by B. R. Baumgardt.
Mrs. Marshall Hinman of New York
was guest of honor Tuesday at hand
somely appointed luncheon given by
Mrs. Alfred Solano of 1902 South Figu-
eroa street. On shining mirror was
tall cut-glass vase filled with frag
rant Easter lilies, and surrounding the
mirror yellow daffodils and wide-eyed
violets mingled with the delicate fronds
of maidenhair ferns. Violet Shaded
lights cast a radiance over the table,
while ferns fell in airy tracery over
the silken CLOTH At each place small
French baskets of yellow, overfiowed
with blue-petaled violets, and cards
were marked with the hostess mono
gram in gold.
Seated about the lovely table were
twelve handsomely gowned women, and
repartee flew right merrily the after
noon through. Besides Mrs. Hinman
and the hostess, Mrs. Milo M. Potter,
Mrs. John E. Platter, Mrs. M. E.
Briggs, Mrs. H. A. d'Acheul, Mrs.
Keene, Mrs. John G. Mossin, Mrs. 1. N.
Van Nuys, Mrs. ]. S. Slauson. Mrs.
Homer Laughlin and Mrs. William G.
Nevin.
Miss Claire Soule of San Bernardino,
has been for the past week the guest
of Miss Georgia Caswell of West Twen-
ty-third street. Miss Soule has many
friends in town, as she has often spent
summers here. She is a graduate of
Stanford university, and member of
the Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority.
While there she took high honors.
Several times she distinguished herself
In the junior and senior farces, taking
the parts with much cleverness. Miss
Soule is handsome girl, with coils of
FURNISHED gold hair, and a winning
manner, which has won for her many
friends. She returns to San Bernardino
the end of this week to teach in the
San Bernardino high school.