Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-09


arduous pursuit Of pleasure saps their
strength and what is worse, impairs
! their beauty. Several bellies are eX-
cusing themselves occasionally from
balls and other social functions TO give
II trial One well known devotee Of
fashion. who has given 1t fair test,
declares that it works like a charm
and that after bed dinner she gets
up the next morning feeling about H.
as fresh as daisy and as cheerful as
Mark Tapey.
! Advocates OF the "B. d." cure, as 1t
has been dubbed, state that light
meal is essential to it's efficacy and
all stlmulants must be barred, other
wise It will cause indigestion and the
last state Of the patient will be worse
than the first. Some light reading
after the light meal helps to pleasantly
speed the patient to the land of Nod.
And If there should chance to he an
overworked husband I'm the case, 1t
affords him an excellent opportunity
to work off his tired feeling by max
ing night of it at the club.
Professor Otis r. Mason in a recent
article, declares that women have at
least one sense that men do not pos
sess, and he proves it. He calls it the
mirror sense" He says, among other
things, that women are constantly
working small miracles. THE girl
who threads with ease the needle that
has no eye that a man can find, is ex-
ercising a faculty that has been handed
down to her for, a thousand genera
tions."
Another marvel he says, lis the
| cleverness of a woman who, sewing a
bone button on a piece of cloth, hits
the hole every time with her needle
from the back. A man would strike
the button and not the opening, three
times out of four"
He also refers to the fact that wo
out seeing it at all, a feat which no
man could possibly accomplish! But
the greatest of miracles, in the profess
sors eyes, Is the way in which a wo-
man handles a hairpin. 1T is to a
woman" he says, 1.-The master key to
all mechanical problems; but where is
the man that Is able to use it? To him
even the art of pinning hair with 1t is
puzzle!"
Mrs. Casper Behrendt Mrs. Samuel
Behrendt and Mrs. John Kahn will be
at home this afternoon at 1873 South
Flower street to receive callers.
patronesses for the grand charity ball
to be given at Kramer's this evening
by Los Angeles chapter U. d. c., In
clude Mesdames w. L. Graves, Susan
Wiltshire, Olin Wellborn, Cameron e.
Thorn, William Burke, w. S. Bartlett
William Woolwine, Harriet S. Wright,
w. S. Robertson, E. P. Bryan, Albert
M. Stephens, William T. Johnson,
Wesley Clark, West Hughes, Hancock
Banning, Edwin T. Earl, Charles NJ
Shannon, Willoughby Rodman, An
drew Glassell, Sheldon Borden, Donald
Frick, ]. A. Anderson, William Hun
saker, Laura Thompson, M. l.. Thomp-
son, William Anderson, Thomas Bar
clay, j. T. Fitzgerald, Burton Green,
ROLAND Bishop A. S. McAuley, John
Mccoy, William Reed, C. @. Stanton
and Chalmers Smith.
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Grigg will give the first
of a series of five readings from great
masterpieces at Cumnock hall this
morning at 10:30 o'clock, her interpre-
tation for that occasion having been
chosen from the book of Job.
Mrs. FRANKIE E. Browne and Mrs.
Richard A. Cooke entertained yester
day afternoon at a delightful card
party at the home of the former, 3219
South Figueroa street.
White carnations, ferns and calla
lilies entered into the artistic decora-
tions and scores were kept on tiny
states The prizes were brought from
| ny MIS-. IoiONH anu were vi
artistic workmanship.
Covers were laid for Mesdames Dan
iels, Charles F. Taggart, Edward
Chambers, MCGUIRE Otto Brandt, Sue
Hill, Henry II. Hazard j. A. Hender-
son, Ira o. Smith, Albert Names, A.
f. Messerley, George A. Ralphs, L.
Harris, Albert Bayer, Joseph Bayer
and Miss Augusta Hine. Mrs. Browne
was dressed in black lace over corn
colored silk while Mrs. Cooke wore
pale gray and white.
The wedding of Miss Ellen Johnson,
daughter of Mrs. NJ M. Johnson, CT
ITO West Twenty~seventh street, and
Curtis Williams, was celebrated last
evening at st. Johns Episcopal
church. the ceremony being performed
by the Rev. Lawrence Ridgeey. Al
the approach of the bridal party Wal
do Chase, the organist, played the
| Bridal Chorus" from Lohengrln and
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