Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-01
Part III
THE YEARS

The Old Aear dark Win SIN anu woe.
we welcome them with smile and song;
with tears we see them pass along,
Bowed with the weight OF grief and wrong.
! Even though we found the Old Years way
Grow hard and harder day by day.
with joy we greet the New Years sway.
Before We Life her lure has spread
And Hope eternal lifts her head
we follow where her feet have sped.
on, New year, keep thy promise rarei
Whatever grief our hearts must bear
BE thou at parting glad and ran, ...~
--Ninetta M. bowater
Mrs. David Murray OF Salt Lake City
win arrive in Los Angeles the first of
the week. She is to be the guest of her
sister, Mrs. Jack Jevne, at 9S7 Arapa-
hoe street. Before her marriage Mrs.
Murray lived in this city and she has
large circle Of friends here.
Summoned here by the recent death
OF his mother. Mrs. NJ L. Gottschalk,
the we'll known composer and musical
director Louis f. Gottschalk, accom-
panied by Mrs. Gottschalk, arrived a
couple Of days ago and are the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Bond Francisco.
When the dispatch announcing his
mothers death arrived Mr.. Gottschalk
was in New York directing the pro-
duction Of the "Cingalee," the great
London success which had its first per-
formance recently in this country at
Daly's in New York.
Mr.. Gottschalk, it will be recalled,
directed DeKovens great success, 1.-THE
Red Feather last year, and 1t was then
that the much beloved composer paid
to Mr.. Gottschalk the highest profess
sional compliment, that of giving to
him as musical director, the credit for
the success of the great production.
But although Mr.. Gottschalk has won
perhaps will so appeal to a certain
class of music lovers as his recent COM
position Merry. Songs for Little Folks
with lyrics by VIM. H. Gardner and
illustrations by Jerome p. Uhl.
1t is not only an original and ex-
ceedingly clever little book of songs
but is refreshing in the fact that in
the songs were not composed, and the
book is not intended for schools or kim
dergartens, but that it's advent into the
music world is for the purpose of max
ing fun. After that has been settled
one can settle down and enjoy every
note OF the quaint stories told in song
and one may incidentally giggle IL one
wishes and not feel that it is desecra-
ton for every air is a merry one. 1.-THE
Innocent Goat" THE Chinee Man. and
THE King of zambesiv are a few Of
the c1everest of the group.
Mrs. Gottschalk, who was Marie Mil
lard, prinla donna and daughter of the
late talented composer, Harrison Mil
lard. has since her marriage several
years ago returned from the footlights
and is devoted to domestic life and her
husbands interests. notwithstanding
the tempting offers made her by her
former managers.
All assemblages are verdant these
days, do you notice? Only those
women who make the mistake of their
season by acquiring brown gowns are
wearing them. The rest are wearing
green. and some defiant ones police
man blue, These are more conspicuous
than If they went CARRIED in. nuns
habit. Green is the go, and the men
are to be excused If the suggestion we
give drives them to creme de menthe.
Members of the Phi Delta Chi soror-
ity of Marlborough school. assisted by
Mrs. George A. Caswell and Miss Ida
b. Lindley. gave dancing party and
reception at Kramer's last evening.
The hall was decorated for the affair
with poinsettias, papyrus. bamboo and
Christmas bells, and presented an in
viting appearance. A large number of
guests were entertained
The buds are being fairly hard
worked-it is tie between them and
our digestions. There are as many buds
as ticks in a grass plot, but the most
casual caller at the tea fights and
things will prove that three or four are
having the hardest mill just now. They
are everywhere at once, and are smil-
ing wanly and pathetically that so
much is expected of them! One drops
in at a tea, and there, in line or in the
dining room. are these same young
girls. handing out smiles and salads,
just as they were doing yesterday
Lovely reception. this of yours" one
remarks to one of them. ooh. this
isn't my affair at ALL" you will be an
swered You thought it was. Then
you remember you went to her affair
last week, but she is right on deck.
dispensing some one elses ices. Talk
about actorines who ought to be tired
after seven nights and two matlnees--
debutantes work on time full time and
overtime. and have no understanding
of the eight-hour law. Already they
are looking pale about the gills and
wishful that the curfew law would OBJ
tain for every one under twenty.
Miss Nina Perry, daughter of l.. j.