Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-07
SOCIAL DIARY
AND GOSSIP
BY GRACE GRUNDY

Poise must not be confounded with
pose. It is not an attitude or an affec-
tation, as so many women seem TO
think in disregarding t. It is really
a preparation. The arrow is poised
for flight. Otherwise II cannot be
aimed to the mark. Poise saves a
woman from wasting energy in un-
aimed effort The cleverer the more
energetic, a woman is, the more she
needs correct poise. And few women
are born with It, while many have yet
the alphabet of It to learn when they
come of age
A witty outsider has said of Ameri-
can women that they have so many
virtues that they get in the way and
impede progress, so that poise is need
ed to equalize and balance their ex-
cellences." The breathless reformer.
whom every club knows, who rushes
in and takes the floor for her pet pro-
ject and cannot wait nor listen to the
consideration of other things, loses in
huence fatally by her want of poise.
The woman who worries is another
warning example. A well-poised ma
ture is always Don't worry" So
ciety in itself
The exclamation point, in conversa-
tion or in life, betrays emotional lack
of balance and waste of energy Poise
reserves itself for the right occasion,
and emphasizes important things with
out need of exclamation. In other
words, 1t saves it's owner from unnec-
essary words or acts. and prepares her
for necessary ones. Unless one have
an aim in life, poise is never really at
tanned. 1t is not mere repose. 1t is
the collecting and balancing of ones
forces. A well-known modern doctor
asserts that woman with a perfect
bodily carriage is always noted for
exceptional power, either mental or
physical, but generally both" If this
is true of bodily poise, what power
must come from the right poise and
aim of the whole nature!
Miss Helen Klokke is spending a few
weeks at Redondo beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Edgerton left
Sunday for a visit in San Francisco.
Miss Helen Nevin of 700 Garland ave-
nue. gave luncheon Saturday after
noon, entertaining members of the Phi |
Delta Chi sorority of Marlborough
school, who later were guests of Miss
Mona Kingsbury at a matinee party at |
the Mason. The luncheon table was
decorated with white stock and tiny
pink baskets, and covers were laid for
Misses Margery Severance, Elsa Rust,
Edith Heron, Inez Ray, Edith Cole,
Gertrude Gaffen, Marguerite Brown,
Edna Peyton and Mary Burnham.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. N. Cotton of Gallup,
n. NJ, who are at Hotel Angelus for a
stay of several weeks, will be guests of
honor at whist party to be given next
Friday evening by Mr.. and Mrs. Ma
rion Welsh of 74S Garland avenue
Cards have been received for a recep-
tion to be given Wednesday evening,
March Is, by members of the Jonathan
club at thei.' new clubrooms in the
Huntington building, corner Sixth and
Main streets Members of the invita-
ton committee include Messrs. ]. w. A.
Off, John H. Norton. George H. Stew
art, Byron Erkenbrecher and DIR. E. A.
Bryant.
Mrs. Mary B. McMillen, Miss McMil-
len and Miss Adelaide Bindley of 667
West Twenty eighth street were host
esses yesterday afternoon at a bridge |
whist party given in honor of Mrs. Ed
ward H. Bindley, one of the recent !
brides. All the rooms on the first floor
were decorated for the occasion with
palms Arends musicians were sta
toned. Prizes for the games were Jap |
anese baskets filled with violets and !
tied with ribbon of the same shade as
the flowers. Score cards bore sketches
of violets and ices were served in vio-
let molds. Nearly half a hundred
guests were entertained.
Mrs George Wilson King of 10 ST.
James park gave an afternoon tea yes
terday complimentary to her daughter
and granddaughters, Mrs. James F.
Fargo and the Misses Grace and Clara
Fargo of New York city, who are visit
ing her. In the attractive decorations,
arranged by Miss Forman, scarlet car
nations and ferns were used, the
scheme for the dining room, where
Reynolds served, being especially pleas
ing. The hostess and her guests of
honor were assisted in receiving by
Mesdames 1. n. Van Nuys, e. p.
Clark, Homer Laughlin, Henry It. Lee,
Felix C. Howes. j. S. Slauson, Stephen
c. Hubbell, William P. Jeffries, John
G.. Mossin, e. r. Kellam, Harry Aims
worth of Redondo, and James NJ.
Moore.
Miss Gwendolin Laughlin, who prom
ises to be one of the most popular