Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-16

tan pump peeps from beneath the par
asol. IT Is a very pretty foot. She is
Nellie Thorne, who appeared in Her
| Great Match" with Maxine Elliott
! II is time to visit the "China Closet"
a place you enter with something like
! veneration, for here Is a rare and price
less collection of old Chelsea Willow
plates. old luster and Wedgewood.
You may admire and feel of It lovingly.
but you may not buy. Mr.. and Mrs.
| Edward Terrence love them too for
they are there. He is the Scotchman
who has played with so many Of the
leading stars and sung much in light
opera. Mrs. Terrence is the Emma
Janvier who made such a hit with Carl
In the Mayor Of Toxic" in her mono
logue and with the companionable par
rot Mildred, who, she says, is, alasl
now in storage
At the postofIice there is a crowd, for
1t Is time for the mail to be In
He has had much success. Yes,
Bruce is n nice boy" said a rather
rotund man with a closely cropped
white beard and white hair Also he
had the twinkle of youth In his eye.
This was Bronson Howard the play
wright who spoke. And, Of course. he
meant Bruce McRae.
The Embarrassment OF Riches" has
added confirmation, so the critics say,
of Mr.. McRaes unusual capablllty and
earnestness as an actor. This came
from fellow actor and was sincere.
At this moment Frank Gilmore came
alongs Hello, Frank, how about the
celebration on the Fourth: everything
Bell, who is ever interested where golf
or the golf club is concerned. They tell
a chara cteristic story of him.
Mr.. Bell and his family were obliged
to pass the links on their drive from
Nantucket to his cottage at 'Sconset.
They had with them a load of house.
hold goods. At the first view of the
golf links Mr.. Bell spied Billy Thomp-
son civilian H. Like a shot he was
off the wagon and over the fence with
his sticks and into the game, leaving
his family to drive on. More than that
he won the game.
The Fourth arrived 1t was to have
been celebrated by the opening of the
club. Field sports, a speech or two and
afterward tea and good things served.
But. oh, how it rained and how 1t blewi
The fog came pushing in and the sea
went on a rampage. Everybody rushed
down to the beach to watch the WON
ders of the mad, rolling waves and to
gather the fresh, pink seaweed Sea
urchins, those eerie little species of
plant life, were thrown up by dozens.
They looked exactly like tremendous
beetles one minute and the next minute e
stand up on their feet in the wind,
running along like Brownies and Jump
ing into the surf like frolicsome little
boys. Everybody makes a collection of
sea urchins, and while all the women
know they are as harmless as a leaf,
when somebody pitches one at you, you
can't help screaming; they look so like
big bugs.
Nothing could be done but postpone
the golf tea. So, on the fifth, the
barges came filled with people and
there were lunches of picturesquely
att1red men and women walking across
the links and up to the steep elevation
where the clubhouse stands.
Alice Fisher introduced William H
Thompson, who in turn referred to her
as the Empress of 'Sconset." Mr..
Thompson made a short address of
welcome, then read kilograms from
some of the colony who could not man
age to return for the celebration.
Everything must be delayed until I
return" was Robert billiards facetious
message Sorry I can't be in dear
'Sconset today. Pretty hot here in Chi
cago," signed Woodruff. (The man
whose play, Brown of Harvard" has
had such long run.)
There were others from George Faw-
cett and Vincent Serrano After that
the fun was on.
"a race for the elderly distinguished
gentleman" announced Frank Gilmore,
who was master of ceremonies, through
his megaphone. Several dignifed busi-
ness men from Boston, a yachtsman,
William H. Thompson, Digby Bell,
Bronson Howard, Frank Harcourt.
were entered with little hoops and
sticks The hoops rolled along, then
darted away. Some fell in twos, one
knocking the other down. One ran
through the legs of a banker and
knocked him to his knees. Not salts
fed with making this mischief 1t turned
and skidded into the shins of man
dressed in short golf trousers. The
race was an exciting and merry one,
for several of these gentlemen carried
more avoirdupois than was actually
necessary for sudden STOPPING or a
quick swing to the side in order to
keep the hoop in motion.
w. H. Thompson came out a putting