Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-10
HOUSE WARMING
IS DELIGHTFUL
EBELL CLUB FORMALLY OPENS
DOORS
Beautiful Reception Marks Occupation
of Magnificent New Home of Fa-
nous oreanizatlon-soelety
Out in Force

With a beautiful reception and house
warming the members Of the Ebell
club formally opened the doors of theii
beautiful new club house on South
Figueroa street last evening. The af-
fair has been looked forward to as
the most elaborate of the club year and
many hundreds of guests, men and
women, called during the evening to
offer their congratulations and inspect
the spacious rooms.
Miss Winifred Waite of the decorat-
ing committee and other assistants
decorated the house in an attractive
manner. Tn the large reception hall,
where the hangings and furnishings
are of dull blue and gold, a huge bas-
ket of yellow ionquils and ferns tied
with jaunty bow of yellow satin rib
bon occupied the center of the table.
Here the reception committee, COM
posed Of the president of the club,
Mrs. Frank King, the vice presidents
and the board of directors of the build
ing association, of which Mrs Sumner
p. Hunt is president, received.
Mrs. King Heads Receivers
The gracious president, Mrs King,
| headed the receiving line. She wore
handsome gown of white lace over
white satin Mrs. Hunt, who came
next, was also in white. her gown be-
| ing of white silk with panels of rare
| lace. Mrs. Robert j. Burdette wore a
Paris gown of white broadcloth with
! inserts of embroidered net snowballs
of broadcloth; the gown was worn over
apricot silk. Mrs. G. N. Flint wore
| pearl gray gown trimmed with layen-
der panne velvet. Mrs G. A. Bur-
cham was gowned in black lace over
| -
der silk with trimmings of white lace.
Mrs. p. G. Hubert wore white silk
and lace and Mrs. Edsar Swaine wore
a handsome gown of dark green silk
and the becoming costume of Mrs. A.
j. Chandler was of lavender chiffon
! and lavender panne velvet.
In the tea room, where the punch
| tables were placed. furnishings in
blue and cream and green were used
exclusively in the decorative arrange
ment. The broad fireplace was banked
| with Boston ferns and the same grace
| full greenery appeared on the punch
| table.
Flower Decorations Are Beautiful
Refreshments were served i'll the au-
ditorium, where an orchestra gave a
program of popular music throughout
| the reception hours. Palms and poin-
settias were effectively displayed on
the stage and palm garden in the
center of the room was an attractive
| feature.
Palms and ferns were used in the
balcony. In the court which separates
| the auditorium from the reception
rooms tropical plants, bamboo, ferns
and palms were displayed to advan-
| tage.
Presiding over the refreshment rooms
and punch bowls and coffee urns were
Mrs. William NJ. Lewis. Mrs. G. w
Britt, Mrs. Russell B. Hallett, Mrs. G.
W. Hinchiff. Mrs. Fred Selwyn, Mrs.
| C. Q. Stanton. Mrs. Alfred Cooper,
| Mrs. II. c. Mccoy. Mrs John H. Nor
| ton, Mrs. Valentine Peyton, Mrs. d. J.
Frick. Mrs. c. w. Sanders, Mrs. w.
C. Read Mrs. Sara Norton, Mrs. G. p.
| Payne, Mrs. Addie E. Doran, Mrs. c.
f. A. Last. Mrs. George Bayly, Mrs.
Joseph l.. Merrill, Mrs G. Aubrey
Davidson and Mrs. Warren Campbell.
In the reception hail. where the
hangings are of red. ferns were useu.
Mamon Cochet roses decorated one OF
the section rooms and yellow and
green were the color tones in another.
No less elaborate than the gowns of the
receiving party were those of many OF
the women present, who included rep
resentatives of the leading clubs of
Los Angeles and the Shakespeare club
of Pasadena, as well as many women
prominent in social circles.