Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-08
LEAVES FROM SOCIETY'S NOTE Book

n present indications are any cri-
terion the usual social inertia which
takes possession Of everyone during
July and August will have nothing to
do with Los Angeles this year-or per-
haps, society will have nothing to do
with Il.
Summer or winter, spring or fall,
there are men and maids who must
be married and there are men and
maids who have no intention of cheat
ing their friends out of the pleasures
Of a wedding. There are to be enough
weddings this summer to keep every
one on the qui vive.
With weddings there are always such
delightful things as trousseauX and
wedding presents to think of, and II is
safe to say that the average girls
trousseau interests at least an hun
dred girl and young married woman
friends. There are all the little show
ers which brides have, and the sum-
mer brides must have their share as
well as the winter and spring ones. 1t
is impossible to stop the whirl entirely
when the bride must be reckoned with,
and the social chronicler may thank
heaven that people still have to get
married.
There are to be few formal affairs
this summer. as the majority OF wo-
men who give such entertainments
have departed to escape the hot wealth
er which has not arrived.
Lawn fetes will be plentiful, and the
three given during the early part of
the week proved these entertainments
to be delightful. Pretty girls among
the brilliant surroundings of gaily
decorated booths set In cool hooks on
the lawn or In vine covered veranda
are prettier than In almost any other
spot imaginable, and an afternoon or
evening spent at one of the fetes is
sure to be jolly.
The theaters will still continue to
claim the attention of many who stay
in town, and there appears to be no
particular abatement in the merry lit
tie box parties. followed by luncheons,
which so many hostesses are fond of
giving.
Garden teas will also be popular.
Just few friends a tea table under
a big tree and an informal hour of con-
versation. Quiet little affairs, the
hostess will tell you, but twice as
much fun as the others, nevertheless,
Why do women cry?
Did you ever ask yourself this
question?
1 attended a club meeting the other
day. 1t was the closing event of a
very successful year and officers were
being installed. The president was
serving for a second term, and as she
made her speech l noticed tears in her
voice and in her eyes.
She said not "A thing that was the
least bit sad, but in few minutes 1
counted a dozen women with hand |
kerchiefs up to their eyes. Perhaps it |
was sympathy, but 1 do not believe
one of those women GOULD have told
what called for sympathy. The woman
in the chair is one of the most popular
club presidents in Los Angeles, and the
club was to be congratulated in the
choice of her for a second term. She |
felt the honor. l hardly think she |
cried because her friends did not
choose some other woman instead of
her to serve them a second year-do !
you?
Why was it?
Again-this was not quite so pleas !
ant-there was an election of officers
(not in the same club, you understand; |
perhaps il was not even in Los An
gcles club. A woman had desire to
occupy an official position in the or
ganization and her sister members
were not of the same mind. She is
a charming woman and we are all very
fond of her, but someone else would
be just a little better in the place,
they said.
The woman tried to swallow her
tears, but the disappointment was too
much for her. There were just a few
little drops trembling on a pair of fine
lashes but, oh, l hudder to think of
the many, many drops that fell when
she was locked safely in her own room
that night.
Women cry when they are happy and
they cry when they are sad. They
cry when they are tired and when
they are not tired. They cry when
someone speaks softly to them and
when someone speaks GROSSLY to them.
Why for is this little well and why
for does it always keep bubbling over?