Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-19
GREEN CARNATIONS DRIVE
GIRL TO SAN FRANCISCO

Ula Stroud, the clever young San
Francisco girl who was shaken out of
the northern city and into the position
of bookkeeper at the Westminster
hotel left last night for her former
haunts. She has gone to become pri-
vate secretary to a prominent business
man who divides his time between New
York and San Francisco. Previous to
coming to Los Angeles she was book
keeper for the st. Francis hotel. She
opened the books of that house and
kept four or five assistants busy most
of the time.
She has made host of friends here
who are sorry to see her go. Some Of
these are declaring that 1t was St.
Patricks day which really made her
decide. They tell story about her
and green carnations, and 1t appears
that green carnations, donned by some
of the guests of the hotel, were too
much for her.
1t appears that when green carna-
tions were first introduced to credul-
Gus world Miss Stroud was presented
with a big bunch of them.
"Those are not really green; they are
just painted" said a guest in the hotel,
and Immediately the young woman who
had received the flowers disagreed.
The florist had told her that they grew
LAdI way dllu oLC was AOhuJ W olelhS
anything on his veracity. The guest
proposed $1OO and she accepted the bet.
He got a glass of water and dipped
the blossom in. At once Miss Stroud
realized that she had been taken in.
The guest laughed, but never per-
mitted her to pay.
She has never gotten over her grudge
toward green carnations, however.
Personals
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Robinson have
returned from three months visit
to New York and have taken apart
ments at the Hayward. Mr.. Robin
son is one of the most prominent of
the young business men of Southern
California and was also prominent in
politics.
A party Of prominent Seattle people
who are in Southern California for
pleasure trip and are registered at the
Alexandria, includes Mr.. and Mrs.
Pierre p. Ferry, Mrs. r. P. Ferry, Mrs.
Eliza p. Leary and Miss Edith Foy
J. w. Range Of the Clips Fender
company, Cleveland, Ohio, who
equipped the Los Angeles cars with
tenders a few months ago. is here to
fill another large order. He is at the
Westminster.
G.. S. Garrett, a prominent steel man
who registers from San Francisco, ar
rived at the Alexandria yesterday, ac-
companied by his wife and Miss Helen
Garrett and Mrs. William Ely of Provi-
dence, r. I.
Mrs. Seth Marshall, wife Of the presi-
dent of the Arrowhead Hot Springs
Hotel company, is at the Hayward,
accompanied by her sister, who is Wis
iting her from Minneapolis.
j. M. overshimer, a Chicago capi-
talist with large mining interests in
Roserman. Cal, is at the Westminster.
George Thompson. editor OF the st.
Paul Express. and his wife are at the
Alexandria from st. Paul, MINI.
Samuel B. Smith. a prominent rail-
road man OF Indianapolis, Ind, is at
the Angelus
H. II. Brown president of the First
National bank Of Calistoga, Is at the
Hollenbeck.
Max Mars of Apia, Samoa, who is
making a tour Of America, Is at the
Westminster.
II. II. G. Smith, a prominent lumber
man from San Francisco, is at the
Van Nuys.
p. Pineli, a wealthy mine owner of
Sonora, Mexico, is at the Hollenbeck.
George Briggs. a prominent merchant
of Needles, Is at the HOllenDeck.