Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-19
CLUBWOMEN ENTERTAINED
AT PLAYA DEL REY JINKS
LITTLE FISH CONSIDER THE
WHALE IDEA
Mrs. r. j. Waters Delights Hearers by
Clever Satire-ExceIent Pro-
gram Is Rendered by
Hostesses of Day

Mrs. Force Parker hostess and toast
mistress of the day, entertained repre-
sentatives of all of the womens clltoS
of Los Angeles yesterday at Playa del
Rey with luncheon and IA jollification In
the nature of a high links party.
The party left the city at ~ a. m on
special cars and proceeded to HOLLYWOOD
where thew visited the home of Paul de
Lonpre. brief stop was also made at
Venice and the sights of that resort
| enjoyed.
When the women arrived at Playa del
Rey they were taken to the dancing room
of the pavilion and seated at tables
weighted down with good things Tor the
hungry visitors. The decorations were
in the colors of the different clubs.
After an hours enjoyment of the re-
past, Mrs. Parker the toast mistress
mounted a chair and with few appro-
pirate words of greeting introduced the
first speaker of the day.
One of the most enthusiastically-re-
ceived papers was that read by Mrs.
r. ]. Waters. The subject, Every Little
Fish Expects to Become a Whale'
seemed particularly appropriate she
said in part:
Usurp Whales Privilege
yellow students and friends, as we
stand here poised for fight into the great
outside world, it behooves us to take
general survey of the field spread pe-
fore us.
"Hitherto we have been accustomed to
drink great draughts of knowledge ana
swallow every maxim which our aple III
structors have given us. Now we tnl.h
for ourselves, can we swallow this,
Every little fish expects to become
whale?
"In thus swallowing so large morsel
are we not usurping an ancient privilege
of the whale, exercised long before most
of us-that is some of us-were born?
''If every little fish expects to be-
come a whale, does every town lot eX-
pect to become subdivision, every city
a Los Angeles, every mayor an inmate OF
a state institution. every president the
final and supreme authority on the wo-
man question? .
alas, these are things we cannot di-
vulge.
Turning from these momentous queries
we are confronted with another great
question. Why are the denizens OF the
watery world so universally DESTROYS OF
growing to such enormous proportions?
Is size so desirable? The largest dia- |
mond known is small in comparison with
a whale of moderate size. Yet one such
diamond would purchase all the whales
in existence. Do the small finny creatures
envy their larger brother because of the |
rear ne inspires! IL So, why WdolC tiliC |
in wishing for the gigantic proportions
which nature may never grant.
Temper Wins Day
"Why not, instead cultivate that
which will inspire the same fear and is a
trait so possible to cultivated fine furi-
Gus temper.
Some one says a person always ready |
to fight is certain of the greatest con-
among his family circle. The
lazy grow tired of contending with him;
the timid coax and fiatter him, and
almost every one is timid or lazy. A bad
tempered man is almost sure to nave MS
own way. 1t is he who commands; all
Others obey. If he Goes home late, dim
ner is kept for him, and no one dares to
say a word though ever so hungry. If
he is in a good humor every one frisks
about and is happy
Whereas for you and me, who nave
the temperS of angels and never were
known to be angry or complain, nobody
cares whether we are pleased or not. |
Our butcher gives us the poorest NUT
ton, our tradesman duns us more quickly
than he does other people. because of our
good nature, and our servants go out
whenever they like and openly have their |
friends to supper in the kitchen.
Ambitious to "SpIash"
so II the WHOleSOIilc tilSCI VI lcdi 10
desired temper will stand in better stead
than size and is within the reach of ALL
Now we must look further for justi-
fable reason for the small fry wishing to
enter the arena with the whale. l pause
here for a moment to contemplate the
scene called forth by the imagination
the small fry, the arena, the whale. But
we must hasten on.
us the ambition fostered by the wish |
to make a splash in the world No other |
creature can compete with the whale In |
this respect. True it is that those who
venture too near in. their admiration are
often engulfed in the Splash and the |
daily paper in large headlines records |
the result, but that is the fate of the |
The spectacle is a great |
one viewed from distance of miles or
years.
Are we, then, to conclude the maxim |
has nothing for us. Is whale in no |
m, I, ~