Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-02
MOLLY NJ DONALD
BALLROOM STAR
TRAINER OF CHUMPS TO GIVE
BIG DAWNCE
New York Society May Not Attend
and King Edward Has
Loaned His Dress
Suit
Molly Mcdonald, cotillion leader.

molly MCDONALD, cotillion leader.
If you don't believe this to be fact
take look at any one of the numer
Gus large cartoon posters adorning va
rious spots in town and see If Molly
isn't going to be host at large anC
select gathering at Turner hall tomor
row highland the next morning.
Molly has been framing things uI
for this event for months. Once ht
came to the front with the big an
nouncement and had everybody in towr
on his list. The publicity he drew was
large and valuable, but at the last
minute the trainer of chumps" de-
cided that the moment was not pro
pitious for such an affair.
This time Mcdonald went right
ahead and got things in shape before
he hollered for his press agent to gel
busy. The hall was rented, programs
and advertisements printed and invita-.
tions mailed to the 400 of Los Angeles
San Francisco, New York and Paris
(Kentucky). 1t is also said that the
elite of Calabasas was favored with g
bid, but this cannot be verified.
No matter who's going, they will be
there all right. Such an affair as Molly
has planned doesn't happen in Los An
geles every day, and the one chance to
attend real function will be more than
welcomed Dy IH6
from ennui in local sportdom.
Among the features of the ball will
be the host of the evening-Mr. Nc
Donald. The new dress suit which ar
rived from Peel in yesterdays express
from London will be worn for the first
time, and Molly's ample front porch
will fill it's generous widths to the ex-
treme. But at that Molly does not
wish 1t understood that those who
can't rent dress suits or steal them
somewhere will not be welcome. All
he bars are sweaters and fig leaves,
and if you don't happen to have the
decollete rags it will be just the same;
your money will be taken at the door.
Society Will Be Missed
Despite the fact that many regrets
from some of his most intimate friends
have been received, Mr.. Mcdonald is
confident that his dawnce will be well
attended. Mrs. Astor will not be there,
for reasons of her own, and Mrs. Van
derbilt, in a note to Molly, tacitly ad-
mits that Wednesday is the day the
family wash Is put into the tubs and
she will be too tired In the evening to
attend any large functions.
Neither will Mrs. Yerkes- Miner
come. She has several little legal mat
ters on hand which demand immediate
attention, and Mrs. Howard Gould is in
somewhat the same position. Mrs.
silent Smith is still in mourning and
King Edward loaned his dress suit to
Emperor William.
But Molly doesn't care about these
climbers after social position. He
would rather have the plain home
folks, and although James ]. Jeffries,
Thomas Jefferson McCarey. Charles
Eyton and a few others were forced to
plead a previous engagement as their
excuse Little Lord Fauntleroy and
Red Perkins are still here.
So the big event of the social sea-
son is a bet that goes as it lays. While
the orchestra will begin its work
around the hour of 9, the spoilers
may not get warmed up until later, but
when they do-good by to such trifling
little affairs as those given by Chuck
Connors, Spider Kelly and Cockey
O'Brien.