Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01

and gathered around a daintily ap-
pointed table in the dining room, where
they were served with light repast.
The room was bright with decora-
tions of vivid scarlet blossoms and
asparagus fern, the same colors being
used on the long table. The center
piece was a tiny telegraph pole from
which telegraph lines in the guise of
red ribbon extended to each place
Western Union envelopes with the
names of the guests inscribed on the
outside were used as place cards, and
contained the regulation blanks on
which the announcement was made In
verse, the date set for the wedding,
December l, also being told.
marriage that will be of interest
to many friends is to be solemnized the
morning of November 8 in st. VIM
cents church, when Miss Atella Lucy
Bedard of Chicago will become the
bride of John j. McCue of Buffalo.
! The young people are both we'll
known in Los Angeles, where Miss
Bedard has been one of the trusted en-
ployes at the German American Saw
| ings bank and Mr.. McCue occupies the
position of teller.
Miss Ida May Costello and Edward
J. Bedard will stand with the contract
| ing parties and following the ceremony
the Dr1Qd1 party anu d low LilSiioS WIN
gather at the Clement on Figueroa
street, where Miss Bedard occupies
apartments with Miss Costello and two
other girl friends, and breakfast will be
| served
After a trip east Mr.. McCue and his
bride will go to Ocean Park to reside.
Miss Bedard returned Friday evening
from a sta yof six weeks in Chicago,
Buffalo and Montreal.
y
At a dinner given Wednesday even
| ing by Miss Maud Anderson of Thirty
eighth street, announcement was made
of the engagement of Mrs. Effie Mac
| Carron and ]. C. Thompson, a Los An
| eeles attorney. The wedding will prob
ably take place in the early spring.
The marriage of Miss Virginia N.
Dietrich, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Phillip Dietrich of Diamond avenue,
South Pasadena, and John l.. Judson
son of Prof. w. H. Judson of Garvanza,
was solmenized at the brides home by
Rev. w. K. Beans of the Methodist
church Wednesday evening. The bride
was gowned in white silk and carried
a bouquet of bride roses. About thirty
five relatives were present The young
couple left for a short wedding journey
and->will be at home to their friends
after December in South Pasadena.
/
Mrs Walter T. Covington was host
ess Thursday afternoon at beauti-
fully appointed bridge luncheon at her
home on Roosevelt street, the occasion
being one of the most elaborate house
functions of the early autumn
The affair was marked not only by
an average of good playing, but was
also distinguished by the number OF
smartly gowned women who graced
the occasion. Autumn's own fioWer'
the chrysanthemum, added an extra
| touch of beauty to the pleasant rooms'
| great clusters of blossoms of the rag
ged japanese variety in deep red ana
gold being stacked in corners, banking
the mantels and having place in big
| jardiniers on tabourets and piano.
Mrs. CoviDgton was assisted in dis
pensing her gracious hospitality by her
| daughter. Miss Maude Adams, Mrs.
Charles Howland Miss Ruth Whiffen
| and Miss Charlotte Cox.
Miss Adams and her friends. Miss
Whiffen and Miss Cox, who assisted
| in marking the scores, formed an espe-