Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-09
MRS. EVANS
STOPS HERE
ADMIRAL'S WIFE AND Chill
DREN MEET
WILL BE ESCORTED TO PAso
Ro6LEs TODAY
6cIated Arrival Of Party Prevents So
ciaI Entertainment of the Trav-
eIers--TaIks to Evans
Over Phone

Beiated and worn with the fatigue of
the journey, Mrs. Charloee TAYLOR
Evans and her daughter, Mrs. Char
lotte Marsh, reached Los Angeles last
night. The train was three hours or
more late, and the committee that
waited for it did not spend much time
with the two women after they reached
their apartments at the Alexandria
Mrs. Evans and Mrs. Marsh were met
by Lieutenant Franck Taylor Evans,
who came down from Paso Robles yes
terday afternoon for the purpose.
Lieutenant Evans was met by General
Chaffee, Joseph Scott and Col. J. B.
Neville, members Of the officers COM
mittee, who spent the afternoon with
him. He and those named, with Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Wankowski, COM
posed the party that greeted Mrs.
Evans and Mrs. Marsh when they
alighted from the train.
The coming of the women and Lieu
tenant Evans brought much comfort
to the committee members, who felt
sure last night that Admiral Evans
will be here for the banquet and the
reception parade. That he may par
ticipate in other features of the cele-
bration is probable, but there now
seems to be positiveness that he will
make every effort to be at the banquet
Escort Is Arranged
So sure does the coming appear that
this morning when Mrs. Evans leaves
to join her husband she will leave in a
special car at O'clock and will be es-
corted to paso Robles not only by her
son but by Mayor Harper Col j. B.
Neville, Joseph Scott and General
Robert Wankowsixi.
This escort was decided on last night
and was gratifying to the Evanses.
They were hopeful that the admiral
could attend. In fact Lieutenant Evans
was confident he would
Mrs. Evans and her daughter were
escorted to theif apartments at the
Alexandria. Mrs. Evans had been told
of the telephone arrangements, and
when she entered her suite she found
the admiral at the other end of the
time in over four months they had
heard each others voices.
There we're no listeners to the con-
versation, but when it was ended Mrs.
Evans came into her parlor and said
her husband spoke strongly and cheer
fully and that she was much comforted
to find he was so much improved.
The committee explained briefly the
arrangements that had been made for
ner during the VlSlt or the Heet here
and also that she was to be patroness
at the ball. April %.
Mrs. Evans instantly said she had
prepared for the social functions and
would take on her full share of respon-
sibility.
Sought Sleep
After a few minutes talk the COM
mittee left and the women sought
much needed sleep away from the noise
of the train. Their journey had been
without incident, except that at the
last of it tie train was late and
reached the Santa Fe station three and
a half hours late.
Mrs. Evans is in excellent health and
so is her daughter. Mrs. Marsh. This
is their first visit to Southern Califor-
mia, and they expressed, in the limited
minutes they gave to their escort, the
greatest pleasure at the climate.
There was little formality about the
reception to Mrs. Evans, and her COM
fort was sought by the committee in
bringing the family together and then
retiring. Probably not five minutes
was spent in the apartments, and no
cards were sent to the rooms by the
hotel from the several persons who
called to greet the admiraps wife.