Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-14

D. c., and Robert Westmeyer. Both
young people are we'll known and pop
uIar in Santa Monica, where the bride
to-be has spent much of her time with
her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. H.
Elliott. The ceremony, which is to be
witnessed by a company of about fifty
relatives and close friends, will be per-
formed by Rev. F. G. H. Stevens of
Pasadena, formerly pastor of the Santa
Monica Methodist church where Miss
Day and Mr.. Westmeyer are members.
There are to be no attendants.
Following the ceremony supper will
be served, and the young people will
leave for a brief trip to nearby points
of interest. On their return they will
occupy their new home on Fifteenth
street. where they will receive after
March /.
Among the pretty pre-nuptials with
which Miss Days friends have been
honoring her is the miscellaneous
shower given by Mrs T. H. Elliott and
Elliott, a dinner by Mrs. George Hart,
a miscellaneous shower by Mrs
George w. Southcott and the Philo-
lethea girls and a dinner by Mrs. c..
W. Rogers.
Mrs. J. c. Hutchinson Of West Sew
enth street gave a luncheon Friday in
honor of her sister, Mrs. L. L. Ormsby
and her niece, Mrs. J. c.. Goodrich of
Seattle, who are spending the winter
In southern California.
An Important of the social sea-
son is the "bal poudre' of the Good
Shepherd auxiliary to be given at Kra-
mer's the evening of February 16. Most
elaborate preparations have been made
for this event, and the women interest
ed have lost no opportunity to arrange
for a delightful occasion. The ShroVe-
tide costume party of last year given
under the auspices Of the Good Shep-
herd auxiliary was one of the notable
successes of the year.
The Good Shepherd is an organiza-
tion of women for the purpose of lend
ing helping hand to the Good Shep-
herd work in the preservation of young
girls who are in danger and in the
reformation of those who have become
more or less incOrrigible. The officers
of the organization are: President, Miss
Susanne E. Lynrh: first vice president,
Nine. Ida Hancock; second vice pres-
dent, Mrs. Thomas w. Phillips; secre-
tary, Mrs. P. G. Cotter; financial sec
retary, Miss Marie Rose Mullen; treas
urer. Mrs. Dan Murphy.
Bishop Conaty introduced the Sisters
of the Good Shepherd into Los Angeles
in June, 1908, and since that time hun
dreds of girls from the courts, from
the humane societies and other sources,
not only belonging to Los Angeles, but
to the. entire state, have passed under
their influence. The gentle. kindly in
| f1uence which comes from those white
robed sisters whose lives are conse-
Grated to the reformation of women
has been the means of saving many err
ring girls. They are taught the domes-
tic duties and are trained to be indie
pendent, While they are encouraged to
| look forward to the prospect of rid
ding themselves from any stain that
may have come from their previous life
of waywardness. More than so per cent
of the girls who have passed through
the Good Shepherd home during these
| five years have been nom Catholics. The
efforts of the sisters have been to de-
velop a sense of honorable womanhood
while not interfering in any way with
any religious opinions which they may
conscientiously hold. At present sixty
five girls are in the institution. which
is supported largely by the free offer
| ing of friends of the institution and
| helped somewhat by the work which
the girls do in the sewing classes and
in the laundry. The experience of the
| sisters teaches them that the active
industrial life contributes largely
toward the upbuilding of a better sense
! of self-reliance. The Good Shepherd
auxiliary was formed to help the good
sisters and has met with a splendid re-
sponse on the part of all classes in the
community, so that the work Of estab-
| fishing the laundry which was under
taken by the auxiliary has been COM
pleted at their expense.
To meet the friends of the Good Shen-