Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-03


A of her presence to secure an hour
She has no time for company" she writes;
The term chills me would sudden shower
On OF springs Intoxicating nlghtsl
So am sacrfced-become a stranger
Presumably-sweet Betty have a carei
In your self-sacrifice there turks danger
That |. unwittingly. am included therei
Amy Smith.
II OCAL alumnae Of the national
fraternity, Alpha Chi Omega, en-
IA tertained yesterday at the Wom-
ans club house on Figueroa street with
a reception given to meet two officers
of the grand council, Mrs. Edward
Loud of Albion, Mich, grand president,
and Miss Mabel Siller, grand historian
of Evanston, Ill.
Guests included members of other
women's college fraternities, and mem
bers of Epsilon chapter, U. s. c., the
only active chapter on the Pacific coast.
Mrs. Loud, who is serving her second
term OF two years as grand president
is making an official tour of inspection
throughout the west, and while In Los
Angeles Is guest of her sister, Mrs. IL.
four.
Miss Siller, who is passing the winter
with a sister in Pasadena, is engaged
in compiling an Alpha Chi history
which, as the fraternity numbers over
400 members, is no small task.
Yesterdays hostesses, Alpha Chi
Omega alumnae, were Mrs II, w. Cusn-
man, Mrs. c. w. Brown, Mrs. l.. h.
Garrett, Mrs, r. A. Mills, Mrs. Norman
Larson, Mrs e. J. Fellows. Mrs. f. L.
Rottsford Mrs r. G. Van Cleve, MRS.
A. NJ. Young, Mrs. 2. Osgood, MISS
katherine Saunders, Miss Blanche
Gregg. Miss Jessie Cushman, MISS
Louise White, Miss Carrie Trowprluse'
Miss Susie Shank, Miss Hazel Hearn'
Miss Sarah Morgan, Miss Katherine
Granger. Miss Myrtle Macarthur, MISS
Ethel Huntoon, Miss Jessie Meyers
Miss Marie Smith, Miss Mauneena Mac
MILAN. Miss Rowena Hall, Miss taye
Ruck. Miss Anne Shepard, Miss Maude
Anderson and Miss Alberta Brown.
Young women composing the mem
bership of the active chapter at Y: ..
c. are Miss Olive bergman, Saiss
Phoebe Joslin, Miss Lulu Reeves, MISS
Katherine Asher. Miss Olive LIE Clear,
Miss Esther Davidson, Miss Emma VIII
Iiams Miss Ella Foster, Miss Marie
jackson, Miss Eleanor Clemens, MISS
Mabef Harrington, Miss Pansy NeWnii
and "the pledge" Miss Minnie Palette.
The fraternity flower. scarlet carna-
tions were used in decoration. There
was an Informal musical program, ana
the guests were served with refresh
ments at small tables on the second
floor. -
Alpha Chi fraternity, now in its
twelfth year, occupies unique posi-
ton among general college associations,
as qualifications OF membership are
both literature and music. :.
other officers of the grand council
are: Vice president, Mrs. Horace Kent,
Bayonne, N. j.; grand secretary, Mrs.
Elmer Soule, Detroit, Mich; treasurer,
Mrs Ralph Denis. Evanston, ILL.,; grand
Inspector Mrs. Richard Tenant, Terre
Haute, Ind; editor of the trate e,,
publication, The Tyre, Mrs. William
Hazeltine, Ripon, Wis. The fraternity
pin is in the form of Tyre.
There are active chapters at the uni
versities of Michigan, Illinois, Wiscon-
sin. Syracuse, Colorado, Nebraska,
Southern California, at the New Eng
land Conservatory, Boston; De Pauw
ern university, Simpson college, Indian
ola, Iowa, Baker university, BALDWIN,
Kas., and at Meadville. Pa.
Five alumnae chapters are in chi
cago, Indianapolis, New York, Los An
geles and Boston.
Mrs. Loud will remain in Los An
geles about three weeks. and on her
three groups of petitioners are asking
to be admitted to the Alpha Chi
Omegas.
A pretty wedding was celebrated at
high noon yesterday at the home or
Mrs. E. p. Eckert, East Twenty-sev-
enth street when Mrs. Jessie Craddock
was united in marriage with Arthur
Boxall, Rev Baker p. Lee, rector OF
Christ Episcopal church, officiating.
The house had been deliberately deco
rated for the event, the .predominating
colors being green and white. The
ceremony was performed beneath a
canopy of ferns and ribbon streamers
arranged in the library.
Miss Genevicve da Vaulton, attired IN
pale green, played the wedding
marches. The bride was given away
by Mr.. Mcneil and was attended by
Mrs. Eckert. who was gowned in white.
Clifford Rowland Eckert stood with the
groom.
The bride was attired in her going
away gown of brown cloth and carried
a shower bouquet of white carnations
and ferns, with wreath of the flowers
in her hair The elaborate wedding
gown and trousseau of the bride was
consumed by fire Sunday when the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. H; Simons, with
whom she resided, was burned
Following the ceremony a wedding
breakfast was served in the dining
room, which was deliberately decorated
with red and white. A large red bell
was suspended over the table, with
white streamers extending to the cor
ners of the table.
Mr. and Mrs. Boxail will reside in
Los Angeles.
Church of the Angels, Garvanza. was
the scene late yesterday afternoon of
the marriage of Miss Hazel Trapragen
and Wilfred Dole, the service of the
Episcopal church being read by Rev.
Harry Thompson, the rector. The tiny
edifice was filed with friends who wit
messed the wedding.
The bride wore the conventional gown
Of white satin with tulle veil, and car
ried lilies of the valley The band of
white robed young women serving as
ushers included Miss Dorothy Trapha-
gen. sister of the bride, Miss Clara
Baker. Miss Donna Amsden, Miss Nat
allie Brokaw and Miss Carol Green.
Mr.. and Mrs Dole will make their
home In Aloha, Wash, and left for the
north last night.
Miss Minnie Oakley, secretary Of the
National Library association who Is
the guest of her brother. Prof Edward
oakley at Santa Ana, will come in for
a week end visit with Mrs George
Drake Ruddy
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudy have been oc-
rupying their cottage, The Compass, at
Balboa beach, for nearly two months