Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-07

A QUAKER PRovERB

WS. AONIN
A QUAKER PRovERB
My lover is a sailor lad"
One morning, early, Sue was singing;
While husily she stirred the cake
And set the merry echoes ringing
Nay, nay her Quaker grandam said;
Thee must not stir the batter sweet,
i II thee husband fine would have,
Tho batter thee must always beat.
''IIast thee not heard the saying old
OF how the maid whose cakes were stirred
The spirit IN youth had moved?
No hint of love had ever heard?'
Now straightway susan's song was hushed;
mo hint of love-" she kept repeating,
And with careful upward stroke
Upon the batter fell a-beating!
kIT FELT touch of spring today
/ said Mr. Smart. my wife tells
Il me she must have a new hat"
S.
Judge and Mrs. Curtis IL. Lindley OF
San Francisco are entertaining at their
Pacific avenue home Mr. and Mrs. Phil
ip Kitchin of Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Alumnae club, Pi Beta
| Phi. are entertaining Tuesday with a
| luncheon at the Y. w. G. A. All Pi
Phis in Los Angeles are invited.
/ s.
MY. but this twentieth century edu-
cational pace Is rapid! And none are
spared, neither babes in the cradle nor
| their white-haired progenitors.
! At a gathering of young mothers a
few days ago the subject of mental de-
velopment among little people was,
naturally, one of the topics for dis
| Nthn O.
band is an attorney. and who is her.
| self so charming that one is obliged to
| forgive her for having taken a post
graduate course after matriculating at
Smith, electrified her friends with the
statement that her year-old son had
been presented on his recent anniver-
sary-and by his grandmother, too,
poor little tad, with a rare edition of
| Shakespeare, illustrated, and in ever so
many volumes!
Gaping this story one was told by
the hostess, who said that her grand
mother, a beautiful white-haired wo-
man of gracious presence, had last WIN
ter learned to play bridge, and on her
eighty-fifth anniversary, which had
occurred early in the fall, she (the
hostess), had given a duplicate bridge
party of four tables in her grandmoth
ers honor.
Spanning the chasm between the two
discussion turned upon a certain
charming woman who looks not over
25 or 80, but who is thought by her
intimate friends to be several years
older, and who, because she is afraid
some portion of her brain will 'go
to Sleep" as she expresses it, belongs
to both the large woman's clubs, two
music clubs, and. to quote her again.
writes foolish little stories and plays"
She belongs to three card clubs. takes
engaged assists in running the home.
She is great social favorite, dining
out five nights each week on an aver
age, holds a membership in a golf
club. and, when she has nothing more
exciting on hand, permits some one of
her several admirers to be devoted to
her.
A strenuous life my masters! Let us
hasten, or we win lose step.
Mrs. Thomas F. Cane of New York
city was honored guest Friday at a
box party following tea at the Alexan-
dria, the occasion being given by Miss
cinths banked the table and trailing
ribbons of the same color to which
were fastened corsage bouquets for
each guest followed the place cards.
Her guests were Mrs. Thomas F. Cane
of New York, Mrs. c. Modini- Wood,
Mrs. Lee chamberlain, Mrs. u. w.
Wattles, Mrs John ]. Russell, Mrs. Ella
Burke of Omaha, Mrs. John G. Mott,
Nine Genevra Bishop and
Mrs. C. wellington Rand
ID
The marriage of Mrs. Grace Mabelle |
Quinan of Detroit, Mich, and Hon.
James Edwin Cutler of Chicago, was
recently solemnized at the Glenwood |
hotel Rev. Robert S. Fisher officiated
Mrs. Quinan had been spending the
winter in Southern California, and |
while visiting friends in Hollywood met
Mr. Cutler. Mr.. Cutler is a business
man, son of the late DR.. John S. Cutler,
to the Congo Free State,
South Africa. Mr.. and Mrs. Cutler will
spend their honeymoon at Venice.
East Los Angeles, March /. at the
parsonage. Rev. f. A. Field
united in matrimony Thatcher l..
Bright and Miss Eunice p. Burns. The
bride was dressed in dark brown trav-
cling suit, with hat to match, and was
unattended.
Mrs. Thomas Wright of West Thirty
fifth street entertained La Golondrina
Bridge club Wednesday at luncheon.
The table was beautiful, with a CENTER
piece of American Beauty roses, and