Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
REOLANDS

n EDLANDS, Jan. 3.-The past week
X in Redlands has been a busy one
Ia socially, the college people being
home for their vacations and the even
ings have been filled with a number OF
affairs given in their honor. Monday
evening Mrs John w. Davis enter
tanned with a large dancing party at
the Contemporary club house, in honor
of her daughters, Misses Marian, Doro-
thy and Gwen Davis, who are nome
for a few weeks from Milwaukee,
where they attend college.
Harold and Leigh Nickerson, home
from Stanford, entertained at whist
Monday evening, nine tables being
used for the game, beautiful prizes
being awarded at the close of the game
and refreshments were served.
Herbert Hubbard, a student at Stan
ford, was honor guest at a handsomely
appointed house dance which his pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. A. @. Hubbard,
gave Tuesday evening at their palatial
home on the terrace. Supper was
served at a late hour
The Baraccas of the Presbyterian
church entertained the Baraccas of the
city, of which there are $50, at ban
quet Tuesday evening in the Sunday
school room of the church The ban
quet was followed by toastS and an
informal program.
| Quite the most brilliant affair in
many seasons was the large ball which
Dr. and Mrs. Robert 7. Allan gave in
| the Contemporary club house WedneS-
| day evening to introduce their daugh-
| ter. Miss Esdale Allan, into society,
while Mr.. and Mrs. Lynham Allan Of
| San Francisco also shared hOnOrs with
| the debutante. The hall was hand
| somely decorated for the occasion and
more than one hundred of Redland' S
"4O0'' welcomed the bud of the sea-
son. Supper was served in the as
sembly room at late hour
New Years eve was the evening for
a number of entertainments, the Glee
club from the University of California
interesting the majority, especially the
students La Casa Iona entertained
the club and opened the hostelry for
dancing after the concert, which was
preceded by a number of handsomely
appointed dinner parties of the younger
society set. Vance MacVay enter
tanned with a dinner and theater party
of twelve covers. Mr.. and Mrs. E. S.
Graham had dinner of ten covers;
Mrs. f. E. Prendergast had covers for
ten; DR.. and Mrs. M. H. Hill had COW
ers for eight; Miss Winner had covers
for four. The Casa Iona was hand
somely decorated for the occasion and
the old year was danced out and the
new one in by the young people.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Fisher enter
tanned with a beautifully appointed
dinner of twenty covers at their home
on the heights, in compliment to Mr..
and Mrs. Percy Harley. Mrs. Harley
was formerly Miss Alice Harpham of
Los Angeles and is bride of a few
months The table was exquisite in its
decorations Of dewy ferns and myriads
of miniature lights hidden in the
greenry.
New Years day the Country club was
the scene of the annual reception, from
until o'clock, for the members and
their friends.
Misses Bonnell, Briggs, James, Kline,
Lois and Helen Field held open house
at the home of DR.. and Mrs. J. N
Field on New Years day from 4 until
o'clock, when the college people
thronged the rooms and met the young
ladies.
Mrs. Carroll B. Smith gave her four
teenth organ recital New Years after
noon in the Congregational church.
her many friends and music lovers of
the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Ford entertained
with a luncheon of seventeen covers
at La Casa Iona New Years day.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H Garstin enter
tanned last evening with house dance
in compliment TO their son Dalton
Garstin, who is home from Chicago
and leaves Monday morning for his
studies.