Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-11
Society

Sierras, are planning to return to Los
Angeles the latter part Of OCTOBER OF
early in November, and Will remain
until the following spring, when they
will probably go to Europe for year
or more.
Miss Bessie Chaplin is in Vienna,
where she is engaged in violin study,
and incidentally is being widely enter
tanned
Mr. Chaplin has been in Los Angeles
several days engaged in business CON
nected with illustrations he is furnish
ing for book of historical reminiscent
ces written by a well-known Los An
geles man, which is to go to the pub
Usher early in the summer
The author has lived in Los Angeles
since pueblo days, and the book relates
in graphic phraseology his experiences
in Southern California during these
wears, a tale in which the artist mas
found wide range and congenial mate
rial for trained and virile Imagination
and facile pen. Mr.. Chapin's portfolio
already contains in the vicinity or ZOU
beautifully executed sketches that WIN
surround or be interviewer with the
text and others with many full page IL
lustrations are vet to be completed The
full page cover illustration shows a
man on horseback, both mount and rid
err engaged in keenly watching a train
of emigrants crossing the plain IN the
valley far below, while Indian and
coyote wildcat and stamped1ng cattle
steal or dash madly across the pages
after the fashion whose truth to de-
tail reveals the sure hand OF the
woodsman and hunter.
Mr.. Chaplin is returning to Miramonte
tonight.
Mrs. Frank w. Burnett was hostess
Yesterday at a luncheon given at the
California club, where covers were lald
for sixty.
Assisting the hostess were her sister,
Mrs ]. Fl. Barbour, Mrs. w. H. Ennis
Mrs. Adna r. Chaffee, Mrs. w. A
Clark, jr, Mrs. jefferson Paul Chandler,
Mrs. J. w. Mckinley. Mrs. West
Hughes and Mrs. Willoughby Rodman'
s.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis T. Wilcox, who
were recently married in New York, are
visiting Mrs. Wilcox's sister, Mrs.
Lewis Putnam Wheeler of Hollywood,
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilcox are en- route to
the Philippines and Japan, and are
planning to return in the late summer
by way of the exposition and Northern
Pacific.
Mrs. Grove Ketchum entertained fri
day in her charming new home on
Sixth avenue with a beautifully APP
pointed luncheon. A color scheme of
pink was deliberately carried out pink
roses and sweet peas being used IN
great quantities. Mrs. ketchum S
guests included Mrs. George w. Mulks
and Mrs. jefferson Davis of Westgate,
Mrs Knabel, Mrs. A. c. Smith, Mrs. 5.
w. Feen, Mrs. Howard Keisler MRS IL
s. Wood, Mrs. Frederick w. Webo, Mrs.
Don Stansbury, Mrs FORAGE Bingham
Mrs. Nina Consiguiy, Misses Stansbury'
Miss Bingham. Miss Henshel and Miss
Bird of San Francisco.
s.
Mrs. Ada Ward of Cambridge street
leaves this week for an extended east
ern trip. Mrs. Ward will go as far east
as New York and expects to be absent
several months.
Mrs. James Ballagh of Orange street
was one of the guests at Hotel Napoll,
Naples, over Sunday. Assisted by MRS.
Scott Sheldon, accompanist, Mrs Bal
lagh entertained the other guests with
4 q delightful concert in the evening"
Formal announcement has been made
of the engagement of Miss Hannah
Mcdonald daughter of MIR. and Mrs.
Gregor Mcdonald of Bonnie Brae
street, and Edwin A. Weegar a young
business man of Norwood, N. Y.
Mrs. C. M. Williams of West Thirty
first street announces the engagement
of her daughter Maude to George w.
Pomey of Los Angeles. The wedding
Will ldhS PiehSS Se'A ~ ~ "N+iS'
An engagement recently announced
in Berkeley at Mexican dinner given
in the Alpha Phi sorority house on
Durant avenue was that of Miss Gladys
Armstrong, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. B. Armstrong of Los Angeles, and
Howard Mortimer Leggett son of Mr..
and Mrs. j. H. Leggett of Oroville
Miss Armstrong is a graduate of the
University of Southern California, and
will be graduated this year at Berke-
ley. The marriage will take place at
the home of the brides parents in the
autumn.
A quietly appointed wedding an
nounced to take place tomorrow at noon
is that of Miss Marie Reber and Ed
ward Nettz, the officiating clergyman
being Rev. Phelps, pastor of Westlake
Methodist church.
After a short honeymoon at Santa
Barbara and San Diego Mr.. Nettz and
his bride will make their home in
Glendora, where the groom to-be is
engaged in business.
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Mrs. Holton of Harvard boulevard
will have as her guests Wednesday
-. members of card club composed of
- wives of a number of prominent rail-
road men of Los Angeles and it's mem
Mrs. Jack Harrington of Hollywood en-
tertained the members of thu same
club and their husbands Saturday eve
ming.
Members of the club are Mrs. Henry
Brown, Mrs. Camille Balfour, Mrs.
Charles Sawran, Mrs. j. c. Graves,
Mrs. E. K. Garrison, Mrs. A. T. Jack
son, Mrs. Grove Ketchum, Mrs. George
Mulks, Mrs. George w. McCaskey, Mrs.
j. A. McCaskey Mrs. j. w. Monohan,
Mrs. F. S. Fitzgerald, Mrs. J. F. Har-
rington,, Mrs. Henshel, Mrs. Horace
Montague, Mrs. Albert Polhemus, Mrs
j. Tuller Mrs C. A. Thurston, Mrs
Harriet Van Horn, Mrs. F. j. Wheeler
Mrs. Fred Webb, Mrs. f. s. Kirshner
Mrs. j. Bate, Mrs. Blanche Baum.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Tyler Of East
Twenty eighth street have as house
guest Mr.. Tyler's cousin, Andrew Tyler
of Chicago In honor of his cousin
Mr. Tyler recently entertained a num-
Der of friends with a picnic at Bay
City and Anaheim Landing. Those who
enjoyed the pleasant occasion were
Mrs Jennie Kirkham, Mrs. Underwood,
Miss Sadie Underwood, Miss Nettie
Kirkham, Miss Norma Whitney, II. C.
Underwood, William Sampson and A.
Tyler.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. M. Clawson of Ora
mercy place entertained at dinner Sun
day evening in honor of the fifteenth
birthday anniversary of their son,
Spencer. Elaborate decorations of
flowers were used and covers were laid
for fifteen.