Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-03
a sEAsIDE CALENDAR

On Monday took a sail
On Tuesday night he stole a kiss
Beneath the moonlight pale;
On Wednesday up to town ne went
And bought a jeweled band
Five flashing diamonds in a row
To grace her lily hand.
On Thursday their engagement was
Announced 10 all their friends
They quarreled Frday-thus too apt
A hasty wooing ends;
But hearts beside the summer sea
Their sorrows quickly span,
On Saturday she ran away
To wed another man.
-Minna Irving in The Peoples for October.
NEW topics are Of more general in
terest than the outcome of the
rushing season at the northern.
colleges, and a partial list of the Los
Angeles girls who event sorority" "
which came in a private letter from
Stanford a few days since, cannot fail
to be of interest. 1 am only sorry that
mutual acquaintances of writer and
recipient were mentioned and that the
list is not complete.
Miss Gertrude Workman will wear
the symbol of the Delta Gamma soror-
ity, while Miss Frances Lotus, Miss
Frances Hall and Miss Marie McClurg
have been pledged by the Pi Beta Phi.
Friends of Miss Dorothy Parkinson
and Miss Marion Judah will be inter-
ested to learn that they have accepted
the honor of membership in Alpha Phi.
Two former Marlborough girls, Miss
Morlan and Miss Maude Bassett,
"have gone" Gamma Phi, and Miss
Frances Livingood has chosen to iden-
tify herself with the Stanford sorority,
the Tri Delta.
1t has been a great year for the
sororities at this university, and the
crop of freshmen gathered into the
sorority fold has been unusually large.
Here's to their good health.
&
A Los Angeles woman, just back
from New York, tells an entertaining
little story of the extreme mourning
adopted by one of the four hundred
who lost her sister last year. The
deepest of crepe that mourning usage
allows has been adopted for all her
street costumes her machine, which
previous to her bereavement was
bottle green, has been done over and is
now a dull unvarnished black, and In
the place of the ruddy faced and dap
per young German, who formerly drove
the car, is a negro chauffeur, in black
livery, who shares his post of respon-
sibility with a sad-eyed cockerel
spaniel Only white blossoms are al
lowed in the little flower vase in the
inside of the closed car.
As a surprise to acquaintances, but
not to intimate friends, will come the
announcement that Miss Elizabeth
Riordan, the talented daughter of Mrs.
d. NJ Riordan of South Burlington
avenue, has decided to adopt a stage
career and will make her debut tomor-
row night in a small part at the Be
lasco in 'Du Barry" Friends, who
have known for years that Miss Rior-
dan had the temperament and am
bition necessary to fit her for the stage,
and that it was only question of time
when she would find the opportunity,
are offering congratulations that the
chance to gain a foothold has come to
her so early and in her home city.
s.
In farewell to Mrs. Wellington Rand,
who, with her daughter, Miss Lillian,
left Friday for six weeks in NewYor
Mrs George Drake Ruddy entertained
Wednesday night at her home on Will
shire boulevard with a dinner, followed
by musicale.
Guests asked for the program to meet
Mrs. Rand included Mr.. and Mrs. Ro-
land Paul, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Le-
Grange, Rev. and Mrs. Baker P. Lee,
Rev. and Mrs. Reynold Blight, Gen.
and Mrs. f. c. Bellows, Mr.. and Mrs.
Sidle Lawrence, Mr., and Mrs. Clarke
Mahan, Mrs Richard Hovey, Mrs.
Katherine Kent Althouse, Mrs. Marie
Bailey, Mrs. John NJ Miller, Mrs M.
Hennion Robinson, Mrs. D. B. Riordan,
Miss Elizabeth Riordan, Miss Estelle
Miller, Miss Fannie Dillon, Miss Anna
Dillon, Miss Jean Brigham, Elbridge
Rand, Charles Rand, Wayland Smith,
Frank Colby, Lemuel Parton and Mr..
Russell.
Mrs. Rand, Miss Rand, Mrs. Robin
son, Miss Fannie Dillon, Elbridge Rand
and Roland Paul rendered the program.
Bishop Margaret Lagrange gave a de-
lightful little talk on Myths"
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One of the smartest functions of the
early season was the reception given by
Mrs. Henderson Hayward Friday after
noon at her home on Wiltshire boule-
ward in compliment to Mrs. Robert
Payne Oppenhimer of Knoxville, Tenn,
who has been her house guest for sew
eral weeks. Mrs. Oppenhimer is DR..
Hayward's daughter, and during pre-