Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-04
Society

Announcement is made of the en-
gagement of Mrs. Bert Harmon Mer-
chant, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Albers of 2640 Menlo avenue, to VIII
liam Kendall Leonard of Piqua, o. The
marriage will be Solemnized early in
December at the residence of the SIS
ter and brother-in-law of the bride
elect, Mr.. and Mrs Alfred Willard
French in Piqua. Mrs. Merchant, who
is the niece of Mrs. Adna r. Chaffee,
left for a visit in the east early IN
the summer and the announcement or
her engagement will come as a sur
prise to her many friends here. Mr.
Leonard will bring his bride for a
visit to Los Angeles early in Febru-
ary and many affairs will be given
in her honor as she has host of warm
friends here.
Mrs. Emmeline II. Childs of West
Adams street is entertaining as house
guests her two daughters, Mrs. j. w.
Dwight of Washington and Mrs. Fred
erick T. Reynolds of Fortress Mon
roe. Mrs. Reynolds will leave Novem-
ber 15 for the Fortress wnere her hus-
band, Major Reynolds. is stationed,
while Mrs. Dwight will be here for
six weeks. In honor of the visitors
Mrs. Frank Hicks of West Adams
street will entertain with tea to-
morrow afternoon and Mrs. j. Q.
Drake and Mrs. Mary Longstreet will
be hostesses at a luncheon Saturday
afternoon, November II, at the Cali
fornia club.
Miss Juliet Borden, daughter of Shell
don Borden OF South Hope street, en-
tertained yesterday afternoon. The
tables were beautifully decorated with
yellow chrysanthemums and ferns ana
covers were laid for Misses Marie Nor
ton, Elizabeth Hicks, Elizabeth Wood,
Florence Wood, Katherine Stearns,
Jane Rollins, Mildred Burnett, Sallie
Bonner, Sarah Mcfarland, Emma
Conroy, Genevieve Wilson, Frances
Richards, Lucille Clark and Marjorie
Utley; Mrs. M A. Burnett and Mrs.
William Eliot Selbie.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Max n. Newmark of
South Alvarado street, accompanied
by their daughter, Miss Frances New
vine, Tex, where they will witness the
marriage of their son, Roy Edgar
NeWmark, to Miss Leila Stewart. Mr..
Newmark will also accompany his par
ents.
Mrs. John Henry Ballagh Of Fifth
avenue entertained with a Halloween
party in honor of her birthday ami
versary. The decorations were in keep
ing with the occasion, black cats,
witches and bats appearing at every
turn. A cohweb was wound around
the rooms which the guests were re-
quired/ to unravel, the end of eacn
thread leading to the supper table.
Mrs. Ballagh was assisted by the Miss
es Anna Plimpton of Boston, Anna
Choate. and Bess Filpert of Los An
geles. Among the guests were Mes
danes j. M. Neeland, John Gaynor,
Harry Hazard, Hasley, Garrett Van
Horn, Oscar Paul Grigg, Henry Wise,
Grant Goucher, Martha Hunter, Ben
jamin Rhoades, Harry Underwood,
William Reed, Henry Garren, William
McHammond, William Pierce of Chi
cago and Miss Helen Judson.
Miss Ruby N. Wilson, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. Wilson OF
935 Mariposa avenue, entertained with
a party at the beautiful new home of
her parents Tuesday evening, Games
and fortunes offered the entertainment,
Miss Minnie Wilson, attired as an
Egyptian. being the seeress. Mrs.
Roy Dinwiddie rendered some selec-
tions on the piano. Among the guests
were Misses Gertrude Gilbert, Eliza
beth Duncan, Rena Polkinghorn, Helen
Stephenson, Ida Spencer, Bessie VIII
son, Elma Wilson, Helen Roberts, Ell
len Robinson, Mary Dale, Minnie Will
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Dinwiddie and
Linley M. Bryant, Harry C. Wilson,
Harold Cross, Arthur Corey, Dwight
Stephenson, Vance Rivers, Dwight
Wallace, Russell Wilson, Oscar War
ner, George Clark, Ernest Kern and
Kenneth Miles,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest 2. Wood of 602
New Hampshire street entertained
with delightful dinner party Sat-
urday evening in honor of Rev.
Jesse Wood, who celebrated the
seventy-first anniversary of his
birthday. The table was dec
grated with chrysanthemums and
ferns and covers were laid for
Bishop A. j. Waterhouse of Virginia,
DIR. w. E. Waugh and Rev. A. j.
Bachelor of San Francisco, Rev r. p.
Howell and Mrs. Rhoda A. White