Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-10

same month Miss Elsa Draper and
Midshipman James Lawrence may be
married, as the latter will receive his
promotion in May and will be sta
toned at San Diego. Ensign Charles
Conway Hartigan has been ordered to
service at Mare Island, and his mar
riage to Miss Margaret Thompson Will
also take place in June. These young
women, while residents of the north
err part of the state, are well known
to friends. here, and army and navy
friends will be interested to know of
the prospective marriages.
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Thursday afternoon one of the pret-
test social events of the season took
place at Hotel Hollywood The oc-
casion was an at home reception Civ
en- by Miss Marion Goulding of Port
l-uron, Mich, to meet Mrs. j. Eugene
Law, formerly Miss Viva Burrel OF
San Jose.
Tea was served in the private dining
room which was decorated with myrl-
ads of wild flowers out of which glis-
tened small electric lights. Large bas-
kets Of wistaria, branches of orange
blossoms, wild mustard, acacia and
mariposa lilies converted the music
room and parlors of the hotel into a
veritcble flower garden.
Those who received with Miss Could
ing were Mrs. F. H. Probert and MRS
J. Eugene Law and assisting were, Mrs
A. NJ. Bogy, Mrs. nellie Blackburn
Mrs L. H. Durant and Mrs. f. L.
Morris and Misses Marie Mullen
T,lnche Kellie, Helen Smith, Marion
AIundy and Helen Doolittle.
Miss Goulding wore beautiful white
princess gown of lace, Mrs. Probert
was in a pink pompadour silk while the
bride was charmingly attired in a
handsome gown of net over ivory sat
in made en- traine. The lobby was
radiant with many other handsomely
gowned women for which the elaborate
floral decorations made fitting back
ground.
Mrs. Law is the wife of ]. Eugene
Law Of the First National Bank OF
Hollywood. Mr.. and Mrs. Law make
the hotel at Hollywood their perma-
nent home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Farwen Edison
entertained eight guests with box
party Tuesday evening at the Grand
to hear the Love Tales of Hoffman"
Following the opera, the members OF
the party were guests of Mrs. Morris
Albee at Levy's for supper
Miss Laura Zerbe returned this week
from a fortnight's visit with Miss
Coralin Dates in Ventura While MAX
ing this visit Miss Zerbe visited the
beautiful Casitas and there caught the
first fish, a beautiful trout, thus cele-
brating April l.
Richard Kruger gave supper at
the Alexandria Wednesday evening for
Mr.. and Mrs Frederick w. Eldredge,
Mrs. D. p. Doak, Mr.. and Mrs. Dick
Ferris and Commander Ward Winchell,
The table appointments We're in pink
with a beautiful center piece of pink
sweet peas.
Miss Grace Adele Pierce of Santa
Monica will go east in June, and will
visit friends in Philadelphia, Boston
and New York, before sailing for
France, where she will make her home
for the next two years. Miss Pierce
expects to greet her friends, Mrs. John
p. Jones and Miss Georgianna Jones
of Santa Monica, when they return from
the continent in the summer, and will
probably make her home in Europe
near that Of Mr.. and Mrs. MacMon-
MES near Paris.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick W. Ed
ridge will give the hOusewarming for
their new home in Thompson street
the last of the month, and will prob
ably issue invitations this week for a
bal masQue to be given the evening
Of April 27. Various alterations have
been made in the house, and the ball
room has been enlarged and redeco-
rated.
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Mrs. Charles w. Price entertained
with bridge at her beautiful home in
bigueroa street on Friday afternoon
The flowers were in yellow and red,
the hall being in Marietta roses and
the parlor in Bankshia roses, and the
dining room in poppies and yellow
roses. Guests numbered 100 and as
sisting the hostess were Mrs. Charles