Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-24
Club News

h HE second February event OF COS
mos club, and one of the marked
a successes of the Cosmos year, was
the Colonial tea given yesterday III
Ebell clubhouse, the occasion charac-
terized by the gracious hospitality al
ways dispensed by Cosmbs members
being enjoyed by nearly $50 members
and friends.
officers and club members who were
in Martha Washington costume or that
of the French court of the same period,
and wore their elaborately coitfeured
hair powdered, included Mrs. George
w, Jordan, Mrs. H. c. Cover, Mrs. L.
u. Mcclure, Mrs. MacGinnis, Mrs. John
c. Stockwell, Mrs. Emma George Hun
ter Mrs Frank e. Wolfe, Mrs Mar
tin Bekins, Mrs. j. q. MacLean, MIS-
Dinsmore, Mrs. J. Kelch, Mrs. Chris
HOLE, Mrs. Mary Roley, Mrs. G. H.
Alpeter, Mrs. j. Whitcombe Brougher'
Mrs Hernandes, Mrs. f. G. DeLano,
Mrs. D. Hunter and Mrs, Mathew 3.
Robertson, who was guest OF the
club.
The prese ace of Miss Lillian Clapp
and John Alden Clapp. daughter ana
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Elbert j. Clapp
of Calumet avenue, lent distinction to
the occasion, these young people being
| direct descendants in the ninth genera
| tion of John and Priscilla Alden or
miles Standish" fame.
The formal opening of the afternoon
| took place in the auditorium, where
program of readings by Miss Helen
| Pitner and a group of flute SOLOS py
Mrs. Ella Roller was greatly enjoyed
| Mrs. Robertson, the guest of the day,
gave a delightful little address.
Following this the club adjourned
| to the reception rooms across the patio
and an informal hour was enjoyed over
| the teacups. Here also were tables
| on which were shown treasured Colo
NAL relics belonging to the club mem
| bers, among them a Veritable Paul
| Revere lantern, a cane over 100 years
| old, made from mahogany taken from
| the old John Hancock house in Boston,
and an engraved folder commemorat-
| ing Lafayette's visit to America. There
were rare old pewter and solid silver
| tea and coffee pots, one OF the latter
| having been owned by memper OF
| Patrick Henrys family. There was
sword that formerly hung in the scab-
| bard by the side OF General johnston
of South Carolina of Revolutionary
| fame, and a set of thin, delicate cot-
| fee spoons made in London from the
| silver shoe and knee buckles of an
| officer who saw service in the war OF
| the Revolution.
Among the interesting articles on the
| household table was brown NcalaSh,
variety of sunbonnet worn by our
great grandmothers, handbag over
| 70 years old, and blue and white
three-piece linen bedspread dating
! from the time when the housewife card
ed, spun, dyed and wove her own
| household plenishing
Among many treasures eXhiblted by
Mrs. Cover was a saucer Of pink and
white English porcelain with the rare
luster edge-a part of a complete set
said to have been made in England
when the present king attained his
majority, and distributed by the late
queen among personal friends in the
| court circle. The cups and saucers
with sugar bowl and creamer, were
presented to a great-uncle of Mrs
Covers, from whom she inherited
| them.
| A faded blue ribbon badge was among
the most valued articles in the exhibit,
| the words, stephen A. Douglas and
Popular Sovereignty" being printed
across it's length.
Half a dozen or more oil paintings,
copies of old portraits, were loaned by
Mrs. Harry Doolittle.