Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-22
Society

Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin ]. Brent of
Berkeley square entertained with
most beautiful dinner party at their
home on Saturday evening, the occa-
sion being the twenty-ninth anniver-
sary of their wedding. The whole
scheme Of twenty-nine was carried
out, even to the number OF guests. The
table was elaborately decorated with
white and purple asters and ferns
trailing vines, and the place cards
were hand painted sketches of brides
and bridegrooms in different centuries.
After the dinner bridge was played
and covers were laid for Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Van Voorst, Mr.. and Mrs.
William J. Variel, DR.. and Mrs. Ralph
Hagan, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bowles,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. l.. Higbee, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Givernaud, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Jay, Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Blnn,
Mr.. and Mrs. M. w. Everhardy, Mr.
and Mrs. G. Alexander Bobrtck, Mr..
and Mrs. Oswald M. Justice, Mr.. and
Mrs. Emerson Gee, Miss Maud Eliza
beth Richards, Miss Tillie Phillips OF
Salt Lake; o. L. Wuerker and Edwin
]. Brent, jr
Mrs. W. T. Corbin of East Fifty-f1rst
street entertained with a surprise
party Friday afternoon in honor OF
her mother, Mrs. w. A. Tngraham, who
is here visiting from Salt Lake city.
The house was decorated with festoons
Of honeysuckle vines, ferns and as
ters. The favors were clusters OF
purple asters and an enormous bunch
of cream roses decorated the center
of the refreshment table. The guests
included Mrs. e. c. Bentz, Mrs. H. q.
Littell, Mrs. ]. E. Kerfoot, Mrs. d.
w. Penry Of Manchester Heights; Miss
Mamie Martin.
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In honor of Miss Evelyn Heaton
Lewis, daughter of Mrs. ]. Vance Lew
is. whose engagement to Harry Jones
was announced recently, Mrs. Ralph
Arthur Chase of Harvard boulevard
entertained with a theater party at
the Belasco Saturday afternoon, tax
ing her guests to tea at Christophers
afterwards. The places were marked
by hand painted sketches of summer
brides and the table was decorated
with a profusion Of pink roses and
ferns. Covers were laid for Miss Lew
is. Miss Grace Stoermer, Mrs. Ruben
Stephens Schmidt, Mrs. Frederick
Preston, Miss South, Mrs. Ray Dunni-
gan. Miss lone South, Miss Lalla
South. Mrs. ]. Vance Lewis and Mrs.
Cassell Severance.
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Miss Grace Adele Pierce, who is well
known in Los Angeles in literary as
we'll as in social circles, is at Chautau-
qua for a short time, and the word
comes to us that she will soon sail for
Europe as a representative of the
Ladies' Home Journal, for which paper
she has written much, as well as for
other periodicals in both prose and
verse. Miss Pierce was on the writing
| force Of the Chautauqua Daily few
| years ago.
Mrs. B. Collier of San Pedro en-
| tertained with a bridge party at her
home Friday afternoon in honor of
Mrs. r. S. Sutton. who has been the
house guest of her sister, Mrs. Sidney
| Lee Graver in South Burlington ave-
nue. for some months, and who will
leave for home this morning. Among
the guests were Mrs. S. L. Grover, Mrs.
e. A. Grover of Galveston. Texas;
Mrs. D. r. Jones, Mrs. c. w. Green
of Fort Worth, Texas; Mrs. A. e. Wal
| lace, Mrs. Frank Neubauer, Mrs E. M.
Skeats, Mrs. C. w. Green, jr, and
Miss Creatsinger.
| Among the party which started Sat
urday for a trip to Honolulu on the
sierra were Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Kerr,
| Miss Estelle Balloon, Mrs. Nettie l..
| Scott, Miss Gabriel L. Bickford, Miss
| Gladys Grose, Miss Mary Patter, Miss
Frances B. Park, Mr.. and Mrs. j. L.
Ripley and family, Mrs. M. James, c.
l'D, Albright and Arthur Hudson.
s.
The wedding of Miss Frances Thomp-
son, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. S. A.
Thompson Of West Thirtieth street,
and DR.. A. J. Fraleigh of Toronto,
| Canada, was solemnized at the resi-
dence| Of the brides parents, the
brides father officiating. DR.. Thomp-
son. who has been in the California
| hospital for some weeks. left his sick
bed to perform the ceremony. DR.. and
Mrs, Fraleigfi have gone on a wedding
trip and will be away for an indefinite
| time DR.. Fraleigh is an officer in the
Dominion army and his bride is a
graduate of the University of Southern
California.
One of the weddings of last week
which have been of interest to many
| friends was that of Miss Josephine
| Bolts, daughter of Mrs. Pauline E
| Rotts of Los Angeles, and Martin