Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-26

Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado
and the women who participate in the
dances and dinners wear frocks which
are particularly lovely and quite the
dernier cri in Partisan fashions.
Among the Los Angeles folk who
passed the week end at the Virginia
We're Mr.. and Mrs. Albert G. Bartlett
Of Vista del Mar, Hollywood; Mr.. and
Mrs. C. c. Loomis and their daughter
Miss Margaret Loomis, of the Angelus
hotel; Mr. and Mrs. James owen OF
West Eighth street, and Mr.. and Mrs
Chauncey Lawson Hlgbee, 1926 West
Ninth street.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. James have re-
turned from Catalina, where they
passed Sunday. They are entertaining
Mrs. and Miss Dorothy Herbert, who
remained in Catalina to be joined later
in the week by Mr.. and Mrs. James
again.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. o. Morton recently
have taken possession of their new
home In Mariposa avenue, and several
friends are planning house warming
for Friday evening, when the new
home will be formally opened The
affair will also celebrate Mr.. Mortons
birthday anniversary, and a shower OF
novel character is promised.
The marriage of Miss Lille Valen-
tine. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Otto
Valentine, 469 Custer street, and Arvid
Herbert Peterson will take place prob
ably In September. The engagement
was recently announced.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus King Tabor have
announced the engagement of their
daughter, Hiss Elizabeth Tabor, to
Raymond Chalmers Hill of Pomona.
Definite arrangements for the wedding
have not been made.
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Miss Helen Ishman and Miss Lee
ONeil who have been guests of Mrs.
w. w. Willis, 1915 West Eighth street,
have returned to their home in Georgia.
Among the hostesses who entertained
for them were Mrs. w. r. Mitchell,
West Eighth street, with q dinner, and
Mrs. j. w. Watson of Hobart boule-
Vard
The marriage of Miss Norma Haines
and Clayton w McRee will take place
Wednesday noon at the home of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Haines, in East Adams street. Miss
Haines will have no attendants, and
the wedding will be witnessed only by
the immediate relatives of the CON
tracing parties.
Miss Haines will wear her going
away costume, a tailored suit of white
serge with a picture hat of white straw
with plumes. A wedding breakfast will
follow the ceremony, and Immediately
afterWard Mr. MCRee will take his
bride to Catalina for n couple of weeks.
Upon return. the young folk, both well
known here will make their home In
Los Angeles. Miss Haines is Il prom
inent member of the Daughters of
NTats, 4 f- .n1A ha g,1-nV~ Of 11n
association Her friends have ar
ranged many delightful affairs In her
honor, among the intended hostesses
being Mrs. Gertrude Ives, 1175 East
Twenty-siXth street. and Mrs. Ella
Renwick. The bride-elect is a niece of
Oscar Lawler and n granddaughter of
Mrs. Margaret Lawler 352 West Forty
first place.
Miss Lillian Penelope Sistye. daugh-
ter of Mrs. Lillian Sistye of Hotel
Arcadia, win sing this evening at the
reunion of the Pennsylvania society.
Miss Sistye is regarded as one of the
most talented of the younger singers
of Los Angeles. Her voice already has
had a thorough preliminary training.
and this autumn she viii enter upon
more serious work. She had her voice
tried by Ellen Beach Yaw recently, and
Miss YaW pronounced 1t one of the
most promising lyric soranos it has been
her privilege to hear. The latter part
of the week Miss Sistye will leave for
Escondido. in San Diego county, where
she will be the guest of Dr. and Mrs.
Dana Smith for a month.
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Mrs. John w. Mitchell has charge of
the program which has been arranged
for a pretty plantation party to be
given on the roof of the Y. W. C. A.
building Thursday evening. She will
give an informal talk, telling of the
origin of the negro slave songs, and
will illustrate her subject by singing
several of the most familiar songs.
Members of the mandolin and guitar
club will play a few numbers. Later
in the evening watermelon will be
served.
One of the most interesting of the
weeks social events was the wedding
of Miss Cecil Parker and Alfred Ten
nyson Elmer, which was solemnized at
the home of the bridegrooms parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Elmer, in Denver,
Colo, yesterday afternoon. The bride is
the daughter of Mrs. Emma Guiou
Parker of Hollywood. She has host
of friends there as well as in Los
Angeles.
She wore a gown of white silk null
and carried a shower of brides roses.
sister, was the maid of honor, and
Harry Holland assisted Mr.. Elmer as
best man.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer have gone to
Holbridge, Neb., where they will start
on tour of the United States and
Europe.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kinney, accom-
panied by Mr.. and Mrs. w. G.. Hutchin-
son and Mrs. A. c. Chauvin. motOred
to Coronado Friday. They will prob
ably stay there several days.
Mrs C. A. Norton and Miss Bessie
Blenkiron entertained with a miscel-
laneous shower in honor of Miss Esther
Blenkiron at the home of Mrs. Norton,
in Third avenue, recently. Miss Blen-
kiron will become the bride of H. B.
Washburn early in October
The house was beautifully decorated
with red carnations and shasta daisies.
A pretty game was played. The prizes
were won by Mrs. Harry King Snyder
and Miss Rose Peralta.
The guests were Mrs. Oscar f.. Kim,
Mrs. w. M, Blenkiron Mrs. Maude
Gilliland, Mrs. c. A. Jewell, Mrs. Fred
Jonas Mrs. Stafford W. BiXby Mrs.
Harry Snider, Mrs. Herbert Hughes,
Mrs. Orah Schultz and the Misses Lii
liam Belcher, Reba Hackley, Mildred
Thomas, Zelma STUDY, Josephine
Grijalva, Amelia Peralta, Rose Peralta,
Pearl Swanson, Frances O'Connor,
Grace O'Connor, May Huntley and
Emma Harbour.
Miss Corinne Burns, daughter of C.