Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-06
WOMEN IN AUTOS
PARADE EFORU.S.C.
TWENTY MOTOR CARS USED TO
TRANSPORT GUESTS
FOUR HUNDRED PERSONS TAKE
TRIPS AROUND CITY
Stops Are Made at Several Places
Where Entertainments and Re-
freshments Are Served and
Rare Curios Exhibited .

The women's auxiliary Of the Univer-
sity of Southern California gave an
automobile excursion around the city
yesterday for the purpose of raising
money to aid educational work IN the
Methodist college.
Twenty automobiles were necessary
to transport the 400 persons who took
the trip, and the praises given those
who had charge of the excursion would
make other excursion managers turn
green with envy.
beginning at the First Methodist
church, Sixth and Hill streets, and end
ing in the university campus at Ihlrty-
fifth and Hoover streets, the route
traversed required nearly three hours
including stops at several points OF in
terest
The excursion was under the d1rec-
tion of Mrs, j. L. Brown, assisted py
Mrs. Lucy Best, Mrs. Eta Johnson
Mrs. H. w. Brodbeck, Mrs. G. f. 30
ward and Mrs. 7. B. Stowel. To these
women must be given the credit Ior Ine
success of the trip.
Everything went off as promised: AZ
times the eXcursionsts had to wait, 1t
being impossible for the AUTOMOBILES
to get around to the several stopping
places fast enough to accommodate tne
crowds, but they entered into the spirit
of the thing and did not appear 10
mind waiting few minutes at each
place They were shown rare PANT
ines. curios and relics, entertained and
dined. and the efforts of the auxiliary
to make the trip enjoyable were ap-
preciated.
The first place visited by the eXcur-
sionists is the BiVouac, the residence
of Gen, H. G. Otis. Here the travellers
were shown a collection of early Cail-
fornia and wartime relics and the
beautiful painting and frescoing on the
walls of his home. At the blVouac
president George f. Bovard, Laird j.
Stabler and Paul Arnold of the unlVer-
sity faculty compried the receiving
committee.
Meet Celebrities
The second stage of the journey was
to the home of Mrs. Walter H. Fisher,
3043 Wiltshire boulevard. The eXcur-
sionists were met at the door by re-
ception committee composed OF Dr.
and Mrs. e. A. Healy, Miss Elsie van
derpool, Miss Ruth Brown, Dr. ana
Mrs. Charles e. Locke and Prof, Edgar
Won Fingerlin. Here the travellers were
introduced to a group of we'll known
celebrities. They are Madame Schu-
man-Hink, impersonated by MISS
Mary Brodbeck; the empress or JAPAN
by Miss Ruth Fisher, Lady Washlng-
ton, by Miss Mary JesSup; Juanlta, py
by Miss Rose Nichod; Sonora McOpln-
loc. by Miss Hazel Moles; Lady Went
worth, by Miss Rachael Fisher; Marie
Antoinette, by Catherine OBear, ana
Janice Meredith, by Margaret Locke.
Punch and waters were served, misses
Virginia Stibers and Hazel Crabb1ll
presiding at the punch bowl.
The third stop on the excursion was
at DR.. w. W. Becket's residence, 221S
Harvard boulevard. This was the
house of fun on the excursion. Mrs.
w. w. Beckett and Mrs. Albert f. Rus
sell received at the door, while Mrs.
George l. Cochran and Mrs. c. I. d.
Moore presided at the tea table.
At Mrs. A S. Vermillion's residence,
the next stage of the journey, the
hostess collection of art treasures was
exhibited. Miss Mary Marbles East
Indian collection of curios were also
open to inspection, and these proved to
be one of the most interesting features
of the entire trip.
From here the eXcurSioniSts went to
the college of music at the University
of Southern California for the last stop.
Members of the college of music and
the college Of oratory gave joint re-
cital which was a fitting end to the
afternoons pleasures Among the
selections presented were readings by
Miss Edna June Terry and Miss Eliza
beth Yoder and baritone solo by
Henry Hirst.
Following the program the excur-
sionists were conducted to the dining
room, where a chicken dinner was
served.