Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25

| line Of mems furnishing goods, pipes
and cigars, cigarettes and other tobac-
| COS. Louis ROeder on Main ana JohIl
! COLES on Los Angeles street manutac-
! turcd and repaired carriages ana Was-
/ onS.
The women of Los Angeles struck me
| as being very handsome and otherwise
attractive, as | saw them at balls ana
/ dinners Mrs Stearns Cnow Mrs. ia
/ kerr was statuesQue and nEgnlhceht'
| Mrs, charles johnson and Mrs. VIM
! ston her sisters, were imposing OF Lofll
! and fair of face, as were MIS- JeSur lIi'
! Mrs. Carrillo, Mrs. Gclsich ana ol"tt
native Californians Mrs. Murray MOT
! rson was very handsome, ana her SIS
! ter. Mrs KewenI was noted Tor hef
/ yiyacity and effervesCing joyousness'
| Mrs. Edgar was dainty and beautiful
1 Mrs. Hammel, mother Of our present
sheriff, was one Of the most beaulllul
women | had seen anywhere. MIS-
/ CaeWell was 4 VcrX attractive woman
and q splendid singer. Mrs. o. w;
! Chtlds was dainty and reserved. An
/ there were others Who's" names ( 90 ho'
/ quickly call to mind
/ And the young ia1i.s seemed to me
/ to be urcttirl, a q "DunCh.' than ! hai
. only IL few months before known or
/ seen IN Washington. The Misses
/ Mary ami Jessie Gayitt, each Of u oIt-
! fercnt type were notably attractive.
/ The Garlic giyls-tn"ee or four o, them
possessed The highest type Of the ma
/ tive california beauty ana We're erl-
table ..cbos In FORM Miss Frankie
/ scott and Miss Roby Nichols We're
quite pretty ANA pr"tttly hammered q.
The three daughters of Joseph >. MI
/ Lard We're remarkably beautiful of face
and form and great favortes of the
Young men Of thar day ana OF the
army Officers at Druuuu barracks, near
! Wilmingtcn rhc two hereford girls
were mary rloualy pretty. Mary Wncet-
er was staLuyeIuo and bcauUlu', MISS
! Minnie Larrahor was Staf-e%'u S'd-
/ 7ree. Miss Harriet NcWmark was one
If the most beautiful Girls l ever saw,
Miss Caswell WAS pretty and engage
! inc and Miss Boyle WaH Just 50 prat-
1 tv and dainty that 'UuClc silly
/ WORKMAN laid successful siege t. that
/ fair maids heart And there were
many others.
There were some great men here
| abouts in tine SOS and 'iQs one of the
| greatest Of all tire leading men OF th"t
| epoch was General Fhincas Banning,
who was great Of mind ana great OF
/ physique, great Of spirit and great OF
| action, 1 met him first Il few hours
| after he mad written his letters to
| Senator Cole urging the building Of a
I breakvatcr at san Pedro; he was one
! Of the most gracious and agreeable,
| hospitablc and entertaining men
| have ever known. At that time he
Owned steamers and smaller craft,
! stage coaches and prairie schooners,
| horses and carriages and the finest
mansion In Southern California An
other man of indomitable spirit and
! iron nerve was John G Griffith VINO
| also was engaged in staging ard vi
| cation and in Other Cnterp Uses. Mat
| thew Keller was a master along horti-
cultural lines and owned the finest
| lemon orchard in the state. A leading
man was William II. Perry, who was
| always ready to enlist his time and
money in any enterprise that promised
| good for Los Angeles. Wallace Wood
worth was also a man who operated
along similar lines. b. d. Wilson
| owned large orange groves and vine
wards and made some excellent white
and red wines. Sainsevain and his
sons were wine makers and creators
of the famous Cucamonga wine. Pru-
dent Beaudry did much to develop ar
tesian water and to make our hill prop
erty inviting and valuable. Other lead
ing men whom met forty-odd years
ago were Col. f. j. C. KeWen, who
was the star orator of Southern Cali
fornia and renowned for his unsur-
passed hospitality; Hon. Thomas d.
Mott. one of natures noblemen and
for many years known as the hand
soonest man in Los Angeles; John B.
Nichols, who was the first American
mayor of Los Angeles after California
became a state; Joseph S. Mallard, a