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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 10, 1900)
THB COURIER a k 4 h " - K f ".. s " u ' suggestion of a swimming party, and the high tide of its spirits are contagious it laughter and shouting are any indica tion of mood. After a jolly hour or more spent in the refreshing pool a pleasing luncheon was served in the re ception rooms of thre sanitarium. At the last meeting of the M. M. M. whist club.which was entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Van Brunt and Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Gibbs at the home of the former, a short business meeting was held dur ing the evening. It was formally de cided that the husbands were a great success, that they should be considered regular members, nnd that the club should henceforth be considered an evening iclub to meet once in three weeks. The score is to be kept during the year and at the close of the saason a small token is to be presented to the one securing the highest score. The ex ecutive committee is: Mrs. Van Brunt, chairman; Mrs. Risser and Mrs. Trap hagen. The club will be entertained on November 23rd, by Mr. and Mrs. Le Gore and Mr. and Mrs. Rudge, at the home of the latter. The pupils of Miss Stella Rice gave a piano recital on last Saturday after noon at the home of Mrs. Butler, 2837 Q Btreet. The program was as follows: Over the Meadows Lichner; Beth Bonnell. Selection Weber; Sadie Angle. Allegro Wagner; Maude Harpham. Minuet Paderewski; Fay Bonnell. Valse Etude Leon Ringuet; Marie Bowers. Polonaise Schmoil; Olive Beeman. Skating B. Cecil Klein; Flora Hol ton. Tyrolienne Czerny; Ruth Lahr. Frulkmg Lichner; Kate Field. Abschied von der Ileimath Behr; Irene Neale. Barcarolle Spinder; Florence Butler. Mrs. Clinton R. Lee entertained on Wednesday in honor of Mrs. Melne of Erie, Pennsylvania. A unique game of questions occupied the afternoon. The guests were seated at small tables and found their partners by means of similar flowers. The questions were bright and amusing and the contest demanded that they be answered only by the initials of each guest. At the close of the game a vote was taken as to the wittiest replies and as a result Miss Elma Marsland was awarded the laurels of the afternoon. Later a luncheon was served and so pleasing was the service thereof that bon appotit became the watchword. The guests were: Mesdames Ross Cur tice, Alfred Metcalf, Manahan, Evans, Alley, Deemer and Everts. Misses El ma Marsland, Frances Marsland and Hooper. Mr. and Mrs. George A. Cramer en tertained the Kishmet club on Thurs day evening. Those present werei Messrs. and Mesdames Dorgan, George Woodo, Frank Woods, Mark Woods, Morrison, Rector, Merrill, Fitzgerald, John B. Wright, Mark Aitken and Mrs. Mansfield. Misses Hollowbusb, Car son, Putnam. Nance, Marshall, Burr and Cochran. Messrs. Honeywell, But ler, Baldwin, Grant, C.Y.Smith, Lin een, Paul Fitzgerald, Joyce and Ander son. An elaborate luncheon was served. Mr. George Woods received the first .prize for the men, a stein of interesting design and Mrs. Aitken was given a beautiful vase for the highest score among the women. Miss Rena Chappel entertained the members of the Union Society at her home, 410 North Twelfth street on Fri day. November 2nd. A variety of flow ers and the Union colors were attrac tive decorations. Games and ghost stories were the exhilarating themes of the evening's entertainment. Miss Bra tie Brown as a fortune teller wove fasci nating fates for her attentive listeners. A refreshing luncheon was served There were about fifty guests. The young ladies' McKinley and Roosevelt club, under the management of their captain, Miss Robertson, held a watch meeting on Tuesday evening in the parlors of the Capital hotel. The junior McKinley and Rooeevelt club, under the management of Captain Chas. C. Cooper, joined with the young ladiea in their watch meeting. The junior boys furnished the entertainment and the young ladies served the luncheon. The members of the L. A. Kensington and a few guests were entertained by Mrs. A. G. Billmeyeron Monday. The afternoon passed quickly and was much enjoyed by Mesdames Van Brunt, Jones Patrick, Wendling, W. J. Turner, Re wick, Humphrey, Pitcher, Kennard Wiikinsou, Campbell, Robinette, Rec tor, Charles Mayer, R.M.Turner, Geo. Fawell, Stoney of India, and Clark of Cedar Rapids. Mr. G. M. Lambertson left for Chi cago on Tuesday. His daughters, Miss Nancy and Miss Marjory will join him there and they will go to Now York, and on November 17th will sail on the Fuerst Bismarck. Misses Marjory and Naocy will spend the winter in Geneva at one of those fine schools for girls which look out on the beautiful lake of Geneva. There were an exceeding great num ber of impromptu Halloween parties. Among them was a joyous gathering at the chapter hout-e of Pi Beta Phi. Those present were the Misses Grace Andrews, Katherine Thomas, Amy RobinBon, Lois Burruss, Bessie Burruss, and Katherine McPheely. Messrs. Mc Killip, Blackman, Richards, Norval, Everett and Price. Miss Jessie Macfarland left with her father on Wednesday for Chicago. There she will meet Mr. Lambertson and his daughters, Misses Nancy and Marjory and go abroad with them, and remain itf school with the young ladies at Geneva. Mrs. 0. H, Rudge will entertain a large number of people at cards this afternoon in honor of her sister, Mrs. McMasters of Chicago. Mr. and Mre. C. H. Rudge will give a card party this evening. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Boyer have an nounced the engagement of their daughter, Rachel Oielia, to Mr. Frank Murray Rector. Mrs. Frank M. Woods and Mies Woods arrived in Lincoln laet week. After their summer outing at Bayfield, Wisconsin, they went to Washington, D. 0., where they were the guests of Mr. Albert Woods. General J. R. Webster was in Lincoln a few days this week. Mrs. Webster will join the General in Chicago and they will go to Washington, where they expect to remain for some months to come. Their departure is sincerely regretted. Doctor Winnett Orr is rapidly re covering from his recent serious illness and expects to spend the remainder of his season of convalescence at the home of his uncle, the Mayor, Doctor Winnett Mrs. William F. Kelly gave an infor mal luncheon on Wednesday. The guests were: Mesdames Walsh, guest of honor, of Port Huron, Michigan, Thomas W. Griffith, Mark Tilton and Lewis Marshall. Mr. and Mrs. Crittenden will give a dancing party at Walsh Hall in honor of Miss Sw et of Buffalo, on Wednesday November 14th. The W. T. M. met with Mrs. Comp lan on Thursday evening. A guessing game was the evening's enjoyment. The members present were: - Meedamee i i ii . g .tHist nuif nil ii mi ii n ?j2 i 11iMJi.it g m if ii mm, nun 12. and continues for just a week, closing1 on Saturday evening-, .November 17th. The holiday selling soon to begin requires every I inch of space we can devote to it. It s always tre mendous and we expect it to be particularly so this year. This sale is to prepare for it, to give it every ( available inch of room to clear stocks regardless of the havock among the profits. It's a clearing. It's I a clearing" of winter wares at a most opportune time ; a time when the need for such wares is most urgent. All departments are represented and every cor-j ner of the store will present the most unusual bar-' gain opportunities. Watch for the special circular giving iuu pa.rticuiu.rs. xi you uun t live in .umcoin, send for one. We 11 mail it at once, $fet ?W Gentzler, Harland, Masters, Lane, Coff man, Crow, Widener, Deck, Sherdeman, Hets, Edleman and Case. The guests were: Mesdames Patterson, Long and Bowers. The South Side Ciicle of the Grace M. E. church gave a handsome banquet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sherde man. The dining room was gorgeous with yellow poppies and the board fes tive with Thanksgiving decorations. Mr. H. M. Bushnell entertained the members of the Round Table at din ner on Monday evening. After dinner Mr. H. H. Wilson introduced the topic for the evening, "Have the American People Outgrown their Written Consti tution?" The discussion was exceed ingly animated. Gregory, The Coal Man, 11th &. O. Miss Katherine Lee has invited a few of her friends to a swimming party this mornicg. Invitations are extended to: Ethel Burkett, Marian Ogden, Marie Talbot, Ruth Gililan, Leila LeGore, Pearl Armstrong, Isabel Armstrong and Edna Baker. We are agents for the Victor In3tan taneous Water Heater. Call and see them. Korsmeyer Plumbing and Heat ing Company. Covers were laid for: Major and Mrs. Stone, Mr. and Mrs. George Fawell and children, Mrs. Newman and Mrs. Thomas. Sigma Alpha Epsilon gave a pleasant dancing party last evening at their chapter house, 1215 H street Mrs. OTSeil and Mrs. Gardiner gave a cardnartyjon Thursday afternoqn. -Mrs.N. P-r Curtice and- Misa -Eotelre Curtice started on Friday for California to spend the winter. Mrs. Curtice went in search of health. Mrs. W. H. McCreery will give a re ception on Thursday, November 15th from three until six o'clock. Recently made members of Phi Delta Thetaare: I.M.Raymond, Jr., Amoa Thomaa, and Drear Martland. Alpha Tau Omega initiated Ralph Folsom, Lenn Huntington and Victor Schultz on Friday, November 2nd. Beta Theta Pi fraternity gave an in formal dance at their rooms on Friday, November 2nd. Mrs. Allen W. Field will give a card party on Thursday, November 15th. Miss Garten is home after six months of gayety and pleasant journeyinga in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Mary. land. Lea Bohemiennea passed a merry time with Mrs. Crittenden on Wednesday afternoon. Kappa Theta chapter of Delta Gam ma paseed a pleasant evening on Wed nesday at the home of Miss Haggard. Mrs. Morgan Brooks is in the east. Mr. Albert Woods of Washington, D. C.,has been in Lincoln this week. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Welch have re turned to Omaha. Died Of angina pectoris, Mrs. Anna Brown Miller, on Tuesday morning, No, vember 7th, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Moore, 1414 G street. She was seventy-four years of age and had lived in Nebraska twenty-nine years The funeral occurred on Thursday afternoon.- - -.---.- '
