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daughter of Mr. and Mrs L. Thompson,
on Tuesday evening, to Mr. John G.
AnUrson. The Rev. F. W. Eaton, rec
tor of Holy Trinity Episcopal church
officiated.
Mrs. Seacrest and Mrs.Trapb.Rgen en
tertain the M. M. club at 1951 Euclid
avenue, this evening.
The Misses Gere gave a dinner last
Saturday evening in honor of Miss Bar
ley. The guests were Mesdames H. H.
Hirley and E. G. Folsom; Misses Har
ley, Edna Harley, Richards, Ames and
Heaton.
A breakfast was given by Mrs. E. C.
Folsom on Thursday, in honor of Miss
Harley. Those invited were Mrs. H. H.
Harley, Misses Harley, Ellen Gere,
Frances Gere, Richards, Edna Harley,
and Heaton.
The K'Bhmet club met with Miss Fay
Marshall on Thursday. Euchre waa
played and the evening passed very
pleasantly.
The Sans Souci club gave a dance at
Walsh hall on Thursday evening.
Mrs. Manning, who has been studying
in Chicago for the past three months,
will be the gunat of her sister, Miss
Dennis, during the holidays.
Miss Ruth Bryan returned on Friday,
December twenty first, from Monticello
seminary.
Mr. and Mrs. M. Janowitz have issued
formal announcement of their marriage.
They are at home at 1315 E street.
SILHOUETTES,
BY MARTHA PIERCE.
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Plxo Great Annual S
Greatei than ever this year from the fact that a backward season has left mfre
goods than usual to be disposed of has made greater profit sacrifices necessary
greater selling imperative.
Ttye gale Begins on Wdnesda. January 2
And it's our intention to make it the most important clearing sale we've ever had.
Come to the store if you can. If you can't, send your name for a special circular.
Gregory, The Goal Man, 11th &. O.
Mr. Arthur Raymond, an undergradu
ate of Union College, Schenectady, sun
prised his family by appearing on Mon
day for the holiday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wilkinson of Oma
ha, are visiting Mrs. Carpenter at 1020
K street:
Mrs. Robinson of Chicago, is the
guest of her daughter, Mrs. John B.
Wright.
Miss Sherwood of Connecticut, is the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Lambertson.
Miss Blanche Uargreaves has return
ed from Smith College.
Mrs. Stebbics is visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Wilson.
When a Man's Forty.
"A Happy New Year to you Miss Kit
ty," I murmured, bending over her
hand. I admit that I placed some
slight, and perhaps unnecessary empha
sis upon the pronoun. I suppose 1 did
look melancholy and possibly I sighed.
She maintains that I did "like a fur
nace." I maintain that, even granting
the truth of all this, it was distinctly
unkind in Kitty to laugh. But Kitty is
often unkind. Sometimes I halt be
lieve she knowB it, and is not sorry.
But that is, of course, a matter of mere
conjecture.
I should not have been hurt, if young
McWiliiams had not stood so provoking
ly near, making an idiotic failure of an
attempt to conceal his gratifiatioo. A
man of experience naturally dislikes be
ing grinned at by a young monkey, who
has his raiton d'etre, yet to demonstrate
I have no special love for young Mc
Wiliiams. He goes through the world
as if the chief end of man waB to spend
his father's money and enjoy Kitty Car
ruther's society forever. At any rate he
is eternally hanging about her, a sort of
animated fan and glove holder. I said
as much t Kitty, later when we were
in the r. jervatory. As her father's
dearest friend I am accorded certain
privileges an uncertain place in Kitty's
affections, and am permitted seme free
dom in offering advice at times.
Kitty is somewhat difficult. She
threw me a queer little smile from the
corner of her mouth and a side look
from under her lashes, but all she said
was:
"How ridiculous you are, Mr. Vander-vert-''
"Of course you mean 'how ridiculous
he is.' You cannot mean that J could
in any way be included in this spectacle
of subjugation, which is, as you Bay,
ridiculous. It is er er panoramic."
"If being disagreeable is really a pleas
ure f you, Mr. Van der vert, I trust you
will continue to amuse yourself. It
does not annoy me in the least," said
Kitty, rathlessly tearing at the smilax.
"I quite fail," I said, painstakingly re
arranging the smilax, "I quite fail to
see the appropriateness of your last re
mark. In fact I consider the first part
of it very unjust. I think I have been
behaving very well indeed. We have
been here a half hour at least, and dur
ing all that time I have not said a
word."
"Dear me!" cried Kitty, with vivacity.
"Here is a bud on the Marechal Neil,
and I am quite sure there was none this
morning. I looked carefully. I was so
anxious to have a blossom from that
particular tree for papa's birthday. It
is the fifth you know."
"You surprise me! I should have
thought him older. Up to this moment
I have believed myself to be, approxi
mately at least, his contemporary."
Kitty laughed gayly, as only youth
can laugh out of a pure heart, at my
clumsy wit. That is how I lost my
head for a moment and began to say:
"Kitty you are an angel." But be
fore I was quite ready to eLunciate the
last word distinctly (I knew she would
pretend not to hear), Kitty who is grace,
came down from well from wherever
it comes down from, very awkwardly,
stumbled against a big pot, holding a
very large, peculiarly devilish, and ugly,
but also, very valuable, cactus.
And that was '.he end of that conver
sation, for while I waa replacing the
plant, (which fortunately waa not brok
en) and Kitty was brushing her skirts,
with much fluttering, her sister came
briskly down the green aisle. Mrs.
George Judson is a fine looking woman
when she is not too near Kitty, ahe
comes close to being a beauty. She has
picked up in her looks too, since Judson
was gathered to his fathers.
"Mother wants to know if you two are
ever coming with the flowers for the
table. What Kitty? Have you been in
mischief?"
"She has," I asserted gravely, and as
Mrs, George was busy examining the
cactus, I took the opportunity to give
Kitty a look which any other woman
would remember.
"A Happy New Year to you, Mr Van
dervert," said Kitty when I went avay.
She too, placed an emphasis on the
pronoun,' but it was a different kind of
emphasis and she did not sigh. In fact
she gave me a creeping corner of-the-mouth
smile and a side glance from un
der hir lashas. It is an expression pe
culiar to Kitty. It would be simply
maddening to a less experienced man.
I hope for the sake of his peace, she
does not look at Young McWiliiams in
that particularly irritating way.
Lathrop who was in Germany with Miss
Pound is her holidays' guest.
Mr. and Mrs. Castor went to Beatrice
on Thursday morning to attend the
noon wedding of Miss Pearl Cotton and
Mr. Fred Black. The bride and groom
came home with Mr. and Mrs. Castor
and were guests at their luncheon where
Mr. and Mrs. Westervelt, Mrs. Cotton,
Mrs. Kelley, Mrs. Remington, Miss
Jackson and Mr. Will Black were the
guests. Mr. and Mrs. Black left in the
evening for the east.
Miss Kirker gave a Iuncheonfor Miss
Lathrop of New York on Wednesday.
LITERARY NOTES.
In variety and worth of contents Mc
Clure's magazine for January is notable,
as well for literary merit and for art.
The first in a series of memoirs by Miss
Clara Morris appears in this naaaber,
and by the graces of her writing the
famous actress gives added value to a
narrative full of interest. In this is told
the story of her trials and triumphs on
the occasion of her first appearance in
New York.
SOCIETY.
The Union Commercial club give an
inaugural ball next Thursday to Gov
ernor Dietrich, the incoming state offi
cers elect and members of the legislature.
The reception to everybody will be held
at the state house until ten o'clock
when dancing will begin at the audi
torium to which tickets have been sold.
Miss Pound and Miss Olivia gave
card parties on Thursday and Friday
afternoon. Mesdames Thomas, Ross
Curtice and Frank Woods won hand
some prizes: a salver, a Japanese water
color and a silver fork. Misses Adeloyd
Whiting and Mabel Hays served the
punch on Thursday afternoon. Miss
Some Rix months ago The Ladies'
Home Journal offered a series of cash
prizes for the best outdoor photographs
taken by amateur photographers during
the. summer. The returns almost
swamped the Philadelphia post office,
which in three months delivered 26,400
photographs to the magazine. The
photographs make perhaps the largest
single collection ever sent to one par
ticular quarter. It will require nearly
a month's work on the part of the maga
zine's entire staff to assort the pictures
and make the awards.
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