The Indianapolis journal., 1884-12-25
Christmas Notes.

Christmas Notes.
Miss Bertha Taylor, of Madison, will spend the
holiday week in this city.
Mrs Laura c. Walker has written poem en-
titled christmas Chimes"
Miss Blanche Reynolds, of Madison, will spend
the day with Mrs. L. H. Levy
Earl Lowe, of Chicago will dine with his sis
ter on Fort Wayne avenue to-day.
Collector Mckay presented each of his depu-
ties with largesized turkey yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Short will entertain party of
friends to dinner, to-day, at the New Occidental
Major and Mrs Richards will spend Christmas
in Lafayette with Mrs. Richards's mother, Mrs.
Hoover.
Anderson the abstract man, presented his
employees with substantial cash present, last
evening.
Peter Bryce and family will go to Greenfield
to spend the day with MIR. Bryces daughter, Mrs,
Marion Steele
Last night Mrs. t. A. Hendricks entertained
an elegant tea parry at her homo on North
Tennessee street.
MIR. II. Cook and family. of Fletcher avenue,
will entertain Mr.. Chas. Rous and wife, from
Thorntown, to-day.
A Christmas dinner will be given at the Re-
formal tory. and each inmate will receive some
token of remembrance.
Christmas dinner party to four young ladies
from Greensburg to-day.
Miss Lillian Russell will sing the offertoire this
morning at the Christmas service in the Epsco-
pal Church at Michigan City, Ind,
Mr.. C. E. Mallery, of Reading, Mich, will take
Christmas dinner with Mr.. and Mrs. George
Spellman, on East Market street.
The father and mother of Mrs e. " Cook,
from Vincenues. will spend the day with Mrs.
c. and family at the New Occidental
Mrs. Kate Applegate and daughter Elsie went
to Greenfield, last evening, to spend their Christ
| mas with Mrs. Appegates brother, j. Westly
Jones.
The wedding of Miss Alice Bartholomew and
Dr. Benjamin Strong, of Reading, Mich, will
take place this evening, at Christ Church, at 5
o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. T. Dickey and daughter Nora,
G. B. Cones and family and Mr. George Reck,
will dine with Mrs. Pauline Dickey on South
Meridian street.
The entertainment at the First English
Lutheran Church this evening promises to be
unusually interesting. There will De an ad-
dress and Christmas tree.
Professor Clark's recital next Saturday after
moon, will contain two Christmas Selections, VIZ:
| christmas Ofertolre," by Lefebvre- Wely, and
| Christmas Pastorals" by Handel and COreli.
Richard and Vim. Smock, with their families
and other relatives, will form a large sleighing
party and go to the ''old homestead" in the coun-
try, where they will spend the day with their
father.
An entertainment will be given by the Sun
day school children Of the Second Presbyterian
Church next Sunday afternoon. There will be
a Christmas tree music and other appropriate
exercises.
Last fall, just before election one of the lead
ing members of Tammany named his son for
Governor Hendricks Yesterday the Vice-Dresi-
dent-eleet sent his little namesake valuable sill
yer cup for Christmas gift.
Mrs A s. Comstoek, of North Tennessee
street, will entertain the progressive
euehre party this evening. Among the mem
bers are Mr.. and Mrs. George Stout, hiss Nellie
Mcguire and Mr.. Charles Sherman.
A great many private dinner parties will be
given at the various hotels to day Anticipating
the event, the managers of the different houses
have prepared elaborate menus. There will also
be decorations of evergreens and flowers and
everything will be done to keep merre Christ
mas.
The Christmas entertainment of the Sunday
school children of the Fourth Presbyterian
Church will be given next Tuesday evening.
One of the features will be music by the male
quartet of that church, which consists of Messrs
Walter and Charles Evans, l.. M. Vance and Ed
ketcham.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Drew will entertain
family dinner party at their residence on
North Pennsylvania street to-day Among those
present will be Major j. w. Gordon and wife
AIs. Watson and children. of Chicago Mrs
Whitney, of Chicago. Mrs. Dumont. John Cor
don Mr. and Mrs Williams, and Mr.. and Mrs
Springstein. Captain Biscon Hindman, professor
in the Kentucky Military Institute who is the
guest of Mr.. John Gordon, during the holidays
will also be present.
Very few of the churches will have special mu-
sic today as fine Christmas selections were
rendered last Sunday. There will however, be
appropriate singing wherever service is held. AT
St Johns Cathedral an elaborate musical pro-
gramme will be rendered at each service and
also at ST Mary's Church. At the First Baptist
Church two especial pieces have been prepared,
viz: Praise the Lord,n by Bordese and "Oh,
Holy Night" bv Adams, Mrs Geo. Branham
and Sidney Reade acting soloists
Yesterday afternoon the officers and employees
of the Masonic Mutual Benefit Society, of this
city presented an elegant gold-heade cane to
Mr.. Geo II. West, the secretary of the society.
AS is usual on such occasions, the affair was
surprise to the recipient The cane was hand
somely engraved and bears the following names
as donors Rev r. H. Lynch, VIM II. Smythe,
Robert S Heske ~heo. l.. Hermance, Geo. r..
Moore, Romeo l.. Du Puy, Howard Kimball.