St. Paul daily globe., 1885-12-20
MINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY.
An Unusually Quiet Week Preceding
Christmas in the City by
the Falls.
The Ball for the Benefit of the Fire
mans Relief Fund
Success.
Brilliant Time at the Ball of Com
pany B--Various Weddings
Gossip.
QUIET IN SOCIETY.
Events are Many but the Holidays
RepresS Brilliancies.

Events are Many but the Holidays
Repress Brilliancies.
The week before Christmas has not beer
very prolific of social brilliancieS, though Il
showed no dimmution of the number OF
events. The large parties, with one eX'
ception, were all public affairs and organi
zation dances, which are duly chroniclec
below. Holiday week will be rather more
attractive in the points III which the pas,
week was deficient. Mrs. L. y: Merrill
will be the central social figure and her re-
ception for Tuesday and dancing party fol
"Wednesday have set society buZZing with
anticipation On New Years eve Mrs a.
III. Linton will give a masquerade party al
the West hotel, and on the evening of New
Years day Gen. Washburn will give large
reception.
SOCIAL ROUNDUP.
A ladies' social feature of the week was
The Dickens party at Plymouth church,
which occupied Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings The lecture room was crowded
with people and the imperSOnatiOnS were
received with delighted surprise. The char
acters were taken as follows: Mrs. ii. u.
Webster. Mrs Bardell; Mrs. Cyrus Wells,
Mrs. SkeWton; Miss May ElwOOd, Mrs.
Micawber: Miss Carrie Pierson, Miss La
Creevy: Miss Adele Stone, Mrs. Winkle;
Miss Tenney. Mrs DOmbey; Miss Eva l..
Williamson. Marchioness; Miss Carrie
Dean. Charity Pecksniff; Miss Chadbourn,
Mercy PecksnifT: Miss l.. Z. Riehl, Esteila;
Miss Annie l.. Millard, Mrs. BOtfin; Miss
Carrie f. Riley, Mrs. NickIeby; Miss
Rose f. Upton. Mrs. Squeers; Miss
Hattie Il. Upton Mrs. Lupin;
Miss Sarah X. Sutherland, Mrs. Clup-
pins: Miss Annie L. Cooke, Fanny Squeers;
Mrs Fowler, MIS- Mann: Mrs. l.. >. Shat
tuck. Peggoty; Miss Ludium, Esther Sum-
munson; Miss Mary Plant, Mrs. Dickens;
Miss Mary Fuller, Mary the Maid; Miss
Gridley. Dolly Warden: Miss Julia Mann,
Dora: Miss Alice c. Griswold, Miss Sand
ers: Miss HutchinS, Mrs. Pardiggle; Miss
Rogers. Little Dorlit; Estelle Crocker, Little
Nell: Prof. JohonnO0E. Dickens; F. w.
Reid. Mr.. Shimpin; J. \. Chase, Martin
Chuzzlewit; Z. w. Sykes, Mr. Plunky; c..
II. Fowler, Dodson; Mr.. Lloyd Skinner,
Wnkle; c. J. Fuller, Mallard; G. E.
Tuttle. Perker; Nh w. G. Wright, Nell'S
Grandfather; Mr.. Gaylord. Sargent Snub-
bins; c. \. Chadbourn. Pickwick: q. F..
Gage, Sam Weller; W. P. Andrews, Percy
Tupman; F.. l.. Feany, Lawton;
George A. Dole, Grotfin; II. J.
Fletcher. Sargent Buzfuz, Mr..
Percy, Snodgrass; Mr.. Higgins, Old
Man Weller; John Reid, Tom Pinch;
G. l.. Byron, The Artful DOdger; j. Colds
bury, Mr.. Pecksniff; Paul Goldsbury, Oil
yer Twist Roy Goldsbury. Barnaby Rudge;
Charles n. HickcoX, Barkis; l.. l.. Suther-
land, Judge Stanleigh and Mr.. Squires; j.
b. Sutherland, Dick Swiveler: Mr. Pond,
Juryman; Mr.. John A. Folsom, Mr.. DOM
bey: Henry E. Woods. David COpperfield;
George Goodrich. Mr.. Fogg; Arthur Caw-
cutt, Fagin: MI Rogers, Nicholas Nickleby;
Cyrus Welles, Mark Tapey. The evening
was made dOubly interesting by musical Sc
lections and by tableaux from Dickens, in
which the characters given above took part.
Wednesday evening only increased the in
terest, and the entertainment was stamped
as one of the most successful ever given in
the city.
The fifth annual ball of Company B. at
the armory on Tuesday evening, was quite
q social success, but in point of attendance
fell far short Of expectation. The commit
tees in charge were as follows: Reception
Capt. Y. j. Welch, Lieut.. S. q. Will
!ams, Lieut.. G.. E. Austin, Sergt. L.. G.
Fisher, Sergt. G.. II. Hutchins. Sergt. r.
D. Brown. Floor-Sergt. b. w. Ball,
5ergt. G. a. Rose, Corp. Z. NJ. Bruce, Pri-
yate C. S. Watts, Private w. A. Edwards.
On rangements-Sergt. X. B. McKenney,
Corp. F. A. Gaus. On tinance-Corp. f.
w. StanwtZ. Dancing began at 9 o'clock,
with the music of the Danz orchestra. and
continued until about 1. Refreshments
were served by Dormer. Among those
present were the following; Mr.. and Mrs.
Oliver Marion, Mr. and Mrs. C. d. Gold.
Misses Nettie Marion, Helen Waters, Jessie
Snyder. Cora Marion, Daisy Rose Nettie
Jolley. Kittie Marion. Flora Welch, Gladys
Skinner. Alice Adams Fannie Shuey,
Sadie Bartholf, Emma Hall, May Howard.
Sallie B. Converse, Alves Long, Marie An
drews, Ella Valance, Carrie Perkins. JO-
hanna Broderick, Jeanette Bucllham, A.
NJ. West Rose Flanagan, Alice Vedder,
Birdie Keller. May RobideauX, Alice Van
Andale, Capt. Y. j. Welch, Lieut.. G.. NJ
Skinner, inspec. or of rifle practice, Lieut..
G. E. Austin, Lieut. S. G.. Williams, Sergt
G. Z. Rose, Sergt. r. B. McKenny, Sergt
B. W. Ball. Corp. +. W. Stanwitz, Corp.
f. NJ. Bruce, Corp. I. A. GauS, Corp. w.
J. Beakney, W. A Edwards, II. U. Wing,
c. A. Bergstrom, C. A. Ehlers. E. S.
Welch, II. U. Farnham. W. W. Adams, j..
L. Bishop. Matt S. Wheeler, S. Hetfeltn-
ger, c. A. Tracey, Frank l.. Orcutt, ii. E.
Day, G. NJ. West. Ben johnson, W. B. In
gals, A. G. Merrill, f. l.. Mowry, Platt B.
Walker, Jr., H. c. Stebbins A. NJ. Bever-
idge A. W. Kerridge. Charles Kerridge,
John Rickel, j. G. Black and George L.
Hanson.
George N. Morgan post, G. A. R., gave
dress reception and ball at Curtis hall Oh
Tuesday evening, which proved an eminent
success. The executive committee included
Washington Pierce. j. A. Fillmore, D. r.
Shockey, Lewis Maish and H. A. Burr;
floor committee, D. r. Shockey, j. II. Eye,
William Phillips, +. II. Case and c. w.
Hills; committee on Introduction, Wash
ington Pierce, j. S. Fillmore, S. Brearly,
DR.. BraZee and John West. Good music
was in attendance, and dancing continued
until a late hour, with an intermission at IL
o'clock, when the Ladies' Auxiliary society
served bountiful supper. The ladies'
committee in charge was composed of Mrs.
5. L. Brearly, Mrs. William Reeves Mrs.
John West, Mrs. John Hasty and Mrs. II.
y. Norton. Among those present were
Mr. and Mrs. John West and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Washington Pierce, Mr.. and Mrs
j. II. Eye, Mr. and Mrs. w. II. Hahn. Mr..
and Mrs. d. Berry, Mr.. and Mrs. J. II.
Hasty. Mr.. and Mrs. C. B. Layman, Mr.
and Mrs. E. II. Case Nh and Mrs. l..
Maish and daughter, Mr., and Mrs W. II.
Reeves, Mr.. and Mrs. c. G. Hunt, Miss
Aggie Gaynor. Miss Jennie Flickinger, Mrs.
Charles Snyder. Mrs. William Lobdell, Miss
Robideaux; Col. Sessions. commander of
the Plummer post; Y. Truesdell, commander
OF the Butler post; Dr. Nell DoWney,
Harry Gallagher, Dr.. Il. Shockey, j. W.
Moore, Capt. Morgan, Sons of Veterans;
Prof. Phil Fay and NJ. Y. Shaw.
A handsome reception and dancing party
was given on Wednesday evening by Mr.
and Mrs. j. II. Thompson, 1916 Hawthorne
avenue. Over 200 guests had accepted their
invitation. The front of the house was