Evening journal., 1889-02-16

cream and cake were served Among
those present were Louis Walker, Walter
Lockwood. Fred. Green, Samuel anc
Leonard Lloyd, Harry Adams, Murray
Rowland, Herbert Alrich, Clifford viii
castle, Albert Pauley.
James w. Ponder, the younger son
of Ex-Governor Ponder, of Milton, now q
student at Swarthmore College, has re
ceived an appointment as one of the con
testan Is for the Phoenix oratorical prize,
He has also been elected delegate to rep
resent his alma mater at the convention
of the Inter Collegiate Athletic Associa-
tion OF America to be convened at New
York, and also to the Inter Collegiate
Athletic Association of Pennsylvania, to
be held in Philadelphia.
A class of young ladies of the Olivet
Presbyterian Sunday school will hold a
''Prazdnik" in the lecture room during
the coming week. beginning Tuesday
evening, February 10. The members are
Miss Martie Williams, Miss Mamie Mac
bride, Miss Hettie Smedley, Miss Emma
huey, Miss Lou Hughes, Miss Clara
Logan, Miss Matte Myers and Miss Annie
Coyle. The proceeds will be used in fur
nishing the new Sunday school building
at Fourth and Broome streets.
Quite an event in society in this city
VIII be the entertainment by the Della
ware Field Club in the Household Of
faith Building, on Tuesday evening, Feb
ruary 20. This club contains a large
number of Wilmington's most prominent
and fashionable people. A great many
a. ,1,..rp
drama, Sweet Hearts," which will be
given by members whose names are not
for publication is gem in itself. The
committee of arrangements comprises
George r. Hoffecker E. H. Gayley and
j. Ernest Smith.
There was pleasant sociable given by
Miss Elsie Moore at her residence. No.
sol Washington street, on Wednesday
evening. Playing games and dancing
was engaged in until l o'clock, when re-
freshments were served, after which the
guests departed, much pleased with Miss
Moore as hostess. Among those who
were present were. Misses Marion
Bright, Annie Thompson, Jennie Morri-
son, Josie Jack Ella Nudge, Ella Morri-
son, and Messrs. Enoch Moore, Jr.,
George b. Moore, George DeNio, Charles
Thompson, Warren Carlisle and William
Wheatley.
The second reception of the Corista
Assembly was held in Cooney Null
rine's Dancing Academy last evening.
There were about fifty couples on the
floor Music was furnished by Luckmans
orchestra. The pleasure of the occasion
was especially due to the efforts of the
committee of arrangements consisting of
Messrs. Beeyer, Luckman, Baeder and
Wood. The following persons were pre-
sent: Miss Strawbridge, Miss Fairlamb,
Miss Lepaier, Miss Stepts, Miss Dunn.
Miss Naylor, Miss Ogle and Miss Kane,
Mr.. Cooney, Mr. Murine, james
Murphy, John Doran, John Brown and
Messrs. Blake, Mclaughlin, Mcclellan,
Ferguson and Kennedy.
The Brandywine branch of the Chat
aqua Scientific and Literary Circle met
at the residence of Thomas McCrea, No.
2233 Market street on Wednesday even.
ing. Rev. Charles A. Grice delivered an
interesting address on Electricity, illus.
tratlng it by experiments. Among those
present were: Miss Lily l. McCrea. Mrs
Il. NJ McCrea. Misses Ada Long and Annie
M. Greaves, Mrs James Tong, Walter
Layheld, Misses Annie Jackson, Ida
Alexander and Lizzie Alexander, Messrs.
Elwood Layfeld, Joseph Rowland, viii.
liam Wright, George Stafford, Fleming
Layton, Leslie Hemphill, Edward Sim
mons.