The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-13
But He Had Not the Slightest Idea
Why He Was Asked 10
Bring 1t.
Cmnipresence Of the Church De-
vice to Mako Money for
Christmas.
Enjoyable PARTIES Given by the Homo
Social Club and the shrlnora-Per-
sOnal and General.

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covered with a snowy cloth with q V Of yell
low satin ribbon in the center OF each.
Each gentleman'a invitation contained the
request to bring a lemon with him. What
this could be for they were unable to solve
until it Was announced by the hostess that
the guessing the most nearly to the
number Of seeds contained in the whole
number of lemons should receive a prize.
The lemons were then cut in two and the
seeds counted. Harry Davis came within
two Of guessing the actual number, and,
being the rrize guesser, received u hand
some dining room piece in 4 silver frame
and painted by Miss Wheeler. Duncan
Hunter was away off in his guessing and re-
ceived the BOBBY prize, which was q card
with a half of a wax lemon fastened to it,
and underneath was printed a touching
verse. The tea was a progressive one, there
being six tables, over which presided the
Misses Thornton, AdelaidarThornton, Moul'
ten. Blaine. Carpenter Al dvWheeler.
Miss Thornton was attired in a handsome
gown of pale yellow silk trimmed with val
lencienes lace.
Miss Moulten, of Missouri, was becom-
ingly dressed in a gown of gray crepe du
Chine trimmed with rnfles Of pink crepe.
Miss Blaine wore a handsome black net
gown.
Miss Carpenter wore a gown of dark blue
satin trimmed with black lace.
Miss Wheeler wore Il gown Of pink and
black satin covered with a black net. The
guests present were: Misses Cruise, Leh-
man, King, Davenport, Cullen. Wade,
Greene, Phillips, Ella Blaine, franklin,
Norma Kleinschlmidt, and Brooke; Messrs.
Ferguson, Sharpe, e. Braden, Lee Word,
I%hornburg, Gibbs, Barbour, Hirschfeld,
Carpenter, Davis, Hunter, and Ben King.
The two or three weeks preceding Christ
mas is ever the tins when church fairs, So
oiables and bnzaais hold u%ndisputed sway;
when enthusiastic church workers, filled
with a q desire to aid the cause, wear them
selves out in the enaeavor to concoct some
article Of fancy work that will bring Il
good rrics at the sale or in collecting eata-
bles for a sociable. Nearly every church in
this city has had or is going to have one of
these sales before the holidays for the pur-
pose of raising money. How the women do
work; no stone seems left unturned by
which an honest dime can be made; the
different leagues and guilds are all busy
tmbroidering pillow shams, table scarfs,
doilies, and connecting new styles in pen
wipers, sachet bags. necktie cases, button
bags, photograph holders and babies bibs,
all of which are TO be put up for sale in
some church narlor or hall and the receipts
therefrom to be put INTO the Christmas
fund. The articles displayed are not of a
sectarian character; the lovely pen wiper
offered by the Baptist maiden,
booth, will he as useful to the
Methodist gentleman AZ to one who be-
lieves in total immersion; an Episcopal tidy
looks we'll IN a Congregational CHAIR; a
Christian lamp mat finds room on q Catho-
lie center table; and the aprons made by
Presbyterian ladies are bought by all de-
nominations. Church fairs are no respect
ers of persons and the dollars and cents of
unbeliever are as acceptable as though
Christmas is coming on and the coffe;s
must be filled in order to have the whore
withal to furnish and embellish a tree for
tho Sunday school scholar SO the good
ladies of tie churches work and plan. and
whether waking or dreaming are haunted
BY visions of silk, lace, ribbon, cardboard
and embroidery silks made into forms in
conceivable to the male mind. but all de-
for purposes useful or ornamental.
Some of the workers declare that the
fairs and sociables are paying
schemes, while others, less enthusiastic, say
there is no none in them, that the worry,
trouble. work and actual expenses when
mp would amount to moro thar is
Melted. The church fair is a per-
manent thing. and at each recurring Christ
mas season they will hold sway whether
there Is money in them or no.
The Shriners' banquet and party given in
hall or Friday evening was the
thoroughly successful affair of the
kind ever given by Algeria Temple. The
were admirably responded to and
drew forth a great deal of applause from
The listeners. The one responded to by
Mrs. /. o. Young. IT Want to be a Shriner,"
a credit to her sex and, in fact, would
lone credit to d real shriner. Hell de-
livery was fine and tho speech Il happy con-
The women all echoed her senti-
ments. After the banquet the tables were
cleared and the hall made rendy for the
lancers. The music was good and the floor
in FIRST class condition, and the shrinets
md their ladies in II most jovial mood.
None would have suspected that many OF
nv kay dAu 1GstlY5 bIEiuGIS ARG GfalulaGn-
III of one or more children. No boy Of ak
cen was more nimble on his feet or more
than were some of the gentlemen,
ages must not be given, and who took
1art III all the dances from the Newport to
he Virginia reel. At about 2:3o o'clock in
he morning tho party broke up, all tho
non going away feeling that it is worth
mes while to be q skinner and the women
Ill signing to tread the 'hot sands'' and
Worship at tho shrine of Algeria.
On account of the Shriners' banquet and
lance coming on Friday evening. the Home
'ocial club held their regular fortnightly
on Thursday evening. 1t was pro-
Iounced by many who were present tho
lost thoroughly enjoyable party Of the
cries that has been given. Among those
resent were: Messames w. J.. Hartwig,
v. q. Child, Yeager, Fretz. Hindson, Par
illion, Meadows. S%ulgrove. Burton, Gil
atrick, Wilmer. Flaherty, stedman, Welch,
tadlsr, thinner. Paynter, b. Il. Smith,
'rooke, White, Bapty; Misses Minnie lay ,
Hopper, Glendora Burton. Summer
leyer. Bells, Gertie Reifenrath, Donnley,
innerty. Blackstone, Fergus. Fitzgerald,
loran, Hannell. Guerner. Burt; Nessrs. .
Flaherty, Turner, Hartwig, DR.. Nor .
s. y. l.. Smith, Sulg owe, Ill. b. LYMAN. ,
'rof. Yeager, Fred, Charles and Harry Yea ,
or. Meadows, DR.. Brooke, d.. II, White. !,
lawsworth. Wilmer, Gilpatriok, Staaler. /,
INNER, Pardiliion, Jncquemin, Heekler, :
my THE. Sweetland, Watson. Isapty, Harri- )
~, Cornish, Holt. Geo. .Gilpatrick, Mo- ,