The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24
Eck.tein will go to Kansas City to hear

Mr.. and Mrs. ". B. Throckmorton en-
tertaned the Cold Water club, Friday
evening.
Rev Seidle announces this morning that
he will preach today with After the BALI
as subject.
Misses Coral Harris sss, Lizzie New
comb entertain at the home OF Miss Harris
New Years night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bentley will live at
the Metropole. They VII spend their
honeymoon IN Mexico.
No one. it seems, is geisg to have the
I temerity to keep open house on New
Years day in Wichita.
Miss Hattie Parker of king6sher will
spend the Christmas holidays III the city,
| the guest of Miss Flora Millson.
| A Wichita man said yesterday that
there Was not ouly a soft spot In every
mans heart, but also one in his head.
The members of the Ladies Whist club
will play their husbands match game at
Mrs. o. H. Beutley's, Tuesday evening.
Miss Spidle of New Albany, Kan, was
| in the city during the week, the guest OF
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Brown of College Hill.
A Wichita lady, afflicted with la grippe.
is reading Victor Hugo's greatest novel,
because she says it makes her Les Mis-
cradle.
The meeting of the Duplicate Whist
club tomorrow evening has been postponed
one week. Mrs. H. L. Kramer will then
entertain them.
| Mrs. L. ]. Myers of Wellington and her
mother, Mrs Roberts of Ceutraiia. Ills,
have gone home from their visit with Mrs.
Sommers of College Hill.
| You will notice that your wife is willing
this morning to rummage around In the
| top bureau drawer for your necktie rather
than let you do it yourself.
| Mr.. and Mrs. F. c. Burlington of st. Joe
Will arrive this morning; they Will spend
the Christmas holidays with Mr.. aud Mrs.
Ralph Millison- of North Fourth avenue.
A woman called on a local lawyer yes
terday and wanted TO sue for divorce on
the grounds that her husband walked her
up in the night to reclte scraps OF poetry
to her.
Mr.. o. S. Cosad from Pittsburg, Kansas.
accompanied by his wife aud three children,
are making "a holiday visit to his mother.
Mrs. b. A. Cosad, 6l0 North Emporia
avenue.
The prettiest girl in Wchira clerks in a
dry goods store at Il salary of IS IA week.
She speaks four languages and Is a grad
uate of Vassar, aud shs is heir to one
hundred dollars.
Edward n Carter came in from Daven-
port, Iowa. Friday evening to spend the
holidays with his mother, Mrs. l.. 5. Car
ter. His wife will return with him the
first of January.
Speaking of singers. it is said that there
is girl in the local Salvation army who
considers herself the best vocalist in Wich-
ita. Unquestionably, the army has the
best tenor IN town.
Mrs. Todd addressed the young women
OF Paramount institute on Thursday. Her
subject was plain Talk to Wise Girls"
Two weeks heucs Mrs. Priddy. addresses
them on ''Ruskin."
Every young married couple has a set of
nut-crackers and nut picks. The people
who have been married as long rs ten
years have no other way of cracking nuts
than by using Ratchet.
There is u young woman in Wichita who
was considered the bell of the town two
years ago. Now she is fading and every
body feels like going to her contideutially
and warning her to get married.
This from che Sunday Mirror: When
ever Il visiting girl comes to Wichita there
are "A certain four boys who are always
found kueeling in meek submission 1T her
feet to the amusement of the whole town.
John Noble entertained a number o
gentlemen. in celebration of his fifty first
birthday, Wednesday evening. Those
present. were Ed. Rnmsey. w. ID. McClees,
Charles Hartman, Fred Ross, Charles and
George Steel.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Walker entertained
the Duplicate Whist club Monday evening.
Those present We're Messrs. and Mesdames
+. + Bleckley, L. 3. Wall. H. L. Kramer,
f. w. Waller, William Inues, f. ".
Moore, Mrs. G. IL. Smyth and MIR. Ashton.
Miss Carrie Dubois entertained at whist
IL
Kate Junkermann, Pearl Skinner, Grace
McAdams, Hettiuger, Gertrude Lauck
and Messrs. George Gurlry, Carl NIeder-
lander, Clyde Ford, Charles McAdams
and Todd Speed.
Col Bryan, u. S. commander of Fit. Sill,
accompanied by his wife and daughter,
were In this city yesterday visiting the
colonePs sister, Mrs. Hendrickson, and
purchasing Christmas presents. The colo
mel looks we'll and his handsome wife aud
accomplished daughter never better.
Fairmount has new reading club Its
membership is made up of DE-. aud Mrs.
Trice, Mr.. and Mrs. G. orge St-oag, DR..
and Mrs. Graves, Mr.. and Mrs. Tunnel
Mr.. aud Mrs. Babt, Mr.. aud Mrs. Nc
Ginnis, Mr. and Mrs. Short, Mesdames
Todd and Lucy aud Miss Smoke.
Edna Kirkwood entertained the jolly
Dozen club, Wednesday evening. The
members present were Misses Grace John
son, Maud Matthews, Carrie Winants,
Mabel Aver. MYRTLE Lee. ana Messrs. John
Parkinson, Fred Ross. Fred Hellar, Arson
Ru;an, Ed. Jennings. Charles Matthews.
Mrs C. J. Pintard entertained the ladies
of the st. John guild at japanese tea.
Tuesday evening The guests were Misses
Mollie Wilcoxen, Rea Woodman. Belle
Noble, Maude Pratt. Dubois, Rudolph,
Elmore, Moore, Woods. Milton and Messrs.
Ned Larimer, Roy Kramer, Roy Corbett,
Ed Noble, Lee Corbett.
Mrs j. c. Griffith entertained the Waco
Avenue Whist club Tuesday evening.
The members present were Messrs. and
Mesdames c. H. Luling, Ciareuce Wilbur.
l.. NJ. Cox. Mesdames Emo and Akin,
and Mes,rs j. Luling, Walter Dyer, Will
Wilson, S. Ashton, ". Slice.
Be careful about selecting poor families
to help on Christmas day. Ole charitable
woman in Wichita is still suffering from
the modification she felt last Christmas
day when she tried TO bestow a basket of
bread on strange and shabby DeIghbor
who promptly proved to her that be had
moro money than she mad ever seen.
Mrs J. H. Mccall entertained the Tues
day Afternoon Whist club this week. The |
members who played were Mesdames |
FiDlay Ross. J. T. Oldham. q. Douglass.
II. l. Gordon. w. Corbett, j. Z. Allen, c. |
A. Walker .. ID. Barnes A ,. Parks, ". |
Besttie, Lt0gtree. A ;. Munsou, Reuben |
Roys. {. j. Fletcher, j. u. Houston
Our Night Out club gave a party at !
Peerless hall, Tuesday evening. Tue i
dancers were Mr.. apd Mrs Ralp Millison. /