Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-20
nRILLIAnr INCEPTION
rendered Last Evening b. DE-. and Mis.
George X. Johnson.

Another OF those brilliant society
winter of 1878 WAS gwen last nlght
By DIR. and Mrs. G.. n Johnson. IN
honor of their daughter. Mrs. Kendall
The function was Ia the nature OF u
reception aud Ia |, aud mas one OF the
mist elaborate of the season. Nearly
500 guests were present The house
Was blaze of hgAt and beauty. Roses.
pal rs anu TROPICAL plants were seen
everywhere.
Tue carpets IN .ae hall. drawing 70 IA
aud library were covered with canvas.
+, over the doorways were entwlned
wreaths and iestoons of smllax. The
corners OF the drawing rooms and Ia
brary were banked with palms and
| fsrns. From tue mantels CLEANED
great punches OF ses half hidden IN
masses OF tropical plants.
/ The music room opened into the
| drawing room and library, hut the en-
trance ways were half filled with
| potted plants. and smilax hung from
| the portieres. The library and drawing
| rooms were used AS u dancing hall and
/ IN the southwest corner II tue library \
cay and inviting "hlrtat.on corner"
had been arranged.
The exquisite decorations of the din
| ing room were entirely IN PINK. La
! France roses covered the table and
| sideboard and pink tapers snone from
/ the SILVER csndrlsbra- The window a.
/ the first landing IN the staircase was
banked with ferns anu palms. AT the
/ head OF the stairway was room IN
which clsret punch and ices were
| served the guests. This room also was
decorated with roses, smilax and
potted plants.
Dr. and Mrs. Johnson were assisted
+! in receiving by their daughter Mrs.
| Kendall. snd by Mrs. Sherlock of Cin-
| cinnati. VINO IS visiting with Mrs. John
| Ii. Z. Hughart.
| Among those present were: Messrs.
and Mechanics M. 5. Crosby. Willard
/, Barnnart, Roy Barnhart, Fred
| A. Maynard, Frank Letellier, c.
Van Cleve Ganson, George r.
| VANITY, j. G.. Wepham. Bishop Giles
| pie, h. r. Pierce, ID. d. Cody, Foroush.
Moore, Charles McQuewan, Samuel
Sears, Cyrus b. Perkins, A. c. Torrey,
Samuel Fuller. W. n. Hovey, w. NJ.
Robinson, Willard Mckay, George
stanton, Edward Lowe, ]. II. Wonder
| ly, j. Boyd Pantllnd, ID. II. Waters,
! Dudley L. Waters, Walter Hughes, A.
NJ. Collins, y. S. Earle, George Pierce,
| Charles NJ. Head. George q. Briggs,
| L. ID. Gilbert, Holt, L. j. O'Brieu, w.
X. Shelby. ". 5. Howard, {. 5. Halle
tine. 4. F. Sweet, J. w. Champlin,
Butts, f. A. Worden, W. j. stuart. }.
C. Herkner, Charles Perkins. L. r.
| Freeman, W. r. Scrlbner, L. ). White,
c. ID. Lyon. n. l.. Avery, Thomas Peck.
| |. ). Powell, w. p. Granger, l. Z.
smith, Hastings, Wooster, Fitch, Bolt
wood, Russell, Charles Blair. John A.
Covode. Fred A. Tinkham, +. A. Cor
| ham, Norman Perkins, J. q. Mac
Bride, X. W. Butterfleld. NJ. j. Smiley,
+. 5. Pierce. J. Stuart Johnston, John
Z. More. A. G.. Hodenpyle, A. Preus-
ser, Fred Ball. Sanford Ii. Cobb, Tai
| ford, Wheeler, Walbrldge, IL. j. Hol-
lister, Clay III. HOLSTER. +. L. Judd. j..
III. Z. Hughart, Oden Hughart, Charles
Grinnell, Henry Grinneli. A. ID. Rsth-
bone. Andreas Bevler, IL. +. Thomp-
son, Frank NJ. Davis. w. S. Gum, 8. p.
Wormley. l.. Il. Mathewson, Charles
! W. Jennings. Cartwright. Thayer, Rob
ert Barnard, McGeorge Bundy. w.
| A. Greeson, J. &. FitzGerald, h. D.
Daily Il lcV -hllltis ItCd w pbO'CHc,
| Reuben T.. Hatch, III. +. Baker, Sher-
wood Hail, Frederick Immen, Charles
| Rood. Clark, Joshua Speed. Edwin F..
| Uhl. Edward Asdworth. John l.. Shaw,
| Ed w. Hunting, Sidney Bail. A..
| K. Brewer. Calklns, jerks, J. l.. Wilkes,
| Dean. Eugene Boise, George X. Alien,
George w. Allen, II. S. Raymond, l..
II. Whitney, Mark Norris, Will Gay,
Byron NJ. Cutcheon.
| Mesdames Church, Smith, Whitney,
| Mcconnell. johnson, Brown, Rich
mond, Hunting, Methesny. Shepard,
Fuller, l.. f. Blake. Lyon, Follett.
Carpenter, Le(irand Pierce. Matthews.
o. Brien, Parker, Huntington, Fox.
| Fargo, Godfrey, Marsh, Earle, Miller,
Hughes, Brown.
Misses Smith. Moore, Robinson. Full
Ter, DeIano, Levi, Freeman. Smith,
Chamberlain, Richmond, Cobb, Put
nam, Nellie Bevier, Blake, Jeffrey,
Whitney, Gillespie, McQuewan, Whitney,
Earle, Hunt. Penny. Herkner, Fitch.
Pierce, Miller, Ball. Hughart, Mary
BevIer. Thompson, Carpenter, Lena
Remington. Shepard, jerks, Calk ms.
Waters, Grace Remington, Marsh, Rob-
| lnson, Hughes
Me.srs. David Uhl, James Crosby,
| Morgan Smith. Richard smith, Lewis
I Cody, Smith. Palmer, John Nc
/ Quewan, Lucius Iorrey, Ciapp, Ben
| Robinson, Frank Pierce, Rathboue.
| Gilbert, Fuller, Lawrence, Bulkley,
| williamson, George PantlInd, A. V.
Pantiind, Robert Sinclair. @. A. Ball.
| Bernard Cobb, Earle, Wheeler, Cutler,
( Hubbard. o. o. +. Hugnsrt, Charles
| Fox, f. Crofton Fox, Guam, Wormley.
Charles w. Jennings. Leo z. ". Fisher.
y. T.. Welcn. NJ. Weston. Fred
/ Deane, J. II. X. Bergwin, Walter Nc
1 Eripn. Morev. Cutcheon, BTaitieid,