The herald., 1893-01-27
SOCIETY,".

Despite yesterdays rain the annual
reception of the Ladies' Benevolent so.
ciety, held at the residence of Mrs. Du-
commun On Grand avenue, was sue
cess. Over $500 was realized. The re-
ception was held from O'Clock in the
afternoon until 10 O'Clock in the even
ing, and during that time goodly por-
ton of the leading people OF the city
filed into the house and cheerfu!ly sub
scribed various amounts for the worthy
objects of the society.
The following ladies', officers of the
sosiety, assisted the president, Mrs. Du-
commun in receiving: Vice Presidents
Mrs. H. G. Bath and Mrs. j. L.
Wheeler; Treasurer Mrs. HI. W. He'll
man. Secretary Mrs. L M. Day; Direc-
tors Mines Josephine Butler, E. Preuss,
l N. Van Nuys and M. Kremer; Mrs.
J. B. CLARK and Mre. Eugene Germain
also received.
The decorations were very tasteful.
TIE long, wide hallway was lined with
tropical and potted plants. In the par
lors smilsx and roses were placed to
advantage, pleasant feature of the dec
orations in this room being the prettily
colored clusters OF autumn leaves placed
on the lace curtains at the windows.
The refreshment room was decorated
with smilax and flowers. The center
piece of the table was large cake, while
clustered about were smilax and roses.
Dishes containing violets were also on
the table. The buffet was decorated
with smilax and roses. large maltese
cross Of flowers and smilax, emblemat tic
of the badges of the society, was hung
between the windows.
The following young ladies added at
Effectiveness to this room: Misses
Bertha Roth, Lille German, De Groot,
Bertha Ducommun and Bumiller.
During the evening the Misses Roth
rendered several vocal solos with their
accustomed ability and by special re-
quest sang La Paloma. Miss Bertha
Roth also sang several solos. Prof.
Shields played upon the violin and Miss
Wright sang with much sweetness.
Mrs. Wright and Miss Crowley were
the accompanies for the soloists.
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Tent N o. 2. Knights of the Maccabees.
had public installation of officers
Wednesday evening, followed by liter
ary entertainment and banquet. The
lOllOWluk OulCEIo WoIO lubbaliDQ. OOD-
mander, G. Il. White; lieutenant COM
mander; Sherman Smith record keeper,
T. f. Smith; finance keepar, E. M.
Dukeman; chaplain, @. P. Dorland !;
sergeant, Charles Walters; master at
arms, H. E. Bridges; first master OF the
guard, Il. A. Collins; second master of
the guard, e. K. PIERCE sentry, r. A.
7 % piaEaf g Toanhcon.
tees, D. Sampson, John Spiers and A.
H. Neidig. Deputy Supreme Com
mander J. NJ. Ermerips acted as install
ing officer. One of the pleasant features
of the evening was the presentation of a
gold headed cane to Commander White,
as token of the appreciation of his SER
vices as presiding officer, he hav-
ing served several terms as commander.
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Mr.. Frank Rentchler and Miss Oracle
Kofoed were united in marriage yester-
day afternoon at the home OF the BRIDES
parents, 64S South Olive street. Only
the immediate relatives were present.
DR.. Chichester performed the ceremony.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rentchler will be at home
after February 10Th at 2423 South Flower
street.
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Branch "a, the local organization of the
National Association of Letter-C Carriers,
will hold their bail in Armory hall
tonight.
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TheClove Leaf club will give dance
in Kramer's hall February 10th.
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The Graymont club will hold dance
in Kramer's hall this evening.