The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-29
Winter Doings Among Prominent
Leaders of the Seasons Gaiety.
PARTIES, WEDDINGS AND TEAS
The Gamut OF the Weeks Events Sounded
in Short Paragraphs Guests and En-
tertainers- Personal Mention Re.
dueeS to a Compact Compass.

dover Iron works, Phillipsburg, N. ].
Rev. DR.. s. C. Logan performed the
ceremony at the home of the brides
mother. Miss Taylor was an instructor
in oral schools for deaf mutes in the
west, and was well and popularity
known in the North End. The wedding
was attended only by immediate rela-
tives.
Miss Laura Swartz, daughter of
Crawford Swartz, Of Hallstead court,
was welded Christmas night to Ed
ward Anderson. The ceremony was
performed at the home of the bride by
Rev. Warren G.. Partridge. Miss Elsie
Lockard, maid of honor; William ButZ,
best man, and little Laura Swartz and
Buelah Bogart flower girls, completed
the bridal party. Mr.. and Mrs. Ander-
son will reside in their new dwelling
on Wyoming avenue.
In the Green Ridge Presbyterian
church, at noon Wednesday, Miss Cora
II. Phillips, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
John j. Phillips, Of Adams avenue,
North Park was married to Professor
Charles II. Ashton, professor of mathe-
MATES at Harvard. The ceremony was
Grace Smith, of Honesdale was the
maid of honor; Daniel j. Phillips,
brother of the bride, best man; Charles
Carr, Charles Kinke, Charles f.. Dan
iels, and Charles Center ushers. The
bride is a well-known public school
teacher. Mr.. and Mrs. Ashton will re-
side in Cambridge, Mass
At noon on Thursday Miss Florence
Edgar, daughter of S. w. Edgar, of
Capouse avenue. was welded to Syl-
vester Tillson. of the Voght Cloak and
Lace company, of Rochester. Rev. DR..
w. H. Pearce performed the ceremony,
which was quite informal there being
no bridesmaids, and the bridal couple
approaching the altar preceded only by
Mark X. Edgar and Ezra II. Connell,
the ushers. After receiving the con-
gratulations of friends in the church
parlors, Mr.. and Mrs. Tillson left for a
tour via the Lackawanna road. They
will reside in Rochester.
ball ever attempted in Scranton is that
of the Bachelors arranged for Monday
night, but from present indications it
Is possible that financial loss will bein-
CURED and that the attendance will fall
far below what was anticipated. If
either of these circumstances happen it
is likely that the Bachelors will never
attempt another ball, at least not upon
the scale of the present one. The fact
that up to last night the sale of tickets
did not approach the number anticipat-
ed does not argue that the arrange
ments for the bail will be in any way
modified. To make the dance the most
exquisite function ever given in the city
has all along been the object of the COM
mittee of arrangements and this object
will not be deviated from.
Such a state of affairs may be COM
pared to the apathy Of the best social
element toward high grade theater at
fractions. Scranton is considered by
leading players anything but an ap-
preciative or lucrative city for vista
ton. In years gone by the Bachelors
have almost had more guests than
could be accommodated and the leaders
of the organization are at a loss to
know why this year the prospect is not
brighter. Several of the prime movers
in the affair have unwillingly admitted /
that many persons are lukewarm be.
cause tickets to the ball will cost S..
tA hn a d.
sudh an amount is quite a sum of
money, but when associated with the
excellent, artistic and elaborate details
of the proposed dance the sum Is very
slight consideration. Scranton Is re-
puted abroad for never doing things by
halves, in business or otherwise, but If
its social leaders demure against a fair
price for enjoying a society ball on 4
par with the charity dances of larger
cities there can be only one inference
and that is, we are not quite up to it.
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A project recently started by some Of
the prominent young business men of
the city ITO establish a country club
house on the Elmhurst boulevard has
been abandoned. The promoters of the
idea went so far as to secure an option
on a piece of land and also negotiated
with Colonel U. G. Schoonmaker for
the purchase of the Elmhurst hotel.
Thirty thousand dollars was asked for
the building and the plot of ground sur
rounding 1t and for a time the most
ardent supporters of the country club
believed it possible to secure the prop
erty. All who We're asked to become
interested in the scheme were willing to
incur the necessary pro rata expense,
but the hitch came in securing a suf.
fiolent number of members Although
the idea has been abandoned for the
present, 1t Is probable that an effort
will be made in the same direction next
year.
One of the most extensive and enjoy
able social events of the winter was the
reception and hop rendered the Cornell
Glee and Banjo clubs at the Hotel Ter
race Monday night following the con-
cert at the rockingham. The concert
attracted the most fashionable theater
audience of this winter.
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The Scranton UlederlSranz have al
ready begun preparations for their an
nual masquerade which will be held in
Music hall on the evening of Feb. Z. 1t
will be on a more elaborate scale than
any of its predecessors.
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An informal dancing party was given
Wednesday night by Worth Scranton
at the residence of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. w. Scranton, on Monroe
avenue.
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Rev. and Mrs. James Mcleod will
this evening, at their residence, en-
tertain the young men of the First
Presbyterian church.
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The engagement Of Miss Annie Grant
to Louis b. Gernon is announced.
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