The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-31
PERSONAL AND SOCIETY.

Miss Seidensticker has issued invitations
for a card party Saturday afternoon
Mrs. John Candee Dean will not be at
home this afternoon, as is her custom
Mr.. L. NJ. Wainwright and Mr.. J. II.
O'Brien have returned from visit to New
York.
burg. visiting Governor and Mrs. Mat
thews.
Mr. and Mrs Henry G. Gordon. of Brook
lyn, are spending few days In the city
with relatives
Miss Jessie Walden, of Washington. Pa.
arrived yesterday to spend week with
Miss Carolyn Johnson.
The Friday Afternoon Reading Club will
meet, this week, with Mrs. Belle Bristow,
No. 422 Central avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Fortune will enter
tain at dinner tomorrow evening at their
home in Woodruff place.
Mr.. w. j. Sisson has been called to Dali
las, Tex, by the serious illness OF his
father, Mr.. F. p. Sisson
The Parliamentary Glass is arranging for
a course of three lectures to be given by
Mrs. Strickland next week.
Miss Annie jerks, of Chicago, who has
been visiting Miss Marie Wilton for a
week, returned home yesterday.
The Misses Atkins will entertain at lunch
con to-day. Yesterday cards were issued by
them for a dinner dance Feb. b.
Governor and Mrs. Matthews will enter
tain a few friends at cards Tuesday even
ing at heir home on North Illinois street.
L.
tian Endeavor Society of Memorial Church
Tuesday evening at his home on Ash street.
Mrs. Hewitt H. Rowland has asked few
young ladies to drink tea this afternoon
with her and Miss McElwaine, OF Vim
cenneS
Governor and Mrs. Matthews will give
theater party Saturday evening in honor OF
their guests, Warden and Mrs. French, of
Michigan City.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Taylor will leave
tomorrow for New York, where they will
spend week before going to Europe to be
absent till fall.
Miss Mercy Laughlin, of Cincinnati, who
has been visiting her aunt Mrs. charles
Mcguire, North Pennsylvania street,
will return home to-day.
Mrs. T. E. Ellison. wife of Senator Eli
son, of Fort Wayne, is in the city, and will
remain with her husband at the Denlson
Hotel during the most of the legislative ses-
sion.
Miss Niblack was the hostess for an in
formal company yesterday afternoon which
Vincennes, who is Mrs. j. K. Sharpe jr.s
guest
Dr. and Mrs. C. l. Fletcher and Mr.. Glare
Parry viii leave Sunday for New York TX.
Europe to be absent some time. Mr.. Parry
will extend his trip into Africa.
Invitations have been received by friends
here from Mr.. and Mrs Albert c. Bearss.
of Peru. for the marriage of their daugh-
ter, Helen Cole Bearss, and Mr. Theodore
Ensel, TO take place Wednesday evening,
Peru.
The congregation Of the Fourth Presby-
terrain Church gave birthday party, last
evening, in the church parlors, at the cor
ner of Delaware and Ninth streets. Each
man was asked to pay 80 cents and each
woman a cent for each number OF years
she had lived to add to the fund for the
new church. In this way quite sum was
realized.
Mrs. W. P. Bingham will take possession
of Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Murphy'S house
in Woodruff Place the first of March. Mr..
and Mrs. Murphy will not make their in
tended tour around the world at present, but
will be absent from Indianapolis greater
part of the time for a year. When they are
in the city they will be with Mrs. Bng-
ham in their own home.
Mrs. Noble c. Butler gave small lunch
con yesterday in honor of Miss Mitchell,
of Goshen, who is spending this week with
Miss Butler. The table decorations were
table We're carnations and for the guests
pink roses. The lights were pink candles
with pink shades and the other appoint
mentS harmoniZed with the roseate glow
A merry party of little folks secured an
old-fashioned bobsled, had cowbells attached
to the horses, and spent yesterday, after
school hours, in riding about town The
party started from No SO Fletcher avenue
and was chaperoned by Miss Hattie Smith.
1t consisted of the Misses Cora Smith, Alice
King, Lulu and Birdie Uhl, Nettie Smith,
Pearl Pinger. Mez Lepper. Cora Schoen and
livan Charles Noble, David Pinger and
Willie Kaylor.
The Musical Club met yesterday morning
with Mrs Newton Todd at her pretty new
home North Pennsylvania street. A
miscellaneous programme was given by the
members. Among those who took part
were Miss Won Starkloff, of st. Louis, who
Ketcham, who sang lullaby; Miss Holl-
veg played a piano solo and Mrs. Todd
Ella Hanes. The club will meet next time
with Miss Lille Reese, North Penn
Sylvania street.
will he
for the Society Circus this evening at Pear
sons music house, opposite the Denison.
The chorus is not as large as the managers
of the kindergarten would like to have it,
and they invite any one who will assist in
the chorus to come to the rehearsal this
evening. Mrs. John c. New, who has
charge of the operetta, will entertain the
people of the cast and the chorus at her
home one evening either just before or just
after the circus. 1t is hoped that Mrs.
Seguin-W Wallace VIII be able to take the
leading contralto part in the operetta for
the week In case she is not under
study will be prepared to do the part.
GOVERNOR MATTHEWS'S RECEPTION.
The Governors parlors in the Statehouse
were the scene of a brilliant reception last
evening, which given by the Governor
and Mrs. Matthews to the members OF the
Legislature the State officials and a num-
Der of personal friends. Governor and Mrs
Matthews were assisted In receiving by
Lieutenant Governor and Mrs. Nye and Mr.
Speaker and Mrs. Adams The handsome
rooms were further embellished with palms
and vases of scarlet and white carnations
and roses. An orchestra was stationed in
the hall and played for the reception and
for the dances. In the Governors private
parlor lemonade was served. and in the
agricultural rooms the guests were seated
for refreshments. There were several hum
dred who accepted the hospitalities, and the
rooms and the spacious corridors were filled
for several hours.
In the corridors the American flags were
used exclusively for decoration. The large
flags draped the long balconies and smaller
ones were tastefully festooned the walls,
while still smaller ones were fastened to the
chandeliers. The musicians stand was COW
cred with red, white and blue, and with
the gay gowns of the women the spacious
rooms and corridors were filed with color.
The costumes of the ladies We're handsome
Mrs. Matthews wore black jetted net COM
bned with black silk, and carried a shower