The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-04-19
WITH MUSIC AND DANCE.
OWOSSO YOUNG LADIES BRIL-
LIANTLY ENTERTAIN.
The Armory Beautifully Decorated to
Receive Five Hundred
Guests.

quests.
The most delightful party given in Owosso
in years, and, in fact, the most carefully
planned and excelently carried out social
affair ever given here was that rendered their
friends at the armory Monday evening by
the Misses Laura and Nettle Matlock, Allie
Brooks, Edith Shattuck, Nellie Ferguson,
Elnor Tubbs, Alene Doolttle. Frances
Jones, Maye Webster. and Mrs. j. Fred
Storrer. These popular young people in
clude among their friends large part of
the society people of the city and about five
hundred invitations were issued to them,
nearly four hundred of whom paid their
respects to the ladies. The armory under
their direction had been made to rival in
beautiful decorations the most lovely home
The reception room was furnished eXquis-
itely and with the plants, roses, lilies and
other elegant flowers, the scene, as one was
so pleasantly greeted by the ladies, was one
that the guests will ever remember. The
reception and greetings lasted until ten
o'clock when the dancing commenced The
ball loom at the armory was decorated in
white and green and the stage was a mass
of cut flowers and plants surrounding a
stand covered in white upon which were
arranged in most clever manner number
of candles making very suggestive and
grand effect. Behind the flowers Wesen-
er's orchestra was seated and for six hours
furnished the most delightful dance music
ever given in the city. The dancers as ar
ranged by the ladies were selected to please
all of the many guests and those who sat in
the galleries were enabled to see the hun
dreds below in the old bat popular lancers,
the lively polka, the easy and graceful
waltz and the new and most delightful two
step.
The banquet room had been arranged
with small tables on each of which q lovely
bouquet occupied the central space. The
menu. served by several young men, was
very suitable one and very refreshing to the
dancers, many of whom missed none of the
numbers. The menu was as follows:
Olives. Pickles.
chicken Salad. Sandwiches.
Coffee
cake. Strawberry, Chocolate
ana French Cream.
The guests fingered at the tables resting
from the dances and listening to the music
or the harp played by Charles Gibson be-
hind pretty screen in the corner.
The affair was made unusually pleasant
by the presence of visitors from a large
number of other cities and also the presence
of many of the older people of the city who
in former years were the leaders in our
social gatherings. The young ladies were
certainly deserving of the congratulations
showered upon them. They had many
things to look after and everything passed
Off so pleasantly that it should be source
of qualification to them.
The costumes were as varied as they were
beautiful and with the many handsome
ladies OwOsso has reason to be proud of
this most successful reception. Among the
guests from out of the city were: Miss
Jessie Ray. of Bay City; Mrs. Alice Horrell,
of Fenton; Miss Hill, Mrs. Swayzs and
Miss Dora Woodward, OF Detroit; Miss
Mollie Carruthers, of Newburg; Miss Sher-
man, of Bancroft; Miss Fenner, of Flint;
Miss Stiff, of Holly; Misses Edna Marshall,
Mary Gallagher, Stella Bigelow, Nora
Collins and Messrs. Will Gallagher and c.
Scully, of Corunna; Misses Tillotson, ALI
bright, Noble, Goodby, Beeman and Messrs. !
Il. w. Sanborn, q. F. Sibbard. John
Mearns and Emil Schwan, Of Saginaw;
Miss Mary Blair, Chicago; Nessrs. Robert
Steele and Robert Allison, st. Johns.