The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-06

X tons were served. The residences were
n darkened during the afternoon and the
parlors and dining rooms Lighted. Both
the receiving aud the calling were con
Quoted according to the established rules
s OF etiquette which are always followed on
: such occasions in eastern social centers.
H. as reported the custom of making
: calls on the first day of the year is dying
out IN some sections of the country, the
, | reverse obtains in the metropolis of North
ern Montana for, as stated above, the
practice here seems to have been fully
developed.
Among those who formally announced
In the papers that they would receive
were: Mrs. w. L. Pigott, assist ed by Miss
Blake, Miss Nellie Blake and Miss Broad
water, ali of Helena, Miss Ella b. Down
ing Miss P'rker, Miss Shores and Miss
Pierce; Mrs. II p. II. Gordon, assisted by
Mrs. X. ,. Ford, Mrs. j. III. Rice, Misses
Ashby and Raleigh of Helena, Miss Down.
ing, Miss Eva Common, Mss Sarah Con-
nor; Mrs. Longeway, assisted by Mrs.
Vidal of Neihart, Mrs. Skinner, Miss
Longeway; Mrs. Theodore Gibson, as
sisted by Mrs. A. j. Shores and Others
1he leading event of the week, if not of
the season, was the ball given in Elks'
hall Monday evening by Mr.. and Mrs. w.
| L. Pigott, Mr.. and Mrs. w. 6. Downing,
Mr. and Mrs. L. b. Weirick and Mr. and
Mrs. X. S. Ford in honor of Mss Blake,
| Miss Broadwater. Miss Nellie Blake, Miss
Ashby and Miss Raleigh, five young ladies'
| from Helena who have been visiting here
| during the holidays.
| The floral decorations in the ball room
surpassed description. Besides a pro-
| fusion OF hot-house flowers, veritable
gems of the florists skill, there we're ele-
| GA MT he Of b<II
chandeliers and gracefully festooned
| upon the walls. The electric lights we're
shaded with tissue paper of various
| coiors. The banquet room adjoining was
also tastefully decorated, as we're the |
tables, which were loaded with dainty |
viands. 1t would require a column
IN the STANDARD to do justice to the |
many elegant costumes worn by the fair |
sex. RIce's orchestra of three pieces fur |
nished the music. The invited were: |
Messrs. and Mesdames Parker, Chowen, |
Shores, {. NJ. Webster, w. Webster,
Crutcher, Goodrich, Adams, Rice, Nelson,
Taylor, Blauvelt, Bruce. Dunn, Stanford, |
Veasey, Matteson, Cooley, Hatcher,
Ellis, Huy, Collins, Rogers, Gordon, Laid,
Murray, Leslie, Rohr, Phil Gibson, Theo.
Gibson, Dickerman, w. f. Brown, II. p.
Brown, Dickinson, Gage, Paris, Gibson,
Reckards, Marsh, McClelland, Kings
bury, Scott, c. d. Crutcher, Atkinson,
Mrs. f. I. Newman. Mrs. :. +. Chowen;
Misses Collins, Lottie Collins, Eva
Sarah and Jennie Conor, Lillian. Bessie
and Ophelia Kingsbury, Newman, Parker,
Shores, Julia Cockrill, Fannie Cockrill,
lone Armstrong, Lulu Armstrong,
Sprague, Lldd, Fortune, Ewing, Rich,
Huliston, Maude Murray, Bessie Murray,
Della Downing, Ella b. Downing, Belle
Brown, Evans, O'Grady, Polly O'Grady,
Coleman, Roberts, Perrin, Dyer, Thorough
man Booth, E1gerton, Ashby. Broad
water, Blake, Nellie Blake, Raleigh, Per-
kins, Longeway, Arkell; T. L. Cockrill,
Young. McNair, G.. Ii. Stanton, 5. ID. Lar
gent, VIII Burns, Rowan, Frank Brown,
Daniels. Hunt, Il. Hunt, j. II. Mcknight,
Knight, Arlington, Fairfield, Ii. b. Hill,
q. L. Curtis, Mark Skinner. Overfield, 7. |
A. Bruce, Wadsworth. c. ID. Elliott, Err
hardt, Clary, Eaton, Evans, T. Kelly, c.
I. Broadwater, ). T.. Atkinson, L. p. At
kinson, W. p. Wren, b. b. Kelly, James
Rice, jerks, Ferguson, Morrow, Town
send, O'Grady, McCarkey, Hollinshead,
Lind, Newton, Fortune. Fletcher, Shur.
Coleman. Collett, Armstrong,
n. Nongeway, w. NJ. Cockrill.
The installation of officers of Black
Eagle commandry and of Great Falls
chapter Il. a. NJ. was held in Masonic
hall Friday evening. After the installa-
ton the members of those present and a
number of invited friends spent the bal
ance of the evening dancing. Supper was
served. 1t was in every respect as enjoy
able an affair of the kind as was ever
given by those orders.
An old fashioned sheet and pillow case
lance was given in Eks' hall Wednesday
oy Professor Wallace and about 20 couples
attired in spotless white spent an enjoy
able evening.
The regular dance of the Fortnightly
Hub was held in Elks' hall Thursday
evening and, to the tune of good music,
he members of the club and few in
yited guests enjoyed an excellent dancing
programme.
The Young Folks dancing club post
,oned the regular dance which was to
rave been held Friday night, until the
18th instant.
j. L. Arlington has gone to St. Paul.
Samuel Hill. president of the Montana
p. p. Shelby. traffic manager on
he western division of the Great North
I'm; Charles F. Shelby of Seattle, ID. Bas-
EFT of Minneapolis and II. j. Hill of the
anne city comprised a party of distin-
uished visitors who were here early in :
he week.
L. III. Carter came down from Helena
sunday to spend day in live town.
T. w. Sheffield of Spokane, northwest
TN agent for the Mccormack Harvesting
iachine company, was in the city early in
he week.
James Townsend was visitor from n
'enton Tuesday.
Walter and II. f. Browne. sons of David
!. Browne, came up from Benton Tues 4.
ry OH visit with Mr.. and Mrs. A. L.
,ogers. .
II. W. Nicol came over from Hamilton
tuesday, TO participate in the institution 9
I the new lodge of Odd Fellows.
L. NJ. Lowry, T. L. Healey, j. L. Nei- 9
art and Allen Pierse were among the