The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-05
SCRANTON SOCIAL
= NEWS AND GOSSIP
Brief Mention Of What Is Doing in the
Pleasure Way.
NEW BUSINESS CLUBS QUARTERS
Rooms in the Board of Trade Build.
ing Are to BE Magnificently
Equipped..SOcial News Told in
Short Paragraphs..Personal Men.
siOn Of Someone \ ou Know.

The Scranton club, the new social
organization of business men, Will take
possession of its apartments in the new
Board of Trade building sometime dur
ing the early part of December. The
house committee in considering the de-
signs and quality Of the furniture and
furnishings has aimed to have only the
best and most artistic that money can
buy. Few. If any similar clubs in cities
of the size of Scranton will possess
more deliberately appointed house.
There are two especial reasons why
a pronounced tone and perfection are
desired. The clubs personnel COM
prises the most influential, well-known
and well-to-dO men of the city's pro-
fessional and business elemnt. They
want the best OK nothing for them
selves, and naturally, do not care to
entertain business men from abroad in
an inferior way. In past years a Scran-
ton man has been forced to dine or
otherwise entertain his business friend
from New York or Philadelphia at the
hotel or at the formers home. The
one method smacks too strongly of the
commonplace while the other caused
either inconvenience in the house or was
unsatisfactory to a degree relative to
the guests capacity for being made a
formal guest. The commonplace and
the formality can be done away with
10y means of the club. Its scale may be
inferred from the fact that recently its
officers tried, but without success. to
rent two floors instead of one and a
lnlf ,.1, tbA GrCt
upon.
a party was given by Mr. and Mrs.
James F. Best, of Cedar avenue, Thurs
day night, i'm honor of Mrs. Best's niece,
Miss Rose Devine, of Philadelphia, who
leaves for home today The following
were present: Mr.. and Mrs. II. II.
Spruks, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Robinson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Weichel, Mr..
and Mrs. Samuel Fuhrman, Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter Neuls. Mr. and Mrs. Ill
liam Godshall, Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Bal
lus. Misses Katie Neuls, Annie POntius,
Katie Kaiser. Susie Weinbrake. Mamie
Thurman. Mamie LOTUS. and Nora
Lotus: John J. Coyne, of Minooka; Ed
ward Mclaughlin, of Philadelphia; AL
bert Heller. Philip Scheuer, John Berk-
hauser, Harry Armbrust. William Shea,
NJ. j. May, Edward SOftley. Joseph
Heen, Charles j. Mirtz, Edmund J. Rob-
inson, Charles q. Rosar, Haydn Austin,
John F. Scheuer, Louis Deising, George
Wirth, William Neagle and Andrew ].
Best. Music was furnished by Prof. p.
NJ. Mcclure.
A number of friends Of Miss Myrtle
Van Gorder gathered at her pleasant
home TO tender her surprise party
Wednesday evening. The guests were:
Misses Nellie Schappy. OF Philadelphia;
Florence Sweet, Providence: Nellie
Hornbaker. Jessie Denike. Nellie Van
Gorder. Esther Hopp, Minerva Hopp,
Lettie Evans, Lily Carlyn, and Messrs.
v. p. Long. A. ID. Van Gorder. Will
Lewis, ii. A. Hall, Joseph n. Burall.
Fred Pctry, Charles Wrigley. Samuel
McCracken, Harry Jenkins. Arch
Brown, w. r. Burial. c. II. Hall and
William II. Betterley.
Rev. A. II. O'Neil, pastor of Dudley
Street Baptist church, Dunmore, and
Miss Grace Moffatt, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John Moffatt, of Elm street,
in that borough, were married Thurs
day evening at the home of the brides
parents by Rev. John X. Davis of the
Fourth Avenue Presbyterian church,
New York. assisted by Rev. w. j. Ford.
of the Green Ridge Baptist church. The
bridal couple have gone to Atlantic
City on their honeymoon.
At a party given Wednesday by Miss
Eta Dunkerly at her home on Meri-
dian street in honor of her friend, Miss
Rutan, the following were present:
Misses F. Phillips. II. Davis. d. Jones,
}. Lewis, NJ. Dorsey, l.. Phillips, f..