The record-union., 1896-02-19

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At the residence of Mrs. NJ. H. Striff,
1918 o street, a few of her friends were
entertained last evening in honor of
Miss Lydia w. Allen, "the child orator"
The evening was spent in games and
singing, and a delightful time was
spent. Refreshments were served, and
at a late hour the guests departed for
their homes highly pleased with the
evenings entertainment
The friends of William Christie, to the
number of about twenty, gave him a
surprise on Monday night at his resi-
dence in Oak Park by taking posses
sion of the house and reminding him
that it was his birthday. They made
themselves thoroughly at home, and
the result was a very pleasant evening
spent in games, music, etc, until close
to the midnight hour.
The IL, M and o" Whist Club held
their regular meeting last night at the
residence of DR.. G. B. Glow, 1901 L
street. The home was nicely decorated,
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sented a very home-like appearance.
Refreshments were served at the con-
clusion of the games and a very enjoy
able time was passed. The list of the
members and invited guests is as fol-
lows: Mr.. and Mrs. George Katzen-
stein, Mr. and Mrs c. H. Cummings,
Mr. and Mrs. James Seadler, Mr.. and
Mrs James Whitbeck, Mr.. and Mrs.
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niger, DR.. and Mrs. Glow, Mr. and Mrs.
L. W. Nicholl, DR.. and Mrs. Reid, Mr..
and Mrs Walter Wright, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Burnham, Mr.. and Mrs. Clar-
ence Clark, ]. Lindner, Mr.. McCabe,
Miss N Gray and Miss M. Kleinsorge.
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A minstrel entertainment was given
ast evening by the young people of st.
Paul's Episcopal Church. In the open
ing circle all appeared in black face ex-
cept Interlocutor E. Brown. The fol-
lowing programme was rendered: In
troductory chorus, company; Riding
on Car" G.. Carroll; ben Bolt II.
Arnold; ''Cackle Cackle," H. Shearer;
1.-THE Dear Old Cot" Messrs. Carroll,
Brown, Appleton and Arnold; Dat Pos
sum- Del Lenoir; For YOU" E. Brown;
comic song, w. Pearson; finale, Monk
e. Monke; 1.-The New Old Woman"
H. Pearson; "The Peanut Episode,
Messrs. Shearer, Appleton and Arnold.
The entertainment closed with an
amusing farce, entitled ''Dunderbeck's
Shop in which Messrs. H. Pond and
Fl. Bonte distinguished themselves, the
sausage material being furnished by
the other performers. Refreshments,
consisting of ice-cream and cake, were
served A crowd numbering couple of
hundred were in attendance, and all
evidently enjoyed the performance.
The Sutter Club last evening initiated
a series of functions to be given in the
near future, and was we'll represented
by the club members and a number of
invited guests. 1t was an evening at
whist, and terminated in a very enjoy
able affair. Among the guests present
were: General and Mrs. Barrett, Mr..
and Mrs. Allen Towle, Mr. and Mrs
Frank Miller, Mr. and Mrs A. A. Van
VOORHEES,, Mr.. and Mrs. George Mott.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Burnham, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Steffens, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Knight, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Oructt, General and Mrs. T. w. Shee-
han, Mr.. and Mrs. B. u. Steinman, Mr..
and Mrs. William Schaw. Mrs. w. w.
Douglas, Miss Sheehan, Mrs. Heilbron,
Mrs Becl1man, Mrs. Campbell, Mrs.
Tyrell, Miss Towle, Miss Schaw. Miss
Mae Carroll, Miss Birdsall, Miss Ade-
laide Upson. and many others Of the
cI11h MON hers