The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-01
SCRANTON SOCIAL
NEWS AND GOSSIP
Brief Mention Of What Is Doing in the
Pleasure Way.
SUMMER EXODUS IN FULL SWING


OutpOuring to SeashOre and Noun.
tains Has Been Quite General and
There Is Little to Talk About.
Country Club Meeting This Morn.
ing..The September Tennis Tour.
ney..SOcial Events ofthe Week.
In social way Scranon humanity Is
having as little to do these hot days as
it has in other directions, in business,
in church matters, In everything III
fac. Anyhow, there are really so few
in town who enjoy the social side of
life, that possibly not more than few
bakers dozens could be gathered to-
gether for any sort of pleasantly. The
few who are left are the paternal heads
OF families and the young business
men. The mothers and girls have flown
to the seashore or hills.
This morning takes place the formal
meeting of the country club ardents at
II o'clock in the board of trade rooms.
A board of directors, which is to choose
from among its own number the
clubs officers, is to be elected; the con-
stitution and bylaws are to he adopt
ed, and the unofficial agreements be-
tween the provisional committee and
Architect Holden and the Pennsyi-
vania Coal company are to be ratified.
While the club house is being erected
the plans are now completed-and the
grounds leyeled and arranged the small
proportion Of members in the city will
have something to talk about and the
directors will be kept busy. When the
Others return home early in September
they will find the building we'll un-
der way. ana the tennis courts ready
for the annual tourney, which has here
tofore been conducted by the Lawn
club. '.t
A party consisting OF the following
Green Ridge ladies spent Thursday at
Elmhurst: Mrs. a. l.. Brooks, MIS-.
John Johler, Mrs. Jacob Detrick, Mrs.
Guard, Mrs. I'ike, Mrs. Nichol, Mrs.
r.. II. ,Blackman, Miss Jessie Wilbur.
Mrs. Julia Bird and Mrs. Jacob II.
.Iohler.
The season at F,lmhurst is in the ZEN
ith Of its glory. and tn" beauties of TINS
delightful suburban resort were never
more pronounced than at present. Elm
hurst, like wine. improves with age,
and with each succeeding year the
fruits Of Colonel SchoonmakerS enter
prise become more apparent. The Nisi-
tor whose eyes feast upon the attrac-
tions of Elmhurst, with its handsome
residences, well kept lawns and thirty
trees and shrubbery, can scarcely real
ize that ten years ago the spot had
nothing to recommend it save the IA
nous sand springs, from which copious
streams Of pure water gurgle ceaseleSS-
ly the year around. The labor and en-
terprise which transformed the bleak
hill top into a beautiful garden are
something that can scarcely be appre-
ciated by one who has not watched the
progress Of the work step by step. Ho-
tel Elmhurst, which is now owned en-
tirely by Horace T.. Hand, is this year
again under supervision of Mr. Nash,
whose ability as an entertainer needs
no recommendation to persons resld-
ing in the vicinity Of Scranton.
In the completion of "Oak Terrace"
the residence of Colonel SchOonmaker
the founder of Elmhurst, has realized
the ideal suburban home. This beauti-
full ediice which is situated near the
end of the Elmhurst boulevard. is a
model in its way. Added to the de-
lghtful surroundings, enhanced by the
skill of the landscape gardener, are the
interior artistic effects and all OF the
comforts of city residence. The idea
of "Oak Terrace" is carried out through
out the premises from the grove of oak
trees south of the house to the interior
decorations, which are of oak leaves
and acorns, and no detail calculated to
increase it's attractiveness has been
neglected. Colonel Schoonmaker, like
many other residents of Elmhurst, has
decided that the locality is equally at
tractive as a winter home, and will
hereafter remain there the year around.
having disposed of lis Florida prop
erty.
On Wednesday evening Miss Amelia
Wyandt entertained a number of young
people at her home on the South Side.
Those present were Misses Lizzie Sem,
Mollie Wyandt, Anna Zwick, Katie
Naeher, Emma Johler, Sophie Heckel,
Yettie Naeher, Edwin Armbrust, III
lam Botke, Charles Zwick. Philip Haen-
diges, William Naeher, Charles Voher.
lg;,o NFo,oornt NT,,,p1,,, of
street. entertained the following friends
Wednesday night: Misses Il. Coyne,
Minnie Coyne, Nellie Kelly, Name Mof-
fit, b. Duffy, Kate Curran, b. Gallagh-
er, Miss Flynn, of Wilkes Barre; Miss
Irene Connell. Miss Eva Handley. of
Brooklyn. N. Y. and Charles Hastings,
Frank Hummell, Joseph Pollard, Ed.
O'Hara, John Holland. T.. A. Murphy,
Joe Fallon. John Fallon, of Rendham;
Will Connell and Master John Murphy,
of Brooklyn, NY.
Mrs. Mills, of Brisbin. was rendered
surprise party Monday afternoon by
the following friends in honor of her
forty-frst birthday: Mr.. and Mrs. Reu-
ben Dean, Mr.. and Mrs. John Hess, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Zimmerman, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Evans MrS and Mrs.
Grant Ctler, Mrs. Raleigh, Mrs. Rob-
bins, Mrs. S. Cutler, Mrs. Roberts, Mrs.
j. Thomas. Mrs. George Matthews, Mrs.
Fields, Mrs. Deubler. Mrs. Chamber
lain, Mrs. Owens. Mrs. Maitland Mat
thews, Mrs. Fred Thomas. Mrs. Lawrie. |
Mrs. Jones and Misses Bessie Hess, Inez
Zimmerman, Lottie Deubler, Louisa
Thomas, Myrtle Deubler Mrs. Watson
and Newton Deubler. Masters David
Zimmerman, Harold Evans, Arthur
Dean, George Evans.
A number of friends rendered Miss
Minnie Allen % surprise party at her