The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-25
PERSONAL AND SOCIETY.


Miss Addie Wright has gone TO Green
field to spend "A few days.
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Clark has gone TO Warsaw
to spend ten days or two weeks.
Miss Bright Armstrong has gone to her
home in Camden to spend the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A Grassland and chill
dren will visit friends i'm Martinsyiile to-
day.
Mrs. Charles A. Layman and daughter
have gone to Springfield. o., for the hoii-
days.
Mr. and Mrs James b. Curtis and son
will spend to-day with relatives at Wal
dron.
Mrs Frank Harrington will entertain
card club tomorrow afternoon at her
home.
Miss Helen Robb. of Bloomington. will
come Saturday to visit Mrs. v H. Lock
wood.
Mr. Gresham of Louisville. is visiting his
sister. Mrs. f. p. Fox, on East Thirteenth
street.
Miss Seeberger, of Chicago. came yes
terday TO spend week with Mrs j. A.
Milburn.
Mr.. VIII II. Morrison is home from
Peekskill Military Academy TO spend the
holidays.
Miss May Brayton will go to East Lynne.
ILL.,, Saturday to make visit OF week
more.
Mr.. Herbert Taylor. of Milwaukee, is Wis
iting the family of Mr.. n. F. Dalton at
the Bacherne.
Miss NJ. G. Parker has gone TO her home
in Green Bay. Wis, to spend the Mondays
with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. f.. J.. Richards have gone
TO Chicago to spend the holidays with Mr.
Richards's parents.
Miss Augusta Winchell. of Cincinnati is
the guest of Miss Eleanor Fay and VIII
remain a fortnight
Mr.. John Riley Lowe and son Otis; of
Louisville. are spending the day with tnelr
relatives in this city.
Miss; Frances NJ Fox of Chicago. will
spend the holidays with Mrs. John NJ. Lilly
on North Delaware street
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Garfield. of "A
Temperance Town" Company, are the
guests of the Misses Dasher.
Mr.. and Mrs. John l.. Grifiths are spend
ing to-day with relatives in Lafayette.
They will return home tomorrow.
Mrs. John T. Greene. of Chicago, arrived
last night to spend the holidays with her
parents Mr. and Mrs. c. p. Greene.
Miss Mabel Folsom will entertain a num-
ber of friends with card party New Years
afternoon at her home on Park avenue.
Mr. and Mrs Richard Gent will entertain
the euchre club of which they are men,
bers Jan. 2, instead of New Years even
ing.
The Americus Club gave a dance Wednes-
| day evening to the members aId their fam
| lilies at the clubhouse on North Alabama
street.
| Miss Fay Shower entertained number of
| friends last evening with a ghost party.
| All the guests appeared in sheets and pill
| low cases.
| Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Mcclure. OF Louis
vile. KY; are guests of Mrs NJ +. Nc
sey street.
| Mrs Mary Gossett has issued invitations
| for the marriage of her daughter. Miss
| lace Mungen. of Fort Wayne. to take place
| Wednesday, Jan. g. at 1:3O O'Clock. at No.
| AS College avenue. The at-home announce
| ment Is Fort Wayne.
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| at dinner to-day in honor of Rev. and Mrs.
| d. j. Ellison and Mrs. George Gere Esta-
brook of Denver. will come to-day to join
| his wife, who has been visiting her father,
Mr.. Samuel Taylor. for several weeks.
Mrs. Theodore McCune. of No. l13l North
Meridian street, assisted by Mrs. j. >.
| Thompson. Mrs. II. r. McCune. Mrs. Fer
| rec, Mrs. j. Jordan. Miss Lulu House and
| Mrs. Emma Hert will entertain the Wom-
| ans Home Missionary Society of Roberts
| Park Church tomorrow afternoon Mrs.
+. G. Cornelius will read paper on God S
Great Gift to the WorId s,c and and aeIi 9fo
| tions will be given.
The marriage OF Miss Lottie NJ Gross,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ r. Gross,
| and Mr.. William Il. Riley took place last
| evening at the home of the brides parents.
| on Hendricks street. in the presence of
the immediate family The ,I:.,n ceremony Was Was
| rooms were decorated with palms mad white
| chrysanthemums. The bride wore trav-
1 einS gown OF Dlne cfOln ana CdFTieu a
| single American Beauty rose. A wedding
supper followed the ceremony. Mr.. and
Mrs. Reilly left last night for st: Louis to
| after Jan. at No. % Hendricks street.
| Miss Maud Henderson. of Lafayette. Sis
| ter of Mrs. John l.. Griffiths, of this city.
| is now connected with the Astor library In
New York. Out of seventy-five applica-
| tiOns for one of six positions offered by
| the consolidation of the Astor. Lenox and
| Tilden fund libraries for the new library.
4 N he hlIilf the site of the old reservoir
| on Fifth avenue. Miss Henderson was one
| of the six selected. and was the only one
| from the West. Miss Henderson has been
| taking the library course at the institute
| in Chicago for the last three years and Is
admirably qualified to III is, the \, position ion
Astor library until the new building is
| completed.
The Brenneke Academy is taken ,,f,I for
evening is Miss Mary Vajen's party: to-
morrow afternoon Miss Lily Foors dance;
Monday evening. the leap year party given
ing. Ciytus Club; Wednesday after
| noon. the second section of the
Free Kindersarten will giye children,s
| dance in the afternoon and young peo-
| pies dance in the evening: Thursday even
| ing the Lae-Tus Club will dance; Friday
Charles Haueisens party. and Saturday
evening. Jan. 2. the Young Married Peoples
Club will dance. The entire building has
been decorated for the holiday season.
| A simple and impressive marriage cere-
| mony was performed yesterday afternoon
at the Friends Church. at the corner of
| Alabama and West Thirteenth streets. by
| the pastor. Rev. Thomas c. Brown. The
bride was Miss Clara Esther Browne.
| youngest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
| j. Browne, of Woodruff Place. and the
groom was MIR. William Edgar Birdsall. of
| Brooklyn. n. Y. The church was taste
| fully decorated with palms and white roses.
and was well filled with relatives and
friends Miss Anna Evans. a cousin OF the
| bride. was at the piano. which was hidden
by palms. and played the wedding march
| from "Lohengrin'' the bridal party
| passed down the aisle. The ushers were
| Mr.. Asher Evans cousin of the bride Mr.
| Mr.. Arthur Newly. Miss Charlotte Bird
| sail sister of the groom. maid of honor
| and the little flower maid was Miss Eleanor
| Marine. of Brooklyn. niece of the bride.
| The bride entered with her father. AT the
| pulpit she met by the groom and his
| best man. Mr. Edwin Greist or Cincinnati.
The minister announced TO Il q congregation
| the purpose of the gathering. and then the
| groom and bride in turn made their pledge
| to each other. The ring made the circuit
| OF the groom. pastor. bride and then To
| the groom again. and was placed by him on
! her finger. The minister then pronounced
| them husband and wife. and he read the
| the groom bride best man and maid OF
honor the table being placed in front OF
| each by the ushers for the signature. The
| bride wore a simple gown Of white brocaded