The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-21
SOCIAL NEWS AND GOSSIP
Past, Present and Future Events
Told in Crisp Paragraphs.
FORMAL AFFAIRS LACKING
A Few Quiet Weddings and Sleighing and
House Parties the Features OF
the Wesk-very Few Future
Events Annouuced.

Events Annouuced.
Society is very penitent. The Lenten
season certainly has not tempteu tne
best known element to take up those So
cial diversions which followed one an
other SO rapidly when the winter sea
son closed and when fashionable Ioiks
announced their determination TO 1ore-
go frivolity and go into retreat; Inc
retreat has been so pronounced, 700.
that there is not even glimmer Oh
events TO come. Society is resting,
that's certain-praying? 1t appears So
Miss Matte Decker and George II.
Becker We're married by Rev. EDWIN
Lunn Miller Wednesday. night at
o'clock at the home of the brides par
ents, S32 Monroe avenue. Mr.. Becker Is
head-clerk in the store OF foote q
Shear.
AT n dinner given Thursday night by
Attorney Horace f.. Hand at his nome
on Clay avenue there were present.
Mayor w. l.. Connell. City SOLICITOR
James H. Torrey, Frank Silliman, 1r"
general manager of the Scranton Irac-
tion company. p. S. Page. j. Alton
Davis, +. II. Kingsbury Major J: w.
Oakford. w. II. Jessup, jr., w: >. Mul,
ford. of Montrose; and ]. p. Illsley ana
C. Ford Stevens, of Philadelpnia, re-
spectively president and secretary ana
treasurer of the Scranton TRACTION
company.
Officers for the Scranton Lodge OF
Elks were nominated Thursday night.
The cleo tion will take place next Thurs-
day night and will be conducted ny
Grand Exalted Ruler w. q. Myers, OF
Philadelphia. The nominees are: for
exalted ruler. +. w. Martin, Hon: a. + :
Connell and f. J. Fish; esteemed lead,
ing knight, w. j. Weichel: esteemed
loyal knight, V. A. Simrell, John NJ
Corbett; lecturing knight, George -
Taylor, II. A. Ruddy; secretary, w. ..
Gould: treasure, &. j. Weichei, tyier'
John II. Lewis: trustees. John benore;
Timothy Burke; delegates TO srano
lodge, p. +. Gunster; for the house COM
mittee, to consist of nine members, "A.
G.. Renshaw Alex Dunn jr, j. II: Lad
wig. DIR, r, NJ Pennypacker. ID. Delaney
George Kirby, George Gunster, ~ J.
Reedy,iJ. j. Lotus. X. ]. Murray, M. Z.
Smith, Il. j. O'Malley, b. +. Connolly.
Miss Jessie Denike, of GOA Adams
avenue, entertained number OF her
friends wednesday evening. The even
ing was very enjoyably spent with
various games. Those present We're:
Misses Alice buckingham. Ella waiter
l.. Walter. Madge Maxwell ana SAND
Messrs. Harry Leslie, John u. Biume'
Silas Walter, w. S. Read, B. Skies, w.
G. Shuner and V. r. Long.
Following is a partial list of the pa
tronesseS of 1.-The Messiah to be sung
IN the Frothingham Monday night 1or
the benefit of the Railroad branch or
the Young Mems Christian assOciatioh'
Mrs. w. T.. Hallstead, Mrs. James
Archibald, Mrs. G.. NJ. Hallstead, Mrs.
n. II. watkins. Mrs. James p. Dickson,
Mrs. William Connell, Mrs q. II. cat
lin, Mrs. Il. NJ. Francis, Mrs. II. b. Jer-
myn, Mrs. William ii. Taylor, Mrs. a.
ID. RlackingtOn, Mrs. T.. *. Crothamel,
Mrs. II. NJ. Boies. Mrs. Thomas ii. Daie'
Mrs. William Frink. Mrs. j. a. Lansing,
Mrs. George dub. Dimmick. Mrs. f.. b.
Sturges, Mrs. Robert McKenna, Mrs.
II. w. Archibald; Mrs. John loomis,
Miss Jennie Andrews, Mrs. w. w. Pat-
terson. Mrs. r. n. willard, Mrs. Robert
Eldred, Mrs. G. l.. Dickson. Mrs. Z. l..
Frey. All the boxes have been sold to
the following: l.. +. Sturges, w. f.
Hallstead. T.. j.. Platt, William Con-
nell, DR.. J. N. Rice. +. l.. Fuller, John
Jermyn, Charles Schlager. Loges have
been sold to II. II. Watkins, L. F.
Kingsbury and +. II. Clemons.
The wives and girl friends of the
Scranton Bicycle club members gave
n leap year dance to the club TUESDAY
night. The committees were as fol-
lows: Miss Esther FAIRIES, chairman,
refreshments. Mrs. L. Nj. Beyea, Mrs.
j.. S. Godfrey. Mrs. DIR. Stein, Mrs
John Fritz. Mrs. Alex. Dunn. jr., Mrs.
T.. II. Davis, Miss Stevens, Miss Mus
sar. Miss Sanders, Miss CharleswOrth,
Miss Bailey, Miss Pettigrew; decora-
tions, Miss Phinney, Miss SchimpT;
floor, Miss Torrey, Miss Parton, Miss
Phinney, Miss Charlesworth; music
Miss Bone, Miss Parton.
Mrs. William Robinson. of Seventh
street, widow of the late William Rob-
inson, was married at noon Wednesday
at her residence to Mr.. Haberle. Of
Philadelphia. Besides her family there
was no one present except three OF her
friends from New York.
Miss Lizzie L. Weniger, of Peters,
burg, and John E. Shafer, a well-known
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
engineer, were married Wednesday in
Dover. N. j., by Rev. David Spencer,
formerly a pastor Of the Penn avenue
Baptist church.
over an hundred LlkS and their
friends enjoyed euchre and smoking
social in the club house Tuesday night.
The affair was managed by Secretary
w. s. Gould. F. w. Martin, w. j.
Weichel and +. G. Hand.
Twenty-Five of the Scranton cash
store clerks and their friends went on q
sleigh ride Wednesday night to Chin
chilla, where they were entertained by
Frank H. Young.
Walter Lisk and Miss Mary Reese,
both of the West Side, were quietly
welded "Wednesday afternoon by Rev.
u. r., Jones, pastor of the Tabernacle
Congregational church.
The Colonial club, with their friends,
formed a party that went to Olyphant
Monday evening. Dancing was the fea-
ture of the fun at the hotel and a re-
past was served at midnight.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Bartlett, of
1.arch street, gave a party. Tuesday
evening to about seventy of their
friends. Music and euchre were the di-
versions.
Members of the Simpson Methodist
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