The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-12
PERSONAL AND SOCIETY.

Mrs. o. p. Morton is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Scott, in Richmond.
Mrs. Morris Defrees has gone to Cincin-
natl to make a short visit.
Colonel and Mrs. Oran Perry have gone to
Richmond for a short visit.
Miss Mary Rariden, OF Chicago, is the
guest of Mrs. r. b. +. Peirce.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. f. Dalton and family
will &c 70 Milwaukee to spend the summer
with relatives.
Colonel j. B. Phipps, of Baltimore, ar
rived yesterday to visit the family of Mr..
H. g. Newcomb.
Mr.. r.. Boone Mckee entertained a few
friends last evening at his home, GIG North
Meridian street.
Mrs. c. b. Cones, Miss Cones and Mrs.
!. @. Voss have discontinued their day at
home for. the season.
Mr.. w. F. Tucker, who has been the past
three months at San Antonio, Tex, will re-
turn home in two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Krauss have issued
invitations for their china wedding ami
Versary. Monday, May a.
Miss Elizabeth Dalton will give a hearts
party Friday evening to the juniors and
seniors of the Girls Classical School.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace r. Bennett have
taken the residence, No. 619 North Meridian
street, and will occupy it next week.
Miss Helen Harrington Crum will go to
Boston next month to spend the summer
with her aunt, Mrs. Arthur Brigham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Coburn returned
from st. Louis yesterday accompanied by
their little granddaughter. Mary Allen.
Misses Addie and May Sullivan. who nave
been visiting relatives here, will return to
their home in richmond, Va, tomorrow.
Mrs. William Scott has issued invitations
for d childrens party at the Country Club
Saturday for her daughter, Charlotte
Scott.
The marriage of Miss Lily Ball and Mr..
Carey l.. Smith took place Sunday evening
at the residence of the brides father, DIR.
n. d. Ball.
Mrs. Florence Bennett Brooks. of Cleve-
land, will come Thursday OF next week to
make a short visit To her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. IL. Bennett, on North Meridian
street.
There are three musical events this
evening. TIL piano recital of Miss Jennie
Barus, at the Propylaeum; the concert at
the Friends Church and the cornet recital
at Mr.. M. Eckhouse's.
President Pullfam, of the Louisville Base
BAH Club, has exchanged Outtielder Holmes
for Shortstop Stafford, of the New York
Sub; holmes was an extra man, and has
played IN but one game this season.
The Y. II. c.. Club held it's last meeting
for the season Monday evening at Mick's
fiaH, and last evening the Pacanne Club
gave its last dance at the same place. The
Clytus Club will give a dance Friday even
ing.
Admiral and Mrs. George Brown will
come to this city in a short time and will
occupy the apartments of MIR. N. +. Dalton
at the Blacherne from June to September,
curing the remodeling of their home at
woodruff Place.
The annual election of the Country Club
TOOK place yesterday and many of the mem
pers rode out to vote and spend part of the
Gay or evening. The result was for presi-
dent, Charles NJ. Reynolds; vice president,
Thomas II. Spann; secretary and treasurer,
wallace krag. Three directors. Il. b. Mar
undale, William c. Bobbs and Louis Reese.
Mrs. w. III. Cooke and Mrs. Haldeman
entertained Miss Catherine Merrill and the
members of her class Yesterday afternoon
at the home of the former on North Ala
anna street Miss Merrill uG-fpfaI ~ -
celvlng. The rooms We're attractive with
spring flowers. The classes have been
Stuaylhg me mad and Prof. Demarchus
Brown read MS paper on Greek Women."
Miss Mount entertained the member OF
the Gerfnah-Anerican Literary Club yes
terday afternoon at the home at the corner
avenue. II being open day" Mr.. Richard
Lieber was invited TO read a paper on
most exhaustive treatise. taking for
81 theme The Opera a Drama" He showed
the difference between the old-style opera
and the modern melo-drama as in~augurated
by Wagner. He gave an explanation of
the music OF The Flying Dutchman" and
THE Meistersinger." with illustrations
There were about thirty members of the
were delighted with il. ana took oncasioyy
10 let Mr.. Lfeber know IL during the infor-
NAL conversation which followed the pro-
gramme. Some music from The Meister-
singer" was rendered by Mrs. Painter. Mr.
Carl Schneider sang two arias from The
Tannhauser." During the informal talk
which followed Governor Mount came i'm
and joined the members of the club.
Mrs. II. c. Newcomb read an interesting
paper on Ballads and Ballad Singers yes
terday afternoon before the members of the
Fortnightly Literary Club and their guests.
Mrs. Newcomb gave a description of the
ballad and it's origin and of some OF the old
ballads, together with the poet-singers and
-reccunted the success of some old ballads
and named some OF the most popular OF the
old and the modern ballad singers, among
them being William Richardson Dempster,
the Hutchinson family. Jenny Lind. Parepa
Rosa. Zelda Scguin (Nallace) the latter
having made the song of the Three Fishers
famous. and Others. She contrasred the old