The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-02
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Now that New Years calls and New
Years receptions are not In vogue II
social circles, New Years Day seems t.
belong to churches and institutions. i
is quite a usual thing now to hay:
receptions in the churches Of the city
with the prettiest girls In the hurch te
preside at the refreshment tables. Ths
boards of control of charitable institutions
recognize the fact that it is the bes'
time in the year to get people interested
in the work Of the Institutions and they
hold receptions to entice people within
the walls.
For several years the Peoples Palac
has held a reception New Years Day. The
Ladies' Auxiliary Committee takes charge
of it and the doors are opened wide all
day long. The North Baptist Church
held its usual New Years Day reception
yesterday. In this church the object of
the reception is moro particularly TO ac-
quaint the members of the church with
each other than to interest outsiders.
The first New Years Day reception of
the Newman Mission was held yesterday
at the Mission. This was due to the eff
forts Of the Lenten Sewing Circle of last
year. 1t will be remembered that after
a series of evolutions the Sewing Circle
came to be. After it was an accomplished
fact some of the members found it was
not SO pleasant as it might have been,
and they decided to nave it no more. In
stead of giving up SO many precious Len
ten afternoons to sewing garments they
would put their hands in their pockets
and take out enough money for a New
Years dinner for the inmates of the
Newman Home. This was done, and
yesterday the inmates had a good dinner
and the ladies who provided it afterwards
received Their friends.
The Christmas holidays are the DAYS
of the year most appreciated by the
school girls. Then alI'the rules enforced
by devoted parents and strict teachers
regarding study and no dissipation dur
ing the school week. are set aside. In
those days the young people give and at
tend all the euchres, dances and sociables
1t IS possible to crowd into the allotted
time. Books and study are forgotten;
school is a horror of the forgotten past,
and pleasure and enjoyment reign SUI
preme.
MRS. Everest Beach Kiersted entertained
q number of the friends of her daughter,
MISS Adele Wilson. at a euchre Wednes-
day night. The young people had a mer-
~ time with cards and dancing.
Miss Mabel Plenty of Arlington avenue
gave a euchre Thursday night to some of
her High School friends. Miss Plenty il
a High School student.
Miss Helen Tiffany gave a euchre party
to her friends last night.
Miss Daisy Reinhard, Of Van Reinen
avenue. entertained the euchre club of
which she Is a member, New Years eve.
AS It was the last night of Lean Year
Doen the euchre and the dance thai fol-
lowed were conducted on Leap Year prin-
cip1es.
The young people of HIN society enter
tain themselves this season. as usual. by
means of subscription dances. Miss Con-
dict and Miss Bertha Dixon organized This
years series. The dances are four in
number. Two have been given and two.
more will be given later in the year. The
first dance was held the night after
Thanksgiving Day and the second was
given New Years eve. The patronesses
OF the dances are Mrs. William G.. Bum
sted, Mrs. Jonathan Dixon, Mrs. Edward
l. Young, Mrs. Davi Bumsted. Mrs. e.
F. G. Young. Mrs. Marcus Beach, Mrs.
James B. Nrockmorton. Mrs. George I.
Smith and Mrs. Joseph D. Bedle.
The members of the series are:-Misses
Emily Apgar, virgie and Richie Bennett.
Matilda Condict, Elsie, Bertha, Laura and
Bessie Dixon. Eleanor clifford. Ida Jarvis
Anna Koonz. Ida Lembeck. Helen Lock-
WOOD Malta lSf11o, $3.50. 49,.
and Jessie Perry, Ethel Potts. Jean Reid
Helen Thurston and Madeline vultee. and
Messrs. Samuel and Charles Allen. Of
Bayonne; Allen and Floyd Adriance, Ed
ward Bachelor. Alfred and Bradford Bum
sted, Peter Bentley, Thomas F. Bedle.
Pierre F. Cook, William Y. Dear. Charles
W. Bumsted, Wentworth Floyd, George
B. Fielder. Jr., Edward Ferris, Oscar
Gubelman, D. j Gedney, Clarence Harm
staedt, Franklin Hart, of Hoboken; Will
lam F. Klumpp, Chapman Kirby, Of New
York; William L. Lockwood. Gustave
Lembeck. Manuel Llera, James E.. Price.
George F. Perkins, Jr., George Potter, r.
win Smith, of New York; Frank smythe
and Sidney Wallis.
The engagement is ~nnounced of Miss
Agnes Collard and Mr.. Harry Adams of
Willow Court. Miss Collard is one of the
most popular girls in Jersey City. She
rides a bicycle, she is proficient al tennis.
and she has made a name among her
friends as an excellent cook. Her cocoa
is famed. Miss Collard's fiance Is a grad
uate of Stevens.
The Clifford avenue neighborhood eu-
chre was entertained Thursday night by
Mrs. Thomas Williams, Bergen avenue.
The club is constantly growing larger as
new residences are built and as that sec
ton of the city becomes more and more
popular.
Mr.. and Mrs. McIlroy entertained the
Arlington avenue euchre club Thursday
evening. Among those present were Mr..
and Mrs. J. M. G. Thomas. Mr.. and Mrs.
Jack Allaire, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Gil
more and Mr.. and Mrs. T. Smith.
Mr. Adna UnderfilI and Mr.. Irving I'm
derhill spent Christmas with their sister.
Mrs. William F. Atkinson, at her home In
Manlius, New York. The reunion was In
a measure a housewarming, Mr.. and Mrs.
Atkinson having but recently moved into
their own home.
The young peoples neighborhood euchre
will be entertained Monday night by the