Middletown transcript., 1897-07-24
PERSONALITIES
LittIe Lines About Men and Women
and Nhat They Are Doing.

= itearly. What may seem OF no interest !
4 you, may be pleasing TO some one else. "
personal or focal mention and cordially invii
our patrons to furnish us the factsl
r Miss Mabelle Parvis is visiting friend
t at Seaford, Delaware.
Miss Daisy Naudain is visiting Nil
Cause in Wilmington.
Mrs. Nathaniel ]. Williams and daugt
Ter are at Ocean City, Md.
Mrs. Evans. Of Philadelphia. is th'
guest of Mrs. N. N. Willis.
Mr.. Irving Shepherd of Delaware City
is guest OF friends in town.
Mr.. Woodal, of Easton, Maryland.
the gust Of Mr. Harold Green.
Miss Carrie sudIer, of Baltimore is tn
guest Of her grandmother Mrs. Anna
Roberts.
DIR. Mckee was in town on Tuesday
brown as a berry and booming Rehobotl
as Of yore.
Mrs Anna Griffith and Miss Mary Lip
pincott are guests of Miss Lidie McName'
at Elk Neck, Nd
Mrs. E. T. Perkins and children, O
Washington, D. O.. are visiting her aunt,
Mrs. George G. Rowe.
Mrs. M. N. Willis gave last evening q
| lawn euchre party to q few friends at her
residence near town.
Mrs George Morris and little niece. Sa-
rah Boldly. Of Wilmington. spent Thurs
day with Mrs. Sarah B. Hates.
Mr. Warren Cochran, of Washington,
D. G., is spending his vacation with his
mother. Mrs. Ella Cochran.
Mrs Frank Beyan and Master Harry,
of Philadelphia, spent several days with
Middletown friends this week.
Mrs. w. B. Biggs, Master Ben, "Sister"
and Miss. Mabel Taylor have gone to the
Blue Ridge Summit for summer outing.
Miss Lucie Cochran gives Lawn Party
at the residence of her aunt. Mrs. Lucy
Green. this evening in honor of her gueets.
Misses Cochran and Nix, of New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Prettyman were
in Smyrna this week to find home for
themselves there where Mr.. Prettyman's
business takes him. They expect to leave
Middletown about August Isl.
3 The first time in four weeks Mr.. John
Drummond was up town yesterday He
was overcome by the heat month ago and
his many friends are glad to see him out
again.
The many friends of Mr.. John M Clay
ton will regret to learn that he is quite i'll
with typhoid fever at his residence near
Mt. Pleasant A trained nurse has been Sc
cured and everything possible is being
done for his comfort and recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Brady gave a recep-
tion on Tuesday evening to the former pu-
pills of the West Chester Normal School in
honor Of Miss Ella Speakman, a teacher in
that institution, who has been the guest of
inclement weather kept many away There
were present.: The Misses Williams, Mr..
and Mrs. Howard A. Pool, Mrs. c. E. Pool,
Mr.. Frank r. Pool and Mr. J. C. C. Kelley.
Mrs. May Bailey Draper gave a Matt
nee Euchre on Wednesday afternoon at the
residence of her parents near town which
as unique social function added to the
pleasure young people always find in each
others society. The heavy showers inter-
fered with the plans, the intention being to
have the party on the lawn from to
O'Clock, and some of the invited guests
were kept away by the rain. There were
present: Mrs. W. H. Barnes, Miss NJ. Barnes,
Miss Wiggins, Miss Bertha Martin. Miss
Cora Moorhead, house guests; Mrs. Fannie |
Brown. Mrs. Edwin Prettyman, Misses
AIDA Foard. Laura Willis, Sayle V. Coch-
ran, Bsssis Reynolds, Mary, Lydia and
Annie Cochran: Messrs. Fred Crouch, Al
Ian Mcdowell. Gray Taylor, Douglas Cooh-
ran, JolM Rothwell. and w. w. Draper |
Owing to theinabiIity of some of the gen.
tlemen to attend several of the ladies took |
the part of gentlemen AMI Miss Laura Will |
Its as such carried off the first prize a
beautiful silver hat brush. Miss Moorhead |
carried off the first ladies prize, hand
some sterling silver salge box. Miss Rsy
nolds is the possessor Of a nice clock. the
second ladies prize, and Mr. Rothwell cap
tured the second prize to gentlemen, a
pretty silver nail file. At o'clock the
guests took leave of their charming hostess
and her fair guests with many expressions
of the pleasure enjoyed.