The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-17
PERSONAL AND SOCIETY.


few days in the city.
Miss Swasey, of Taunton. Mass, will come
Jan. to visit Miss Jessie Miller.
Miss Margaret Carey has gone to Marion
TO visit friends for a short time.
Mrs. John Sontag will go to Evansville
Monday to spend the holidays with rela-
tives.
. Mr. and Mrs D. p Doyle. formerly of Co
lumbus, have taken apartments at the Bla-
cherne.
possession of their new home, No. 1877 North
Meridian street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Meredith Nicholson will GO
to Omaha Tuesday to spend the holidays
with Mr.. Kountze and family.
Mrs Henry L. Wallace will give chill
dren's party Saturday for her son. Lewis
Wallace, grandson of Gen. Lew Wallace.
Mrs II. G. C. Balls will entertain friends
Wednesday for her sister, Mrs. Lawrence
White George, formerly Miss Julia K. Tarl-
ton.
The Mission Circle of the College-avenue
Baptist Church will meet this afternoon
with Mrs. j. ID. Adams, 2023 North Alabama
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Spear entertained a
few friends informally last evening for Mrs.
Coleman's guests, Mrs. Middleton and Miss
Summers.
Norman Peek will be home for the holt
days from Williams College, Ralph Lemcke
and Gaylord Hawkins from Princeton and
Keyer Winter from Yale.
Mrs r. S. Mckee and sons. Frank and
Boone Mckee. sailed Wednesday for Eu,
rope, They will go to southern France, and
will be absent several months.
Mrs. j. l.. Benedict and DIR. Edmund Lud-
low returned yesterday from Paxton, ILL.,,
where they were called by the death of
their mother, Mrs. Susan Middleton Lud-
low.
Miss Josephine Hyde will give a dinner
Wednesday evening, Dec. 20, for Miss Clough
and Miss Dale, who are to visit the Misses
Fletcher visitors
of next week.
Miss Grace WATSON is in Chicago, where
she went to attend the marriage of Miss
Marie H. Dreher, who visited her a short
time ago, and MIR. Beeckman Graham, OF
Chicago, which occurred Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Fletcher Hall have
changed their residence. and are now at
new 8l3 North East street. Mrs. Harriet
b. Hall will be with them until after Christ
mas, when she will go to Cambridge. Mass.
to visit her daughter, Mrs. Geo. T. Moore, jr
Mrs. James r. Carnahan received infor-
mally yesterday afternoon for her daugh-
ter, Mrs. M. Steele Bright, who will return
to her home in Superior, Wis, Monday
Mrs. Carnahan was assisted by her daugh-
ters Mrs. James NJ. feathers and Mrs. Miles
w. Burford. There were numerous callers
Mrs. w. H. II. Miller gave scarlet lunch
con yesterday. having carnations and can
dies of that color for her handsomely APP
pointed table. The guests were Mrs. NJ. l.
Haines, Mrs Noble c. Butler. Mrs. JOIN
G. Williams, Mrs J. B. Black. Mrs. 7: c.
Mrs. j. B. Elan, Mrs j. W. Hess, Mrs. Al
bert Baker and Mrs II. J. Milligan.
Miss Mary Sloan gave a household shower
yesterday after noon for Miss Harriet Gle
Rosemary Club and Miss Ethel Cleland
Miss Mary Noble, Miss Ellen Baker, Miss
Maud Mcconnell. Miss Margaret Ridgeley
Miss Jennie Wallace of Lafayette. Mrs
Douglass Barley. Mrs. Ferdinand Wingatt
and Miss Etha Hall. Each article that was
presented contained several lines of verse
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unfolded them. An autograph pillow was
made and given as a souvenir of the event
Miss Susan Chapman gave mistletoe tes
yesterday afternoon for, Mrs. Alexander
Patton and Miss Rose Holmes. Mistletot
swung from the chandeliers. which were en-
twined with lycopodium, and in the SECOND
parlor a daintily appointed table held {
chocolate service. In the dining room Mrs
j. H. ,Gibney and Mrs. Fl. W. Marsh pre-
sided at the table, and were assisted by Miss
lone Scholl, Miss nellie McConney, Mis-.
Katherine Davis of Cincinnati. Miss Clara
Haueisen and Miss Josephine Heron Holly
formed q wreath about the branching sivel
adorned the buffet and mantel. Assisting
in the parlors were Miss Elizabeth Chapman
Miss Bessie Barry. Miss Jessie Bowman
ton, Miss Mary Pickens and Miss Martht
DRAPER. Invitations were issued to abou
one hundred friends.
GYGER-ROOT.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BEDFORD, Ind, Dec. 16.-The marriage
of Mr.. Herbert Gyger and Miss Lottie Root
took place at the home of the BRIDE short
distance west of this city last night Rev
Adamson officiating.
BAUR-WARDE.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE Ind, Dec. 16-Mr Os-
car Baur, of this city. was married this
evening at Pittsburg to Miss Blanche Louise
Warde. Mr. Baur is a member of the we'll
known family of that name of this city, but
has been located in Pittsburg since his
graduation from the Rose Polytechnic In
stitute. Mr.. and Mrs. Baur left for Florida
after the ceremony and will spend their
honeymoon on his plantation in that State.
JrvingtOn.
Miss Donna Thompson returns to-day
from Wellesley to spend the holidays.
The Epworth League fair will be held to-
morrow evening in the Commercial Club
Hall.
Mrs. Charles B. Clarke has issued invita-
tions for a tea on Saturday afternoon from
8 TO 5.
The Kappa Kappa Gammas will enter
tain tomorrow evening at Miss Grace
Gookins home in Indianapolis.
Mrs. f. r. Crump and Miss Flora Crump,
of Columbus, who have been guests of Mrs.
E. c. Thompson, have returned home.
The Citizens Club will meet this evening
with DIR. and Mrs. A. r. Benton. Professor
Miller VIII IGdu tue SSCOuu Vi ms 4SCtuL CO
on Paris.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Downey-
avenue Church will give a coffee party this
afternoon from till at Mrs. Mary Cal
kins's home on University avenue,
The young women of the Pi Beta Phi fra
ternity will give a small company this after
noon in honor of the fraternity patronesses,
Mrs. Benton, Mrs. Clarke and Mrs. II. U.
Brown. In the evening they will give a
party for the young people.
The large Sunday school class organized
and taught for many years by professor
Iden, gave it's annual banquet in the Sum
day school rooms of the DoWney-aVenue
Church on Wednesday evening. The long
tables were placed in the form of the letter
T, and were decorated with sprays of holly,
palms and smilax. After the banquet
Professor Ames. the present teacher of the
class called for toasts from the following
young men, For the alumni member Mr..
s. H. Shank; for the town member, Mr..
Walter Howe; high school, Mr.. Jason Ell
stun; preparatory students, Mr.. Arthur
Waters; freshmen, Mr.. ]. II. Wlhite; soph-
omores Mr. Shelley Watts; juniors Mr. S.
III. Bass; seniors Mr.. Ezra Roberts A let
ter was read by Prof II. TIL. Miller from
Professor Iden. who is teaching in the Kan
sas State Normal this year, Fifty members
of the class Were present.
CITY NEWS NOTES.
Mrs. y. r. Ganse. of Chicago. has been in
4,