The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-08
PERSONAL AND SOCIETY.

Miss Bessie Hord will return to-day from
a visit to New York.
Miss McC&1ew, of Chicago, is the guest of
Miss Edna Williams.
Mrs. S. Il. Morss will not observe her
usual reception to-day.
The ladies gave a large card party yester-
day afternoon at ST. Joseph'S Hall.
Mrs. William Wiley Smith has gone to
Decatur. ILL.,, for permanent residence.
Mrs. Ida Gray Scott, of 2644 College ave-
nue., will be at home Friday afternoons
Mrs. Clifford Comfy and Miss Garrard,
who have been visiting friends in New York,
will return home Saturday
Mrs. Fuller, of Terre Haute, and Miss
Harriet Hosmer, sculptress, will come Mon
day TO visit Mrs n. A. Hyde.
Miss Erwin entertained a party of four
teen handsomely at dinner last evening for
Miss Pauline Woodruff, of Knoxville, Tenn.
Miss Catherine Merrill read a paper on
Shakespeare before the Fortnightly Literary
Club Tuesday, which was generally dis
cussed by the members.
Miss Mary Hogan entertained the Cinch
Club Tuesday evening at her home on North
Arsenal avenue. Miss Anna Brady will be
the hostess for the next meeting.
Mrs Hayward and daughter who have
been at the Denison, and Miss Susan Hay
ward, who has been the guest of Miss Bur
ford have returned to their home at Pana,
Ill.
Miss Edith Smith, Miss Katherine Ayres,
Miss Mary SayleS, Miss Ruth Wilson, Miss
Ella Vonnegut and Miss Mary Wilson will
be home from college to spend the holi-
days.
Mrs. Henry jameson will give a reception
Wednesday, Dec. 81 for her daughters, the
Misses Jameson, and Mrs. Albert Baker will
give reception the same day 10 l4tfoouce
her daughter, Miss Ellen Sommers Baker.
The Christmas festival for the Orphans
Home will be held Wednesday, Dec. q, and
the board of managers asks donations OF
dolls toys and games for the children to
he IN MOnd1U
previous.
Mrs. Samuel II. Fletcher will observe her
first reception since her marriage this after
noon from to o'clock and Mr.. and Mrs.
Fletcher will be at home this evening from
to 10 at their home, No. $50 North Capitol
avenue.
Miss Mayme Confrey entertained the club
of which she is a member, and few friends
at her home, 11l0 College avenue, Tuesday
evening. Those assisting were Miss Jessie
Carson, Miss Flossie Howell, Miss Frances
Hicks, Miss Riley Miss Williams and the
members comprising Miss Shwartz's house
party.
There will be social in the parlors of
the Second Presbyterian Church tomorrow
evening. The Young Woman's Missionary
Society, of the same church. gave tea
and sale yesterday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Edison T. Wood. One of the features
of the entertainment was the sign which
each member wore the signs telling for
which particular article the wearer would
be responsible for filling Christmas orders.
Miss Katherine EnOS, whose illness at 0eF
home in New York was noted yesterday
morning, died at noon, and her aunt Miss
Sarah F. Kelley, left at once for New York
to be with her sister. Mrs. Enos and at
tend the funeral. Miss Enos was possessed
of beautiful soprano voice, which was well
cultivated, and she held position in one
of the leading churches of New York. She
was we'll known to a large circle or friends
in this city, where she lived, and where
she has visited frequently since going East.
Mrs Alexander Taggart and daughters
qua n Ia
at their home on Park avenue. The three
ladies received and they were assisted In
Mrs Braxton Baker, Mrs. Robert M. Fos
ter, Mrs. Joseph Taggart, Mrs. Charies w.
Smith, Mrs. l. II. Wilson, Mrs. w. A. sam
pie of Richmond, Miss Kate Smith, Miss
Flora Ketcham Misses Nettie and Mar
garet Shower, Miss Jeanette Heron, Miss
Emma Frank, Miss Bertha Walker, Miss
Mary Sewall and Miss Florence Plum. A
harpist and violinist played, and the rooms
were beautified with vases of roses and
chrysanthemums, pink being used in the
dining ROOM
FOR MRS. LEWIS
Mrs. Perley Bonte Raymond gave a small
tea yesterday afternoon for her niece, Mrs
Frank Nichols Lewis, of Philadelphia, for
merly Miss Eliza Adams, of this city. The
house was a bower of pink roses and scarlet
poinsettas, combined with ferns and palms
In the dining room masses of pink roses and
begonas were used with maden-hair fern.
The guest favors were bridesmaid roses
served with the frappe appointments of
crystal and gold Mrs. Raymond was as
sisted by Mrs. George f. Adams, Mrs
George Brown. Mrs. John M. Spann, Mrs
Louis II. Levey, Mrs. John w. Hoffman
Mrs. Edward b. Porter, Mrs A. A. Wikin-
son, Mrs. Charles A. Layman, Mrs. Miles
w Burford, Miss Porter. Miss Emma Was
son. Miss Margaret Lockwood Miss Madge
Layman, Miss Marjorie Ellis, Miss Laura
Huey and Miss Mary Hord harpist
played during the hours Of the tea.
CRAVENS-MIERS
Special to the indianapolis Journal
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Dec This
morning Mr.. Oscar II. Cravens and Miss
Bertha Miers were united in marriage at
the residence of the brides parents, Con-
gresham and Mrs. Robert w. Miers. Only
the relatives We're present and the ceremony
was performed by Rev. NJ. G.. Allison, of
the Walnut-street Presbyterian Church.
Miss Blanche Wicks, of this city, was the
bridesmaid and Mr.. Theodore d. Cravens,
of Indianapolis. was best man. After a
wedding breakfast Mr.. and Mrs. Cravens
left for a brief bridal trip. going TO Chi
cago and other points. The groom is the
editor of the Daily and Weekly World of
this city. The bride is the only daughter of
Congressman Miers and is graduate of