, 1898-12-31

Frances Williams. Carrier Kreiger;
Mesdames Buck, Durlacher, Smith,
Land; Mr.. and Mrs. c. S. Greenbaum,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Converse, Mr.. and
Mrs. F. c. Rauner, Mr.. and Mrs. C. D..
Spalding, Mr.. and Mrs. George Camp
Hegse, r. L. George, D. C. Abrams, A.
E. Holiday, Valo Bradbury, Fred Daw-
son, C. w. DeKay, F. w. Champion,
John Davis, D. II Brees.
900
Mr.. and Mrs. Carpenter gave am ele-
ganltly appointed dinner last Sunday,
Christmas day, and invited the follow
ing friends: Mr.. and Mrs. S. B. Miller,
Mr.. and Mrs. M. T. Ulen, Mr.. and Mrs.
e. T. Beltz, J Fred Dawson and Warren
Beltz.
Miss Ida Stevens CAV a pleasant
party last Wednesday evening in honor
Of w. H. Wright who is studying at
Rush Medical college, Chicago, and was
home for Christmas. Whist was played
by five tables, Miss Lesla Swigart and
Earl Carter winning the first prizes and
]. Fred Hesse, Jr., amid Estelle Abrams,
the BOBBY prizes. Delicious pineapples
ice, cake and coffe were served and it
was after midnight before the party
ended. Those present were Misses
Dean, Wright, Swigart, Davis, Donker-
sley, Roger, Bryan, Abrams, Messrs.
Hesse, Sheldon, Wright, Carter, Settele,
~Breftenstein, Bradbury, Abrams, and
Mr.. and Mrs. C. d.. Spalding.
900
Miss Fanny Gardner entertained the
following company of young folks in
honor of Marie Masten of Cheyenne.
Those present were Marie Masten.
Francia Hayford, Helen Manasse, Irene
Flemming, Fannie Gardner. George
Spalding, Latimer Gray, Clarence Cong
don, George GARDINER, Edward Flem-
ming. Popping corr and games were
the amusements and the young people
spent a very pleasant evening.
900
The D. Phi. will meet next week with
Mr.. and Mrs. C. d. Spalding.
900
Miss Anna O'Keefe will entertain q
few friends this evening to watch the
Old year out and the new year in.
Miss Anna Reid will give a parity TO
a number of her young friends this
evening.
Miss Helen Manasse ~entertains Marie
Masten at a dinner party this evening.
900
Misses Hilda and Blanche Durlacher
will return home next week after a
pleasant holiday week spent visiting in
Cheyenne and Denver.
900
Mrs. George Campbell and Mrs. l. E,
Buck will receive ait Mrs. Campbell's,
709 Grand avenue, on Monday after
noon, after 3 O'Clock. Miss Ida Stev-
ems will receive at her home, CORNER
Third and University avenue, assisted
by Miss Edith Wright Miss Flors
Knight will receive at her horne Mon
day afternoon, at All south Fourth
street and will be assisted by Miss Eliz-
abeth Holiday. A number OF other
Laramie ladies who are always at home
to their friends ait such times will, ae
usual. be pleased Ito exchange New
Years greetings next Monday.
900
Mrs. Isabel Allderice Mallon, beal
known by her pen names Ct Bah" and
Ruth AshImore," recently died at hen
home in New York.
Hundred of thousands Of people knew
of Mrs Mallon and her writings under
her three names; comparatively few
knew htat Bah, Ruth Ashmore and Mrs
Mailon were the same persons. Each
name stood for a different pOuit Of view
although the style WAS the same In all
They were apparently three persons ot
different TASTES and views. Most people
who read the fashion notes In the La
dies Home Journal. signed by Lsabe'
Mallon, had no idea that they were
written by the om who was thu
author OF the extremely moral "Sidt
Talks With Girls in the same publica.
tionl StiM fewer would have dreamed
the proper. even hypercritical, yet sym-
pathetic, Ruth Ashmore, writing my
dear child, 1 sympathize with you In thie
your first disappointment in love. Try
and be patient" was the author Of the
sharp and frequent letteas Of Bah.
>. She began newspaper work az Mrs
Mallon at $40 q week, but first gained
her reputation with the Bah letters,
These were witty comments on social
foibles or amy slight subject that caught
the writer's fancy. She had q great
knack for spinning out readable articles
about nothing in particular. These ar
ticles sold wen and we're syndicated.
, Then came the reign OF Ruth Ash
more" Miss Ashmore conducted the
column at the head of which stood her
name, in a way that attracted universal
attention and numberless imttators.
She did moi favor the new woman