The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-14

NUMBER Oh ner iauN IFlenuS on 1nufS-
day afternoon at her residence on Main
street. The afternoon was very pleas
antly spent discussing the topics of the
day while the busy fingers of the ladies
piled the needle and crochet hook on
dainty fancy work. The refreshments
were of an elaborate character, partak-
ing of the nature of pink and white
tea, the sherbet and cake and other
dainties being pink and white. Mrs.
Cooper was assisted in the preparation
of the tea by the members of the do
nestle science class of the Agricultural
college, who proved to be quite
adept in the culinary art. The follow
ing ladies were present at the party:
Mesdames Chisholm. l.. S. Wilson,
Lamme, DER, Doane, Hoffman. Hogan.
Meyer, Emery, r. Lewis, Fielding,
Story, j. L. Martin, Maclean. Baker
Stowe. Chamblis, Nichols, Benham.
Morrill,. d. Wilson. Van Allen, WEIGH
Hill. Nutting. Misses Blanch Cleave-
land, Calvin. Maclean, Luse.
The Young Married Peoples Whist
club met at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. A. Braten on Church street last
Monday evening. AS usual the fasci-
mating game of whist was played for
several hours until the requisite num-
Der of points was gained. The winner
of the first prize was Mrs. James ke-
own and the BOBBY prize was carried
freshments of a dainty nature We're
served to the guests to recuperate them
after their arduous evenings work.
The following members were present:
Mr.. and Mrs. James Keown, Mr.. and
Mrs. Stowe. Mr.. and Mrs. T.. Mardis
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Ruffner, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hickman, Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Da-
wilson, Mr.. and Mrs. Braten, and the
guests of the evening were Misses Net
tie and May Maxey. and Messrs. w. l..
Holloway and G. Y. Patten.
The next lecture in the free lecture
course will be delivered by DIR. Wilcox
on Thursday, Feb. "a, and the subject
will be Buddhism
The Housekeepers' society met at the
residence of Mrs. Walter Cooper on
Main street. last Monday afternoon.
The following programme was render
ed: Parliamentary drill, Mrs. Thomas
Lewis, and very interesting paper on
breakfasts by Mrs Sutton. The Ia
dies then spent very pleasant hour or
so in setting the table for dinner, the
instructors being Mesdames Wilson
and DER. The different ways of set
ting a able for the many kinds of din
ners, with their numerous, or other
wise, courses, was gone through with,
interspersed with discussions as to the
best methods of so doing, and ques-
ton and answers as TO points on this
Interesting topic so essential to house
keepers. After the business part of the
afternoon was accomplished tea and
marguerites were served to the COM
pany by Mrs. Cooper The meeting was
an unusually large one, there being
about 40 ladies' present.
The Missionary society of the Pres
byteran church met at the residence of
Mrs. Lester S. Wilson, on Central ave
nue., last Thursday evening, when quite
an elaborate programme was rendered.
The following is a list of the events:
Piano duet. Miss Hattie Perkins, Fred
Wilson: vocal duet Sunset Glow" by
Root. Mrs. L. S. Wilson. Miss May
Maxey: reading, z Lamentations of
vocal solo, When the Heart is Young"
Professor Currier: reading, Personal
| Experiences of Farmer at the Opera. !"
Miss Luse; cornet solo, Home Song.
| Mousky. Louis l.. Howard: trio, Let
Me Lay This on Thy Messy Pillow"
Mrs. l.. S. Wilson, Miss Travis, Mrs.
Brewer. The different parts of the pro-
eramme We're unusually well rendered,
and were greatly enjoyed by all the
company. After the rendition of the
programme the society and friends We're
served with elegant and dainty refresh
ments, during which collection was
! taken up for the good of the cause and
| some $40 collected. The rest of the eve
ming was passed in conversation and
! discussing the affairs of the society.
There We're about $50 people present
Lieutenant Ahern delivered a lecture
! on Forestry" in the Christian church
! on Thursday night. This was one of
| the course of free lectures which the
faculty of the college have been trea :
ing the public and citizens of BoZeman
| TO this winter. The lecture was a very
excellent one and contained informa-
ton that was not only interesting to
students and lovers of trees but also to
| np2Dlp of all classes The lecturer in
/ the course of his address, cited numer-
! Gus incidents showing what good for
| eStS will do for country in the way of
| preserving the water supply and regu-
| latina the climate, and that the wanton
| destruction of the forests throughout
| the whole United States. and especially
, in the West, was a grieVous evil, as
! time would show. The lecture was
! brought to close with a number of
! views by the stereopticon showing how
/ forests looked after severe forest fire,
/ and the beauty of some of the Euro
4 pean forests protected by the govern
/ ment, also several views showing the
! structure of the different kinds of trees
! and the mode of ascertaning a tree 5
| age.
! The members of the G.. A. II. William
! English post No. TO- gave camp fire
! last Saturday evening. This was in
| tended as "A surprise to the ladies of the
! w. II. c. and also as a return for the
compliment paid to the G. A. r. on New
| Years day. when the ladies entertained
| the old soldiers to a sumptuous dinner
! in the lodge rooms of the two orders.
| The meeting was presided over by Col.
! /. NJ. Pierce, and the programme con-
sisted substantially as follows: THE
| Regiment That Saved the Country" by
! Comrdde Osborn; The First Military
! Execution of the War" Comrade Lind
ley; The History of My Regiment
the Sixteenth New York by Pas;
| Grand Commander Comrade Wilson:
The Women of the North" Comrade
/ w. Y. Smith. An interesting account
was given by Department President ri
the w. r. G. Mrs Edsall, of her trip Il
! the national convention of the q. A. l.
at Buffalo last August. The programme
was interspersed With songs and mu-
| sic The little daughters Of Comradf
w. Y..Smith sang a song very similar
to Red, White and Blue, very pref
| tily: Mrs. l.. :. Wilson gave vocal
| solo and Miss Calvin prasiHad NJ Ibe