The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-10
PERSONAL AND SOCIETY
THE EASTER BONNET WILL. MAKE
IT'S APPEARANCE TO-DAY.
Some other Events That VIII Also Be
Noted ON This Day-Move-
mcnts OF People.

This is the day OF the Easter bonnet This
is the day when the congregations will bios
som like gardens. This is the day when a
woman will wear something new just for
good luck. 1t is frequently a day when the
woman with no wrap will sit next to a
woman with a sealskin coat, when laces
and furs are both In evidence. 1t is the day
when the woman with new dress had
rather be chilly than wear an old wrap It
is the day when the minister is the least
part Of the church service and when the
choir is the greatest. 1t is time of great
rejoicing among the voices and instruments
in the choir loft, and it is time when the
minister will cut his sermon at both ends
1t is the day when the Sunday school has a
service Of it's own and the people Of the
congregation who have outgrown Sunday
school discover that that old-fashioned idea
still continues in, the churches. 1t is al
most as good a day as Christmas for the
children Of the church families. 1t is day
when scores of people also discover that
there is an evening service in the churches,
and altogether it is quite possible that there
are people who will observe their annual
attendance at church. Easter is a good
thing, and it is being more generally OBJ
served by all denominations. There are
very few churches that have any services
preparatory to Easter, but to-day Lent is
forgotten in the joy of Easter.
A lady was invited Saturday for a
luncheon to occur the following Wednes-
day. Wednesday morning the hostess re-
ceived a note of regret from the lady, say
ing that she had a previous engagement"
All things were ready for the luncheon, one
place vacant. The hostess had a genuine
friend in the neighborhood on whom she
called to take the place. The place was
filled and the party went on. All hostesses
are not so amiable nor so fortunate.
A pretty fancy for dinner card seen at
several luncheons this season is the corner
of an envelope of rough paper cut off so
that it is in triangular form and decorated
in water colors. The card forms corner
for the napkin, which is slipped into it
The fancy for making pretty table and
having the silver served with the course
grows in favor. 1t is said that the Duchess
Of Marlborough, who sets the style for Eng
land. prefers to have the magnificent plate
of the great family exhibited at the grand
dinners which she gives. The Indianapolis
dinner and luncheon giver will serve her
dinner without the display of knives, forks
and spoons at either side and in front of the
plates, and she will allow the man or woman
who does not know what every instrument
IS for to eat in peace and not be troubled
with taxing the brain trying to reconcile
the course served with the piece of silver
or gold in sight. 1t is not every man who
finds soup spoon by his plate when coffee
is served neither is 1t every woman who is
sure of herself, for it is quite likely that a
hostess would use oyster forks for her salad
course because she did not happen to have
salad forks and she did have oyster forks
There is more than one bride who has had
to take a wedding gift to the jewelers. to
find out what it was for before she could
acknowledge the receipt of it. For many
reasons there is a relief in the new style
IN Indianapolis, whether the Duchess of
Marlborough approves OF it or not.
The third annual Easter Monday ball given
by the ladies Of the Mannerchor will take
place tomorrow evening. The ball is one
of the popular events in German society and
- looked upon as spring companion Of the
midwinter masquerade. The decorations of
the ballroom. clubrooms and parlor will con-
sst OF tulips lilies, smilax. ferns and palms.
Over two thousand tulips alone will be used.
The supper tables will be decorated with
carnations, ferns, colored Easter eggs and
parti-colored ribbons. The supper will be
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pertains to German cooking Will be served
In addition to the banquet rooms the two
rooms OF the Walhalla will be used, with
covers for four hundred at one time. The
Ladies Auxiliary, which has charge of the
ball, has over 20 members. The grand
march will be led by Mr.. Paul H. Krauss
and the president of the Ladies' Society
Mrs. Adolph Scherer, followed by the music
committee, the hall committee, the recep-
tlon committee and others. 1t is expected
that the ball will have the largest attend
ance of any social affair ever given by the
Maennerchor.
The heroine of the following story, says
writer in the New York Evening Sun. is a
6irl who. although she makes a pretty
smart showing, has but little money to do
1t on, and who is 10 be married right after
Easter. The other day this prospective
bride went to two of her girl friends, sisters,
who, like herself, have not much money,
and with charming candor told them that
though she wanted dreadfully to ask them
to be her bridesmaids she had decided not
TO do it, You see, it's this way, girls" she
said. Il want my wedding to be all that is
smart and brilliant. and want my brides
maids to wear gowns that are snowy and
elegant Now l know. and you know, that
Spu Cdu dIIOIu 10 get tudL KIM or gowns.
If could, of course I'd give them to you
myself, but that's out of the question, too,
for l must put every cent upon my own
clothes No, girls, Just can't have you,
and that's all there is to it, though I want
YOU TO Know that [ wanted you and also
Just why, II was that couldnt-because
YOU couldn't get the clothes.' This story
grows in effectiveness when one compares
IT with what many another prospective
bride has done in the same fix There are
Few girls the circle of whose acquaintance
does not include some two or three friends
of limited means. who are not less dear or
less desirable for that. When it comes to
choosing large number OF bridesmaids the
gowns are more than often regulated ac-
eording TO the means of the poorer rather
than the richer girls. Sometimes the bride
provides the costumes for the entire party
outright. but not often, as this act always
savors more or less of patronage. And in
any event that wedding party is in the best
taste which is clad most simply
kindergarten Tea.
The ladies of the third section of the
Kindergarten will give tea Friday after