The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-03

De Paw. Miss Mary L. Harrison of Leba-
non, Miss Grace Taylor of Wabash, Miss
Mabel Deacon of New Carlisle, Miss Anna
Pearson, Miss Elizabeth Hardy and Miss
Edna Wallace The coffee was served from
a quaint old mahogany table by Mrs Fred
erick Evans. Miss Charlotte Paddock, Miss
Hawkins Miss Edna Green Miss Ethel
Smith, Miss Irene Taggart, Miss Florence
Jones and Misses Stella and Louise Tute-
wiler. There were several hundred callers
during the reception hours from TO 8
o'clock. The visiting young ladies remained
last evening and were Joined by Messrs.
John Webster, Charles Arnold and John
Shreman Of De PAW, who spent the even
with Miss Tutewiler at De PAW University.
Miss Harrison will remain for a week or
two.
THE MINERVA CLUB.
The Minerva Club was hostess for an en-
tertainment quite out of the ordinary last
evening at the Propylaeum. Friends of the
members We're invited to a lecture given by
MIR. e. +. Brown in the east parlor of the
building. After the company had gathered
Miss Ida Sweenie sang "rhou Brilliant
Bird from THE Pearl of Brazil" with
piano accompaniment by Mrs. William j.
Judah and flute obligato by Miss Jessie d.
Lewis. Mrs. John A. Coleman, president of
the club, presided and in a few words rela-
tive to the superior excellence of Indiapap-
oils in many respects introduced Mr.. Brown.
The latter gave an enjoyable humorous lee
ture on In the Spectacle Business,
wherein he touched up the follieS and
foibles of other people as seen through
spectacles. The address was admirably de-
livered and was highly appreciated Fol
lowing the literary treat the guests were
invited to meet Mr.. Brown in the west par
Tor. Those receiving were the officers OF the
club, Mrs. Coleman, Mrs. William II. Brown,
Miss Sarah Rudisell Mrs. j. I. McShane,
Mrs. +. O. Carvin and Mrs. w. n. Steven
son. Green and white are the club colors,
and they predofninated in everything from
the invitations to the decorations of Ber-
muda lilies and ferns, and the ices, which
We're white discs with the initial M in
and the members of the club assisted in
serving the refreshments. Many of the
ladies also wore the club colors Mrs. Chas.
Busby, Mrs. Wildhack and Mrs. Huey pre-
sided at the punch BOWL
AT THE MATINEE MUSICALE.
The programme presented yesterday at
the Matinee Musicale was one of the best
of the season. The opening was a miscel-
laneous list of numbers, including the Der
F'rieschutz' overture, played by Mrs. Leck-
ner Mrs. O'Boyle Miss Halpin and Miss
Jenkins. Miss Josephine Robinson sang
two songs, 1.-THE Gay Gitana," by c. Har-
Kiss. and "A Dream" by J. c. Bartlett.
Miss Jeanette Wren Lewis played for the
first time before the society, and gave the
"Rhapsodie. Hongroise, No. s." by List.
Mrs. Hugh McGibeny gave a musical mon
ologue, "Candle-lightin' Time" by Paul
Lawrence Dunbar. which so well re-
ceived that she responded with an old En-
glish verse, THE Tin Gee-gee,' also charm
ingly done, and Mrs. Lafayette Page played
the first movement of Killers Concerto in
F-sharp Minor brilliantly, with orchestral
parts on the second piano by Mrs. r. |.
Brakeman. The last half of the programme
was the beautiful cantata, The Fisher
Maidens," by Henry Smart, under the di-
rection Of Mrs. S. l.: Morrison, sung by
Mrs. c. =. Carr, Mrs. Fremont Swain, Mrs.
John Edmunds, Mrs. w. G: Lynn. Miss
Heron, Mrs Leckner Mrs. Chichester, Mrs.
Reigger, Mrs; A. 9: Jones. Mrs Morrison,
Mrs. w. G. Rice, Mrs. A G. Cox and Miss
Robinson. There were solos and concerted
numbers and choruses full of melody, the
whole sung with much sympathy and fin
ish, the bright passages full of sparkle and
the sad ones smooth and even. The double
chorus of maidenS and nuns was one of
the best Of the cantata.
A FAIR FOR THE KATHARINE HOME.
A party of sixteen young girls gave a fair
last year and the proceeds, nearly $780, We're
given to the Boys Club. This year the
same girls will give Valentine sale and
party at the Brenneke Academy Saturday
afternoon, from to o'clock. and the pro-
eeeds will be given to the old ladies of the
katharine Home There will be valentines,
dolls, fancy work. homemade candy, for
tune-telling gypsy, a grab bag, ice cream
and. other attractions and dancing. The
girls have worked induStriouSly, and offer
superior articles at their sale.
COPELAND-TILSON.
Special to the indianapolis Journal
GREENWOOD, Ind. Feb. 2-The mar
riage of Mr.. Charles Copeland, of Marion
county, and Miss Emma Tilson was cele-
brated last evening at the home of the
BRIDES parents, east of town. in the pres
ence of about two hundred invited guests,
Rev. S. j. Touslinson, of Irviagton, officiat-
ing. The bride wore a dress in which her
mother married twenty-three years
ago. A large number of elegant gifts were
received, one of them being $3.50 in cash
from $. Minor Jilson father of the bride.
They will soon be at home in their hand
some farm residence, recently purchased OF
Harvey Matthews.