Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-01
: [l HALLOWEEN AFFAIRS.

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Number Of Delightful Entertain
! mentS Last Evening.
"TAF1FY PULLINGS' WE'RE NTrMER-
GUS THROUGHOUT THE CITY,
AND MANY ANCIENT CUSTOMS
AND SUPERSTITIONs WE'RE RE-
VIvED : THOSE WHO ENTER
TANNED = OTHER SOCIAL HAP
PBNINGS. PAST AND PROSPECT
I'VE.
Mr. and Mrs. William Bates Woods
delightfully."- entertained a number of
their friends with an old-fashioned
| Halloween party at historic old Mon
ument Place. Elm Grove, last night.
The hall room in the Loring mansion
was utilized for the affair. The lights
were shaded with pumpkin heads of
| weird design. Huge corn shocks with
an occasional red ear peeping out from
! the top lent pleasing feature to
| the affair. Numerous candelabra were
arranged about the room and the scene
| presented to the guest upon entering
was unique one. The host and host
ess were assisted in receiving by Miss
! Allie McCabe, and Mrs. Robt. A. Nc
Cabe. Uncle Solomon Browns full Or
| chestra was in one corner of the room
and played varied programme Of
! quadrilles, polkas and Virginia reels.
| Cider and all the peanuts, taffy, etc,
| were dispensed from table in the
| ball room. At the request Of the host
! ess each guest burnt a bunch of fagots
ess all contributed their share to the
| entertainment. An interesting and at
| tractive feature was the cake walk I'M
der the direction of Col. Sam B. Har-
risOn. Eight couples participated;
Messrs. Arnett Wilson and Hubbard
acting as judges. The cake WIS
awarded to Miss Caldwell and Mr..
Cecil, after desperate struggle, with
Miss Patterson and Mr.. Brice close
second. The affair proved to be a
great success and unwillingly did all
depart from the beautiful old mansion
on the midnight motor Those present
were: Misses Elsie Whitaker, Mamie
Grubb, Holly Patterson, Martha
Clarke, Sue Caldwell, Allie McCabe
Mamie Patterson, Elizabeth Patterson.
Messrs. Nelson Cecil Will Arnett,
Sam Harrison, Charles List, Nelson
Hubbard. Robt. Gilchrist, Will Brice,
Julian Hearne, Arch Moffat, Maj. Ran
Stalnaker, Ed Franzheim. Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry c. Whitaker Mrs. and Mrs.
John B. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs John w.
Storer, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Patterson.
The classes of the Sunday
school of the English Lutheran
| church assembled in the dining room
of the church last evening and spent
! several enjoyable hours in indulging
| in "All HallOw Fen" advertisements
including taffy-pulling and fortune
| telling. Two of the classes were COM
posed entirely of young men, chap
eroned by their respective teachers,
Misses Annie Schoonover, of Bridge
port, and Libbie Yost, of this city.
The other classes composed of entire
ly Young ladies was chaperOned by
their instructress, Mrs. DR.. Samuel
Schwarm.
The Charity Whist Club was enter
tanned by Mrs. S. /. Brice at
her residence on Sixteenth street,
yesterday afternoon between the
hours of 2 and 5 O'Clock.
| Ten tables were in progress and when
the game was ended Mrs. P H. Moore
was awarded the trophy, dresden
china bonbon dish. After light re-
freshments the club adjourned to meet
at Mrs. |. G. Dillons next Monday.
The young ladies of the Island Club
will entertain the gentlemen members
at the club rooms at the corner of
Penn and Virginia streets on Friday
evening next Dancing will be the or
der of the evenings entertainment.
Killmeyer will supply the music.
Miss Evelyn Pratt very charmingly
entertained a number of her friends
last night at the residence of Aar par
ents on Virginia street, Island, - hon
or of her guest, Miss High. of Nor
gantown.
Mr.. Henry Bowen rendered a Hal
loween party last evening to the
members of the Fourth Street M. E.
Church Epworth League at his resi-
dence on South Front street, Island.
Miss Eta Harper entertained few
friends last night at the home OF her
mother, at IS Fifteenth street.
Miss Jessie Moffat, youngest daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Moffat, very
charmingly entertained ten of her
young friends at dinner Yesterday
evening Later the party was swelled
by corresponding number of young
gentlemen and the remaining hours
until midnight were pleasantly spent
in the usual observances of Halloween.
Miss Belle Milligan. of Charles street,
gave a Halloween party to a number of
her young friends last evening. Taffy-
pulling was the principal amusement of
the evening.
Mrs. William A. Isett will give a
reception between the hours of two and
five o'clock Thursday afternoon of next
week, at her home on North Main
street.
Mrs. s. S. Bloch will entertain her
friends Friday afternoon at her pala-
tial home on the National Road.
The Daughters of the Confederacy