The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-25

| Two Charming Events Last Night In
Memorial English Lutheran and
Dnyton's Bluff German Nj. IL.
| Churches Greet Their Returned
| Hcroes-Othcr Social News.
| Mr.. and Mrs II. NJ. Prouty gave large
reception last evening at their home on
| Summit avenue, in celebration of the
twenty-flfth anniversary of their mar
| riage.
The floral appointments In the various
rooms were exceedingly handsome The
reception hall was entirely In green. The
stairway was wreathed with smilax and
| the feathery asparagus vine was tWined
about the chandeliers and crowned the
archways. The main drawing room, where
the receiving party stood, was decorated
In pink and white Over the mantel pink
carnations stood out from a solid back
| ground of white roses and formed the
| two dates, "1S74-lS99" The fireplace was
| filled in with ferns, and tall palms filed
| various hooks about the room. The IL
! brary decorations carried out color
scheme of red. The mantel was banked
with Jack roses and great punches of
them filled vases and bowls. The St. An
| thony Hill orchestra was stationed behind
| screen of palms and discoursed an in
teresting programme Of music during the
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Prouty were assisted in
receiving by DR.. and Mrs. Spence, of
Gaesburg, III. Presiding in the dining
room were Mrs. George Thompson, Mrs.
| A. A. Cratsenberg, Mrs. William M. Lig
gett and Mrs. F. r. Fulton, of Chicago.
The decorations in this room were en-
tirely in pink, the centerpiece on the ia
BILE being an immense bunch of the beau
tiful Garnet roses with sprays Of maiden
! hair fern. Punch was served In the sec
ond drawing room by Mrs. Henry Hutch
inson and Mrs Burt Corbet, Of Grand
Forks. The coffee table in the reception
hall was presided over by Mrs. Jesse A.
Gregg and Mrs. J. A. Norton. Over 200
guests called during the evening.
Mrs. Prouty wore beautiful imported
gown Of silver gray brocade. The skirt
was made en- traine and the bodice had
| deep yoke OF duchesse lace.
Pretty girls in pretty gowns, stars
and stripes, music and toasts welcomed
| four of the boys of the Thirteenth regi-
ment last evening at the Commercial
j club. The hosts and hostesses were the
members of the Young Peoples Luther
| League of the Memorial English Evan
gelical Church. The guests of honor We're:
William F. Lewis, F. w. Peterson, Oscar
Ross and Oscar Peterson, all of whom
bore an honorable part in the recent
| Span1Sh-American war. The word wei
come" was everywhere conspicuous in the
! Commercial club parlors and the red,
white and blue bunting was twined about
drapable: On the reception committee
were: Miss Louise Peterson, Miss Nellie
Carlson, Miss Grant and Miss Beryle
Jesse Lewis, Fred Carlson and r Elk
| strand.
Rev: A. J: D. Haqpt delivered the
ADDRESS g. of WELCOME } ,d He dwe Ito on the
| had SO nobly risked their lives for their
country and trusted that the self-sacrifce
which prompted them to offer their serv-
ices in their country's need would inspire
them to serve her no less nobly now as.
peaceful citizens.
The toast The Social and Religious
to by Oscar Ross r. W. Peterson re-
! sponded to "Recollections CT the War;,
and William F. Lewis gave his estimate
Of The Value Of the Philippines to the
given. Miss Minnie Lindquist. Miss
Birdie Frost. Miss Anna erode and Mrs.
Prof John Fenwick Miss swenk and
Mr.. Eddy gave piano numbers, and
the Eddy orchestra played patriotic
Ice cream, coffee and cake were served
in the club dining room.
| The members of the church and young
peoples society gave reception last
night at the Daytons Bluff German
Methodist church, Maple and Fourth
Edward RsdTHart Woiterstorff, of the Thirteenth
| regiment, who enlisted from that congre-
cation. About 200 were present
Rev. A. L. Koeneke, the pastor. eS-
| tended a hearty welcome to the volun-
teers and in speaking of the war and its
effect, paid a glowing tribute to the
work of the Minnesota regiment and to
the bravery and faithfulness to duty OF
| the men which composed 1t. Miss
Laura Polston gave vocal solo and sew
eral pleasing numbers were furnlsned py
Refreshments were served in thu, par
lors of the church after the conclusion
of the welcoming addresses, and the re-
mander of The e obrng was
decorated with flags and bunting.
The Ashland Social club gave It's !; initial It al
| evening Owing to the inclement weather
| the attendance was not as large as eX-
pected but the guests who braved tn the
COMMITTEES Of ARRANGEMENTS consisted of
Henry Greene, Will lie Claire, M. Melon
ough, VIII Greene, Albert Chrlstianson
Julius ChristiRa4nson, WI 7I LIE sueur' Fred
Mr.. and Mrs. E, M. Prouty will give
dinner this evening at their home on
| ing house party they are entertaining:
MI and Mrs Fulton Of Chicago; Mr.. and
Mrs Corbet, Of Grand Forks; DR.. and Mrs.
l - ~ Tvs
| George Nelson, Of Fargo; Mrs. Titus,
Mrs John Birkhofz and Mrs. Kirkpatrick,
| of Grand Forks.
Mrs NJ, F. Kennedy will give a benefit
| euchre Friday at her home on Dayton
avenue for the Catholic infants home.
| y
Miss Glover, of Minneapolis, one Of the
autumn brides. will be guest of honor at