The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-10

Wss folloWed by most excellent musi-
ea1 programme, rejecting much credit
/ upon its leaders. The orchestra is espe-
| cially to be congratulated upon being
under the able dictatorship Of Mrs. M.
II. Tompkins, and shows a marked i'm
provement since the beginning Of the
season, when she undertook its train
rendered: La Czarina Mazourka"
lGanna). the orchestra: vocal solo,
Only the Sound of a Voice." Miss Gam
blet piano solo, Remembrance, Mrs
Ross; vocal trio, Boy Blue Mesdames
Tompkins and Barstow and Miss Tomp-
kins: book in two volumes, entitled
The Hit or Miss Club" Mrs Free; vo-
cal solo, 'Du Bis VIE Eine' (Bluner),
Miss Alice Walk; piano duet, Peer
gynt'' (Siten), No. l. Mrs. and Miss
complains 2sl vocal solo, Twas ApriI'
(Nevin), Miss Beatrix Matheson: reci-
tation to music, Ben Bolt" Miss Gam
Die; solo and chorus, Kentucky Babe"
the club; vocal solo, Castles in the
Air" Mrs: M. H. Tompkins; "shuffling
Jasper (schouton) the orchestra.
Mrs George Robbins gave a Harvest
Hunt on Saturday evening at her
pleasant home on Thirty first street.
Inc rooms were most attractive with
their harvest decorations The red
shades over the electric lights cast gust
the right hue over everything and add
~ iAieSii " LIiS SlleSllNeH6SS OF the
scene. The dining table was heaped
VITA fruits and, vegetables of various
sorts, each one having number writ
ten upon it. The guests as they ar
rived. We're individually presented with
one OF these with instructions to hide
It. Having hidden it, each person was
then given a plate and an ear of corn.
which they We're told to she'll When
all the vegetables We're hidden the "har-
vest hunt" ensued, and great merriment
was caused upon the discovery of one
or other of these in the most unexpect-
ed places throughout the various rooms.
certainly the greatest ingenuity had
| been displayed in their secretion, When
all had been discovered the corn pop
ping followed, then an old-fashioned
farmhouse supper of doughnuts pop
corn, pumpkin pie and coffee. The
whole affair was very much enioyed.
Ihose present We're the Misses Edith
Walk, Robinson. Alice Walk. Beatrix
Matheson, Hayden. Mae Mccormick,
Josie Terrell, Mabel Salisbury, Whitney.
". Rixon, Alice Mccormick,
Mickey, Tompkins, Mrs Whitney and
Messrs. Charles Chapple, Purvis. Will
RlNon. Tony Matheson. Roy Evans.
sayer, Cooke Hunter. Calhoun. Mickey.
Whitney, Soule.
Mrs. F. B. Moss gave a very delight
1ul henslngton on Friday afternoon in
honor of Mrs. Dana and Mrs Withing-
ton of Wyoming She was assisted Nv
MISS Martha Denham, who added much
TO the pleasure of the occasion by her
exquisite singing. Delicious refresh-
mehts were served. consisting of chick
en- salad, olives, hot cream biscuits. ice
cream, cake, coffee and bon-bons. The
Ice cream was served in individual
mods, such as roses. Cupids, lilies,
George Washington and the American
eagle. The guests were Mesdames
lana wilmington, Bair, Rowley, Rails
pack. H. Allen, Paul Mccormick,
James Mccormick, Spear, Redding, A.
G. Tompkins, II. S. Boal and H. G. Will
Jams and Miss Martha Denham.
De and Mrs Selbrede gave a dinner
party last Sunday, which was very
much enjoyed by the young men who
were were fortunate enough to be invited
Covers We're set for eight The guests
We're Messrs. Lee Mains, Fred Rixon.
CHARLES Chapple. James McGregor. Jack
Seaman and Will Rixon.
MISS Marie Dunleavy gave very de-
llshtful party which included quite a
number of her little friends ON Satur-
day afternoon
Work has been recommended on
Mayor Yegan's brick building, which he
mas leased to the government for five
years as a postoffice building. Mr. Ye-
gan, who returned Monday from an
eastern trip, was successful in COM
pletlng the arrangements during his alb
sence.
The Elks' lodge of sorrow met last
Sunday at their hail. when,a very beau
tlful and impressive ceremony was rem
dered: Exalted Ruler Cass Prudhomme
presided, while j. w. Vaughan occupied
the station of esteemed leading knight,
while Messrs. w. l.. Linton, Fred Fos-
ter ana w. e. Henry occupied the places
respectively of esteemed loyal knight,
lecturing knight and secretary. A quar-
tette composed of Charles F. Burton.
atzln,
Whitney rendered some appropriate
music. Rev. w. D. Clark made the
address. Mr.. Burton sang a solo and
Fred Foster recited "Thanatopsis." The
benediction was pronounced by Rev. w.
D. Clark.
The Penelope club held its Tuesday
afternoon meeting this week with Miss
Annie Jones, the usual place of meet
ing. A very pleasant afternoon was
spent and satisfactory progress made
on the various pieces of Christmas
needleWork on hand.
The mothers department of the Wo-
mans club met with Mrs. Townsend on
Thursday afternoon. The meeting was
we'll attended, and profitable session
was held
Frank Damsel, who was such ia
vorite on the Billings stage in amateur
performances, is now in Texas with Lin
coin J. Carriers Pay Train He and
Jesse Fulton are making arrangements
to organize vaudeville troupe which
it will be difficult to excel
Mrs. o. F. Goddard, accompanied by
her little son, Wilbur left this morning
on the Burlington for Des Moines Iowa,
where Miss Lora Goddard is taking a
finishing course at school. Senator ,
Goddard and Miss Helen will shortly
join them, and they will spend the
Christmas holidays together in Des
MoneS
Mrs. Emory who has been a visitor
in town for about two weeks, returned
to her home in Bozeman Tuesday night.
Colonel w. F. Cody, who spent
Thanksgiving in town with his daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Boal and Miss Irma Cody,
departed, with his private secretary, l..
b. Decker for the East Sunday morn
ing.
/, d. O'Donnell left Monday for Hell
ena to attend a meeting of the state
hnarl of sheen cnrnmissiono,- of u.lia,