The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-12
In Bozeman.

In BoZemdn.
1 Bozenan, Nov. 1.-THE usual annual
meeting of the Union Missionary So
ciety took place in the Methodist
church last Friday afternoon and even
ing. Every year this society meets in
the month of November in one of the
city churches, the congregation and
pastor of which make the necessary
arrangements for the comfort and sue
cess of the event. The first session
was presided over by Mrs. Waters. the
president, and Mrs. Feese conducted the
devotional services. The afternoon was
devoted principally to the topic. I'm
teresting the Young in Missions" pa
pers on the subject being read by Mrs.
Featherstone, Mrs. Mclean and Mrs.
King, each paper being followed by a
general discussion in which many in
teresting points and suggestions were
made. During the afternoon Mrs. Les
ter S. Wilson treated the society to a
vocal selection. and among other i'm
portant business matters the following
officers were elected for the coming
year: Mrs. Perkins, president; Mrs.
Waters, secretary, and Mrs. Fridley,
secretary and treasurer. Between the
afternoon and evening sessions the So
ciety, friends and relatives were enter
tanned by the members Of the Methodist
church and a dainty luncheon was
served in the Presbyterian parlors.
Mrs. Walter s. Hartman opened the
evening session with an organ volun-
tary, and Mrs. Robinson conducted the
opening services. This was followed by
a selected reading, How Mrs. Smith
was Reached" by Mrs. Swan, and the
rendition of Nearer My God. To Thee,
to the air of Robin Affair."" by Mrs.
Lester S. Wilson. The principal
speaker Of the evening was Mrs. o. F.
McHargue, who took for her subject
THE Woman and the Hour" This adj
dress was most interesting and great
ly enjoyed by the audience, especially
to those having missionary work at
heart. The speaker brought her adj
dress to a close with a paraphrase of
eight lines from 'In Memorian1," which
were most appropriate ending to the
able lecture. The male quartette of
the Baptist church then treated the au-
dience to an enjoyable selection, after
which the annual session of the Union
Missionary society of Bozeman was
brought to an end with the benediction
being pronounced by Rev. Mr.. Feese.
The Ladies' Social, Domestic and Lit
erary society met at the home of Mrs.
D. l. Brenniman on Wednesday after
noon of this week, Mrs. Newman pre-
siding in the absence of Mrs. Wisner.
the president. The programme con-
sisted of paper on THE Boundary
Line Difficulty" by Mrs. w. Davis,
which was full of interesting facts rela-
tive to the dispute between America
and England on the territory of Alaska
and as to where the real divisional line
is supposed to be. This was followed
by another paper by Mrs. Bulen on the
Ideal Sick ROOM which was very
instructive on this important subject.
and many suggestions were made of
real interest to every one. The ladies
hnv
spent some time answering questions
taken from the question box and in dis
cussing the topics of the day A COM
mittee composed of Mrs. c. M. Cham
bills and Mrs. Nichols of the State
Housekeepers' society called on the la
dies while in session for the purpose Of
inducing them to take a course in
cooking under the guidance of c. r.
Pau of Butte. After discussing the
subject for some time, it was decided
not to indulge in that luxury at the
present time. Two new members join
ed last Wednesday-Mrs. Featherstone
and Mrs. Feese. The next meeting will
be at Mrs. Bulen's on Church street.
A very pleasant reception was given
last Saturday afternoon by Mrs. B. F.
Stanton and her daughter. Miss Stan
ton, at the family residence ON Olive
street. Between the hours of and
some two hundred members of Boze-
enjoyed the well-known hospitality of
the hostesses. Cut flowers, ported
plants and palms were the decorations
used in the various rooms of the resi-
dence, which presented very pretty
effect with the contrast of the bril-
liant hues of the flowers and dainty
dresses of the ladies. The ladies who
assisted Mrs. and Miss Stanton were
Mrs c. NJ. Chamblis, Mrs. F. l. Bene-
pc, Mrs Mclean, Mrs. George Wilson,
1@t.r Nfx,r,
Mrs e. Fl. Fisher, Mrs. T, NJ Pierce,
Mrs. J. L. Stats and Mrs E. J. Owen
house. Delicious refreshments We're
served throughout the afternoon to the
guests, shrub of a delicious character
was served by Miss Carrie Stats and
dainty things We're handed around by
four young ladies, Misses Carrie Gard
ner, w. Ferris, Mary Waters and
Margaret Ferris. all of whom wore
white dresses.
The State Housekeepers' society
held a very pleasant and profitable
semi-monthly meeting in the guild
rooms last Monday afternoon. Among
other things a farewell social event
was arranged for next Monday for the
purpose of extending to Mrs. Charles
S. Fell, the vice president of the socie-
ty,- the good wishes of the society for
a happy future on the Pacific coast.
Arrangements We're made for a meet
ing OF the Ladies Social, Domestic and
Literary society and the Housekeepers
for the purpose of raising sufficient
funds to enable the two societies to Sc
cure the benefit of a course of lectures
on Cooking by Mr.. and Mrs. C. F.
Pfau, the we'll known cooks of Butte.
The programme of the afternoon con-
sisted of a practical demonstration of
mince pie cooking by Mrs. ]. p Martin.
the pies being eaten by the ladies and
pronounced excellent. Mrs. Thomas
Lewis then read one of her interesting
historical sketches, and menu card
prepared by C. F. Pfau of Butte was
submitted to the ladies for their in
spection and criticism, and also the
offer of Mr.. Pfau to give cooking lee
lures providing a sufficient number of
ladies and dollars were obtainable
Mrs j. l.. Stats and Miss Stats en-
tertained about lao of their lady friends
at their home on Grand avenue on
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