Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-02

the Homer club and some OF their friends
spent at h hospitable home of Mrs.
Speer last Monday. Mrs. Speer, Mrs.
Buzzo and Miss Foster had charge of the
afternoon programme which proved to
be al interesting variation from the
clubs regular course of study for this
year. German history and literature
We're laid aside and the subject of GER
amics, explained by papers and talks and
illustrated by the most beautiful speci-
mems of pottery occupied the afternoon.
Mrs. Speer opened the programme by
telling the legend from which the word
ceramic springs. Mrs. Buzzo then rave
a description of the WedgWood ware,
and a sketch of the life of Josiah Wedg-
wood. She illustrated her talk by speci-
mems of the ware, n many present
learned with surprise that all Wedg-
wood does not have the cameo figures.
Mrs. Weirick followed with a descrip-
ton of the Doulton ware and the vari-
GUS industries in which Sir Henry Doul-
ton is interested. Mrs. Shaw came next
and talked of the old, genuine Satsulna
ware, and Mrs. Welcome explained how
the much-admired Cloisonne is made.
She supplemented her talk by showing
six different plates, illustrating this
Japanese ware from it's first to it's COM
pleted stage. Mrs. Hight talked inter-
estingly of the popular lockwood and
Miss Foster of the Royal Bonn. Mrs.
" In SduluOlC ware dIu
Mrs. Speer the Royal Dresden and Royal
Vrenica.
In addition to these were many beau
tiful specimens of Royal Worcester,
Sevres, Coulport, Minton, and the new
ware, Intarsio, besides many curious
pieces of pottery from Manila and Japan,
and many odd pieces interesting and val
liable for their antiquity, which were all
enthusiastically admired; but the after
noon was too short to permit of a discus
sion of each. and the second successful
special day came to a close after the
serving of dainty refreshments by the
hostess.
An interesting programme was rem
dered at the Woman's club on Wednes-
day by the members of the music depart
ment. Miss Hattie Young took for her
subject EARLY Musical Instruments in
Italy enunnerating the most popular of
those used by the tr~oubadours and
minnesingers of he thirteenth and four
teenth centuries. Miss Young showed
that all the leading types of Instruments
We're discovered in the early periods of
human history, but the full powers OF
the best have been reached only in recent
times. Mrs. Flavin read an excellent
paper on Miracle Plays and the Be-
ginning of Oratorio." The former We're
dramas founded IN biblical n legendary
subjects and We're performed by the
clergy and the choristers during the
Middle Ages. Mrs. Flavin showed that.
while opera was the production of cul-
tured, intellectual Florence, Oratorio. it's
twin sister, was the offspring of emo
tional and religious Rome during the
same year. Miss Robinson introduced the
second paper by contrasting the Begin
ming of Oratorio, which arose in the
church. with that of opera. which orig
mated in the attempt to revive Greek
drama. Among those who took part in
the discussion were Mrs. Kelly, Mrs.
Price. Mrs. Holbrook, Mrs. McNevin, Mrs.
A. S. Leys-Christie, Miss Emery and Miss
Pettibone. Forty-five of the club men,
bers were most royalty entertained last
Saturday by the Woman's Literary club
of Anaconda.
Miss Celia Turnbull of 545 Colorado
street entertained the following persons
at CARDS and other games last Tuesday
evening:
Misses Marthol Arnold. Susie Arnold,
Ella Dunstan, Blanch Knowlton, Ethel
Gilbert. Helen Kronick Lillian kronick,
Ethel Caddy Elizabeth Roberts, Maud
Moore, Annie Bauz, Olga Harmon:
Edwin Bell, Ed Cox, Leonard Sampson.
James scanlon, Merle Davis, James
foley, James O'Goram. William Giles.
Ralph Dawson and Fred Pope.
Among the pretty marriages in the city
this week was that of Mr.. William Grif-
fibhs and Miss Lena Madison which took
place at the parsonage of the First Pres
byterian church at s o'clock Wednes-
day evening. Rev. E. j. G~roenevela
performed the ceremony. The bride was
attended by Miss Agnes Wiltshire and
the groom by Mr.. NJ. Misevich. After
the nuptial knot had been properly Sc
cured a reception was held at the resi-
dence of the bride's>parents, 453 South
Ohio avenue. Among those present
were Mr.. r. Midilton, Miss G. Cassidy,
MI. s. Hughes. Mr.. Fred Buchanan, Mr..
and Mrs. Campbell. Mr.. and Mrs. Cas-
silly. MI. and Mrs. Niles. Mr.. and Mrs.
Zschau. Mr.. and Mrs. Allen. Mr.. and
Mrs. Williams, Mr.. and Mrs. Gully, Mrs.