The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-18

cepttOn of the Central High
SchoOl-PersOnal Items.
Mrs. John Knuppe gave large recep-
| ton from to yesterday afternoon at
her home on Laurel avenue in honor of
her aunt, Mrs. Callahan, of Eau Claire.
| Drawing room, reception room, library
and dining room were made bright with
profusion of cut flowers, carnations and
roses, while groups of palms here and
| there added their beauty to the floral ar
engagements. The hostess was assisted
in receiving by Mrs. Oliver Dalrymple,
Mrs. Hiram F. Stevens Mrs. Frederick
E. Rice, Mrs. T. H. M. Villiers Appleby.
| Mrs. Charles Bigelow, Jr., Mrs. Osborne
and Mrs. Batcheldor, of Hamline. Pre-
siding In the dining room were Mrs. Burr,
Mrs. Hartsinck, Mrs. Crouch, the Misses
| Burr and Mrs. Sloppy.
| Punch was served In the library and
was presided over by Miss Appleby, Miss
Alice Smith and Miss Hartsinck.
Over one hundred guests called during
| the afternoon.
| Mrs. &c. McCullech and Miss McCul-
| loeh received their friends from to s
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| Oseeola avenue. variety of flowers,
among them American Beauty roses, yell
| low tulips, purple lilacs and sweet peas,
were used in the decorations, with smlax,
! palmns and ferns Mrs. McCulloch and
| Miss MctSulloch were assited in receiving
by Mrs. P ]. Schaub, Mrs. S. P. Crosby,
| Mrs. c. +. Secor and Mrs. RouSSopoulos.
Miss Val Rothschild presided over the
tea table, Mrs. E. ]. Stillwell served ices
| and Mrs. /. H. Beebe poured coffe. Others
| assisting about the rooms were: Miss
Humphrey, Miss Overton, Miss Beebe,
Miss Woodruff and Miss Morehous, Of
| Minneapolis A mandolin orchestra
| played during the afternoon About $50
| ladies called.
An audience, large and appreciative,
! gathered in Guild hall, Christ church, last
evening to listen to the concert given for
the benefit of Christ church choir fund.
| The programme was a bright and pleas
! ing one, and with a fine impartiality
| those present encored every number,
grave and gay alike, so even the most
mercenary could not cavil at the guam
! tity he received, and he certainly was
forced to be pleased with the quality.
The Jefferson School orchestra, under
| the direction of Mrs. Ida Croft, played
a number of the ever-popular two-steps,
| Sousa's "Charlatan, Columbia Gallup
ade'' and Georgia Camp Meeting The
| choir sang two selections, Love Me Lit
| tie, Love Me Long and Hullah's flores
| tiers Sound the Cheerful Horn. The
i! fresh young voices of the choristers
blended finely with the heavier tones of
the older voices and both numbers were
| sung with spirit.
| Mrs. Snapp sang charming ballad,
when the Heart Is Young" and the
gay little song with which she responded
to the persistent encore scarcely satisfied
! her auditors "+
Mr.. Horace Benedict correctly inter-
preted Gounods Ave Maria on the vio-
lin, and Mr. Boyd, who took Mr.. Rob-
insons place on the programme, sang
/ the ever popular ''Asthore' with fine ex-
preston.
Whites tenor solo, 1.-The Holy City,"
was hung by Mr.. T. Stewart
| A well balanced quartette composed Of
| Messrs r. Nelson Barber, Johnston, Car
ter and Boyd, sang in happy fashion,
| who Will Ger the Dawns So Free"
Miss Ada Frye was down for one reci-
! tation, but three hardly satisfied the aud
| fence.
Harry E. George sang Mona, a plain
| tive bit of melody, and for an encore
sang "The Four Leaf Glover"
The musical and literary melange pre-
scented by Constellation Chapter No. is,
o. E. S., at Masonic Temple last even
| ing, was enjoyed by a large audience. A
| mixed chorus of twelve voices sang with
fine expression Governs bridal chorus
from Rose Maiden. The Aeollan quar-
tette, consisting of Mrs. Paul Zumbach,
| Mrs. A. e. Campbell, Mrs. III. c. Munson
| and Mrs. c. H. Harmon sang two num-
bers in their usual happy manner, 'Lu1-
| lahy,'' Mozart, and a darkey piece MY
Creole Sue
A contralto solo, "Violets,'' by Mattel,
was beautifully sung by Mrs. Florence
| Andrews Clayton Other numbers were
a soprano solo, For All Eternity Mas
cheroni, sung by Mrs. Paul Zumbach
| with violin obligato by W. w. Nelson;
a selection by trio consisting of Mrs.
Paul Zumbach, Mrs. H. c. Munson and
Mrs. c. K. Harmon, sleep, Noble Child, y
by Chueubini, and Rotations and sketch
! es by Miss Florence Partridge, Mr.. A.
q. FIoufnoy and Mrs. A. G. Johnson.
An amusing farce, THE Quiet Family
was given with the following cast:
Mrs Barnaby Bibbs Miss Florence
Partridge; Mrs. Benjamin Bibbs, Mrs. F.
A Clayton; Miss Felina Summers, Mrs.
]. Phil Wolf; Mr.. Barnaby Bibbs, Al &.
| Flournoy; Mr.. Benjamin Bibbs, A. G.
Johnson; Mr.. Peter Parker, Percy B..
| Churchill: Grumpy, Lee F'lournoy
The programme closed with stereopticon
views, given under the direction of Mr..
Mailer Mrs. A. z. Campbell and Miss
Adah lverson were accompanies.
DR.. J. L. Camp, of Brainerd, Mimi, who
took prominent part during the recent
Indian troubles, arrived in st. Paul yes
terday and will remain In the city for a
few days as the guest of DIR. J. F. Full
ten, of Summit avenue.
If the weather continues wet the bas-
ket picnic this afternoon, which Mrs
Small, 1879 Feronia avenue, Merriam
Park, has kindly extended to the ladies
of the Thursday Musical club, of Mime
! apolis, and the Schubert club, of st. Paul,
will be held In her barn, which will be
prepared for the occasion. Each lady Is
4 allowed a gentleman escort. Ice cream
and cake will be served at o'clock by
the Minneapolis club.
Miss Stebbins will be guest Of honor
at an informal entertainment given this
evening by Mr.. and Mrs. Frank LOOMS
of Paramount avenue.
Miss Fuller entertained her pupils at a
spread Tuesday evening given at her
studio in the Pioneer Press building.
Miss Cecille Gregg, of Smith avenue, en-
terta1ned a number of her friends infor-
mally Tuesday evening in honor of her
sixteenth birthday.
of the Central high school will take place
Friday evening, June e. in the assembly
hall of the high school.