The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-03
PERSONAL AND SOCIETY.


PERSONAL AND SOCIETY.
Miss Anna Reaume has returned from an
extended visit East.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fin Burger will soon go
to California to reside.
Mr.. Alexander Hess and family will leave
soon for Wabash to reside.
Mr.. Winthrop Witherngton, of Jackson,
Mich, is visiting friends in the city.
Miss Oda Adams will entertain tomorrow
evening for Miss DuenweG, of Terre Haute.
Mrs. Orlando Bruner has returned from
visit of seven weeks to relatives in Rock
Port.
Miss Benie Wiegand will entertain a card
club, Of which she is member, Friday aft
ernoon.
Miss Emma Abbott, of Lafayette, is the
guest of Miss Leona Letter, No. 1913 College
avenue.
Mr. Dickinson of New York, spent New
Years with Mr.. Theodore Haughey, jr., at
Mapleton.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto stechhan entertained
a number Of friends with a New Years din
ner last evening.
Miss Charlotte Rowe, of Dayton, O.. who
has been visiting Miss Ida Foudray, re-
turned home yesterday.
Mrs. and Miss NibIack, of Chicago, who
have been visiting Mrs, Niblack and daugh-
ter, will return home Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs Hickman, who are guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. William Scott will return
to their home in Chicago to-day.
Mr.. Charles McCleary. who has been
spending the holidays with his parents, will
return TO New York Wednesday.
Mrs. O. e. Brumbach and daughter who
have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. S. 3. Carey,
will return to Toledo tomorrow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Porter Smith, of Padelsford,
| n Y, are visiting Miss Kate Robson and
family and will remain a fortnight.
Mr. w. j. Spittlehouse returned to the
city. Saturday evening, after spending
Christmas with the Misses Shepherd, Of
Piqua, O.
Miss Gertrude Mccoy and Mr. Austin H
Sheets were married New Years afternoon
at the Roberts Park parsonage by Rev. 9.
f.. Bacon.
The Woman's Foreign Visionary Society
of Fletcher Place Church will meet Wednes-
day afternoon with Mrs. Laura Sike, at
AL Virginia avenue.
Mrs. Hugh T. Reed who has been spend
ing the holidays with her brothers, the
Messrs. Ferguson, at English Hotel, has re-
turned to her home in Chicago.
Miss Daisy Allison, who has been spending
the holidays with her cousin Miss Marie
Allison. at her home in North Delaware
street. has returned to oxford College.
Mrs; Mary Graydon and Miss Katherine
Merrill Graydon left Yesterday for Chica-
go to remain six months. Miss Graydon
will take a course in Greek at the uni
Versity.
Miss Stella Adams entertained the men,
berS Of Miss Pickens and Mr. H. c. Adams
jr.'s bridal party Informally yesterday aft
ernoon and Invited number of friends to
meet them.
Miss Hutton, of Richmond will come to-
morrow to visit Miss Elizabeth Cooper.
Miss Cooper and Miss Hutton will receive
Informally Thursday afternoon, and Miss
Eliza Chambers will give a luncheon and
matinee party Saturday for Miss Hutton.
The ladies Of the Tabernacle Church kept
open house yesterday afternoon The church
par ors were decorated with laurel garlands
and flowers and the honors of the occasion
extended Of
and their wives. who assisted Rev. and Mrs
j. Cumming Smith.
At the Womans Club Saturday the sub
ject is Current Topics" Mrs. Perry Hall
C1nord will read paper on Busch's new
Life Of Bismarck" Miss Julia Harrison
Moore Will read paper on Gladstone; Mrs
conversation on the three subjects will be
led by Miss Caroline Rowland.
a number of young people gave a progress
sive dinner last evening. each hostess in
turn serving one course. The hostesses
We're Mrs. John W Kern, for her daughter
Julia; Mrs. T. G. Day. for her daughter
daughter Emily; Mrs. c. G. Foster, for her
her daughter Edith, and Mrs II. c. Adams
for her daughter Edith
Miss Annie Hess entertained at cards
yesterday afternoon for q number of friends
who are home from college. The decora-
was assisted by Mrs. Gerritt A. Archibald
and Mrs. Ralph Smith. Among the guests
Vance Vest, Florence Dunning, Margaret
and Agnes McCutoch Helen Bowman,
Dora Kiefer, Anna Jillson, Annie Dean,
Efride and lone, Scholl, Myra Talbot,
Beatrice Byers, Helen Swain, Isabel Palmer,
Lucy Mcdaniel, Ann Mccoy, Louise Dryer,
Lena Brash, Mary Griffin, Bessie Din,
Adelaide LeckIider Ann Hurry, Gertrude
Schlecher, Helen Crum, Mary Sewall, Alta
Malott, Mary Davis, Adelaide Goetz, Lou
ella McLain, Cora Griffith, Lillian Krauss,
Lucy Taggart Mayme Beck and the Misses
ketcham.
The ladies of Roberts Park Church gave
reception yesterday afternoon and a second
one last evening in honor of Rev. and Mrs
c. e. Bacon, who celebrated the twentieth
anniversary of their marriage. Rev. and
Mrs Bacon received the members of the
congregation and their friends and the men,
bers of the official board and their wives
assisted in entertaining. The church par
lors were decorated with ropes of laurel
AT one side the laurel formed canopy. and
beneath this Mr.. and Mrs. Bacon stood
AT the opposite side of the church beneath
the laurel was a large table, on which was
spread handsome set of Haviland china Of
the fOrget-me-nOt pattern, which had been
presented to Mr. and Mrs. Bacon by the
members of the congregation, on their china
wedding anniversary. In the center of the
room was a prettily appointed table with
carnations in vases candles i'm pretty hold
erS and rich embroideries all having the
predOminating coor-pink Among the
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua Bacon of
Mrs Wigs, of Redkey the parents of
Mrs Bacon. There was music during the
afternoon and evening and a large number
Of callers.
Mr. and Mrs. George N Catterson gave
a large reception yesterday afternoon at
their home North Meridian street The
guests of honor were Miss Lucille Skidmore
and Mr.. James Skidmore of Charleston, Ill.,
who, with Mr.. and Mrs. Catterson, received
the guests. Miss Skidmore wore a dainty
gown of white organdie over pink silk. The
several rooms were decorated with holiday
garlands, and on the mantels were roses,
narcissi and other fragrant blossoms. In
the dining room a crystal service with white
flowers was effective Mr.. and Mrs. Cat
terson We're assisted in their inequalities by
Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Gray Mr.. and Mrs. Jno
w. Kern, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. II. Levy, Mr.
and Mrs. II. E. Drew, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Kahlo. Mr. and Mrs. +. NJ. Johnson, Mr.. and
Mrs Cortland Van Camp. Mr.. and Mrs
John S. Duncan. Mrs. Henry Vinton of La
fayette. Mr.. and Mrs. +. M. Ogle, Mr.. and
Mrs ]. NJ Wiley Of Buffalo, DR.. and Mrs
G.. Il. Hunt. Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. KitcheH
Miss Duncan. Miss Haynes, Miss Coffin
Miss Summers of Louisville, Mrs. X. p
Morris, Miss Armstrong Miss Kahlo, Miss
Enid Norris, Miss Van Camp. Miss Olney
of Clinton, la, Mr.. Clarence f.. Coffin, Mr..
A. s. Lockard. Mr.. Davis Buntin and Mr.
o. Il, Johnson. Among the guests were
Senator Early of Terre Haute: Mr. Hanna,
of Fort Wayne and Mr.. Claude Lee Thomp-
son. of Charlottesville. Last evening num-