The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-05


and Mr.. Frank Brown Harding The we'd
ding will occur early in the spring.
Mrs. J. j. Cooper has issued cards for
Thursday, Jan. IL, in honor OF Mrs. Charles
Cooper and Mrs. Wiley, of Buffalo.
Rev. DR.. Rawls and Mrs. W. B. Rawls
have gone to New Mexico, called by the
serious illness of Mr.. w. s. Rawls.
Professor and Mrs. N. Hill Nesbitt have
moved from Terre Haute to Indianapolis,
and are living at 543 North Meridian street.
| The engagement is announced of Miss
Julia Billiard Fletcher, daughter OF Mr..
Stoughton j. Fletcher, and Mr.. John Alfred
Barnard.
| Mrs. J. F. Failey entertained yesterday
afternoon at an informal progressive
hearts party for Miss Hayward, of Pana,
H., who is Miss Failey's guest this week.
Miss Clarissa Rooms, the popular soprano
| at the Meridian-street Church, will go to
| New York next month to take a course in
vocal culture after which she will go to
Paris and study.
The Magazine Club will resume it's meet
| ings on the first and third Saturdays of
each month. At the meeting Saturday
Mrs. c. H. Badger and Mrs. Charles Busby
| will read papers.
Officers for the new year were elected
yesterday morning at the annual business
| meeting of the Flower Mission Society.
| They are as follows: President, Mrs. !. J..
| Griffiths; first vice president, Mrs. Lew
[ Wallace, jr.; second vice president, Mrs.
Chiron Pierson; third vice president, Mrs.
| j. y. Van Wrinkle; fourth vice president,
| Miss Elizabeth Stiltz; recording secretary,
Mrs. j. w. Beck; corresponding secretary.
! Miss Anna Sickles.
| Mrs. John s. Lazarus gave a delightful
| card party for about sixty guests yester-
| day afternoon at her home, 2l02 North
/ Meridian street She was assisted by Mrs
j. Nj. Lilly, Mrs. L. w. Fletcher, Mrs l..
| w. Louis and Mrs. Julian Craven. In the
! evening Mr.. and Mrs. Lazarus entertained
| the same number at cards. The decorations
| We're pink and white carnations and ferns.
Among the guests were Mrs. Swartz, OF
Detroit, Mrs. Divine, of Toledo.
| THE RESEARCH CLUB.
The following is the programme for the
Research Club this year:
Jan. s-Hostess Miss Roberts: Responses,
| 'Favorite American Authors 1.-The Art
| of Illustrating, Past and Present" jean
/ nette Smith; Homes of American Au-
both topics, Mrs. Olcott, leader, and Miss
| Goodhart.
Jan. 22-lHostess, Mrs. Elder: Responses:
1.-The Plantations of Yesterday" Mrs. Dag
get; The History of the Plantation Melo-
dies, Miss Roberts; conversation, The
| South in Recent Literature" leaders. Mrs.
| Hovey and Mrs. Leonard.
Feb. 5--Hostess. Mrs. Wills: Responses,
"Dickens's Christmas Carroll Tel
egraphy," Mrs. Holt; American Holidays.
| Inelf origin ana HISTORY, Mrs smith,
| conversation on papers, Mrs. Gale leader.
| Feb 19-Hostess, Mrs. Holt: Guest day.
March 5-Hostess, Mrs. Wildhack: Re-
| sponses, John Ruskin;' "The jew" Mrs.
| Jones; American Art" Miss Lewis; gen.
eral conversation; election of officers.
March 19-Hostess. Miss Bradbury: Re-
| sponses. Marian Harland;" ''Housekeep-
| ing in the Twentieth Century" Mrs. ].
| Brown; 1.-The Art of Cooking" Mrs. Dali
| rympie; conversation, "Our Favorite Re-
cipeS,' Mrs. Fox leader.
April 2-Hostess. Miss Moore: Responses.
u. Whitcomb Riley" Our Own City,
Helt; Gypsy Music" Miss Moore and Miss
| Clark.
April 16-Hostess, Mrs. Cox: Responses,
| Benjamin Franklin; Newspapers, Their
| Progress, Influence and Power" Mrs. Nc
| Whirter; do the Modern Methods Of Edu-
/ cation Educator" Mrs. Stevenson aff1rma-
tive, Mrs. Ingram negative; general dis
/ cussion.
| sponses, 1.-THE Musician Jenny Lind,
Miss Rudisell; Music as an Educator,
| Miss Moore; conversation, THE. Greatest
| Artists of the Nineteenth Century," Mrs
| Clark and Mrs. Heckard leaders.
May 14-Hostess. Mrs. Stevenson: Re
| sponses, David Harum;'' book reviews;
Battle of the Strong Mrs. Wells; "Calet
Ma" May 2S-Hostess, Mrs. Dalrymple: Guest
| day.
The officers of the club are as follows:
| President, Mrs. William 7. Brown; vice
/ presidents, Mrs. Frank Wells, Miss Emma
| Bradbury; corresponding secretary Mrs
| William Stevenson; recording secretary,
| Mrs. George Henderson; treasurer, Mrs
| John Jones; critic, Mrs. Chester Helt; pro-
| gramme committee, Mrs. John Ingram
| Mrs. L. C.. Cline, Mrs. Z. d. Clark; execu-
tive committee, officers Of the club; dele
| gate to local council, Mrs. +. NJ. Holt.
MILES-HITE.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
| MARrINSV LILLE, Ind, Jan. 4.-Albert E
Miles, of Gallipolis, o., and Miss Jennie
| w allace Hite, of Martinsville. were mar
ried last evening at the home of Mr.. and
! Mrs. John Stevens. uncle and aunt of the
| bride. Miss Aola Call, Of Greencastle, was
maid of honor, and Lester Winter, OF Mar
| tinsville was groomsman. The Rev. NJ
| l.. Gillespie, of the Cumberland Presby-
| terrain Church, officiated Mr.. Miles, who
| is in business at Gallipolis, Is member OF
| n ia of commences XIV.