The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-08-18
The Social Calendar.


No more delightful diversion for a
midsummer evening could we'll be
planned than an outdoor dance. And
this is why, no doubt, so many people
have accepted the invitation extended
by Div. No. 8 A. o. H. to attend the
dance and social to be given on the
lawn at the corner of Sixth and Uni
versity avenues N. E.. Tuesday evening.
Aug. 2S. A competent committee is
making ample preparations to entertain
"a large number Of A. o. H. folk. The
lawn will be beautifully decorated and
brightly illuminated. Refreshing drinks,
connections and cake will be served to
the guests by a committee OF young
women, and an orchestra of many piec-
es will play throughout the evening.
But for the young folk-and of these
there are many in local A. O. H. circles
the feature of the evening will be
the program of dances which may be
enjoyed on smootf1>and spacious plat
form which will be erected beneath the
trees. For those too staid or dignifed
to participate in the two-step or waltz,
an old-fasfioned quadrille and a Vir-
ginia reel will be interspersed in the
regular program. Should the weather
prove disagreeable on the date an
nounced for the social, it will be given
the following evening. An admission
ticket, which entities the holder to re-
freshments, will cost IS cents.
The Catholics of the East Side will
take holiday Wednesday, Aug. e..
and enjoy the annual parish outing Of
St. Antiony's church, which this year
will be a river trip on the steamer Co.
lun1bia. Lest the river be so shallow as
to prevent the boat coming to Mime
apolis, it has been decided to embark
at the Jackson street dock, St. Paul
The boat will leave at 10 o'clock in the
morning At beautiful Lake St. Croix
almost one hundred miles north OF
Minneapolis, the journey will terminate
and in order to reach home in due time,
the return trip will be Immediately un-
dertaken. The committee having the
affair in charge have planned many di-
versions for the entertainment Of the
guests. Refreshments, which may in
clude either substantial dinner or
dish of ice cream, will be served to the
excursionists. So that all may enjoy
the outing tickets have been placed at
the reasonable price of 50 cents.
The parishioners of St. Stephens
church and their numerous friends are
anticipating pleasant outing, to be
given Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 20. On
the steamer Columbia the pleasure
seekers will journey down the Missis-
sippi to the Lakes of St. Croix. So ex-
tended a trip will occupy from 1890
o'clock in the afternoon until 1890 in
the evening. The boat will make a brief
stop at St. Paul at $50 to take on pas
sengers from the neighboring CITY,. The
excursionists will be entertained during
their long ride by varied program OF
music, both vocal and instrumental
Fifty cents will pay for this interesting
and restful boat ride.
The social given last Saturday
evening by the Catholic ladies Of
Excelsior was one of the most
successful benefits recently given
by the Excelsior Catholic colony.
and the objective point OF many ex-
cursion parties, guests coming by boat,
by hayracks, and by the more conven-
tional, if not comfortable, means OF the
railway. While Minneapolis Catholics
were we'll represented, Excelsior people
regardless of creed were there en- masse.
The ladies are delighted with the out
come of the festival, and with the funds
realized will continue the good work Of
the mission by the lake.
The marriage OF Miss Mary Corrigan
and John S. Hoy took place Aug. 8 at
the brides home, Hartford, Iowa. Rev,
Father Malloy, OF Parkersburg, Iowa,
performed the ceremony. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hoy are both well known in Minneap-
oils, and after short wedding trip they
will spend few days with Mr. and
Mrs. John Morrison, 1916 Third street
N. AS soon as their home on Third
street and Fifteenth avenue NJ is in
readiness they will begin housekeeping.
Miss Frances E. McFcely, stcnogra>
pher for G. w. Van Duzen & Co., has
returned from Europe, where she spent
three months. She visited France, Ger
many, England and Ireland, and took
in the Paris exposition and the Passion
Play at Oberammergau She spent a
week in Dublin and considers it beau-
tiful city. This is the second time that
Miss McFeely crossed the Atlantic, and
she enjoyed her vacation immensely.
The annual midsummer festival OF
Ascension church was held Wednesday
and Thursday evenings at the corner OF
Dupont avenue and Eighteenth7o1H,
Dupont and Eighteenth avenues. Each
evening brought many visitors to the
lawn. and the affair was entirely success
full socially and financially.
Div. N. z. L. A., A. O. H., has in