The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-09
PERSONAL AND SOCIETY.

The Contemporary Club will meet May
The Political Equality Society will meet
Monday afternoon at the Propylaeum.
Miss Mary Reaume. who has been visiting
In Pittsburg for a couple of months, has
returned home.
The ladies' society of the Associate Tur-
ners will give an entertainment at the
German House May &c.
The Kappa Alpha Theta fraternity will
meet Saturday afternoon with Miss Angus
ia Stevenson, in Irvington.
The annual reception of the Eleanor Hos
pital, which was to have occurred to-day,
has been indefinitely postponed.
Miss Benaldine Smith has gone to Tar
kio. Mo-. where she will appear as violin
soioist in the May music festival.
Meridian w. c. T. II. will be entertained
at the home of Mrs. Ada B.. Leck, No. 1901
North Capitol avenue. this afternoon.
The Society of Colonial Danes will hold
Its annua business meeting and election
of officers May 16, followed by a luncheon
at the University Club.
The ladies of the Broadway NJ. E. Church
will give a supper in the parlors of the
church this evening from 5 to 8 o'clock.
There will be music by the Lyric quartet.
Mrs. Harold b. Hibben was the hostess
for a luncheon at the Country Club yester-
day in honor of Mrs. William q. Allen, of
st. Louis. and Mrs. Reid, of Paris, France.
DR.. and Mrs. William S. Tomlin will be
at home TO their friends at the home of
Mrs. Tomlin's father, No. 19 Huron street.
for the summer. Mrs. Tomlin will observe
Friday as her day at home.
The Fortnightly Literary Club had a spe-
cial guest day yesterday afternoon at the
Propylaeum. at which there was quite a
large attendance to listen to the paper by
Mr.. Louis Rowland on Local Intellectual
Tendencies"
Postal cards nave been mailed to the
stockholders of the Propylaeum Associa-
ton for it's annual meeting May II, at 3
o'clock. There will be five directors elected
and other important business transacted. A
large attendance of stockholders is desired.
Miss Josephine Smith was the hostess for
an informal tea yesterday afternoon, enter
tanning in honor of her visitor, Miss Mar
garet Sharpe. of Chicago. Miss Smith was
assisted by her mother, Mrs. j. T.. Smith,
Mrs. Harold o.. Smith. Mrs. E. w. STICKY
and Miss Maude Smith. The different rooms
were adorned with carnations.
Mrs. b. C. Kelsey will entertain the
Kappa Kappa Gamma Club and their gen.
tlemen friends at her home, No. 271S Ash
street. Saturday evening. May IL. Mrs.
George c. Hit will read her paper. 1.-THE
American Way" before the club and their
guests. Delegates TO the Indiana Union of
Literary Clubs will be selected. the club
having recently become a member of the
federation.
Miss Corella Taylor will give a luncheon
to-day ut the Country Club In honor of
MISS 1tdy. OI MunClc, ana ner DrlOal party,
including Miss Field. of Chicago. who will
be maid OF honor. with the bridesmaids,
Miss Elizabeth Cooper and Miss Eliza
hambers Miss Carroll Hemingrav. Miss
Emily Olcott, Miss Florence McNaughton
and Miss Fanny Turner, OF Muncie. The
party will ride to the Country Club in a
break.
Mrs. L. B. Martindale was the hostess
for a delightful luncheon yesterday in
honor of Mrs. James r.. Kay, of Pittsburg,
who is the guest of Mrs. Hervey Bates. jr.
The guests invited to meet Mrs. Kay were
Mrs. Benjamin Harrison. Mrs. H. p. Was
son. Mrs. George {. Hit. Mrs. George Tan
ner. Mrs. Hervey Bates. jr, Mrs. Edward
L. Mckee. Mrs. David Wallace, Mrs. Henry
r. Allen. jr.. and Miss Martindale. The
luncheon table was adorned with a French
basket of white hlacs and maiden hair fern.
Mrs. Edison T. Wood entertained yester-
day afternoon at cards in honor of her
sister, Miss Margaret Baldwin. who has
been absent a year in Washington and
Gordon f. varney. Mrs. James NJ. Leath-
ers, Miss feathers of Louisville. Mrs.
Preston Kelsey. Mrs. Nicholas MeCarty
Harrison. Mrs. s.. Robert Greer. Mrs.
George w. Wood. Mrs. Arthur b. Grover.
Mrs. F. III. Baldwin. the Misses Reeves,
Miss Lockwood. Miss Wood. Miss Elizabeth
Dye. Miss Mary Browning. Miss Claire
Shower and Miss Josephine Robinson. Miss
BALDWIN VIII return TO Asheville on Sat
urday.
The members of the Veronica Club gave
an enjoyable card party and dance last
night at the German House. entertaining
guests for eighty-ive tables. The club Is
composed OF graduates of the Gutenberg
Academy. and the proceeds OF the party
last night will be used I'm furnishing the
library OF the new academy. which is now
being erected. There are over seventy-hye
associate members OF the club, living IN
all parts of the country. The president re-
ccived the guests. assisted by Mrs. Mary
McMorrow, Mrs. William Smith, Mrs. Hem
rV \NarriIm Mrs WQlfQF Fitch Nro nl.~,
Langsdaie. Mrs William Mcwhinney. Miss
Louise McCarty, Miss Harriet Fitch and
Miss Mary Martin. They were assisted by
members of the club as follows: Mrs. Or
Vile Harris, Mrs. Lena Ittenbach, Mrs.
Shoemaker. Mrs. Vondersaar. Mrs. George