Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-01-07

rendered. The reception committee OF
ladies, from the Woman's Benevolent
Union, consisted of Mrs. P. w. Kelley,
Miss Mary Vance, Mrs. James Rhodes,
Miss Cook Wilson, Mrs. A. E. Dunn,
Mrs. William Petrie, Mrs. l.. J. Bayha,
Mrs. ]. j. Jones, Mrs. j. G. Lynch, Miss
Fannie Petrie, Miss Laura Nesbitt,
Miss Mamie Turner, Miss Edith Moore,
Miss Elizabeth Garden, Miss Veneta
Nesbitt and Miss Gertrude Hardware.
At the Arion the annual New Year
concert and ball was given, and proved
a complete success from every point Oh
view. The concert was very artistic,
Mrs. Flora Williams and the Opera
House orchestra assisting h singing
section. The concert was under the d.
rection of Prof. H. M. Schockey. After
ten o'clock the floor of the ball room
was cleared, the orchestra was sta
toned upon the stage, and the remain
der of the evening IA devoted to
dancing, with an intermission at mid
night, when a more than usually elab-
crate supper was served in n dining
hall.
Mrs. John A. Topping chaperoned a
theatre party at the Opera House
Monday evening, given by Master
Halstead Caldwell. After Hermann's
exhibition of magic. the party 0
luncheon at Ziegenfelder's. The young
folks in the party were Misses Anna
Hubbard, Stella Hubbard, Juliet Camp
bell. Edith Gibbs. Isabel Dalzell, a
garet Cummins, Augusta Hearne, lien
rietta Harrison, Elizabeth Mcclure and
Nancy Mendel; and Masters Halstead
Caldwell, Mertz Franzheim, George
List, Singleton PAUL, Harold Wise,
Wilbur Topping, Henry Topping, Jack
Culbertson and Harold Bloch.
Miss Elizabeth Boyd pleasantly en-
tertained the members of the choir of
the First Christian church Monday ev-
ening at her home on the South Side.
The Misses Molter gave a charming
New Years soriee to a number of their
friends. The Majestic Mandolin and
Guitar Club rendered some excellent
music, and many diversions were pro-
vided for the amusement of the guests.
Refreshments were served.
The members. of the Majestic Club
entertained after their usual hospitable
fashion in their quarters on Main
street Monday. In the afternoon it
was strictly stag" but in the evening
the lady friends graced the club house
with their presence. About thirty cou-
pies danced to music furnished by Prof.
Anton La Roche, and later partook of
a banquet at c. F. Held's cafe. The
committee on arrangements for the af-
fair was composed of Messrs. Moore,
Ankle and Carnahan.
The annual New Years ball of the
Mercantile Club was one of the most
brilliant affairs given by that organi-
cation during the winter. The attend
ance was exceptionally large. The ball
room was beautifully decorated, and
Meister's orchestra made the music, to
which the members and their wives
and lady friends whiled away the
hours in dancing. At midnight an
excellent supper was served in the
dining room. The committee in charge
consisted of Dave Kraus, Leo Some
UOIH, LcOH ID. OLei1, JOS. II. Bd6T ana
Leonard Heyman. Among the WISH
tors present were: Miss Eisman, of
Portsmouth, o.; Mr.. and Mrs. Beekman,
of Boston; Miss S~teinberger and Miss
Letta TRACER, of Cincinnati; J. Druc-
ker, of GAINESVILLE, o.; and Solomon
Whit, of East Liverpool, o.
Monday the descendants of James
Exley held a family reunion at the
home of Mr.. George Wickham in Mar
tins Ferry. Forty were present. A
feature was a bountiful dinner.
Miss Meta Holiday pleasantly en-
tertained a number of her friends with
games and dancing Monday evening
at her home on Thirty-first street.
Refreshments were served, and the oc-
casion proved thoroughly enjoyable.
The kaffee visite at the Mozart Mon
day. managed entirely by male MEM
bers, was unique, but was a complete
success. The committee in charge con-
sisted of Eberhart Hoffreuter. Paul
Regot, Charles Hortsman, Henry Blum,