The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-16

|" HE USUAL pre-Lenten activity
has prevailed the past week with
the exception that no dances
II have been given. Many small
~ affairs, more or less informal IN
character, have filled I'm, the days and
the remaining time is pretty full. II
is. expected that Easter will will be the
merriest for many seasons as a numh.r
of functions have been postponed until
that time.
The last of the Fortnightly enter
tainments was given at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Scranton on
Thursday night. 1t was the climax of
the series and was n fitting celebra-
tion of st. Valentines day. The pro-
gramme was heart shaped, the outer
cover embellished by a true-lover's
knot In gold. The entertainment of the
evening was afforded by the famous
English reader, Miss Beatrice Herford,
and by Miss Caroline Lewis Gordon.
of Atlanta, the lovely daughter of
General J. B. Gordon, who is such a'
favorite i'm this city.
Miss Herford appeared in monologue,
giving the wel-known selections which
have received the fattery Of so many
limitations in this country. Her roper
toire on this occasion included "a New
England Seamstress," "A Lady Pack
ing and 1.-The shop Girl" AS an en-
core she gave the Afternoon on the
Piazza," that delightfully."- funny repe-
ttion of the idle conversation heard
on the verandas of summer hotels.
Miss Gordon's share in the pro-
gramme was distinctly original. 1t was
IN the way of Negro folk song and
sketches from plantation life. She
sang In a soft. low, grooming voice un-
written melodies OF the South as she
has heard them from early childhood,
and jim the cleverest imitation gave
character sketches whose sentiment
and trend of thought she had uncon-
sciously absorbed during her life on
the plantation. The programme was
comprised in: de Buryin' of Brer
Briscoe," Here's 'er Young Lady
Wants to Mary" Georgia Buck, Liza
Jane. 80, Church l Know Yer Gwine
ter Miss Me-" "Mudder in the Grabe
Yard" SINNER, Don't Let Dis Harves'
Pass" aunt Adelines Journey"
JONAH" oh! She Do LAX She Want
'er Go to Heaven" "Sa'd'dy Night, ,"
LII Boy, LII Boy" Jack, You Dore
You"
Among the guests present We're:
Judge and Mrs. Il. w. Archibald, Mr..
and Mrs. James Archibald, Mr.. and
Mrs. Everett Warren, Mr.. and Mrs. III.
w. kingsbury, Mr.. and Mrs. ii. =.
SIMPSON, DR.. and Mrs. Shoemaker, of
Wilkes-Barre: Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Brady, jr., Mr.. and Mrs. n. G. Rob-
ertson, Mr.. and Mrs. Il. b. Sturges,
Mr.. and Mrs. b. e. Watson, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. B. Sturges, Mr.. and Mrs. J..
ben1. Dimmick. Mr.. Henry Belin. jr.,
Mrs. F. II. Jermyn, Mr.. and Mrs. G. B.
Jermyn, Mr.. and Mrs. James c. San
derson. Mr. and Mrs. II. c. Shafer Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Klotz, Miss Ives, of
New York: Miss Belin, Miss Sander
son, Miss Augusta Merrill, Miss Boies,
Miss Alice Matthews, Miss Gertrude
Sprague, Miss Helen Sanderson, Miss
Hunt, Messrs. Merrill, A. T.. Hunt, jr.,
Dickson, Torrey, George Klotz, Slade,
Loomis, DR.. Claude Walker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. j. Foster gave a
beautiful dinner on Tuesday night to
the members of the Russian dance in
the Marie Antoinette fete, of which
Mrs. Foster and Mrs. G. ID. Sanderson
We're the chaperones. The decorations
carried out the dance colors, in which
red predominated. 1t was a delight
ful affair. although it was greatly to
ne regretted that both the host and
his son Taylor were confined to their
rooms by the grip.
Those present were: Mr.. and Mrs.
G. d. Sanderson, Captain and Mrs. $.
:. Derman, Misses Mary Skinner, Mol
~ Drake Sara Watson, Anna Will
liams. Emma Schimpff, I.ottie Skinner.
Annie Zang, Jennie Kaufman. Messrs.
u. l.. Utley, Jtalph WarinS, Milton