The Minneapolis journal., 1901-02-15
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charmingly arranged valentine cotillion
| was given last evening in the West Hotel
| by Miss Helen Janney. The guests of honor,
/ were Miss Janney's guests, Miss Elsie Meier
of New York, and Miss Alice Morton of st.
Louis, who arrived yesterday. They were
| both at Smith college with Miss Janney and
the presence of number Of other Smith
| girls who are visiting in the city was pleas
ant feature of the affair. Mr.. and Mrs. T. B.
Janney received with their daughter and her
| guests. Mrs Janney wore handsome gown
| of pearl brocaded silk trimmed with lace
| and velvet. Miss Mortons gown was of
white lace over white silk with bands of
| turquoise blue chiffon and silver. Miss Meier
| was in violet flower brocaded silk. with
| point d'esprit trimmings, and Miss Janneys
| gown was of pale blue silk with chiffon and
lace. They all carried great clusters Of
| violets. The ordinary was transformed into
| a tropical ball room with tall palms. ferns
and trailing vines. The pink and red shaded
! lights cast an attractive glow over the many
| pretty gowns A short program of dances
| preceded supper which was served in the
! clubroom, where red tulips and red shaded
| lights with profusion of green furnished
| an attractive setting. Ned Pierscn led the
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| figures were new and cleverly arranged. The
| favors for football figure were red and
] gold balloons for the girls and pigskins for
| the men. Valentines and hearts were used
/ as favors in a valentine figure and red and
| white ribbons were used in a ribbon figure
! In the favor figure the men were given canes
! tied with ribbon and the girls received silver
candlesticks holding different colored tapers,
and during the dance the tapers were lighted.
| The guests included eighty of the young peo-
pie and a group of Mr.. and Mrs Janneys
friends, who enjoyed watching the pretty
/ scene
| A pretty affair of the day will be the tissue
paper cotillion to be given from $50 until
$50 o'clock this evening by Mr.. and Mrs.
Marshall H. Coolidge, at their home on Ken
wood parkway, for their son Harry, in honor
| of his fifteenth birthday. The decorations are
charming and tissue paper flowers Of every
hue and variety appropriately used
through the rooms. The ballroom is hung
with American flags and red, white and blue
| bunting with festoons of paper flowers A
| string orchestra will play for dancing and
| Harry Collidge will lead the cotillion, dancing
| with Miss Mary Campbell. The favors in
| clude all sorts of pretty trif1es in tissue
paper, hats, muffs, parasols butterflies,
/ wands and bows and arrows. Frappe will
| be served in the ballroom and supper in the
! Supper-rOOm. Inc ices Will De IN paper
| chrysanthemums About fifty young people
will dance and number Of the friends Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Coolidge will also be present.
| Miss Holiday gave a granite shower this
| afternoon at her home on Grand avenue
| for Miss Hankinson, bride of the month.
| The decorations were in red and carnations
were the flowers used. In recognition of St.
| Valentine red and white hearts played a
| in nd fha
favors were red hearts with the photographs
of the bride and bridegroom. Fifteen young
women were entertained and during the after
noon they occupied themselves in needlework
for the bride. On Wednesday Miss Hiddles-
ton of Bryant avenue will entertain for
| Miss Hankinson.
valentine dancing party was given last
evening by Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur SWEET in
Mrs. Mobiles hall on the East Side The
| decorations We're in pink. the appointed color
for the day, and roses and hearts were fes-
| tooned through the hall. The pink paper
| shades for the lights were like great flowers
and the dance cards were embellished with
red hearts and the initial of the hostess in
gold. Mr.. and Mrs. SWEET were assisted
in receiving by Messrs. and Mines. H. A.
| Carpenter, George Hoey, Fred Salisbury and
Samuel Rankin. Miss Dayton furnished
program of fifteen numbers and Mrs Noble
| acted as mistress of ceremonies. A light sup
per was served. There were 100 guests.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs Plat B. Walker
gave a valentine card party at her home,
| 2O19 Aldridge avenue S. Ferns and palms
were used in the decorations, with strings of
! bright red hearts to give touches of color.
Mines. o. c. Gray and Frank Rose assisted
| in receiving and Misses Harriet Stuart
Verva Stetson and Ethel Hunter assisted
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were played and the score cards were heart
| shaped with the initial of the hostess in
| gold. The prizes were dainty pieces of hand
| painted china. Refreshments were served
| after the games.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. J. A. O'Brien
| gave luncheon at her home on E Seven
teenth street for Mrs. A. Sanborn of Los
Angeles CAL
Miss Ada Daniels entertained yesterday
afternoon at her home on Bryant avenue S,
| for Miss Grace Barker of st. Paul st.
| Valentines Day was suggested in the enter
| tainment and decorations. Miss Barker's
wedding to George w. Evans will take place
Monday in st. Paul.
| Mrs W. P Harmon and Mrs. NJ. E. Moore
entertained at six-hand euchre Tuesday after
noon and evening at the home Of Mrs. Har-
mon in Kenwood. In honor of Lincoln's
birthday the decorations were in the national
| colors and Lincoln's portrait wreathed in
red, white and blue, occupied a prominent
| place. The score cards and refreshments
were also suggestive of the day.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Niles Nyberg Of sos Fifth
street Sc, gave a dinner of ten covers
Wednesday evening for their cousin, Mrs.
Isabelle Rose Whitney of Syracuse, n Y.
| Mr.. and Mrs. L. Clayton Andrews of 1921
| Second avenue, entertained ct cards Tues
| day evening. Prizes were won by Mines j.
P. Andrews, Miss Mary Schofeld, Miss Kate
Andrews, Harry O'Hearn, J. M. Dyson and
| T. H. Lauer.
| The young men of the Hotel Summers gave
a pleasant dancing party Monday evening in
Miss Mueller's hall. program of eighteen
numbers was furnished by Miss Dunsmore
Present were Messrs. and Mines. Irving Law
renee, Russell Lawrence and Green, Misses
White, Franklin, Decker, Esch White
| Hazen. Dew, Hopes. Nelson, Camp, Good
win, White, Stone. Hennessey and Adams,
Messrs. Strong. Dew, Lewis, Sly, Brubaker,
Shoenbaum, Connor, Bonham, Horey Har-
ker. Schrader, Hess, Huntoon, Schockley,
| Keith and Chandler.
The wedding of Miss Mayme Rennert.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. F. J. Rennert Of
Virginia, Mimi, and Joseph West, was quiet
| ly SolemniZed Yesterday at fheehorna of Mr.