The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-12-14

I maid. Rudolph Pr,ssing. son of the bride
groom, was best man, while Bob" Mark
ham and Henry N. Blossom. Jr, were the
| uSherS.
After a honeymoon spent at the Virginia
Hot Springs. Mr.. and Mrs. Prussing will
come West to live IN Chicago at the bride
: g-oCm'S handsome home. No. 595 Dearborn
avenue. Many Chicago people of social
prominence-the Henrotins. the Lyman E.
Glnvers. the Neales-went TO New York for
the wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hinman Clark. Jr. are re-
ceiving congratulations OF the birth of a
son. Mrs. Clark was Miss Eerenice Bal
lard.
; Where are the Thursday dances OF the
last two seasons. and why have l not had
the pleasure of chronicling a list of ma
irons and maids who will lend their social
charms 10 this heretofore very successful
club? Can 1t be that Miss Mary Frances
Boyce. on whose shoulders fell most of the
work last season, has wearied of well-doins.
or did the men fail TO pay up last year.
even after l scolded them we'll for former
delinquencieS?
Mrs. Russell Harding gave utterance TO
the bon mot of the evening on Monday at
the first Iris performance. when she
turned 10 friends as the last curtain wen,
down and remarked:
lid : NIidl L call breaking ND mousse
Keeping with a vengeance"
Several st. Louis people went 10 Chicago
last week to attend the funeral Of Colonel
j. c. Clarke. former president of the Mobile
and Ohio Railroad, who died at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Jaffery. No. 1872 Michi-
gan avenue The Russells and Clarkes of
Mobile have long been intimate friends of
the Rumseys. Will ]. Thornton and several
others. who have from time to time been
entertained in royal manner at their South
ern home.
Mrs. Ruby Shotwell Piper. who made her
first appearance as a concert singer I'm her
home last week. wore one of the most eff
fectfve gowns seen this season on stage or
IN the dr~awing-rOom 1t was spangied, of
course. since We do not seem able to get
away from this radiant and decorative form
of characterization; and of white satin. yelled
in fine Brussels net, the latter a simmer
ing mass of silver. Long angel sleeves
hung from the shoulders. the fiImy mesh
of these also spangled. About the skirt hem
the silver crowded Itself together in wavy
lines. disseminating in most Partisan fash
ion toward the waist. All together. the
gown was artistic and beautiful.
Mr.. and Mrs~Arthur Gale will take their
departure in a very few days to spend the
holidays with their daughter, Mrs. Grace
Gale Welsh, who is now in Denver. l hear
from accredited sources that the Welsh es-
tablishment on one of Denver's fashionable
~thoroughfares is a model of beauty, of
housekeeping, Of comfort. and of real
nominees" 1 have long had an idea that
some preliminary picking, preserving and
other painstaking efforts along domestic
lines. In which Mrs Welsh used to indulge
when she vas Miss Gale might not come
amiss some day; and that the Prince
Charming. when he might arrive. would be
a much-to-be-envied person as regards the
looking after of his creature comforts. 1t
Is such a pleasure to find that ones opinion
is s~ubstantiated by facts.
Did anybody see whether or not George
AIDE wrote a screed last week concerning
the nuptials of his erstwhile c~onfrere and
friend. Mr.. Peter "Dooley" Dunno. who es-
poused Miss Margaret Abbott Of New York?
A nice girl who lives in Chicago-New York,