The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-25

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With all Informal talk oil Tolstoi, whom
she had met
Miss Augusta Archibald, Miss Cor
nelia Galpin. Miss Laverty Miss Helen
Matthews and Miss Scranton assisted
In serving refreshments.
An interesting feature of one of the
card parties recently given, was COM
bincd In .he system of score keeping.
/ Little discs were provided for the win
ners each disc containing a letter of
the alphabet At the close of the after
| noon the players We're directed to form
words of their collection of discs The
one who was able to construct the
| longest word received a prize. The
contest was the source of any amount
| of fun. as most of the letters which
luck doled out to the guests would be
more useful In building Russian words
than those in the English tongue,
| which was n requisite of the game.
One lady, whose thoughts and whose
speech are models of propriety, was
able only to form the word damn"
| from her collection, while another con-
| vulsed the fl1ends in her vicinity by
the aphorism, "B U tidy papa The
prize was won by a clever young wo-
man, who evolved swearing out OF
her spoils, thus proving the doctrine
of the depravity of inanimate objects.
Miss Mary Jane Davis, daughter of
Mrs. William V. Davis, of Third street,
Blakely. and lie Grande White, also of
n1ntf tfa1t ,t,tt ta1 to-, nr,.t,
the home of Rev. Peter Roberts, Phi.
D., at Mahoney City, last Wednesday
| evening. They were attended by Miss
Name Carter, and David Thomas, two
prominent young people of the above
place. The bride and bridegroom are
well and favorably known and a host
of friends wish them a long and happy
| married life. They are spending their
| honeymoon among friends in Schuyl-
kill county after which they expect to
| begin housekeeping in Blakely.
| l.. B. O'Reilly, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
| B. d. O'Reilly, of Clay avenue, and
Miss Nellie Furey, of Lock Haven. We're
| united in marriage recently at Altoona,
by Rev. L. NJ. Sheedy. The groom is
manager of Murphy & Co.'S office in
| merlv connected with the Commercial
| Telephone exchange at that place.
| Mrs. F.. A. Kaiser had an "at home"
| day on Thursday. Mrs. Will Peck, of
| Pttston. poured tea Next Thursday
will be the last of Mr.. and Mrs. Kais-
| er's reception days.
| Frank Williams gave a stag dinner
at his home on Madison avenue. when
| the guests We're Orrin Christian. Paul
| Holgate, Carl Coston Sam Barker,
| Harold Connell, Homer Rice. Colonel
Nernoy, Fred Jones. Joe Alexander.
Miss Elizabeth Bunnell entertained
| the Thursday afternoon Card club this
| week at the home of her sister, Mrs. j.
| a. Mott.
| The Waneta, club members will re-
| today.
Mrs. George b. Smith will entertain
at cards on Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. MrClave will en-
tertain company of friends informal
ly this evening.
Druggist II. c. Sanderson has been
seriously i'll at his home, but is able to
be out again.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Jones, of Ro-
.,n ha .ts Of NJ,.
and Mrs. C. D. Jones, who are soon to
start on Il Mediterranean trip.
Miss Terwillger, of Syracuse, is the
guest of Mrs. n. Y. Leet.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. S. Woolworth ex-
pect to go to California in the course
of few days, where they will remain
for some time.
William Gitiin, of New York, is at
Elm Park house, the guest of his ia
ther and mother.
ing at the home of Mrs. Franklin Hen
shaw, returned to Philadelphia this
week.
Miss Frances Jermyn entertained the
Cooking club at dinner last night.