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will be very quietly solemnized Wednes-
day evening. Dec. 81, in st. Marks church.
Owing to the recent. death Of the BRIDES
! grandfather, w. S. Judd, only the imnedt.
ate relatives will be present.
! Mrs. Edwin g. Potter will entertain at
4 cards Thursday afternoon and evening at
| her home on Colfax avenue S.
! Mrs. Thomas Lowry will give a dinner
! Tomorrow evening in honor Of Miss Mar
jorie Northup The guests will include a
| group of st. Paul young people.
Mrs. John Franklin Mickey win have her
post-nuptia1 at homes Monday afternoons
in january at her apartment, IT'S Hum
boldt avenue S. Mrs. Mickey was Miss
! Warner Of st. Paul. y y ss#@-z ts2.s
Mrs. w. Fl. Pilsbury will be the guest
of honor at, an informal reception which
will be given Thursday by Mrs. A. j..
Muller; Of St., Paul.
Miss Jane squyer will give a musicale
Monday evening, Dec. 20, at the home Of
her. uncle, Robert Eratt, 1903 Bryant ave-
nue. N.
Miss Eta Beede has issued cards for an
| exhibition of; her decorated china which
u will be shown Wednesday, afternoon from
2 until o'clock at her studio, GA Medical
block ..-.0
A pretty affair Of Saturday was the
presentation of 1.-The Sunny Garden
Play at the residence of Mrs. George
Partridge under the auspices of the Free
kindergarten association. In the after
4 noon there was a large attendance of
children and in the evening the grown
people crowded the ballroom which was
hung with southern smilax. . -
The little play was dramatizatio of
stevenson's Child Garden of. verses,'''
} arranged by John Parsons Beach. MIR.
Beach had set a number of the verses to-
music and the whole formed a most
novel and attractive entertainment. The
stage for the first scene was set as a
garden with a high brick wall overgrown
with vines running across the back Of
the stage and bloSsOming cherry trees on
either side. Rattan chairs and tables
and other garden accessories were ar
ranged as a setting for the verses. The
children who took part were unconscious,
with the Inconsistencies of childhood.
and they played in the garden, sang their
songs, told their verses, enjoyed the tea
party and went into raptures over the
organ man naturally as possible Miss
Frances Vincent was the nurse and the
} children who took part were Alfred Carey,
Katherine Bright, Norman johnson, Har-
old McLernon, Agnes Bright, Eugene
lor Gladys Iobdale, Helen Cobb, Albert
Francis, Laural Ross, Carl Weitzel Ralph
Haley, F. Richardson, Douglas Knox and
Irving Lupton.
The second scene showed a nursery
with it's Powered cretonne curtains. and
cushions. Miss Vincent sang a number
of lulabies in a most fascinating manner
and the children also gave bedtime songs,
holding their lighted candles.
Between the acts Miss Stella Louise
Wood told something Of ptheulife1 of
Stevenson. The ushers were group of
young women from the: Normal school,
Misses Frances Oakford, Grace Clevenger
Helen and Elizabeth Hewitt, Eleanor
Z Andrews and Margaret Haggart. -
John Parsons Beach WAS at the piano
and played the accomplishments. Mr..
Beach had trained the children and Mines
( Morris Hallowell, r. G. Winter, W. E.
! Albee and Miss Morehous had aided in
making the production a success while
Mrs. S. G. Tooker had charge of the BUSH
ness arrangements.
Mrs. H. A.. Oswald gave dancing party
Saturday evening in Johnson hall for, her
0 sons, Henry and John Oswald. The
guests were a group Of young people from
!, the North High school and the decora-
lions were in purple and white, the school
colors. The walls were hung with, bunt-
ing and ribbons adorned the table where
frappe was served. Mrs. J. c. Neumeier
assisted in receiving. Mr. Marshall played
/. program of sixteen numbers. :Phe IA
vors were purple and white bonbon~ boxes
tied with ribbons. About 100 guests were
present. -@@.'
. Miss Oda Getty, December bride, was
: the guest of honor at a parcel shower
which was given last week by Mrs. w
H. Meneilley of Chicago avenue. The
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parcels fell from red and white parasol
= suspended from the chandelier. Ferns
and narcissus were in the dining room
Fl where a red rose marked the place Of
the guest of honor. The favors were red
and white baskets filed with confec-
: tons. Miss Sturm will entertain this
week for Miss Getty.
Mrs. w. P. Burr Of Los. Angeles, CAL,
who is spending the winter with Mime
+ apois relatives, was the guest Of honor
= at a dinner Of twelve covers which was
: given Friday evening by Mrs. G. II. Nc
y Dowell of Third avenue 8.
> The golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs.
n James Robertson was celebrated Wednes-
! day evening at their home, 921 Emerson
- avenue N. Supper was served and COW
y y ers were laid for sixty guests. The decor
', atoms were in yellow with roses and
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: wedding cakes with the dates, |1S53-19O2,
- had been sent by grandchildren in Iowa
and Minneapolis and occupied conspicu-
Gus places. Rev. Mr.. Snow re-read the
marriage service which had been first
read in Farfarshire, Scotland. Later Mr..
Snow baptized five of the grandchildren.
: Miss Bessie Roberts and e. Stoard of
T. North Redwood were married Friday in
J. Gibbons, Mimi Mr.. and Mrs. Stoard
:; came to Minneapolis and they are guests
e of Mrs. Stoard's aunt, Mrs. G. T.. Martin,
: Of 2919 Columbus avenue They will be
= at home in North Redwood after Jan. I
: Mrs. Stoard formerly resided In the city.
.: The Seventeenth Street Eucllre club will
hold an extra meeting to morrow after
l. noon with Mrs. B. R. Coppage, 1911 Ken
~ wood parkway.
Mrs. Frederick v. Clayton entertained
= eighteen young women alta linen shower
= this afternoon at her home on Spruce
, place in honor Of Miss Ida M. Johnson
:, The decorations We're in the holiday colors
- red and green, and ferns, poinsetta bios
= SONS and carnations were used The
brides chair was draped III white and a
cluster of carnations and narcissus was
= at her place in the dining room, where
r luncheon was served. Mrs. e. c.. Havi-
Z land assisted Mrs. Clayton: i, n, IS