The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-04
<an.. who has been spending the winter

several weeks with Mrs. A. NJ Robertson,
will return home to-day.
Miss Daisy Payne. of Connersvile. was
the guest OF Mrs. Joseph Sumner Mccain
tor a few days last week.
Mrs. Walter Crefton Howard and daugh-
ter, OF Greensboro, KY, are the guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. John c. Shoemaker.
Mrs. B. Wilson Smith and daughter, OF
2114 North New Jersey street, will not OBJ
serve Monday MAY 81, their day at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Solomon announce
the engagement OF their daughter Rose and
Joseph Traxler. At home the last three sun
days in May.
Mr.. William II. Benedict and Miss Grace
A. Harrison were married Monday, April
q. They will be at home after May 10 at
No. % The Guilford.
Mrs. Elizabeth Mosgrove, Miss Emma d.
Mosgrove and Miss Louise Mosgrove. of
Urbana, o, will arrive to-day for a visit
with Mrs. D.. T. Bacon.
Mrs. Charles Divine, Of Toledo, who is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. s..
Lazarus. will sing the offertory this morn
ing at the May1ower Church.
Mrs. Caroline Coffin, who has been visit
ing her daughte and son, Mrs. c. A. WALL
ingford and Mr.. c. Z. Coffin. returned Fri
day TO her home in Bloomington.
The engagement has been announced at
Madison of Miss Anna C. Weber. book
keeper of the Madison Democrat. and Wal
ter W. Thompson, OF Newport, Ky.
Miss Emma Virginia Pearson gave an in
formal company Friday afternoon in honor
OF Mrs. Thadeus ROdecker. Mrs. Rodecker
was formerly Miss Caroline Minor.
Mrs. Hewitt H. Rowland entertained with
a luncheon of fourteen covers yesterday, in
honor of Mrs. Edward E. Gates, of San
Francisco. Marguerites adorned the table.
The engagement is announced Of Miss
Mary Fitch Sewall, only daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Elmer c. Sewall, and George b.
Elliott, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph 7. Ell
lott. The wedding will take place early in
June.
Mr.. and Mrs. Karl Schneider will sail in
a few days for Europe and expect to re-
main abroad about twenty months. They
will spend the time in Germany and Italy,
with short visits in Switzerland and Eng
land.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Bollinger announce
the engagement of their daughter Name
and Mr.. w. w. McCombs, of Omaha. Neb.,
the wedding to take place Wednesday,
May Z, at their residence in the presence of
the family
The Ladies' Club of the German House
gave their first party Of the new year yes
terday afternoon at the German House. The
afternoons entertainment consisted Of lotto
and euchre games. Mrs. Carl Won Hake and
Mrs. George Bauer had charge of the
party.
The seventh section of the Ladies' So
ciety of the Maennerchor will give a euchre
wiIl be Mrs' Ju IItnff BGrckhardt. Mrs NGstei R1S
dolph Schwartz, Miss Laura Ha,ss, Miss
Edith Neubacher, Miss Ella Lindcnann and
MISS lrma Bertermdnn.
Mrs. Mary E. Spencer. of 24S6 Broadway.
was the hostess for a very pretty ia on
Thursday afternoon. The house was charm
ingly decorated with spring flowers, and a
very .delightful programme was rendered
by Misses Ida Virginia Smith, reader, and
Benaldine Smith, violinist.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick T. Brown enter
tanned last evening in honor Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur ]. Dance. Of Cleveland, o..
who are here on their wedding tour. and to
announce the engagement Of their sister.
Miss Marie Louise Craig, and Mr.. William
Morse Hendricks. The wedding Will take
place in June.
There were several informal receptions
yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Thomas Dean
was at home for Mrs. Horace Nixon and
Mrs. Richard Newman. Of Woodbury.. N. J.,
w. Chislett and Miss Edwards received for
Mrs. Richard Chislett, of Pittsburg, who
was formerly of this city. Mrs. Pleasant
Bond was at home for her mother, Mrs.
Drusilla Wilson, in celebration of her
eighty-seventh birthday.
Miss Ella Dorothea Van Camp was the
guest of honor at a marguerite luncheon
yesterday, given by Miss Corella Taylor.
who will be one of her bridesmaids. Clus-
ters Of m%arguerites were at each plate,
with a large bouquet of the same flowers in
the center of the table. There were also in
dividual baskets filled with violets, lilies of
the valley and forget-me-nots. Miss Tay-
lor's guests included the members of the
bridal party and a number OF the visitors
from out OF Hill. of Chicago;
Miss Cooke. of Cincinnati; Mrs. Fearles and
Miss Tompkins, Of Fishkill-on-the-Hudson.
Arrangements are being made for a high
class vaudeville performance. to be given
Monday evening, May IA, under the aus
pices of the Flower Mission, for the benefit
or the Eleanor Hospital. The programme
for the evening will include some of the
best amateur artists in the city and also
Charles Major, the author, who will give a
reading from one OF his books. Mrs. John
T. Brush will give one of her characteristic
| mOnOlOQlQS Mrs George + Hunt will have
a japanese number, Miss Messing will sing
and Mrs. Charles Shaler. Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Cheney, Mr.. Harry Murphy, j. Russell
Powell and others will take part.
One of the PRETTY weddings of the week
was that of Miss Bess Holtz, daughter of
Mrs. David Holtz. and Sidney Perry Muir,
bride on East St. Clair street. The cere-
mony was performed at s o'clock by the
Rev. J. T. Henson. of the First Baptist
Church, of Covington, Ind. The bride wore
a gown Of silk. trimmed with tucked NOUS
seine and cream guipure lace, with a cor
sage drapery of lace and festoons of orange
blossoms. Only the immediate families and
relatives were present. Guests from out of
town were Mrs. Della Bronson, of Cham
paign, Ill, Rev. and Mrs. ]. P. Henson and
Harold Henson. of Covingtoh. Ind. Mr.. AMI
Mrs. Muir will reside at 211 East st. Clair
street, where they will be at home to their
friends after June Is.
The marriage OF Miss Ella Dorothea Van
Camp and John Taylor Martindale will oc-
cur Tuesday evening at s O'Clock at the
Second Presbyterian Church. the Rev. Jo-
seph A. Milburn, Of Chicago. officiating.
Miss Van Camps bridal attendants will De
Mrs. Raymond P. Van Camp and Mrs.
Sampel G.. Van Camp as matrons of honor,
Miss Emma Martindale as maid of honor,
Miss Jean Hill Of Chicago, Miss Caroline
Burford. Miss Corella Taylor and Miss
Myla Coburn, who will be the bridemaids.
The ushers will be the brothers of Miss
Van Camp and Mr.. Martindale. A number
of people from out of town will come for
the wedding, and among them will be the
Rev. and Mrs. Joseph A. Milburn and Mrs.
PAUL of Chicago, Mrs. A. J. Halford and
Miss Ruth Halford, Miss Evelyn Willis of
Columbia. Mo-, and Miss Helen Cook Of
Cincinnati.
Mrs. May Wright SewaIl gave an inter-
evening at her residence last night. enter
tanning a number of invited guests and the
young ladies of her school. The evenings
programme was given entirely in the two
languages and was as follows: 'Pauvre
mais Honnete,' by an intermediate class,
consisting of Misses Agnes Canine. Helen
Hubbard, Blanche StillsOn, Louise Hibben,
Media Langtry, Julia Bourland, Hazel
West, Lillian Brown; Conway Lilly and
Mary Gavin; "Eigensinn," by the Misses
Bessie Dixon, Katrina Fertig. Gertrude
Zumpe. Virginia Pickens. Irma Manegold
and Julia Brink; "MIonolog aus Wilhelm
Tell" Miss Carrie Frenzel: La Patrie,"
eXtrait de I'm Philosophe sous les Toits. ="
Miss Marguerite Bowen: Der Fischer. a"
Won Schiller, Miss Hazel Kinney; Les Diff
ferents Ages de la Vie" dramatic scenes, in
six tableauX, Misses Natalie Lyman, Cath