The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-09

On Monday Mrs. Patrick Campbell
gave us two treatsA-but almost every
one is unanimous in saying they en-
joyed the matinee more than the
evening performance There Is a
charm and individuality about Mrs.
Campbell that she takes from her
private life on the stage with her.
She dined with Mr.. and Miss Lever
son at the Hotel Spokane. gowned in
beautiful black velvet with a train
yards long, 1t seemed. l don't sup
pose any actress has been lionized
socially as Mrs. Campbell has. Chi
cago simply lost it's head over her.
But Spokane doesn't seem to know
how to entertain stage celebrities.
There are a great number of very in
teresting people among them, too.
At the matinee many of the ladies'
Of our set witnessed "The JOY of
Living" Somehow or other matinees
are not very popular with Spokane
bellies. and the matinee girl is not
as much in evidence as in other
cities. The only box party was that
entertained by Mr.. and Mrs. Leverson,
er and Mr.. and Mrs. Insinger.
Perhaps the best dressed audience
of the season witnessed Mrs. Camp
bell in "Magda." Certainly the men
were better dressed. I wonder why
it is that the men don't dress more
in Spokane? It's about time some of
our society men outgrew the pro-
vincial slipshod business clothes they
palm off at entertainments, theaters
and banquets and donned the evening
garb of civilized communities. Do
they want to create the impression
among fasteners that we are still in
the pioneer mining camp stage?
But 1 am wandering from the sub
ject. There certainly were more dress
suits in evidence Monday evening
than / have ever seen at a local per-
Torrance. which shows the men are
improving. There were several box
one. entertaining DIR. and Mrs H. b.
Luhn and Messrs. Cummins and Will
son: Colonel Rhea had as guests Mes
danes Cordray and Keen. Miss Flour
noy Captain Wren. Captain Rand and
Lieutenant Bell; Mr.. and Mrs. S. r.
Stern. Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Perks and
Mr.. Whatley were guests of Mr.. and
Miss LeverSon. while Mrs. Charles
Sweeny Miss Sweeny and Mr.. Finu-
cane made another party. Miss Louise
Harris and Mrs. Harris entertained as
guests Misses Josephine Yates. Agnes
Welch and Messrs. Soule, Saint and
Nichols
In the audience I noticed J. A. Will
liams and Mrs. Glidden. Mr.. and Mrs.
o. p. Oudin. Senator and Mrs. Turn
er, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Graves, Mr.
and Mrs. o. G. Labarree and Mr.. and
Mrs. r. Lewis Rutter.
OF course in size the reception
given on Thursday afternoon by Mrs.
and Miss Happy and Mrs. Greenwood
was the largest affair Of the week.
The hours were from 3 to 5 and that
meant that the guests would all be
there about the same time. That's
the enjoyable part of a reception
to go when all the rest are there and
see everybody. The hostesses were
assisted by Mrs. Frank Graves, Mrs.
A. B. Campbell, Mrs. B. l.. Gordon,
Mrs. Virginia Wolgamot. Mrs. Horace
Kimball, Mrs. A. G. Avery. Mrs. Aus
tin Corbin. Misses Agnes Clark, Puss
Cullen. Ella Clark, Annette Oudin,
Anna Week. Carrie Richards and
Eloise Happy. The dining room was
prettily decorated with lilacs. Mrs.
Avery presided at one end of the
table. gowned in a beautiful white
lace. Mrs. Austin Corbin. at the other
end, wore a very light green gown.
These gowns accumulated the color
scheme in the dining room-lilac,
white and green. Mrs Wolgamot had
on beautiful soft gray gown. Mrs.
Campbell wore an artistic creation of
black over white that was most beau
tiful with a superb diamond and pearl
brooch. Mrs. Gordon wore an exquis-
lite white gown. Mrs. Graves a dull
light blue, trimmed with oriental en-
broidery. Mrs. Kimball was in a
dainty white organdie. Miss Cullen
wore pink crepe. Miss Ella Clark blue
crepe and Miss Agnes Clark a white