The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-10
PERSONAL AND SOCIETY.

day for an extended trip through the South.
Miss Ethel Failey went to st. Louis last
week TO visit Mr.. and Mrs. William A Gar
rison.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Reid have issued in
vitations for dinners on Friday and Satur-
day evenings.
Miss Ellen s. Baker will go to Crawfords-
vile to-day to spend few days with MIS-
Benjamin F. Crane.
Mrs. John E. Cleand will give a small in
formal tea Thursday afternoon at her nome
on North Capitol avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles B. Stevenson, of the
Meridian have gone TO Battle Creek, Mich,
! for visit of several weeks.
Mrs. Ridgeway, of Vincennes. will return
home Thursday, after being Miss Cham
berss guest for several days.
Mr.. and Mrs Neuman, of Cincinnati,
have returned home, after spending a Few
days with Mr.. and Mrs. Louis II. Levey.
Miss Anna Louise Richey left last night
for her home in Uniontown, Pa, after a
short visit with Mr. and Mrs. f. E. Post.
Mr. Charles McDougal will leave Thurs
day for Boston and latter will sail from
there for Europe to spend six or eight
months.
James 3. Jameson, who spent Sunday
with his sister, Mrs. William Z. Kurtz, has
| returned to resume his work at Purdue
| University.
Mrs. Stoughton A. Fletcher will observe
| Tuesday afternoons for her reception days
at her home, 1926 North Meridian street, for
| the rest OF the season
Mrs. Wilmington UnderhiI. who has
been visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
| o. Sloan, on Central avenue, will leave to-
| day for her home in Cincinnati.
Mrs Lee r. Kahn entertained a dozen
| friends at euchre yesterday afternoon for
her guests, Miss Belle Kahn, of ST. Louis,
| and Miss Bertha Kahn, OF Danville.
John Holiday. who has been spending the
| midyear vacation with his parents. Mr..
| and Mrs. ]. III. Holiday, returned yesterday
| he Col Of
Miss Eliza Chambers will entertain a few
| friends at a high tea this afternoon in
| honor of her guest, Mrs Ridgeway, of Vim
| cennes, and Miss Skidmore, of Charleston,
Ill.
The Catherine Merrill Club will meet next
| Saturday afternoon, and the programme
| will consist of original sketches by Mrs.
| John III. Oliver, Mrs. F. A. Morrison, Miss
| Cleland and Miss Ray.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Merrill, Miss Deb
orah Moore and Miss Valette Miller left
| Saturday for California, where they will
! visit Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Merrill at their
| home near Los Angeles.
Mrs. Richard Chislett and daughter, of
| Pittsburg, have arrived to spend several
| weeks with Mrs. F. w. Chislett. Miss Ed
| wards will leave to-day for California to
| remain several months.
| Miss Lucille Skdmore, who has been the
guest of Mrs. George Z. Hunt for the past
six weeks, will leave Saturday for st.
Louis, where she will attend the wedding
| of a friend before returning to her home, in
| Charleston, Ill.
DIR. and Mrs. o. G. Pfaff have issued in
| vitations for whist party next Monday
| evening in honor of Mrs. Fry, of Chicago
who will arrive the same day to make them
| short visit. Mrs. Fry is president of the
| Woman's Whist League.
Mrs. Mary Foote and Mrs. Martha Todd
| of Los Angeles Cal, who spent few days
with Mrs. l.. l.. Todd, left yesterday for a
visit in Paris, Ill.,, before returning to the
| West Mrs. Clay Rockwell, who was Mrs.
Todd's guest also, has returned to Cincin-
| natl.
Mr. and Mrs. w. H. Armstrong will leave
early next week for California where Mr..
Armstrong will attend the meeting of the
national executive board of the G.. A. r.
Phey viii return home by the way of
month with their daughter, Mrs. Gerritt A.
Ryan, who now resides there.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. Clyde Power and daugh-
ter are in San Diego, Cal. While there Mr..
Power, who is superintendent of the city
parks, will confer with Col. M. A. Down.
ing and Mr.. George Merritt, who are spend
ing the winter at Coronado beach, and he
will remain in California for a month. Mrs.
Power and daughter will not return until
early in the spring.
The indianapolis Keramic Club was en-
tertained at the home of Mrs. E. H. Meyer,
on North New Jersey street, yesterday
afternoon. Warren Buel gave a talk on
South America; Its Native Customs and
Pottery" He exhibited a number of rare
character, which he estimated were not less
than three hundred years old. Mrs. w. s.
Day and Mrs. T.. III. Meyer gave practical
talks on the uses of lustres on china.
PECK-PYE.
A simple home wedding last night was
that of Miss Mary Howard Pye. daughter
of Mrs. Amanda Pye, and Mr.. Leslie Eu-
gene Peck, which was solemized at the
home of the brides mother on North New
| ONLY no rpla a
few friends were hidden to the ceremony,
which was pronounced at $50 o'clock by
the wedding music, rendering SILVIA" for
the ceremony. The bride was prettily
gowned in white eolian cloth, fashioned
with fagotted seams and lace. She carried
a shower of lilies of the valley and viOlets.
The several rooms were attractive with
palms and spring flowers, the parlors be-
ing adorned with clusters of yellow tulips.
A number of out-of-town friends arrived
for the wedding among them being Miss
Emma Senour, Mr.. and Mrs. John Messick
and Mr.. and Mrs. STAGE, all of Shelbyville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peck left last night for a
wedding journey. On their return they
will reside at 2502 Ashland avenue and will
be at home to their friends on the second
and fourth Wednesdays in May.
WERINGEN-BROWN.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Feb. 9.-At the Sec
ond Presbyterian Church to-day Miss
Mary Esther Brown. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. George W. Brown. of this city, and
Mr. George Newell Sweringer of Wells
!, vile. o., were married. 1t was the most
brilliant wedding of the local season. Six
hundred invitations were issued. Leslie M
Rose of Toledo. Ernest l.. Moore of this
city, Ellis j. Hade of Toledo and Robert
Skinner Moore We're ushers. Misses Bertha
Stimson, Nellie Undertake, Rose Moore
and Gertrude Brown were bridesmaids
Mrs. Albert r. Brown, of Atlanta Ca
sister-in-law of the bride, matron of
: honor. Garette Sweringen, of Fort Wayne
! Ind, brother of the bridegroom, was best
man. The Rev. John p. Hale pastor OF
the church, performed the ceremony. Mr.
and Mrs. Sweringen will reside i'm Wells
vile, o. after April Is. The groom is the
son of DIR. and Mrs. III. V. Sweringen, OF
Fort Wayne
NOTABLE GOLDEN WEDDING.
, Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
: FORT WAYNE, Ind, Feb. 9-The fif.
: tieth wedding anniversary of Benjamin w
. and Sarah Waterhouse was celebrated
yesterday at the home in this city of their
: son, former Judge w. j. Vesey. OWNS
TO the anniversary coming on Sunday the
banquet was held Saturday evening with
more than three score of guests in the
judges spacious dining room. He presided
as POSTMASTER and the responses required
over three hours. Mr.. and Mrs Vesey are
! in the full vigor of mind and body and were
l warmly congratulated by hundreds of call.
ers during the evening and yesterday. The
family group had religious services in the
, dining room at Judge Vesey's house yester.
day morning, sixty-nine being present with
!. the Rev. John Waterhouse. a retired