The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-14

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Shute OF Chicago. Miss Goss is att
present the guest of Mr.. Shute's sister,
Mrs. William M. Kenyon, in Minneapo-
lis.
George Il. Matchan announces the en-
gagement of his daughter, Grace Eva,
to Merton Gilbert of Washburn. The
wedding will take place early in the
new year.
This evening Mrs. w. r.. Brooks will
give a dinner of ten covers for Miss
Alice Smith. After dinner the guests
will form a theater party at the Met
ropolitan to see 1.-THE Prince of
Pilsen."
A charming debutante affair will
Prince will give Wednesday afternoon
at her home on Groveland avenue for
Miss Janet GILLIAN.
Thursday afternoon the Misses Hef-
felfnger will give luncheon for the
debutantes at their home on Third
avenue g.
Mrs. Sewall D. Andrews will have
her first post-nuptial at home Tues
day afternoon in her apartments in the
Wisconsin,. Mrs. Andrews will be as
sisted by group of friends which will
include a number of st. Paul girls.
following Tuesday, Nov. "a. The en-
graver sadly confused dates and days
on the announcement cards at the time.
OF the wedding of Mr.. and Mrs. An
dreWs and some of their friends have
been puzzled to know how the 18th
and 24th November could fall on
Thursdays.
Miss Garnet Butcher and Edward
O'Brien, whose wedding takes place
this month, will be honor guests at a
dinner which Mrs. e. p. Smith will
give Monday evening at the CONNER
c1al club. A theater party will follow.
Next Saturday afternoon Miss Eunice
McMlchael will give a luncheon for
the bride in st. Paul.
Miss Elinor Mapes has been. giving
series Of very informal gatherings at
hers home on Hawthorn avenue in
honof or her sister,, Mrs. Frank M.
Mapes bride of the fall. About
twenty young women have been pres
ent at each affair and they have been
delightfully."- simple in regard to ap-
continents and decorations. Next
saturday afternoon Miss Mapes will
nave another group to meet the BRIDE.
On Monday the members Of the
Alpha Phi soroity Will have a sale of
fancy articles at the home ofs Mrs. II.
q. Akeley, *2300 Park avenue. The
sale which is open to friends. Will he-
gin at 4 o'clock and continue during
the evening. 80
Mrs. Herbert Leroy Hankinson gave
a charming children's party this af-
ternoon at her apartments In the Sin
lord In honor of the sixth birthday
anniversary Of her little son Richard.
Many of the twenty-eight small peo-
pie We're accompanied by their moth
ers, who aided in the games. A fish
pond was an interesting feature in
WhIc n souvenirs were. found for each
little guest. A light supper was served
in the dining-room where yellow
chrysanthenun1s and the lighted ta-
pers on the birthday cake were spe-
cial decorations.
E Mrs. George Anderson of Chicago
avenue gave a kitchen shower this
afternoon for Miss Britannia Streeter,
whose marriage to # Charles Curtis
Clark will take place Nov. 25.-t Mrs.
Anderson used chrysanthemums to
decorate her parlor and red carna-
tons and hearts in the dining-room.
A spider web had been arranged in
the library and the bride found her
gifts by untangling the. threads The
invitations had been in. rhyme and
a prize was given for the best re-
spOnse. There was also a book contest
for which a prize was awarded and
each guest received a souvenir. The
twenty-five young women present
were the primary teachers in Geth-
senane Sunday school, in which Miss
Streeter is interested. ri
There are even more debutantes in
St.-Paul than in Minneapolis and the
series of coming out teas is still con-
tinuing in the neighboring city. Mrs.
N. S. Dousman will introduce her
daughter Judith Thursday and the
debutantes who have already been
brought out are Miss Mary Hale Cut
Ter, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. e. III.
Cutler: Miss Mary Proal sSaund ers, the
third daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. e. N.
SAUNDERS; Miss Margaret Hammond,
the daughter of Mrs. j. H. Hammond;
Miss Winifred Holbert, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Hesekiah Holbert, who
was presented at the marriage recep-
ton of her sister on Wednesday
evening; Miss Jennie Durham, Miss
Lorena Abbott, Miss Schurmeier and
are well known in Minneapolis and
as the Minneapolis girls have as
sisted at some of the teas there wifi
probably be much going back and
forth among the young people.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Hughes of
Kenwood entertained last evening.
The ESQ guests were the members of
Rawlins G. A. r. post and their wives,
and in compliment to them the deco
rations were of a patriotic nature with
flags and banners on the walls and
draping the doorway. American
Beauty roses were the flowers used in
the drawing-room and yellow ehrysan-
lhemums were in the library The
dining-room was in the national colors
and the table was crossed with red,
white and blue satin ribbons and the
centerpiece was of white chrysan-
themums. Palms and ferns banked