The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-02
PERSONAL and SOCIAL News

| ceedingly enjoyable entertainment, and the
author OF the plays and the members of the
casts presenting them were warmly con-
/ graduated on the success of the evening
The plays were written by Miss Augusta
/ Stevenson, Of Irvington, a member OF the
| club, and the clever dialogue and amusing
situations were deserving OF warm COM
/ mendation. The committee In charge or the
| evenings entertainment included Mr.. and
lott, Miss Edith wallick, Mr.. Samuel SUIT
! phii and Mr.. Lag Noble. For the first play,
| Lapse of Genius. the cast of characters
ambitious author with occasional glimmer-
| ings of reason Mr.. Gilbert Hurry; Timothy
Parks. his publisher. who supplies these
| glinlmerings, Mr.. Hugh McGibeny; Julia
Howard, Lucille Dansa and Dorothy Lam
| ders, victims of the above, Miss Helen
| lockwood. Miss Anna Louise Beck and Miss
| Ruth Carey. The stage was set to repre-
sent the writing room of hotel at sum-
| mer resort and the young women of the
play appeared in charming evening gowns
fon. Miss Carey in dainty white gown and
| Miss lockwood in white and pink. Mr..
| Wallace, the young author, in difficulty
over love scene in his latest novel, con-
suits his publisher, who proposes that he
shall infuse the desired touch Of reality
into his portrayal by himself proposing to
| two or three or the pretty summer girls at
| the hotel and thus getting some valuable
ideas of how the thing is done. The maid
ems. in hiding behind a convenient screen,
| decide TO Illustrate the plan by receiving the
| proposals in exactly the same way and the
play moves on through much merriment
until the denouement Is reached by the
manuscript to the discounted and baffied
author. All the characters were cleverly
taken and the comedy moved with smooth
ness well dash.
The second play amusing one-act
farce, The Dusky Queen, presented by
Mrs Hugh MeGibeny and Mr.: Norman
by, who plays the church organ, and Mr..
Peck was George Washington Taylor who
plays the races. and the playing of the re-
spective instruments mixed the players up
in a manner which was highly entertaining
to the audience. Mr.. Taylor, in his efforts
to conceal from his dusky sweetheart the
fact that he was a bold, bad gambler, was
led into all kinds of pitfalls, and his ad-
miration of the 'Dusky Queen" the race
horse, was productive of much trouble Mrs
McGibeny and Mr.. Peck acted with the zest
anc finish of professionals and the darkey
dialect they used was wonderfully faithful.
The stage was set to represent Miss Clor-
midas parlor and entertaining it itself
with its bright-colored "drapes'' of silk
oline. its crazy patchwork table cover and
its huge red plush album as the piece de re-
sis ance Mrs. McGibeny wore blue fou-
lard gown trimmed lavishly with white lace
and Mr. Peck was respondent in red vest
and necktie. coat of pale mode with pearl
buttons and plaid trousers Following the
plays the usual dance was enjoyed by the
club members and their guests: A number
for the evening, among them Mr.. and Mrs.
Alvin T. Hert, of Louisville: Miss Jessie
statesman, of Peru, with Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederick Joss, and Mr.. David Baxter. Of
Scotland. with Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Nc
Gibeny.
wATSON-BARNARD.
The marriage of Miss Mary Estelle Bar
nard, daughter of Mrs. Alice Barnard, and
Mr.. Chauncey Rundell Watson. son of Mr..
and Mrs. c. r. Watson, was solemnized
yesterday morning at IL o'clock at the
Tabernacle Church. The Rev. ]. Cumming
Smith pronounced the ceremony and the
marriage was witnessed by the relatives
and a few friends of the bride and bride
groom. The only attendants were the ush-
ers, Mr.: Herbert Duckwan and Mr.. Frank
Tsndolph. The church was arranged with
palms and foliage plants for decoration.
For the entrance of the bridal party the
"Lohengrin' march was played and the
Mendeissohn wedding march was the re-
of brown cloth with a harmonizing hat and
carried a cluster of pink roses. Among the
guests who were here for the wedding were
Mrs. w. F. Nelson, Miss Nettie Nelson
and Miss Irene Nelson, of Upton; Miss
Elizabeth Looney and Miss Stella Powell,
Ella Wood, of Connersville. and Miss Ber-
tina CHM, of Frankfort. Mr.. and Mrs.
Watson left yesterday for short wedding
journey.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
, WABASH, Ind, Dec. lat noon to-day,
, at the home of the bride, near Lincolnville,
this county, took place the marriage of Miss
Ethel, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. l..
, Tweedy, to DR.. E. F. Seigmund a popular
and successful young physician. of lincoln
, vile. The ceremony performed by
Elder Sleeth, in the presence of about
twenty-five guests. Mr.. Tweedy father of
Mrs. Seigmund, is one of the commissioners
of Wabash county, and among the most sue
cessful and progressive farmers In northern
Indiana.
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
RICHMOND, Ind, Dec. 1.-The engage
ment of Miss Marion E. White, of Philadel-
phia, to Robert 8. Charles, of Pittsburg
was announced at her home on Thanks
. giving day. Miss White was a former stu
, dent at Earlham College and Is engaged In
teaching with Miss Hoover, of this city al
Moorestown, N. j. Mr.. Charles is q son OF
, Samuel Charles, east of this city, and is a
; graduate of Earlham. At the University
: Of Pennsylvania he took a degree In civil
: engineering.
FAIR-PHARES
I Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SHELBYvILLE Ind, Dec. Miss Mary
A, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs William
2 Phares. and Mr.. Charles A. Fair of Union
township, were married this evening The
{ ceremony was performed by the Rev
. Alonzo Myers.
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