The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-02-18

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were used. Pink roses were used for
favors, and the ladies were asked to
leave the dolls they had dressed, to
be used as gifts to the little girls in
the Industrial school at the party for
them given the next week.
Yesterday being Ash Wednesday,
the beginning of Lent. was dead so
cially. There is such large per
cent. of Richmond society people who
observe Lent. that many of the clubs
have closed for the season. and few
parties or entertainments are on the
calendar for that time
Services were held yesterday In St.
Andrews Catholic, ST. Mary's Catho-
lis, st. Paul Is Episcopal and the First
English Lutheran churches and will
be held regularly until Easter
One Of the few public entertain
ments that Lenten observers may at
! tend is the sacred concert to be given
next month by the Earlham chorus.
The presentation of Haydn "Cre-
atom last year, under the direction
! of Prof Chase, was such large sue
cess that it was decided to give an
other concert this year, and musical
people of both the college and city
are looking forward to the event.
/ The series of special Lenten SER
vices for the ladies will begin with
meeting at three o'clock tomorrow
afternoon at the First English Luz
theran church.
At the meeting of the Ladies' Aid
Society in the parlors of the First
PRESBYTERIAN church tomorrow, the
president, Mrs. Earhart, will appoint
the nominating committee for the an
nual election, which will occur the
week of March first.
The Christian Endeavor Sicietv of
the East Main Street Friends church
will give a valentine social this even
ing at the home Of Mr. and Mrs. Fol
ger Wilson, 116 south eleventh street
A musical program and number of
games have been planned for the
evenings entertainment
Tn this city of churches and at this
| Lenten season, when members of
some Of the churches have begun a
vigorous abstinence from social func-
tons, and all of the churches and
church societies promise increased ac-
/ tivity, there are probably few people
acquainted with the quiet, systematic,
! undenOminational work of the North
Fourteenth Street Mission, conducted
under the auspices of the Mary F.
Thomas Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union.
The work is carried on prin-
cipally through the Sab
bath school which at present is
said to be one of the most fourishing
in the city. This is largely due to
Supt. Jacob Ward and his corps of
efficient teachers. Besides the school
there are four Gospel meetings week
ly. This includes the Christian En-
deavor meetings, which. since the de-
| parture of Miss Mary Dennis, to the
Western Missionary field, has been
conducted most ably by Mrs. Eliza
beth Gambler, Geno~el superintendent
of the Mission. She h~s been assist
ed by her husband, Mr.. Theodore
| Gambler
A series of meetings just closed,
which were conducted by Rev. Thorn
as Chapel, resulted in about thirty
new workers being added to the
mission. These were principally par
ents Of the Sunday school children,
and young men and women Of MAJ
tured age
The members of the Union feel a
Unsuitable pride in the progress Of the
mission work
The wedding of Mr.. Joseph Nor
ford and Miss Mabel Black, both of
Connersville, occurred here last even
ing. The ceremony was performed at
s O'Clock by Rev. M. E. Nethercut.
at the First Methodist Episcopal par
sonage, south fourteenth street. Mr..
and Mrs. Morford left last evening
for Connersville. where thew expect