The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-26

Only another week Of Lent, and
really it does not seem so long since
Ash Wednesday, even if there has
been no big social affair to mark the
days. OF course, holy week will be
even more barren than the past month
and. with the exception of few af-
fairs for the Easter brides, there is
nothing on. But society will not be
idle, for preparations for Easter will
take much thought. We make so
much more of every festival than peo-
pie used to, altho Easter, like Christ
! mas and Thanksgiving, is rather a.
family holiday and the egg and bunny
hunts are specially arranged for the
amusement of the small boys and
girls.
Every woman has a long list of
people to whom she sends flowers,
for, a1tho we may remember our
friends with blossoms at other days,
we grow recklessly extravaganza at
Easter time.
Il sent over fifty lilies last year, and
the number did not reach everyone I
wanted to remember, but I just had
to draw a line" mourned one woman,
for" personal friends, invalids, hos
pitfalls and homes for the children and
old ladies count up so FAST
One of the well-known men makes
out a list which he leaves with the
florist early In the week. Gust fill
that out with the best you have" he
orders In the Indifferent manner a.
man can assume when his income
runs into the many thousands and his
bill slips way over 800 every Easter.
There Is small boy down in one
OF the mission schools who is labori-
ously earning and saving pennies with
which to buy an Easter lily for still
smaller sister. ''Shes never even seen
one and she's mos 2 years DID," he ex-
plains In a voice which plainly tells
you that there is no time to waste.
You know that the second folio of
SHAKESPEARE is in town? A woman whose
husband is something of a. book
worm heard Of it's arrival and an
noupced that she would look at it for
her husbands birthday present. She
was rather disappointed when she saw
the volume, for it was neither spick
nor span in appearance, and she in
quired the price in a voice which
showed dininution Of interest. AS
the book is to be sold at auction, the
man was unable to state the price,
but he announced that a similar copy
had been sold in London for over
$4,000. -.
-Four thousand dollars!" exclaimed
the wife of the bookworm in horror.
why, I, can get a dear little edition
Of over twenty volumes, all new, for
$3.49! And she founced out with
out any appreciation Of the difference
which might be in the books.
Mrs. H. w. Wagner announces the
engagement of her daughter Harriet
to Harry Ide Belden.
Mrs. John g. Knapp announces the
coming marriage of. her daughter,
Maude Myra, to Charles H. Hansen,
the bride, 1906 Sixth street s, Wednes-
day evening, April 6, at 8 o'clock.
The cadets Of the university will fol-
low the example of other colleges with
military departments and will give
military hop April II.
Mrs. c.. W: Keyes will leave Tuesday
evening for Washington, D. c., for an
indefinite stay and this afternoon Mrs.
J. E. Ware entertained about sixty
women from the First Congregational
church who had been hidden by tele-
phone to an informal gathering in her
honor. The decorations and appoint
ments were charmlngly simple and
Mrs. W. P. Spring and Mrs. II. A.
SERVER aided Mrs. Ware thru the
rooms while Mrs. D. Edmund Smith
pres1deo IN Stne ulnlng-rOom and was
assisted by Misses Elizabeth Ware,
Beulah Wessner. This evening Mr.. and:
Mrs. H. B. Chamberlain will enter,
tain a group Of friends informally for
Mrs. Keyes and last evening she was
the guest Of honor at q dinner given
by Mrs. A. W. Rankin. Miss Margaret,
of Morris were also present.
Mrs. Spooner is president Of the
board of education at Morris and so
well has she fulfilled her duties that
when she came to Minneapolis for
the winter the board refused to release
Mrs. ]. G. Newkirk will entertain at
a pink and white thimble bee on Mon.
day afternoon for Miss Ruth Spear, an.
April bride. Z
Mrs. D. M. weishoon had twelve
guests this afternoon at her home to
meet Mrs. T. B. Bent of Chicago, and
tulips and softly shaded lights car
rted out a decoration of pink and
green. Cards were played and, Of.
course, there was music. "A delightful
pearances Of the Ar1on quartet, B. L..
Gehring, A. j. Williams, D. M.
Weishoon and Charles Laird, which
gave a serenade and were invited to-
remain for jolly supper. 4
"wednesday afternoon Mrs. Benedict.
Of the San Angelo will entertain infor-
mally for Mrs. Bent.
Miss Amy Larramee has chosen
Monday, April 4, as the date for the
bridal dinner (which she will give
for her brother and his fiancee, Miss
Helen Hughes. The same day Miss.
Lucy Boardman will give a thimble.
bee for the bride, and next Wednes-
day Ed Hughes Of Fargo will give a
luncheon in -Donaldson's tearooms.
Yesterday afternoon Miss Hughes
was the guest Of honor at an infor-:
NAL thimble bee at which Mrs. Harry
Brace of Colfax avenue S was hostess.
Carnations and yellow tulips made the
rooms beautiful. Mrs Brace was as