The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-14

To-
The largest affair Of the day was
the reception which Mrs. Edward j.
SERVER and Mrs. Morris e. Moore gave
at the home of Mrs SERVER on Sixth
street Sc. The hours were from 2
until o'clock and about 400 invita-
tons had been issued. The guests of.
honor included a group Of Duluth
women. Mines. Edward G. Blanchard,
Frank Dunsmore, George Howe and
Alexander MacRae. The assisting
women were Mines. James Pye, Hiram
SERVER, Elgin r. SERVER, John Lara
more. Stuart B. Purves, D. II. Her
rick, Anton Knoblauch, Walter Bou-
tell, William Boutell, w. 7. Harmon,
A. A. Wyman, Hiram Smith, Walter
Nicol and Childs. The young women
who served frappe were the Misses
Carrie Blanchard, Maud Derrick,
Louise Pye, Marion and Gertrude
Drew and Louise Eddy. A string or
chestra played a program as the
guests came and went.
The decorations were charming and
the house was a bower of southern
smilax. In the living-room clusters
of Sunrise roses nestled among the
green, and from above hung Ian
tern with beautiful opalescent shade
in green. Tapers in old brass hold
ers and candelabra were in the man
tells and cabinets. Frappe was served
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obtained by placing the lights behind
the jeweled window grille. Oriental
bronze lamps were also used and
southern smilax and holiday greens
framed the pretty corner, while great
clusters of red carnations furnished
touches of more vivid color. The din
ing-room was bright with spring bios
SONS and golden tulips blossomed in
the green tangle in the window and
hyacinths among the vines on the
sidebards. The table was lighted with
yellow tapers in old brass holders and
in the center was a willow basket OF
daffodils and hyacinths, fringed with
delicate ferns. curious lamp with
an opalescent shade, which repeated
the yellow and white of the decora-
tons, hung above the table.
The assisting women will remain
this evening for buffet supper and
later the men will join them and pit
will be played.
Mrs. Thomas S. Roberts gave a
daintily appointed luncheon this after
noon at her home on Fourth avenue
S for Miss Edith Ives. The decora-
tons were all in white and green and
hyacinths and ferns were used as a
centerpieces and at the corners. The
guests were the Misses Ives, Florence
Harrison of Milwaukee; Dinsmore,
Kate Moulton, Cleveland, Frauleln
Schoen-Rene, Mines. J. R. Vanderlip,
Preston King and B. H. Woodwork.
Mrs. Samuel r. Van SAINT enter
tanned a group of women at luncheon
at the Aberdeen in st. Paul to-day.
Mrs. Cornelius Gardner of Fort SHELL
ing was the guest of honor. Mrs.
Gardner is the wife of Colonel Card
ner, who was governor of one Of
t1,o Of he ic1o lie
for some time, and she gave an in
teresting talk on life in the islands.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Kruse announce
| the engagement of their daughter,
Olivia Adah, to William Claude Ste
venson. .r.-s.
! The senior class Of the Central
| high school will give one of it's in
Jan. 80, in the Phoenix club. Miss
Vaughan will play for dancing.
Miss Helen Mari has come from
London, Eng, to visit her brother,
Sidney c. White, in st. Paul. Miss
Mari is the daughter of G. S. White
Of Winona, and she has many friends
in Minneapolis and thru the state.
! After she went on the stage, she took
her middle name of Mari as a stage
cognomen, and has since retained it.
Miss Mari is one of the successful
| drawing room entertainers in London
and made field for herself as d
teller of American stories At first
! she was obliged to give her programs
I at benefits for hospitals, soup kitchens
and charity organizations, for which
| she received no compensation, but
she soon became better known, and is
now heard in the most important
drawing-rooms in England. She has
performed several times before King
Edward and appeared on one pro-