, 1904-02-27

AIRY Society Oh the presbyterian CLuTcu
which was held Thursday Afternoon
at the home of Mrs. Sawyer. 1t bein!
the date selected by the president o
the woman's board for the day o
prayer for women's work in missions
a profitable hour was given to devo
ton, with Mrs. Preston as leader. 4
beautiful and appropriate vocal sole
was rendered by Mrs. Sawyer. TIT
literary program was opened with al
interesting talk on China" by Mrs
Hogbin. which was supplemented by
readings of her selection. rendered by
Mrs. Latimer and Mrs. Poor. TIT
election resulted as follows. the chosen
officers being practically the same as
the board which has served so eff
ticiently during the past year:
President-Nirs. Stephen Boyd.
Vice Presidents-Mrs. Hogbin aud
Mrs. Stark. Il
Secretary-Mrs. Gates.
Treasurer-Mrs. John Baillie.
h ladies Of Alpha chapter, Eastern
Star, will properly celebrate leap year
night neXt Monday evening with a ball
at North Star hall. cards ana other
games being provided for those who
do not care to dance. The event prom
iSes to be one of the most delightful
affairs of the season, and it is rumored
that any lady who takes her husband
will be fined 10 cents, which can hard.
ly be termed eNorbitant. in view of the
fact that the charge for extra gentle
men is % cents. The society editor Of
The Republican acknowledges an inVi-
tatioa to the party, which is accepted
with much pleasure, but she desires to
state that. for some unknown reason. it
was expressly stipulated hat she
should take her own husband-a fact
which will probably be disappointing
to some of the other gentlemen who
are just now being ruthlessly
"swapped' around by coldly calculat-
ing wives. who don't seem to consider
the real worth of d man at all. but
value him according to his dancing
ability or his capacity for shining in
society.
The Charity Whist club was most
delightfully."- entertained Thursday
evening by the Misses Annie and Mar
tina Haley, the delicious lunch of
cakes and ices being the work of
their skillful hands. The young
hostesscs had very appropriately
chosen hearts" for trumps, and the
playing was. if possible. more than
usually exciting. On account of the
absence from the city of some of the
bachelor members of the club, who
contemplate officiating later as hosts,
the neXt session will be entertained
by the first ladies in the club series,
who are Mrs. G. A. Campbell. Mrs.
Bartlett and Miss Eta DeKay.
Mr.. INT Mrs. Harry Cordiner enter
tanned at a delightful course dinner
Sunday afternoon their guests being
Fred George.
Cashier c. D.. Spalding of the Albany
County National bank celebrated his
birthday-which II ven his father
would not mentiOn-Thursday night at
his elegant home IN Thornburgh str. 1T,
the guests being his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Z. w. Spalding, Miss irene
Spalding. Mr.. George Spalding and Mr..
and Mrs. r. H. Homer. An elegant
dinner was discussed for more than an
hour, and there was much good cheer
and many hearty well wishes from the
of the popular young bank Of
fetal and finanCier.
The Cheyenne Tribune writes as fol-
lows of the latest amusement at the
Magic city: THAT bowling has be-
come a fad among Cheyenne ONE is
evidenced by the organization of a
woman's bowling club, which Is to be
known as the Promo club. The ladies
have adopted a gray accordion plated
and a white shirt waist as their
uniform. which will be very attractive.
They have reserved the Kitzmiller al
leys for the second and fourth We'd
nesday evenings in each month, and
will have the first practice game this
evening. The officers and members Of
the club are as follows: Mrs. William
Myers. president; Mrs. Charles Kitz-
miller, secretary; Mrs. A. F. Fosdick,
treasurer; MeSdames f. l.. Robinson,
Charles Buechncr. William Wolcott
and Peter Appel: Misses Evelyn My
ers. Mabel Hayford and Mile Myers"
The opening of the magnificent e
store of the Laramie Grocery company
on Tuesday was a great success. AL
though the beautiful room scarcely
needed establishment Of any sort, the