The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-24

the proprietor to tell him what to get
his wife for Christmas. He had Lett
his shopping until almost the last mo-
ment and wanted assistance and sug-
gestions Immediately. The affable
proprietor studied the question for a
moment and then laughed softly before
he said: ''Why not get her a box Of
cigars9 She was in here yesterday and
bought mink muff for you. =
i How interested everybody is in the
bal poudre which will be given Friday
evening at the Minikahda club! just
because it is to be at the club don It
fancy for moment that it is to be a
club affair. Oh, dear, no! 1t is a
smart subscription party for which only
l40 invitations were issued and every
guest will have to show his card before
he will be admitted to the club that
night. 1t is not costume party altho
some dozen or more people were quite
convinced that it was to be and were
dreadfully disappointed when they
learned that they were expected to- APP
pear in masks and dominos instead Of
as Mary of Scotland or Night Of Louis
the XIV. But the ball will have it's
picturesque features, for powder and
patches are universally becoming and
will give touch of old-time dignity to
the pretty evening gowns after the
women unmask. Rossiter' orchestra
will play and the dancing will be infor-
NAL, as it usually is at a domino affair.
Mr.. and Mrs. George H.: Partridge
will have box party Tuesday evening
at the Yale Glee club concert. Their
guests will include MI. and Mrs. James
Eckles, Miss Phoebe Eckles, Bradford
Brinton and Mr.. Mccarthy, of Chicago,
who. will come up Tuesday morning in
Mr.. Eckles private car. In the even
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Partridge will give a
dinner for the Chicago people and the
Misses Louise and Margaret Schultz, of
| St. Paul, will be among the guests.
Sumner L. Mcknight, Jr., and his guest,
Mr.. Cunningham, Of New York, and
Miss Rebecca Semple will join the box
party at the Auditorium.
The members Of the Yale Glee, Man
dolin and Banjo clubs, for whom the
local Yale alumni will give cotillion
at the home Of Mrs. George Partridge
following the clubs concert at the Au-
ditorium Tuesday evening, will have
an unusually strenuous fortnight on &C
count of the affairs given in their honor
by the various alumni associations Wis
tied in the tour.
Today will be one Of rest, compare.
lively, as the boys are in Chicago with
their time at their own disposal. Mrs
! William R. Linn will give dancing
party for the Yale visitors following
the concert in Orchestra hall tomorrow
night. After the days pleasures here
are past the St. Paul alumni, who will
be favored with the collegians' com
pany for the whole of Wednesday, will
give a stag luncheon at the Town ano
Country club at 1890, to which al
graduates have been invited This
will be followed by a reception anC
tea at the home of Mrs. Milton G
Griggs, and Mrs. Frank P. Shepard viii
give dancing party for the club
members after the concert in the PEG
pie s church.
In st. Louis, Friday, the concert al
the Odeon will be followed by cotil
lion at the home of Mrs. William D
Scudder, the concert at Cincinnati OF
the following night will be followe;
by smoker at the Yale club and thu
day IN Columbus, Jan. l, will give tn.
sons of Eli ample opportunity to oh
serve the New Years advent. Til,
Columbus Alumni association will civ,
q breakfast at noon, Mr.. and Mrs
Charles B. Higgins will give a recep
ton at o'clock, and the alumni will
give a cotillion after the concert i,
Board of Trade hall. 81
The only other formal affair Of tn.
trip will be the dance at the home O.
Mrs. William Finn after the concer
III Carnegie hall, Pittsburg, and recep
ton at the home of Mrs. Henry NJ
Hoyt before the concert in Willar,
hall, Washington, and the dance after
i but it is highly probable that the mem
: bers Of the Yale, Glee, Mandolin an
Banjo clubs will be a pretty tired 10
Of men when they get back to Nel
: Haven. Il
Edgar Pierson and Charles G.. Trey
' have been chosen to lead the cotillio
: which the Cotillion club will give Fri
! day evening, Jan. 5, in Elks' hall.
= The Wells college girls came home i
private car Friday morning and .
soon as they arrived they were dee
in the preparations for the Wells co
lege play which will be given in tn
Auditorium annex Saturday afternoo
and evening, Jan. 6. It is going to b
an exceedingly interesting affair, tina
: Wells college presentation of. eth
;; Princess,'' for the girls who will tax
the parts have all had experience /
!, college plays and you know what care
full drill and preparation precede on
of the big college dramatic events
3 The cast has been completed and is a
l follows: Cana, Miss Jennie Lind
,, Arac, Miss Julia Davenport; twn
= brothers, Misses Marion M lrtii
' Richie; the king, Miss Carroll Chan
y berlain; the prince, Miss Wyman
v Florian, Miss Ruth Dunwoody; Cyri
! Miss Caroline Sewall; Ida, the princes
! Miss Grace Gillette; Blanche, Mis-
: Ruth Chamberlain; Psyche, Mrs. E. "
, Underwood; Melissa, Miss Bertha Hue
a son; college FORTRESS, Miss Gertrud
: Rust; girl students, Misses Mildre
i, Martin, Caroline Joyce, Helen Martin
: Gertrude Satterlee, Ruth Robin
) Halves, Iceland, Mrs, E. G.. Nunally.
The. decoration will be charmingl
:. arranged, for Mrs. Ebert Carpents
;, and Mrs. G. G. Weber have chare
of them. A delightful feature of th
afternoon will be the Tennyson song
q by Miss Mabel Alley, who is pup
of Fraulein Schoen Rene The alta
l. ic rri1,on for Tho ~ =, al, . w n